Tlacochahuaya Zapotec

tule grass (used to make roofs)

(Spanish) tule

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

prickly pear cactus

(Spanish) nopal

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

Mexican plum, ciruela noun

(Spanish) ciruela

Example: Ba rzulo rdu’ún lo biashr naga’á lo gue’é. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

tomato noun

(Spanish) tomate / jitomate

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

maguey plant

(Spanish) maguey

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

type of plant used to feed chickens noun

(Spanish) acahual, tipo de planta que se usa para alimentar los pollos

Example: Ba ca zulo riald de guie gueb lo de nia xte Ndua’á. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

angel’s trumpet flower

(Spanish) floripondio

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

red flower (used to make and decorate a type of punch) noun

(Spanish) flor roja (que se usa para hacer y decorar el ponche)

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

wax mallow flower (used to make necklaces for saints or special pots for religious ceremonies and mayordomias)

(Spanish) wax mallow flower (usada como collar para santos o vasijas especiales en ceremonias religiosas y mayordomias

Example: see more on Twitter Ske rzab gue giny can ri’ batx lo de lani ro’ xte gëdx Zunni // “Monacillo” flowers adorning a pot that contains ceremonial drinks during the feast of Tlacochahuaya // Flores chilito adorn

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

poinsettia noun

(Spanish) flor de noche buena

Example: Ba riald de Guie Tëni // Poinsettias are blooming // Nochebuenas floreando... see more on Twitter

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

(Spanish) flor del niño

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Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

local variety of fresh chilli pod

(Spanish) Chile de árbol

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

carrizo reed noun

(Spanish) carrizo

Example: Uzan ru’úch nis ya’á rë’ni te ru za’ák deb. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

rose noun

(Spanish) rosa

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

corn sprout

(Spanish) maiz germinando

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

wild bush, used to treat "craving" desease

(Spanish) hierba de antojos

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

bitter herb

(Spanish) hierba amarga

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

huaje noun

(Spanish) huaje

Example: Bën Za zeula ro lá’a, ne lo de be’éu gal nald rzulo raa dem. see more on Twitter

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

wild oregano (condiment)

(Spanish) orégano silvestre (comestible en algunas áreas)

Speaker: Moisés García Guzmán

castor oil plant noun

(Spanish) higuerilla

Example: Bën Za rtub de shi cos la’án bndag ya blap. see more on Twitter

Speaker: María Mercedes Méndez Morales

a tree with small, egg-like fruits (lit. ’tree of dew’; people feed the fruit to chickens)

(Spanish) un árbol con fruta como huevos pequeños (literalmente ’árbol de rocío’; se alimenta a los gallinas con estas frutas)

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Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

huizache noun

(Spanish) huizache

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

mesquite tree with yellow flowers

(Spanish) árbol de mezquite que da flores amarillas

Speaker: Rufina Blas Martinez

red spruce tree noun

(Spanish) piru

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez

chepil (an herb) noun

(Spanish) chepil

Speaker: Angélica Guzmán Martínez