Tlacolula de Matamoros Zapotec Talking Dictionary

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bal[baahll]

fire, flame noun

(Spanish) fuego

Speaker: Roberto Antonio Ruiz

bal[baal]

bullet noun

(Spanish) bala

Speaker: Roberto Antonio Ruiz

bany[baany]

living, alive

(Spanish) vivo, viviente

Speaker: Miguel López Gutierrez

bca[bca’ah]

crow noun

Speaker: Roberto Antonio Ruiz, Variant: Zapotec

bdo[bdòo’]

baby noun

(Spanish) bebé

Speaker: Roberto Antonio Ruiz

bdua[bdùùa’]

bdua

banana noun

(Spanish) plátano

Speaker: Josefina Antonio Ruíz, Variant: Zapotec

bduguëzh[bdùguëë’ëhzh]

bduguëzh

turi noun

(Spanish) cuajilote

Speaker: Josefina Antonio Ruíz, Variant: Zapotec

becw[bèe’cw]

becw

dog

(Spanish) perro

Speaker: Miguel López Gutierrez

Bed[Beed]

Pedro Proper Noun

Speaker: Roberto Antonio Ruiz, Variant: Zapotec

bëdy[bë’ëhëhdy]

chicken noun

Speaker: Roberto Antonio Ruiz, Variant: Zapotec

beich [be’ich]

beich

buzzard, vulture

(Spanish) zopilote

Speaker: Miguel López Gutierrez

bel[beèe’l]

meat noun

(Spanish) carne

Speaker: Roberto Antonio Ruiz

bel[behll]

fish noun

(Spanish) pescado

Speaker: Roberto Antonio Ruiz

bel[bèèe’ll]

snake noun

(Spanish) serpiente

Speaker: Roberto Antonio Ruiz

betch til

yerbabuena noun

Speaker: Josefina Antonio Ruíz

bets[behts]

Speaker: Roberto Antonio Ruiz, Variant: Zapotec

bets[behts]

brother (of a man)

Speaker: Roberto Antonio Ruiz, Variant: Zapotec

bied[biied]

abuela

Speaker: Roberto Antonio Ruiz, Variant: Zapotec

bish til

soap noun

(Spanish) jabon

Speaker: Josefina Antonio Ruíz

bsia[bsihah]

bsia

eagle

(Spanish) águila

Speaker: Miguel López Gutierrez

btyuix[btyùu’ix]

btyuix

tomato noun

(Spanish) jitomate

Speaker: Josefina Antonio Ruíz, Variant: Zapotec

btyuix guizh[btyùu’ix gui’ihzh]

btyuix guizh

wild tomato noun

(Spanish) tomatillo

Speaker: Josefina Antonio Ruíz, Variant: Zapotec

budy[bu’uhuhdy]

budy

chicken, hen

(Spanish) pollo, gallina

Speaker: Miguel López Gutierrez

budy ngual[[ bu’uhdy ngu’ahll ??]]

budy ngual

male turkey

(Spanish) guajalote

Speaker: Miguel López Gutierrez

bxied guëzh[bxììe’dy guëë’ëhzh]

network gourd noun

(Spanish) estropajo

Speaker: Josefina Antonio Ruíz, Variant: Zapotec

bya[byaàa’]

bya

prickly pear cactus noun

(Spanish) nopal

Variant: Zapotec

bya las

wide nopal (variety) noun

(Spanish) nopal ancho

Speaker: Josefina Antonio Ruíz

bya luzhy

long nopal (variety) noun

(Spanish) nopal largo

Speaker: Josefina Antonio Ruíz

bya mont

mountain nopal (variety) noun

(Spanish) nopal del monte

Speaker: Josefina Antonio Ruíz

byispr

eve

Speaker: Josefina Antonio Ruiz

bzya[bzyààa’]

bzya

beans

Speaker: Miguel López Gutierrez

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Dictionary produced by Brook Lillehaugen, with support from K. David Harrison and Jeremy Fahringer. (2013).
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how to cite: 2013. Lillehaugen, Brook Danielle, Roberto Antonio Ruiz, and Josefina Antonio Ruiz with Caroline Batten, Helen Felker, Alex Mannix, Katherine Donovan McCormick, and Rachel Elizabeth Weissler. Tlacolula de Matamoros Zapotec Talking Dictionary, pilot version. Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. http://www.talkingdictionary.org/tlacolula

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