The words in Zapotec language are closely related to indigenous Mesoamerican languages; they constitute a main branch of the Ottoman language family.
The Zapotec language is spoken by the Zapotec people in the central southwest highlands of Mexico. It is estimated that there are about 425,000 speakers of this language, with the majority of the people who speak it living in the state of Oaxaca.
Zapotec vase
Zapotec-speaking communities can also be found in the states of Puebla, Veracruz, and Guerrero. In the United States, particularly in California and Bridgetown, New Jersey there are also people who speak this language.
Zapotec is a language family rather than a single language in particular. The divergence of dialects between the different Zapotec speaking communities is extensive and complicated. It is estimated that there are about 60 Zapotec languages.
The general division is as follows: North Zapotec, Valley Zapotec, South Zapotec, and Isthmus Zapotec.
List of Zapotec words with their meaning in Spanish
Guicha (Zapotec from the isthmus) means hair.
Shaíque ni gulaaqui binniguidxi (Zapotec from the isthmus) means public servant.
Chao (Zapotec yatzachi) means to eat.
Pa ganda gunaaze na '(isthmus Zapotec) means catch me if you can.
Bizalú (Zapotec from the isthmus) means eye.
No 'ol (Zapotec yatzachi) means woman.
Bi 'cu means dog.
Diaga (Zapotec of the isthmus) means ear.
Chene (Zapotec yatzachi) means to listen.
Xii (Zapotec of the isthmus) means nose.
Migu means monkey.
Ruaa (Zapotec of the isthmus) means mouth.
Sha baca 'nda ziña (isthmus Zapotec) means under the shadow of the palm.
Ga 'na means raccoon.
Endadxiña (Zapotec of the isthmus) means Chicozapote (tree of the Zapotecs, also known as zapota achras)
Ñee (Zapotec of the isthmus) means leg.
Batañee (Zapotec from the isthmus) means foot.
Da 'bacaanda lú' (isthmus Zapotec) means sleepy.
Biguidi beela means bat.
Naguchi (Zapotec of the isthmus) means yellow.
Pa caquiiñu 'napa' dxi 'ña means if you need I have a job for you.
Chope (Zapotec yatzachi) means two.
Dxiña chetíneu 'luguiaa' (Zapotec from the isthmus) means the sweets that you will sell in the market.
Riree or Russiana (Zapotec of the isthmus) means to leave.
Dxuu '(Zapotec of the isthmus) means foreigner, stranger, white man or stranger.
Dxu (Zapotec from the isthmus) means loincloth or the garment used as underwear.
Pa chi usou li 'dxu (Isthmus Zapotec) means if you are going to leave your home.
Dxitaporra ñee (isthmus Zapotec) means ankle bone.
Dxitaporra na (isthmus Zapotec) means wrist bone.
Xtil (Zapotec yatzachi) means white.
Ma bidxiña dxi (Zapotec from the isthmus) means the time has come.
Dxi 'ña ma narooba sti bido' (Zapotec of the isthmus) means the greatest work of God.
Pa ñanda ca bixhidu 'nusendanu' lu gui 'chi (Zapotec of the isthmus) means if kisses could be sent by letter.
Sa 'ni hrusibani ládu (Zapotec of the isthmus) means the music that animates us.
Ba - zolla '- do - gak - e' (Yalág Zapotec) means again they stopped quickly.
Iza ziu 'nu hri' (isthmus Zapotec) means this year.
Sa 'stinu (Zapotec of the isthmus) means our tradition.
Sado 'canu la' (Zapotec from the isthmus) means will we eat at some point?
Agucueeza guidxilayú chiguiete '(Zapotec from the isthmus) means stop the world that I want to get off.
Aguiziidi 'stale ti gannatu' niticazi '(Zapotec from the isthmus) means study hard to be successful.
Nisalua 'hrucaa duuba yaaza di (Zapotec of the isthmus) means my tears sign this page.
Gasj (Zapotec yatzachi) means black.
Iza cubi (Zapotec from the isthmus) means new year.
Dama 'means owl.
Hra didilaaga neza (Zapotec of the isthmus) means crossroads.
Iraani 'zeeni xneza (Zapotec from the isthmus) means everything is fine.
Benda means fish or fish.
Iraa 'shixhé (Isthmus Zapotec) means without exception.
Ora gasti 'binni ne qui gapaxpiá (Zapotec of the isthmus) means when there are no values.
Phoebe means Thursday.
Xcuuchi (Zapotec from the isthmus) means stem towards the root.
Ca napani guiiba 'bi naga' nda (isthmus Zapotec) means it has air conditioning.
Hra bidubi (Zapotec of the isthmus) means the end.
Idubi dxi (isthmus Zapotec) means all day.
Beenda means snake.
Iraa '(guiraa') (Zapotec from the isthmus) means everything.
Hra cayale guendanabani (Zapotec of the isthmus) means place where life is born.
Hra biraabilushe guidxilayú (Zapotec of the isthmus) means apocalypse.
Biguiti means orange.
Idubi guendanabani (Zapotec of the isthmus) means eternally.
Biulú means hummingbird.
Ora acala 'dxitu' (Zapotec of the isthmus) means whenever they want.
Ma beda gucinaga '(Zapotec of the isthmus) means spring has arrived.
Naberde means green.
That chi guidxi 'ñu' (Zapotec of the isthmus) means do not come near.
Tapa means four.
Ma biaazi gueela (Zapotec from the isthmus) means that it was dark.
Xhuaana gola (Zapotec from the isthmus) means main man.
Ma hrisaca gápu ti shisha cadi cueezu chuppa (Zapotec from the isthmus) means it is more valuable to have one thing than to hope to have two.
Lexu means hare.
Uabeeza 'lii (Zapotec of the isthmus) means I wait for you.
Úcani 'tobi zi tiru (isthmus Zapotec) means it was built immediately.
Xadani (shadani) (Zapotec of the isthmus) means at the foot of the hill.
Xcaanda guendanabane '(Zapotec of the isthmus) means hope of my life.
Biziña means shrew.
Uyee (Zapotec of the isthmus) means go away.
Beedxe 'means leopard.
Usharu (Zapotec of the isthmus) means grasshopper or locust plague.
Uluu chahui '(Zapotec of the isthmus) means keep it carefully.
Que ganda guibane pa qui 'guinilu' (Zapotec from the isthmus) means I can't live without you.
Xhono means eight.
Xcunaabe '(Zapotec from the isthmus) means his wife or his lover.
Icaacabe '(Zapotec of the isthmus) means they went to bring.
Ique (Zapotec of the isthmus) means head, top or high.
Usaa niru '(Zapotec of the isthmus) means forward.
References
- Zapotec languages. Recovered from wikipedia.org
- Ishtmus zapotec body parts. Recovered from native-languages.org
- Zapotec animal words. Recovered from native-languages.org
- Vocabulary of the itsmeño Zapotec language (diidxazá). Recovered from biyubi.com
- Vocabulary in native american languages: zapotec words. Recovered from native-languages.org
- Zapotec from yalág. Recovered from mexico.sil.org