Mixtec Dictionary

Mixtec Word or Particle Palabra o fragmento Mixtec	English Translation Traducción en inglés
	a
aposento.	room or lodging <bibl>Kevin Terraciano, The Mixtecs of Colonial Oaxaca: Ñudzahui History, Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001), 200.</bibl>
	b
barrio.	small community ward, neighborhood (a loanword from Spanish) <bibl>Lisa Sousa and Kevin Terraciano, "The 'Original Conquest' of Oaxaca: Nahua and Mixtec Accounts of the Spanish Conquest," Ethnohistory 50:2 (2003), 349–400. <http://ethnohistory.dukejournals.org/cgi/reprint/50/2/349>, 371,372.</bibl>
	c
caa hacha.	metal ax <bibl>Kevin Terraciano, The Mixtecs of Colonial Oaxaca: Ñudzahui History, Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001), 89.</bibl>
caja.	wooden chest <bibl>Kevin Terraciano, The Mixtecs of Colonial Oaxaca: Ñudzahui History, Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001), 203.</bibl>
castilla.	Castile, Castillian (a loanword from Spanish)
ciudad.	city (a loanword from Spanish) <bibl>Lisa Sousa and Kevin Terraciano, "The 'Original Conquest' of Oaxaca: Nahua and Mixtec Accounts of the Spanish Conquest," Ethnohistory 50:2 (2003), 349–400. <http://ethnohistory.dukejournals.org/cgi/reprint/50/2/349>, 371.</bibl>
Cortés.	Cortés (a loanword from Spanish) <bibl>Lisa Sousa and Kevin Terraciano, "The 'Original Conquest' of Oaxaca: Nahua and Mixtec Accounts of the Spanish Conquest," Ethnohistory 50:2 (2003), 349–400. <http://ethnohistory.dukejournals.org/cgi/reprint/50/2/349>, 371.</bibl>
cristo.	Christ (a loanword from Spanish)
	D
Diego.	Diego (a loanword from Spanish) <bibl>Lisa Sousa and Kevin Terraciano, "The 'Original Conquest' of Oaxaca: Nahua and Mixtec Accounts of the Spanish Conquest," Ethnohistory 50:2 (2003), 349–400. <http://ethnohistory.dukejournals.org/cgi/reprint/50/2/349>, 372.</bibl>
don.	don, a title of nobility (a loanword from Spanish) <bibl>Lisa Sousa and Kevin Terraciano, "The 'Original Conquest' of Oaxaca: Nahua and Mixtec Accounts of the Spanish Conquest," Ethnohistory 50:2 (2003), 349–400. <http://ethnohistory.dukejournals.org/cgi/reprint/50/2/349>, 371.</bibl>
dzaha castilla.	Spanish (literally, "Castile language") <bibl>Kevin Terraciano, The Mixtecs of Colonial Oaxaca: Ñudzahui History, Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001), 87.</bibl> saffron (literally, "Castile flower") <bibl>Kevin Terraciano, The Mixtecs of Colonial Oaxaca: Ñudzahui History, Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001), 87.</bibl>
dzehua castilla.	almond (literally, "Castile shelled nut") <bibl>Kevin Terraciano, The Mixtecs of Colonial Oaxaca: Ñudzahui History, Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001), 87.</bibl>
dzita castilla.	bread (literally, "Castile tortilla") <bibl>Kevin Terraciano, The Mixtecs of Colonial Oaxaca: Ñudzahui History, Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001), 87.</bibl>
	E
El Sol.	The Sun (a loanword from Spanish) <bibl>Ronald Spores, The Mixtecs in Ancient and Colonial Times (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1984), 85.</bibl>
españoles.	Spaniards (a loanword from Spanish) <bibl>Lisa Sousa and Kevin Terraciano, "The 'Original Conquest' of Oaxaca: Nahua and Mixtec Accounts of the Spanish Conquest," Ethnohistory 50:2 (2003), 349–400. <http://ethnohistory.dukejournals.org/cgi/reprint/50/2/349>, 371.</bibl>
	f
febrero.	February (a loanword from Spanish) <bibl>Lisa Sousa and Kevin Terraciano, "The 'Original Conquest' of Oaxaca: Nahua and Mixtec Accounts of the Spanish Conquest," Ethnohistory 50:2 (2003), 349–400. <http://ethnohistory.dukejournals.org/cgi/reprint/50/2/349>, 369.</bibl>
	h
huahi cocina.	kitchen (a loanword from Spanish) <bibl>Kevin Terraciano, The Mixtecs of Colonial Oaxaca: Ñudzahui History, Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001), 202.</bibl>
huahi demonios.	hell (literally, "house of demons") <bibl>Kevin Terraciano, The Mixtecs of Colonial Oaxaca: Ñudzahui History, Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001), 304.</bibl>
huahi fragua.	forge (a loanword from Spanish) <bibl>Kevin Terraciano, The Mixtecs of Colonial Oaxaca: Ñudzahui History, Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001), 202.</bibl>
huahi tienda.	store (a loanword from Spanish) <bibl>Kevin Terraciano, The Mixtecs of Colonial Oaxaca: Ñudzahui History, Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001), 202.</bibl>
	i
inino castilla.	mint (literally, "Castile epazote") <bibl>Kevin Terraciano, The Mixtecs of Colonial Oaxaca: Ñudzahui History, Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001), 87.</bibl>
	l
lunes.	Monday (a loanword from Spanish) <bibl>Lisa Sousa and Kevin Terraciano, "The 'Original Conquest' of Oaxaca: Nahua and Mixtec Accounts of the Spanish Conquest," Ethnohistory 50:2 (2003), 349–400. <http://ethnohistory.dukejournals.org/cgi/reprint/50/2/349>, 369.</bibl>
llodzo castilla.	pen (literally, "Castile feather") <bibl>Kevin Terraciano, The Mixtecs of Colonial Oaxaca: Ñudzahui History, Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001), 87.</bibl>
	m
mapa.	map or pictorial manuscript (a loanword from Spanish) <bibl>Lisa Sousa and Kevin Terraciano, "The 'Original Conquest' of Oaxaca: Nahua and Mixtec Accounts of the Spanish Conquest," Ethnohistory 50:2 (2003), 349–400. <http://ethnohistory.dukejournals.org/cgi/reprint/50/2/349>, 369.</bibl>
marqués.	marquise, a title (a loanword from Spanish) <bibl>Lisa Sousa and Kevin Terraciano, "The 'Original Conquest' of Oaxaca: Nahua and Mixtec Accounts of the Spanish Conquest," Ethnohistory 50:2 (2003), 349–400. <http://ethnohistory.dukejournals.org/cgi/reprint/50/2/349>, 372.</bibl>
	n
nuni castilla.	wheat (literally, "Castile maize") <bibl>Kevin Terraciano, The Mixtecs of Colonial Oaxaca: Ñudzahui History, Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001), 87.</bibl>
	ñ
ñami quaa castilla.	carrot (literally, "Castile orange sweet potato") <bibl>Kevin Terraciano, The Mixtecs of Colonial Oaxaca: Ñudzahui History, Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001), 87.</bibl>
ñuma castilla.	tallow wax (literally, "Castile beeswax") <bibl>Kevin Terraciano, The Mixtecs of Colonial Oaxaca: Ñudzahui History, Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001), 87.</bibl>
	p
pintura.	painting or pictorial manuscript (a loanword from Spanish) <bibl>Lisa Sousa and Kevin Terraciano, "The 'Original Conquest' of Oaxaca: Nahua and Mixtec Accounts of the Spanish Conquest," Ethnohistory 50:2 (2003), 349–400. <http://ethnohistory.dukejournals.org/cgi/reprint/50/2/349>, 369.</bibl>
	t
tay castilla.	Spaniards <bibl>Lisa Sousa and Kevin Terraciano, "The 'Original Conquest' of Oaxaca: Nahua and Mixtec Accounts of the Spanish Conquest," Ethnohistory 50:2 (2003), 349–400. <http://ethnohistory.dukejournals.org/cgi/reprint/50/2/349>, 387.</bibl>
tayu silla.	European-style chair (literally, "chair stool") <bibl>Kevin Terraciano, The Mixtecs of Colonial Oaxaca: Ñudzahui History, Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001), 89.</bibl>
tecahua castilla.	olive (literally, "Castile plum") <bibl>Kevin Terraciano, The Mixtecs of Colonial Oaxaca: Ñudzahui History, Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001), 87.</bibl>
ticaha castilla.	walnut (literally, "Castile nut") <bibl>Kevin Terraciano, The Mixtecs of Colonial Oaxaca: Ñudzahui History, Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001), 87.</bibl>
tiñoo castilla.	chicken (literally, "Castile turkey") <bibl>Kevin Terraciano, The Mixtecs of Colonial Oaxaca: Ñudzahui History, Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001), 87.</bibl>
tiñumi ñaha diablo.	the devil <bibl>Kevin Terraciano, The Mixtecs of Colonial Oaxaca: Ñudzahui History, Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001), 303.</bibl>
titulo.	title, primordial title, town history (a loanword from Spanish) <bibl>Lisa Sousa and Kevin Terraciano, "The 'Original Conquest' of Oaxaca: Nahua and Mixtec Accounts of the Spanish Conquest," Ethnohistory 50:2 (2003), 349–400. <http://ethnohistory.dukejournals.org/cgi/reprint/50/2/349>, 369.</bibl>
tlacuaches.	opossums (a loanword from Nahuatl via Spanish?) <bibl>Ronald Spores, The Mixtecs in Ancient and Colonial Times (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1984), 12.</bibl>
	v
vide abrir.	to be open (a loanword from Spanish)
	y
ydzu mula.	mule (literally, "deer mule") <bibl>Kevin Terraciano, The Mixtecs of Colonial Oaxaca: Ñudzahui History, Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001), 89.</bibl>
yeqh castilla.	watermelon (literally, "Castile melon") <bibl>Kevin Terraciano, The Mixtecs of Colonial Oaxaca: Ñudzahui History, Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001), 87.</bibl>
yoquidzafirmandi.	signing a document <bibl>Kevin Terraciano, The Mixtecs of Colonial Oaxaca: Ñudzahui History, Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001), 89.</bibl>
yuchi tijeras.	scissors (literally, "scissors flint") <bibl>Kevin Terraciano, The Mixtecs of Colonial Oaxaca: Ñudzahui History, Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001), 89.</bibl>