Towards A Dictionary Of Mixtec Morphographemes

Images scribed by Lucia Garces Torres

Pictoglyph Example Ñuu Dzaui
[DBM] = Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (region: Western Alta Mixtec)
[MD] = Diccionario Mixteco Poblano App (region: Puebla del Sur) 		Español English
nducha, nɨñɨ [DBM]
tekuii, nii[MD]		 agua, líquido, sangre liquid, water, blood
yugu? [DBM] Batey yugo. 'Batey' es un juego ritual jugado con una pelota de goma. Se jugó en toda América Central y el Caribe. Los juegos de pelota eran lugares importantes en las ciudades antiguas. Batey yoke. 'Batey' is a ritual game played with a rubber ball. It was played throughout Central America and the Caribbean. Ball courts were important places in ancient cities.
yuu [DBM]
yuu [MD]		 piedra (hecho de piedra) stone (made of stone)
nduva [DBM]
kundee, ndua [MD]		 flecha, dardo, conquista, rayos arrow, dart, conquest (nduva is also the word for rays of sunlight)
choxini, ñuu, andɨvɨ niñu, xu'un [DBM]
sitnuu, ñuu ansivi, di'un [MD]		 estrella, cielo nocturno, celestial, brillante star, night sky, celestial, bright, shining
sau [DBM]
davi [MD]		 lluvia (signo del día calendárico) rain (calendrical day sign)
chaa [DBM]
nda'a chuun dana'a [MD]		 herramientas de escritura scribe tools
ñu'un ndaa [DBM]
nchi'i ñu'u [MD]		 llano, llanuras (osiblemente el cuerpo de Quetzalcóatl, la serpiente emplumada, que forma el piso del inframundo) plains (possibly the body of Quetzalcoatl, the feathery serpent, that forms the floor of the underworld)
ñu'un ñɨtɨ [DBM]
ñusi ñu'u [MD]		 arena, tierra arenosa sand, sandy place
ja'nu, yujnu nɨñɨ, kuun nɨñɨ [DBM]
ita, kutakaa, dakaku, xitia, sasi nii		 crece, crecimiento, dar, brotes, raíces, savia que fluye, sangre que fluye growth, sprouts, roots, flowing sap, flowing blood
lasu, ña'an [DBM]
idi, idi dini, yutu, ña'a [MD]		 Trenzas para el cabello, lo que significa una mujer. Hair braids, signifying a woman.
ka'u [DBM]
ka'vi [MD]		 números. Contando puntos, generalmente con un signo de día para indicar un cumpleaños o una fecha. numbers. Counting dots, usually with a day sign to indicate a birthday or date.
- - jitɨ ko'o [DBM]
sisi [MD]		 cordón umbílical umbilical cord.
- - yujnu [DBM]
yutnu [MD]		 arból tree
  • Calendar naming glyphs.
  • Ear plug styles
  • Ball court
  • Hills, and varieties of them.
  • Spiderweb
  • Stone stripes and other textures.
  • Temple
More glyphs dependent on funding. These glyphs are the next priority glyphs.

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