beḻ

Yatzachi Zapotec

Etymology 1

From Proto-Zapotec *kw-eʔlla, from Proto-Zapotecan *kw-eʔlla.

Noun

beḻ

1. snake
2. worm

Etymology 2

From Proto-Zapotec *kw-ella, from Proto-Zapotecan *kw-ella.

Noun

beḻ

1. fish

References

• Butler H., Inez M. (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de Yatzachi: Yatzachi el Bajo, Yatzachi el Alto, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 37)‎^[1], second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 12

Zoogocho Zapotec

Etymology 1

From Proto-Zapotec *kw-eʔlla, from Proto-Zapotecan *kw-eʔlla.

Noun

beḻ

1. snake
2. worm
3. intestinal worm

Derived terms

• beḻ coc̱h
• beḻ gonaꞌ
• beḻ peson
• beḻ sed
• beḻ xiz
• beḻ yitw žinaꞌ
• beḻ ziḻaꞌ
• beḻ ḻaꞌasj, beḻ ḻaꞌašj

 

Etymology 2

From Proto-Zapotec *kw-ella, from Proto-Zapotecan *kw-ella.

Noun

beḻ

1. fish

Derived terms

• beḻ belaꞌ
• beḻ troc̱h
• beḻ xayid
• beḻ žoc
• chzen beḻ
• yid beḻ

 

References

• Long C., Rebecca, Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)‎^[2] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 9