Table 2 Hñahñu terms and their Spanish equivalents used to designate different farmland types and constitutive components of farmland parcels in Huitexcalco de Morelos, Mezquital Valley, Mexico
From: Mapping from spatial meaning: bridging Hñahñu (Otomi) ecological knowledge and geo-information tools
Hñahñu term | Pronunciation | Spanish/English meanings or equivalents |
|---|---|---|
Mothe muiñhe | Móthe mú̱ñhe | Parcela que capta/retiene el agua en el lecho/panza del arroyo (farmland parcel that collects/retains water at the mouth of the gully) |
Mothe ñut’athee | Móthe ‘ñut’déhe | Parcela que capta/retiene el agua que le entra o le llega del arroyo (farmland parcel that collects/retains incoming water from gullies or runoff) |
Mothe gadñhe | Móthe gádñhe | Parcela que capta/retiene el agua en la ribera del arroyo y donde el agua regresa al cauce (farmland parcel that collects/retains water on the banks of gullies and from which water returns to the streambed |
Mothe mothee | Móthe móthe | Parcela en donde se capta/retiene el agua que proviene únicamente de la lluvia (farmland parcel that collects/retains water only from rainfall) |
Jodo | Jodo | Pared de piedra acomodada (stone wall) |
Ndosthee ga do | Ndósthee | Barrera de piedra (stone barrier) |
Ñuthee njushai | ‘Ñúthe ‘ñǔshai | Camino o canal del agua escarbado en tierra (waterway or channel dug into the ground) |
Sokdehe | Sókděhe | Vertedero (spillway) |
‘Bohai | Bo̱hai | Suelo oscuro (dark soil) |
Picahai | Pikahai | Suelo profundo (deep soil) |
Bomuhai | ‘Bomuhai | Suelo arenoso (sandy soil) |
Pehai | Pěhai | Suelo arcilloso (clayey soil) |
Xinahai | Xínahai | Suelo somero (shallow soil) |
Xidohai | Xídóhai | Suelo tepetatoso (tepetate soil) |
T’axahai | T’ǎxhai, t’axhai | Suelo blanquizco (whitish soil) |
Bospihai | ‘Bospihai | Suelo cenizo (ashen soil) |
Detha | De̱thä | Maíz (maize) |
Ju | Jǔ̱ | Frijol (beans) |
Guruju | Guruju̱ | Arvejón (peas) |
Uada | Uä’da | Maguey (maguey) |
Daju | Däju̱ | Haba (fava beans) |