Pueblos de Maíz vocab

alimento

nourishment

ancestral

ancient

desprecio

contempt

sembrar

to sow

barro

clay

madera

wood

intentar

to try

fracasar

to fail

endurecerse

to harden

deshacerse

to disintegrate

amasar

to knead

vaho

breath, vapor

nublado

cloudy

crecimiento

growth

semilla

seed

cultivo

crop

incógnito

unknown

enfrentar

to face

superar

to overcome

caber

to fit

almacenar

to store

emprender

to begin one’s return

mazorca

corncob

cosechar

to harvest

sustento

sustenance

reventar

to burst, pop

cáscara

skin

molienda

grinding

enjuagar

to rinse

cal

lime

arado

plough

azada

hoe

hoyo

hole

irrigación

irrigation

llanura

plain, prairie

olote

cob

barbecho

fallow land

borla definition

tassel of corn

borla

pelo

dientes

granos

flor feminina ovario

mujer ovario

raíz definition

roots

raíz

pies

tallo definition

stem

tallo

cuerpo

hojas definition

leaves

hojas

brazos

leyenda maya

gods made people out of clay and wood but failed, and eventually made them out of corn and succeeded

leyenda náhuatl

one god for each life stage of corn; transformed into ants and found corn in the mountains

muñeca de maíz

girl had a doll of corn, hid it underground, and it grew to be a new doll

bolivia leyenda de maíz

two kids fell in love from separate tribes, got married, and the girl who represented corn died by arrow