Mapudungun — top 407 words
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| # | Mapudungun | English |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | hello | |
| 2 | hello, brother (man speaking to a man) | |
| 3 | hello, brother/sister (across genders) | |
| 4 | how are you? | |
| 5 | I'm well | |
| 6 | thank you | |
| 7 | thank you | |
| 8 | yes | |
| 9 | no | |
| 10 | it isn't so, that's not right | |
| 11 | it's fine, that's right | |
| 12 | see you, goodbye | |
| 13 | I | |
| 14 | you (singular) | |
| 15 | he, she, it | |
| 16 | we (more than two) | |
| 17 | you (plural) | |
| 18 | they (more than two) | |
| 19 | person; people | |
| 20 | man; husband (Unificado spelling) | |
| 21 | woman | |
| 22 | child | |
| 23 | father | |
| 24 | mother | |
| 25 | brother (of a man) | |
| 26 | sibling of the opposite sex; brother/sister | |
| 27 | water | |
| 28 | fire | |
| 29 | sun; day | |
| 30 | moon | |
| 31 | star | |
| 32 | wind | |
| 33 | rain | |
| 34 | land, country, territory; earth, soil | |
| 35 | sea; lake | |
| 36 | night | |
| 37 | house — the traditional Mapuche dwelling | |
| 38 | dog | |
| 39 | cat | |
| 40 | meat | |
| 41 | bread | |
| 42 | to go; to walk; to come, arrive | |
| 43 | to come | |
| 44 | to have, to possess | |
| 45 | to see | |
| 46 | to listen | |
| 47 | to speak; speech, language | |
| 48 | to know; to understand; to learn | |
| 49 | to want; to love | |
| 50 | to eat | |
| 51 | to sleep; to fall asleep | |
| 52 | one; also the indefinite article 'a, an' | |
| 53 | two | |
| 54 | three | |
| 55 | four | |
| 56 | five | |
| 57 | ten | |
| 58 | one hundred | |
| 59 | good | |
| 60 | bad | |
| 61 | big; old | |
| 62 | small, little; short | |
| 63 | new, recent | |
| 64 | what? | |
| 65 | who? | |
| 66 | where? | |
| 67 | today | |
| 68 | tomorrow | |
| 69 | I (Unificado spelling) | |
| 70 | I (Raguileo spelling of iñche) | |
| 71 | me, my | |
| 72 | me, my | |
| 73 | we two (first-person dual) | |
| 74 | we two (Raguileo spelling of iñchiw) | |
| 75 | we, more than two (Raguileo spelling of inchiñ) | |
| 76 | you two (second-person dual) | |
| 77 | you, plural (Raguileo spelling of eymün) | |
| 78 | they two (third-person dual) | |
| 79 | they, more than two (Raguileo spelling of feyengün) | |
| 80 | who | |
| 81 | what | |
| 82 | where (Raguileo spelling of chew) | |
| 83 | how | |
| 84 | which, which one | |
| 85 | when | |
| 86 | zero | |
| 87 | five (Raguileo spelling of kechu) | |
| 88 | six | |
| 89 | seven | |
| 90 | eight | |
| 91 | nine | |
| 92 | three (Raguileo spelling of küla) | |
| 93 | sixteen | |
| 94 | seventeen | |
| 95 | eighteen | |
| 96 | nineteen | |
| 97 | twenty | |
| 98 | one thousand (Unificado spelling) | |
| 99 | one thousand (Raguileo spelling of waranka) | |
| 100 | million | |
| 101 | man, male human; person; husband (Raguileo spelling of wentru) | |
| 102 | wife | |
| 103 | an elderly woman | |
| 104 | maternal grandfather | |
| 105 | maternal grandmother; also grandchild | |
| 106 | paternal grandmother; also grandchild | |
| 107 | maternal uncle; also nephew | |
| 108 | paternal uncle; also nephew | |
| 109 | uncle | |
| 110 | paternal aunt | |
| 111 | mom; also a respectful term for a lady | |
| 112 | the ancestors | |
| 113 | surname | |
| 114 | friend | |
| 115 | friend | |
| 116 | neighbour | |
| 117 | guest | |
| 118 | werken — a messenger, the traditional envoy of a community | |
| 119 | machi — a Mapuche spiritual authority and healer | |
| 120 | machitún — the ceremony performed by a machi | |
| 121 | a seer, diviner, clairvoyant | |
| 122 | wewpife — a historian and orator of the community | |
| 123 | warrior | |
| 124 | thief | |
| 125 | orphan | |
| 126 | gaucho | |
| 127 | weye — a male-bodied person filling a third-gender role in Mapuche society, often as a machi | |
| 128 | winka — someone who is not Mapuche; a foreigner; the white man; an oppressor | |
| 129 | a language that is not Mapudungun | |
| 130 | enemy | |
| 131 | eye; sight, the ability to see | |
| 132 | eyeball | |
| 133 | hand | |
| 134 | wrist | |
| 135 | foot | |
| 136 | ankle | |
| 137 | thigh | |
| 138 | shoulder | |
| 139 | neck; throat | |
| 140 | the lips | |
| 141 | abdomen | |
| 142 | kidney | |
| 143 | pancreas | |
| 144 | buttock | |
| 145 | vagina, vulva | |
| 146 | testicle | |
| 147 | a tear, a teardrop | |
| 148 | mucus | |
| 149 | urine | |
| 150 | pain, illness | |
| 151 | pain | |
| 152 | sadness | |
| 153 | above; the sky; the weather | |
| 154 | sky | |
| 155 | blue sky | |
| 156 | moon; month (Raguileo spelling of küyen) | |
| 157 | wind (Raguileo spelling of kürüf) | |
| 158 | fire (Raguileo spelling of kütral) | |
| 159 | rain | |
| 160 | rain (Raguileo spelling of mawün) | |
| 161 | to snow; to hail | |
| 162 | a flash of lightning | |
| 163 | mountain; forest | |
| 164 | mountain range, cordillera | |
| 165 | hill; mountain | |
| 166 | stone | |
| 167 | sand | |
| 168 | sand (Raguileo spelling of kuyem) | |
| 169 | mud; clay | |
| 170 | swamp, marsh; a reservoir | |
| 171 | cistern | |
| 172 | irrigation ditch | |
| 173 | west | |
| 174 | the four compass points — a core concept of Mapuche spatial orientation | |
| 175 | wood; firewood; a stick | |
| 176 | pewen — the monkey puzzle tree, whose seed is a staple food | |
| 177 | ulmo (Eucryphia cordifolia) | |
| 178 | giant rhubarb (nalca) | |
| 179 | cornfield | |
| 180 | the darkest moment of the night | |
| 181 | fox | |
| 182 | a fox | |
| 183 | the South American gray fox; also a saddle | |
| 184 | culpeo, the Andean fox | |
| 185 | puma | |
| 186 | condor | |
| 187 | ox | |
| 188 | hare; rabbit | |
| 189 | skunk | |
| 190 | turkey | |
| 191 | duck | |
| 192 | dove, pigeon | |
| 193 | pigeon | |
| 194 | parrot | |
| 195 | burrowing owl | |
| 196 | swallow (the bird) | |
| 197 | brown-hooded gull | |
| 198 | frog | |
| 199 | frog | |
| 200 | butterfly | |
| 201 | egg | |
| 202 | livestock, domestic animal | |
| 203 | food | |
| 204 | food | |
| 205 | maté, the drink prepared from yerba mate | |
| 206 | strawberry | |
| 207 | dihueñe — an edible fungus that grows on southern beech | |
| 208 | lentil | |
| 209 | metawe — a jar of one to three litres, a characteristic Mapuche ceramic | |
| 210 | makuñ — a poncho; a blanket | |
| 211 | clothes | |
| 212 | book | |
| 213 | book; a letter (Raguileo spelling of chillka) | |
| 214 | word | |
| 215 | dictionary | |
| 216 | conversation, a told story (Unificado ngütram) | |
| 217 | fishhook | |
| 218 | sickle | |
| 219 | plough | |
| 220 | iron | |
| 221 | copper | |
| 222 | bronze | |
| 223 | perkiñ — a headdress of herbs, flowers, feathers or ribbon | |
| 224 | debt | |
| 225 | a present, a gift | |
| 226 | work; a job | |
| 227 | cemetery | |
| 228 | cemetery | |
| 229 | a dream | |
| 230 | malón — a raid | |
| 231 | combat | |
| 232 | a hug | |
| 233 | to be; to stay | |
| 234 | to go; to walk; to come (Raguileo spelling of amun) | |
| 235 | to arrive; to be born | |
| 236 | to travel | |
| 237 | to send a message | |
| 238 | to know; to understand; to learn (Raguileo spelling of kimün) | |
| 239 | to teach; to show; to break news to someone | |
| 240 | to teach; to show | |
| 241 | to remember; to remind | |
| 242 | to understand, to comprehend | |
| 243 | to mention, to name, to quote; to remember | |
| 244 | to forget | |
| 245 | to forget | |
| 246 | to suspect | |
| 247 | to say; to tell a story | |
| 248 | to be called — pigen 'my name is' | |
| 249 | to tell a story, to narrate | |
| 250 | to declare, to state | |
| 251 | to lie, to tell a lie | |
| 252 | to see | |
| 253 | to dream | |
| 254 | to perceive | |
| 255 | to be born; to bud or sprout | |
| 256 | to start, to begin | |
| 257 | to finish; to consume | |
| 258 | to spend | |
| 259 | to fill something up | |
| 260 | to eat bread | |
| 261 | to drink water | |
| 262 | to drink wine | |
| 263 | to sleep; to fall asleep | |
| 264 | to go to bed, to lie down | |
| 265 | to sit down | |
| 266 | to sit up | |
| 267 | to be tired | |
| 268 | to have one's eyes closed | |
| 269 | to yawn | |
| 270 | to sweat | |
| 271 | to bathe; to go for a swim | |
| 272 | to wash | |
| 273 | to work | |
| 274 | to pay | |
| 275 | to lend someone something | |
| 276 | to receive | |
| 277 | to catch | |
| 278 | to hold on to, to steady; to fasten | |
| 279 | to open | |
| 280 | to open | |
| 281 | to close, to shut | |
| 282 | to let go of; to release, to set free | |
| 283 | to push, to shove | |
| 284 | to bite, to nip; to gnaw | |
| 285 | to light, to set fire to; to switch on | |
| 286 | to shine | |
| 287 | to bury | |
| 288 | to nail | |
| 289 | to run | |
| 290 | to run away, to flee, to escape | |
| 291 | to fly | |
| 292 | to flap its wings | |
| 293 | to blow | |
| 294 | to dance | |
| 295 | to sing | |
| 296 | to play (a game or sport) | |
| 297 | to help | |
| 298 | to please | |
| 299 | to hug, to embrace | |
| 300 | to fight | |
| 301 | to rebel | |
| 302 | to punish | |
| 303 | to resist | |
| 304 | to make enemies of | |
| 305 | to become angry | |
| 306 | to fear | |
| 307 | to envy | |
| 308 | to mistreat | |
| 309 | to mistreat | |
| 310 | to abandon, to leave | |
| 311 | to imitate | |
| 312 | to imitate | |
| 313 | to be small | |
| 314 | to abbreviate; to hasten | |
| 315 | to originate from, to come from | |
| 316 | good (Raguileo spelling of küme) | |
| 317 | bad (Raguileo spelling of weda) | |
| 318 | big (Raguileo spelling of fücha) | |
| 319 | small (Raguileo spelling of pichi) | |
| 320 | thin (of a person) | |
| 321 | thin, skinny | |
| 322 | fat | |
| 323 | thick | |
| 324 | wide, broad | |
| 325 | thick, dense, heavy | |
| 326 | dense, thick | |
| 327 | circular | |
| 328 | convex | |
| 329 | uneven; imperfect | |
| 330 | black (Raguileo spelling of kurü) | |
| 331 | red | |
| 332 | of a dark red colour | |
| 333 | yellow | |
| 334 | green | |
| 335 | blue | |
| 336 | violet | |
| 337 | ochre | |
| 338 | grey | |
| 339 | hot, warm; heated | |
| 340 | lukewarm | |
| 341 | cold (of temperature) | |
| 342 | very cold | |
| 343 | dry | |
| 344 | dry | |
| 345 | sweet | |
| 346 | sweet | |
| 347 | sweet | |
| 348 | soft, smooth | |
| 349 | flexible | |
| 350 | dirty | |
| 351 | healthy | |
| 352 | adult | |
| 353 | naked, nude | |
| 354 | lame, crippled | |
| 355 | crazy | |
| 356 | poor; helpless | |
| 357 | vivid, alert | |
| 358 | agile, skilful, dexterous | |
| 359 | true, real; genuine; honest | |
| 360 | easy | |
| 361 | chosen | |
| 362 | wonderful, admirable | |
| 363 | decorated | |
| 364 | untameable, rebellious; wild (of an animal) | |
| 365 | masculine; male (of an animal) | |
| 366 | similar, alike | |
| 367 | other, another, different | |
| 368 | foreign | |
| 369 | open | |
| 370 | hollow, an object without substance | |
| 371 | much, a lot of, so much | |
| 372 | a lot | |
| 373 | a great deal, very much | |
| 374 | today (Raguileo spelling of fachantü) | |
| 375 | yesterday | |
| 376 | yesterday (Raguileo spelling of wiya) | |
| 377 | last night | |
| 378 | the day after tomorrow | |
| 379 | last year | |
| 380 | now; for a short while | |
| 381 | always | |
| 382 | never | |
| 383 | without ceasing, incessantly | |
| 384 | occasionally, from time to time | |
| 385 | almost, nearly | |
| 386 | quickly, promptly; soon | |
| 387 | quickly, promptly; soon | |
| 388 | soon | |
| 389 | finally, lastly; last, most recent | |
| 390 | finally, in the end | |
| 391 | finally, lastly | |
| 392 | more | |
| 393 | very; much; too much | |
| 394 | very, quite; too | |
| 395 | too much, more than enough | |
| 396 | and; too, also | |
| 397 | also, too | |
| 398 | inside, in; within | |
| 399 | outside | |
| 400 | above, on top | |
| 401 | on foot | |
| 402 | here | |
| 403 | there (nearby) | |
| 404 | there (far away) | |
| 405 | happily, cheerfully | |
| 406 | really, truly, truthfully | |
| 407 | Mapuche; of or pertaining to the Mapuche (Raguileo spelling) |