Re: Mapudungun glossary: English translation wanted please
From: | Javier BF <uaxuctum@...> |
Date: | Friday, January 16, 2004, 22:53 |
csli.stanford.edu/~arnold/mapuche/gloss.htm into English for me? I don't
speak Spanish, unfortunately. And I doubt any of the machine translation
tools around would work (e.g. Google's 'Language Tools' etc.).
>
>Thanks,
>--Robert
Here you are:
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A
adkintun
to look at (mirar)
afumün
to cook or to boil [context needed for accurate translation]
(cocer, a . . .)
akun
to arrive (llegar)
aling
fever (fiebre)
alu
verbal morpheme: indicates a less determining futurity than simple future
(morfema verbal: indica futuridad menos determinante que el futuro simple)
allkütun
to listen to (escuchar)
am
1.interrogative word (palabra de interrogación)
2.used in construction with a possessive, indicates finality and instrument
(usado en una construcción con posesivo indica finalidad e instrumento)
amun
to go (ir)
amukonü
to go away with the flood
(irse por el agua (en casos de inundación))
amutun
to leave (irse)
an·tü
day (día)
anümka
plant (planta)
anün
to sit down (sentarse)
araw
plough (arado)
auto
car, automobile (auto)
awkantun
to play games or with toys (jugar)
ayen
to make laugh (dar, causar risa)
ayiwün
to be or become glad or happy (alegrarse)
ayekan
to laugh no matter what (reir siempre, reir sin embargo)
ayekan wentru
swindler (funny, ashamed)
(hombre truhán (gracioso, avergonzado))
ayekantufe
kind of joker who also plays instruments
(persona que hace gracias, que toca varios instrumentos)
ayekantulün
to enjoy something
(divertir a alguno)
ayekantun
to have a good time chatting, joking, dancing, listening to music
(divertirse alegremente con conversaciones, chanzas, bailes, música)
ayekantun düngu
entertainment (diversión)
ayiwkiawün
to be glad or happy (andar contento)
aylla
nine (nueve)
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C
chafon, chafo
cough (toser, tos)
challwa(n)
a fish, to fish (pescar, pescado, pez)
chamall
woman's dress (vestido de mujer)
changkiñ
island (isla)
chaw
father (padre)
chadi
salt (sal)
che
people (gente)
chew
where (dónde)
¿chewpüle?
where? in what place? (¿en qué lugar?)
chey
maybe (tal vez)
chi
1.verbal morpheme: modifies a following noun
(morfema verbal: modifica a un sustantivo siguiente)
2. 1st person desiderative (desiderativo de primera persona)
chichatun
to drink 'chicha' (tomar chicha)
chifu
billy goat (chivo)
chiway
sea foam (espuma de mar)
¿chumalu am?
what for? (¿para qué?, ¿a qué?)
¿chumi am?
what did s/he do? what happened to him/her (¿qué hizo?, ¿que le pasó?)
¿chumwechi am?
how? (¿como?)
¿chumwelu am?
why? (¿por qué?)
chumüñ
interrogative: "when" (interrogativo: "cuándo")
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D
defe
debt (deuda)
defelen
to owe (deber)
dew
an action that has fully started
(una acción que ha comezado plenamente)
dewman
1.to do (hacer)
2.indicates an action that has just started
(indica una acción que está comenzando recién, ya)
deya
sister of a male (hermana de varón)
dingen
to reach (alcanzar)
domo
woman (mujer)
domo lamngen
sister of a female (hermana de una mujer)
doy
accompanies a verb in comparative sentences
(va junto al verbo en las oraciones comparativas)
doy pürü
quicker or faster (más rápido)
dungun
to speak (hablar)
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[to be continued]
Cheers,
Javier