Mapuche words & meanings | Finnish words & meanings |
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traf - “wall, face, meet” | kivi - “stone” |
kalel - “hill” or “mountain” | kallio - “crag, high rocky place” |
fülang - “white” | valkea - “white” |
cuchru - “duck” (the bird) | sorsa - “duck” (of unknown origin in Finnish) |
püllü - “soil” | pelto - “field” |
küyeṉ - “moon” | kuu - “moon” |
müllo - “brain” | mieli - “mind” |
The Mapuche word traf means “wall”, but metaphysically it is also connected to the idea of “facing” or “meeting”, e.g. the compound word trafün means a “meeting”, connected to this idea of facing something and meeting it, connecting to it. This word is thus not the best example of showing a similarity with the Finnish word kivi - “stone”, however, when we consider the deeper metaphysical meaning of “connection” and “faces” implied in the word traf, it could also be argued that a stone, kivi is also “faced” and is also a material which is connected, bound, on a molecular level. Note also that traf is pronounced [tsaf] making it quite close to the Finnish word kivi. Note also that many other similar words for “stone” are present in other indigenous languages of South America, which I have discussed elsewhere, one example being Arawak sībo - “stone”.
Mapuche also has a large number of similarities to Indo-European languages, some examples I noticed recently are zungun - “music”, compare English “song”, Dutch zang, Swedish sång etc. One of my favourite examples which I have mentioned in other publications too, is Mapuche dungun - “language”, compare English “tongue”, Icelandic tunga, etc. I have mentioned many more in other publications.