???
abooyyukko
??? np. water melon. [Status: Hanna had haq
mishsha. Diff. to "grapes" ?? - Abraham
could not confirm this meaning]
- erqarancha n (?). Christmas. [Status: check
meaning / not known by Abraham ...]
A - a
aa n. mama. Morph: singl. only.
a'a'e Interj (?). no.
aa'aancha Pl: aa'aanchuwwa. 1) n. accepting an
idea to (of ?) each other. 2)
— adv (?). apart, to -.
aabba Pl: aabbuwwa. n. father.
aabba Pl: aabbuwwa. n. credit [for ?] selling or
buying of cattle.
Abbaa Wossoore name. Abba Wossoore.
Abba'a 1) name. Sunday. 2)
— name. Abba'a.
abbaabiyya [Status: trans. / sing. ?] n. horsemen.
abaabunukko vt. to look after.
abbaddeechcho adj. harsh.
abbaagada Pl: abbaagadduwwa. n. leader of
defense.
abagaaro'o n. ??
abagaaza Pl: abagaazzuwwa. n. commander.
abagud edansaano np. connectors.
abagudichcho n. Morph: transn. abagudda.
1) peer. 2) friend.
abagudo adj. 1) of the same age. 2) of the same
rank. 3) equivalent.
abagudooma n. equivalence. Morph: singl. only.
abagudukko vi. 1) to be equivalent. 2) to peer
(?).
abaajja Pl: abaajjuwwa. n. eunuch.
abaajukko Variant: avaajukko. vt. to castrate
(a man).
abakasa Pl: abakassuwwa. n. abacus.
abaala Pl: abaalluwwa. n. member. From: Amh.
abballa Pl: abballuwwa. n. albino.
aballukko vi. 1) to become albinic. 2) to get
abscesses.
abbaareti Pl: abbaarettuwwa. n. 1) stepmother.
2) foster mother.
abaro Variant: ebaro. adj. such a one.
abaroosa Pl: abaroossuwwa. n. 1) family.
2) large number.
abaroosukko vi. to populate.
abaati marza np. type of ensete.
abaxaama adj. busy.
abaxaamukko vi. Morph: PASS/REFL of
abaxukko ?? 1) to become busy. 2) there is
much to do.
abbaaxuunxo'o n. centipede.
Abbaaya name. 1) Lake Abaya. 2) Abaya (river).
abbaayyi beeto np. nephew.
abbaayichchi n. Mister. [Status: check
meaning!]
abbaayyo Pl: abbaayyuwwa. n. brother.
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- ihum part ? ?? [Status: check meaning]
- nyaamme Pl: ?? n. ... ame (??). [Status: i.e.?]
- yitukko [Status: entry to be abolished? cf.
above: yi'imma] vi. to say.
abbaayyooma n. brotherhood. Morph: singl.
only.
abdaadancha n. wastage. Morph: singl. only.
abdaadaancho Pl: abdaadaano. adj / n (?).
wasteful.
abdaade n. wastage.
abdaadukko vt. 1) to waste. 2) to become
decreasing. [Status: check meaning!!]
abee interj. RESPONSE / astonishment.
abeetimma n (?). appeal.
abga'a n. Morph: singl. only. 1) discipline.
2) order. 3) regulation, ordinance.
abga'a issukko vp. to discipline.
abga'ooma n / adj (?). disciplinary.
abbis adj. new.
abbis ammane [Status: check entry form] np.
1) recently. 2) soon.
abbis tarxooma np. short sight.
Abisiina name. Abyssinia.
abisisukko vt. to bring sth. close. Morph: CAUS
1 of abisukko.
abbiso adj. near.
abbisooma n. nearness. Morph: singl. only.
abbisukko vi / vt. 1) to come near. 2) to approach.
Abiyaata name. Lake Abiyata.
abiyoota Pl: abiyoottuwwa. n. revolution. From:
Amh.
abo'aamo adj. with grey hair, grey haired.
abokaado'o Pl: abokaado'uwwa. n. avocado.
abo'o n / adj (?). 1) grey hair. 2) lichen (i.e. ??).
aboora Pl: aboolluwwa. n. earwax.
aborfissaakamani Pl:
aborfissaakamannuwwa. n. ear cleaner.
aboossa n. process of attaching. Morph: singl.
only.
aboossaancho Pl: aboossaano. n. sb. who
attaches. [Status: = attacher (?)]
aboossukko vt. to attach.
abboxuunxo'o Pl: abboxuunxo'uwwa. n.
millepede.
abo'ukko vi. 1) to get grey hair. 2) to become
grey.
abooyya Pl: abooyyuwwa. n. 1) conservation.
2) care, treatment. 3) geographical settings.
[Status: this meaning could not be confirmed
by Abraham]
abooyyaancho Pl: abooyyaano. n. 1) one who
takes care. 2) conserver. [Status: better: one
who conserves ?]
abooyyukko vi / vt. 1) to take care of. 2) to
conserve. 3) to become grey. [Status: check
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abseessa Pl: abseessuwwa. n. abscess.
absitraakta adj. abstract.
absoluut xigo np. absolute number.
absoluut vaaliyu np. absolute value.
absoluuta adj. absolute.
abukaado'o Pl: abukaado'uwwa. [Status: check
entry - HED: abokaado'o] n. avocado. From:
Engl.
abuulla Pl: abuulluwwa. n. Morph: cf. uulla.
1) field. 2) farm. 3) agriculture.
abuu'lla Pl: abuu'lluwwa. n. 1) draught ox.
2) draft ox.
abuullaancho Pl: abuullaano. n. 1) farmer.
2) cultivator. 3) peasant. [Status: ps stated as
adj ...]
abuulli kaame'e np. tractor.
abuulli uulla np. farm land.
abuullinukko vt. to plough.
abuullukko vi/vt. 1) to plough. 2) to cultivate.
3) to be a farmer. 4) to disturb. [Status: this
sn can prob. be removed (other verb forms
are transl. with stem "plough")]
aburcho Pl: abura (?). n. cock. [Status: check
meaning; should prob. be argucho]
aburuura 1) n. mould. Morph: singl. only. 2)
— adj (??). aged. [Status: check meaning!]
aburuurukko vi. 1) to become old, to become
aged. 2) to become mouldy.
abbussukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of ub(b) (??) /
abburukko. 1) to make a profit. 2) to knock
down / over.
acaqqaara n (?). 1) shoot. 2) making
quarrelling; nagging. [Status: check entry
(was: acaqaara)]
acceeqasamukko vi. to criticize each other.
Morph: REFL of acceeqasukko.
acceeqasukko vt. to criticize.
acceeqqaxancha n. criticism.
acce'ukko vt. 1) to make up for. 2) to repair.
acongre'a Pl: acongre'uwwa. n. type of sodom
apple.
aachcha n. taking.
achchikir n. ??
achongaara Pl: achongaalluwwa. n. solanum
campilacantum. [Status: what is this?]
aad adv. 1) downwards. 2) down. 3) below.
4) under.
aad gosha np. gravity.
ada Pl: aduwwa (??). [Status: WHS, 144:
adaayye] n. paternal aunt. [Status: check
meaning: HCD has MATERNAL aunt]
adaba n. patience. Morph: singl. only.
addabaabaayya Pl: addabaabaayyuwwa. n.
square (in town). From: Amh.
adabeela adj. 1) rude. 2) disorganized.
3) unsystematic.
adabeelukko vi. to become rude.
adabissukko vi. to be patient. Morph: CAUS 1
of adabukko (?).
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aadite
adafa n. menstruation. Morph: singl. only.
addalhani Variant: addalaancho. Pl:
addalaano. [Status: check] n. cupbearer.
addalo Pl: addalluwwa. n. 1) fate. 2) destiny.
adalta adj. adult.
addalukko vi (?). to serve sb. (at the table).
adaam saayya np. a milk producing cow.
adaamma Pl: adaammuwwa. n. 1) cactus.
2) type of tree. [Status: check meaning (was:
adamma)]
adamimma n (?). communication.
adaam(ma) Pl: adaammuwwa. n. euphorbia
tree.
adaamo adj. full of cow milk.
adandeessukko vt. to prepare butter. Morph: *
ada andeess-. [Status: check!]
adaa'nne [Status: check entry form] conj. as if.
adaphphukko vi. 1) to be patient. 2) to become
patient.
adaraallano n. state of being an orphan. Morph:
singl. only. [Status: check meaning - part.
pl ?]
adaraaro n. orphans. Morph: singl.
adaraachcho.
adaraarukko vi. 1) to be an orphan. 2) to fall
into misery.
addaraashsha Pl: addaraashshuwwa. n. hall.
From: Amh.
adba'a n. ??
adba'ara Pl: adba'alluwwa. n. larva.
adbar Pl: adballuwwa. n. sacrificial tree. From:
Amh.
aade adv / part (?). down.
aadde Pl: aaddeewwa. n. mother (resp. form).
Morph: fem.
adi beeto np. cousin (masc).
adi landichcho np. cousin (fem).
addichcho Pl: adda (??). n. 1) heifer. 2) older
calf.
adil anjaancho np. high priest.
adi'l bax mine np. office.
adi'l baxxancho np. 1) clerk. 2) government
worker.
adila Pl: adilluwwa. n. 1) king. 2) clan leader.
3) chief. From: Arab. adil "worthy".
adillano Pl: adillanuwwa. n. kingdom.
adilo'oo adj. governmental ? [Status: check
meaning!!]
adilo'oo'm mine np. palace.
adilo'ooma Pl: adilo'oommuwwa. n. state.
adimaas n. horizon. From: Amh.
adireenaala Pl: adireenaalluwwa. n. adrenal
gland.
adireenaaliina n. adrenaline. Morph: singl.
only. From: Engl.
Addis Ababa name. Addis Ababa.
adissa Pl: adissuwwa. n. small ceremony for
women after giving birth.
aadisukko vi. to have diarrhea.
aadite [Status: check entry - aad or aadite ?] adj.
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down, lower.
aadite Variant: aadisola. [Status: check spelling:
Marqos had AADITEE; check spelling: adi
soola?] n. Morph: singl. only. 1) diarrhoea.
2) dysentery.
ado n. Morph: singl. only. 1) milk. 2) tree resin.
ado iyyiisimma vp. to receive/give milk.
aadora n. diarrhoea. Morph: singl. only.
aadorukko vt. to produce stool.
addukko vt. to share with each other. [Status:
check meaning!]
adulaala name (?) / n. a creeping plant.
aduuncho Pl: aduuna (transn.). n. cat.
aduruusa Pl: aduruussuwwa. n. 1) incense.
2) incense container. [Status: check meaning]
adduwwi maara np. veal.
afa guba'e np. speaker. From: Amh. ??
afa'l beelayya np. spinal column.
afa'l kollo np. backward (side).
afa'lachcha Variant: afa'laacha. [Status: check
spelling] adj (?). backwards.
Affaar name. Afar.
afardakka Pl: afardakkuwwa. n. plateau.
afare Pl: afalluwwa. n. 1) back (of human being).
2) liver. 3) in back of, behind.
afare amadimma vp. back biting. [Status:
check translation (back beating ?)]
afaree'n orachcho np. back.
afarguuncho Pl: afarguuna. n. hunchback.
afarinne waachchimma vp. back swimming.
afeebe'e postp (?). 1) until. 2) up to.
afeefana Pl: afeefannuwwa. n. money given to
the bride's family.
afeejjaara Pl: afeejjaalluwwa. n. morning.
afisaancho Pl: afisaano. n. distributor.
afisansa Morph: singl. only. n. distribution.
afisansukko vt. to distribute. Morph: CAUS 1
afisamukko.
afisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of afukko. 1) to
bring forward, to let arrive. 2) to distribute.
3) soon to have a young. 4) to deliver a
message.
afixxancha Morph: singl. only. n. 1) sending a
message. 2) sharing.
afo Pl: affuwwa. n. neck. Morph: same root as
afare, 'back'.
afo'o Pl: afo'uwwa. n. hole.
afo'o fisaancho np. drill.
Afriika [Status: check spelling - other place:
Afiriiqqa] name. Africa.
aftir haybana np. breaking of fasting. From:
Amh. ?
afuuchcha Pl: afuuchchuwwa. n. 1) sitting
position. 2) seat. [Status: check HCD "stool
of wood"]
afuchchee mancho np. Morph: same root as
afuurimma. 1) sb. who sits. 2) sb. who stays.
2) sb. who waits.
afukko vi. 1) to arrive. 2) to be ready. [Status:
check meaning] 3) to happen. 4) to grow.
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[Status: check translation!] 5) to be fitting for
sb.
afuurukko vi. 1) to sit down. 2) to sit. [Status:
check meaning! (sit or sit down?)] 3) to stay.
4) to wait.
afuussukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of afuurukko.
1) to seat someone. 2) to let sb. sit down. 3) to
put.
agga Pl: agguwwa. n. drink. [Status: alcoholic
drinks?]
aagga Pl: aagguwwa. n. 1) introduction.
2) beginning. 3) entrance.
agada Pl: agadduwwa. n. stem of maize or white
sorghum.
agade'e Pl: agade'uwwa. n. type of ensete.
agaagaancho Pl: agaagaano. n. 1) helper.
2) assistant.
agaago Morph: singl. only. n. 1) help. 2) bias.
[Status: check meaning] 3) helper.
agaagukko vi. 1) to help. 2) to assist.
agamcha Morph: singl. only. n. gambling.
agamukko vi. Morph: PASS/REFL of
agukko ? 1) to gamble. 2) to steal. 3) to go
away, to disappear.
aga'n miqo'o np. salary.
agana Pl: agannuwwa. n. 1) moon. 2) month.
aganna Morph: singl. only. n. compassion.
aganna Pl: agannuwwa. n. 1) miracle. 2) history.
agana mataagge [Status: check entry
form - aga'nnane ??] np. monthly.
agannaam beyyuwwa [Status: already pl] np.
historical places.
agannaamo adj. 1) miraclous. 2) historical.
[Status: check meaning]
agancho Pl: agano. n. month.
aganni kur xum sawwite np. narrative
composition.
agannukko vi. to have compassion.
agaroriya Pl: agaroriyyuwwa. n. type of ensete.
agaasamcha Morph: singl. only. n.
disappearance.
agaasamukko vi. Morph: PASS/MED of
agaasukko. 1) to go away. 2) to disappear.
agaasukko vt. to take away.
agatta Pl: agattuwwa (?). n. sacrifice on the 3rd
day after a death.
aggeebbaraancho Pl: aggeebbaraano. n.
trainer.
aggeebbaro Pl: aggeebballuwwa. n. training.
[Status: check meaning, HED has: train]
aggeebbarukko vt. to train.
ageedalukko vt. to tilt.
ageera Pl: ageelluwwa. [Status: check spelling]
n. shield.
aggeera'ukko vt. to conceit. [Status: check
spelling, HED has: coceit]
aggi mine np. bar.
agicho Morph: singl. only. [Status: with only one
"CH"!? According to Abraham it should read:
agiddano] n. slavery.
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agidda'n seera np. slavery.
agiddano Morph: singl. only. n. slavery.
agilgila Pl: agilgilluwwa. n. wooden (?) food
table. From: Amh. [Status: According to
Abraham: small box, traditionally used to
hold food; WHS, 134: "aus Gras geflochtener
Korb"]
agira Pl: agilluwwa. n. shield.
aagisube'ane adj. unmarried (man).
agisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of agukko. 1) to
water, to make / let drink. 2) to cause to steal.
aggiisukko vt. to lend. Morph: CAUS 1 of
aggukko.
aagisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of aagukko. 1) to
make sb./sth. enter. 2) to insert. 3) to lead sb.
in. Morph: CAUS of aagimma. 4) to
introduce. 5) to marry.
agishsha n. 1) drinking. 2) stearing. [Status:
check meaning]
aggiishsha Pl: aggiishshuwwa. n. lending.
aagishsha n. causing to enter.
aggiishshi mare'e np. quotation mark ["].
aggiishshi sagara np. borrowed word.
agishsho Pl: agido (trans. ?). n. slave.
aagixxancha Pl: ?? n. agreement.
agixxi daddaraancho Morph: gen. st. of
aggisho. np. slave trader.
Agnuwaak name. Annuak.
ago Pl: agguwwa. n. mouth. [Status: including all
inner parts?]
aago'o Pl: aago'uwwa. n. 1) input. 2) income.
aguugukko vt. to chase sb. / sth. away.
agukko vt. 1) to drink. 2) to steal.
aagukko vi / vt. 1) to enter. 2) to set (of sun). 3) to
understand. 4) to reach sth. 5) to be proper for
sb.
aheera n. 1) hereafter. 2) paradise. From: Arab. ?
aheera'i hawwoo beyyo [Status: check
entry] np. hell.
aheerata n. rites to escort a soul into the hereafter.
ahiinsa adv (?). now that.
ahukko [Status: Inf was AHIIMMA] vi. to begin.
[Status: according to Abraham it should read:
"asheerimma"]
aa'isukko vt. to let sb. receive, to let sb. take.
Morph: CAUS 1 of aa'ukko.
ajaabanukko vi. to be angry.
ajaa'l booyya [Status: enter under booyya?] np.
yellow cow with white forehead.
ajala Pl: ajalluwwa. n. accident.
ajalaamo adj. troublesome. [Status: check
meaning; HED had: trouble maker]
ajanjara adj. busy.
ajanjarukko vi. to become too busy.
ajaara adj. 1) grey. 2) yellow. 3) orange. 4) light
brown. 5) pale.
ajaare Pl: ajaalluwwa. n. light coloured cow.
[Status: could not be confirmed by Abraham;
considers it an Imperative ..]
ajaarukko vi. to be grey.
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aje'e Pl: aje'uwwa. 1) n. ear infection. 2)
— name (?). name of an ox. [Status: i.e ????]
ajuluuma adj. 1) foolish. 2) silly.
ajuluumukko vi. to be mentally retarded.
ajuussa adj. 1) foolish. 2) stupid.
ajuutta Pl: ajuuttuwwa. n (?). 1) dreaming.
[Status: check meaning! If a haqawo doesn't
come true, it is ajuutta] 2) fantasy.
ajuuttukko vi. to dream.
akaafa Pl: akaaffuwwa. n. 1) shovel. 2) spade.
From: Amh. [Status: check meaning!]
akaakilta [Status: check entry (baarzaafa)] n.
eucalyptus.
akkamma adj. fattened.
akambaalo'o Pl: akambaalo'uwwa. n. 1) lid.
2) cover (of pot).
akkamimma n (?). treatment.
akkamukko vi. Morph: PASS of akkukko.
1) to be fattened. 2) to treat (an illness).
[Status: check meaning (hakkamukko ?)]
aakkee Pl: aakkeewwa. n. maternal grandmother.
akkechcha Morph: singl. only. n. odoring.
akkeechcho Pl: akkeechchuwwa. n. cow whose
young died.
akeeka 1) adj. comparable. 2)
— n. balance.
akeekamma adj. equivalent.
akeekammi gudisansuwwa np. equivalent
equation.
akeekammi sibiriixa np. equivalent fraction.
akeekammi wixxite np. equivalent set.
akeekamukko vi. to be equivalent. Morph:
PASS/REFL of akeekukko ?
akeekancha 1) adj. comparable. 2) equivalence.
akeekansamma Morph: singl. only. n.
equivalence.
akeekansaancho Pl: akeekansaano. n. sb.
who compares.
akeekansi solleesa np. simile.
akeekansukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
akeekamukko. 1) to make equivalent. 2) to
compare.
akeekixxa adj. proportional.
akeekixxooma Morph: singl. only. n.
proportionality.
akeekixxukko vi. to be proportional.
akeekixxuwwa Morph: plur. tant. ? n.
proportionals.
akeekooma [Status: check - was: ekeekooma] n.
equivalence.
akeekukko vi/vt. 1) to compare, to be equivalent.
[Status: check meaning; other entries in HED
have only the stem "to compare"] 2) to
approach, to reach, to get near. [Status: check
meaning! according to Abraham: to
understand]
akkeera Pl: akkeelluwwa. n. cow whose young
died.
akke'ukko vt. 1) to odorize with smoke. 2) to
smoke.
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Akira name. Akkra. [Status: ???]
akkiisukko vt. to odor. Morph: CAUS 1 of
akkukko (?).
akkiwwit angila np. acute angle.
akkiwwit angilaam sas midaado np.
acute angle triangle.
akkiwwit sas midaado np. acute triangle.
aakko Pl: aakkuwwa. n. maternal grandfather.
akoordo'o Pl: akoordo'uwwa. [Status: check
entry - BV: akkordiyoona] n. accordion.
akrobaata Pl: akrobaattuwwa. [Status: see
spelling - HED: akro'baata] n. acrobat.
aksisa Pl: aksissuwwa. n. axis.
aksiyooma Pl: aksiyoommuwwa. n. axiom.
aktinaayida Morph: singl. only. n. actinide.
akkukko vt. to fatten.
akkuyyaato Pl: akkuyyaattuwwa. [Status:
check entry form - ekkuyyaato ??] n.
1) saying yes (process of). 2) affirmation.
aqqa Pl: aqquwwa. n. flood.
aqeeca Pl: aqeeccuwwa. n. 1) chin. 2) jaw.
aqo Pl: aquwwa. n. palate.
aqo'l sagachcha'a np. alveolar. [Status: check
meaning]
aqoomada Pl: aqoomadduwwa. n. gum.
aqqoomada Pl: aqqoomadduwwa. n. black
coating on clay containers.
aqoro n. in mouth. Morph: * aqo woro.
aqqukko vi. 1) to flood. 2) to be abundant. 3) to
swell, to be swollen. [Status: check meaning]
4) to walk.
aqurca Pl: aqurcuwwa. n. swelling (of cheek).
al fate'e np. 1) blessing. 2) slogan. [Status: check
meaning]
allabaamo adj. talkative.
allabo Pl: allabbuwwa. n. tongue.
allaabo Pl: allaabo'o. n. highwayman.
allaachcha Pl: allaachchuwwa. n. herd.
allaachchi bicco np. herds men's stick.
allaachchi hixe np. pasture.
allaachchi quunqoora np. snack, quick meal.
allachchi uulla np. pasturage. [Status: i.e. ??]
alaado n. half.
allagga Pl: allagguwwa. n. 1) outsider. 2) alien.
3) not relatives.
allagga'n axeellato np. colonial rule.
allaggichcho adj. unrelated.
allaggisukko vt. to discriminate. Morph: CAUS
1 of allaggukko.
alaala Pl: alaalluwwa. n. additional package on a
donkey's load.
alallaataancho Pl: alallaataano. n. preacher.
alallaato Pl: alallaattuwwa. n. 1) announcement.
2) proclamation. 3) sermon, preaching.
alallaatukko [Status: was: ala'llimma (Tadesse,
June 14, HQK, 23)] vi / vt. 1) to declare. 2) to
announce, to proclaim. 3) to decree. 4) to
preach.
alaleessukko vt. to slaughter.
alallukko vt. 1) to mock, to ridicule. 2) to sneer.
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allaa'llukko vt. to graze.
a'llamukko vi (?). to discuss. Morph:
PASS/REFL of a'llukko ?
a'llancha Pl: ?? n. discussion.
allaphphukko vi. to become talkative.
allaaraancho Pl: allaaraano. n. 1) shepherd.
2) herds' boy or man.
allaarukko vt. to watch cattle.
albachcha Pl: ?? n. 1) one who eats too much.
2) harming. 3) sex.
aalbaasukko vt. to cut sth. forcefully.
albeena Pl: albeennuwwa. n. sickle (used for
harvesting grain).
alceena Pl: alceennuwwa. n. infertile woman.
alceenna adj. 1) infertile. 2) barren.
alceennukko vi. to be sterile.
-a'lee suff. -times.
alleko issaakukko vp. to put on jewellery.
From: alleko is a loanword from Wallaamo.
-a'lens suff. if.
alle'oo bee'ane vp (?). one who cannot chew.
alle'ukko vi. 1) to chew the cud, to ruminate (of
cow). 2) to laugh at, to ridicule. 3) to mock
sb.
Alfa name. Alpha.
alfaate'e n. mourning after burial. Morph: singl.
only (?).
alga Pl: alguwwa. n. bed.
algi Pl: alguwwa. n. bedroom. [Status: check
entry (alga ??) and meaning (bed ??)]
algooriizima Pl: algooriizimmuwwa. n.
algorithm.
alimuuniyeema n. aluminium. Morph: singl.
only.
aliivooyila n. air sucks. [Status: i.e. ??]
alivuyoola n. alveoli.
aljeebi'l woca te'im caakkishsha np.
algebraic expression.
aljeebra n. aljebra.
alkancha n. 1) being split. 2) being cut.
alkoola n. alcohol.
alkukko vt. 1) to split. 2) to cut.
allo n. chewed cud.
aalo'aamo adj. accustomed to bad things.
aalo'o Pl: aalo'uwwa (?). n. 1) rule. 2) character.
3) conduct. 4) behaviour.
aalloosukko vt. to cut forcefully.
alootrooppa n. allotrophy.
alootroopisa n. allotropes.
alooya [Status: check entry form - HCD:
alooyya] n. a disease of the ensete plant.
alooyyaamo adj. affected by a disease (ensete).
alooye Pl: alooyyuwwa. n. a type of worm.
a'lukko vi. to be heavy.
a'llukko [Status: check spelling / entry] vt.
Morph: REFL.-MED. of ha'-. 1) to take
(over). 2) to take for oneself. 3) to seize for
oneself. 4) to receive for oneself.
aallukko vt. to lick.
aluumsa n. oil seeds.
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-am- infix. PASS. amma'nnukko. 1) to trust each other. 2) to

-aam suff. associates of -. depend on.
am aro'o np. stepfather. amma'nnaa'n wixxit np. church (as
ama Variant: umma. Pl: ammo'o. [Status: check congregation and organisation).
va (WHS 141)] n. Morph: fem. 1) mother. amma'nnancha n. mutual trust.
2) placenta. 3) stem. amma'nnaancho Pl: amma'nnaano. n.
ammachcho Pl: ammara. n. Morph: pl = believer.
trans. 1) vultures. From: Amh. amoora ? amma'nnato Pl: amma'nnattuwwa. n.
2) bird of prey. 1) belief, trust, trust. 2) religion.
amadaa dasisukko vp. to reserve. 3) speculation.
amadancha n. process of being caught. amma'nnato qoxximma [Status: check entry
amaadaancho Pl: amaadaano. n. one who is form - .... qoxxishsha ?] np (??).
arrogant. confirmation.
amadiisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of amadukko. amma'nnaxxi seera np. dogma.
1) to have sb. / sth. arrested, to have sb. / sth. ammanchome [Status: check entry form] n.
caught. 2) to let sb. catch, to let sb. grasp. 1) on time. 2) punctual.
3) to let sb. take. 4) to give sth. as security. ammane n. 1) time. 2) at the time of.
5) to attach. ammanee beyyoo np. setting.
amaado n. conceit. ammane higisukko [Status: under other
amadoo qaxa [Status: check entry form] np. entry ?] vp (vt). Morph: CAUS 1 of amane
volume. higukko. 1) to spend time. 2) to be late.
amadu xigo [Status: check entry form] np. ammanina wossanimma np. suspicion.
contents. [Status: lit. meaning ?]
amadukko vt. 1) to catch. 2) to hold. 3) to seize. amma'nnisoobee'ane adj / v (?). uncertain.
4) to start. 5) to begin. 6) to touch. 7) to amma'nnisoohane adj / v (?). certain.
conquer sth., to win sth. 8) to grow on sth. amma'nnisukko vt. 1) to make sb. believe.
amaadukko vi. to become conceited. 2) to convince, to persuade. 3) to convert.
amagaga n (?). 1) resistance. 2) refusal. amma'nnishsha n. 1) trust. 2) data, research.
amaja Pl: amajjuwwa. [Status: check entry [Status: check meaning]
form - amajja ?] n. 1) deposit. 2) security. amma'nnishshi xum sawwite np.
3) pledge. informative composition.
amajja Pl: amajjuwwa. n. 1) catching. amma'nno [Status: check
2) treatment. [Status: check meaning] entry - amma'nnato ??] n. 1) trust, confidence.
amajaanchi eddechcha np. sleeve. 2) faith.
amala n. 1) mood. 2) character. 3) behaviour. amma'nno'o Pl: amma'nno'uwwa. n. principle.
amala axisukko vp. to behave. [Status: check amma'nnukko vt. 1) to believe. 2) to trust. 3) to
lit. meaning (from Amhara ??)] confess. 4) to admit. 5) to own. [Status: check
amalaammo adj. annoying, nagging. meaning!!!]
amaaleeze n. amylase. Amaara name. Amhara.
Amaa'llisa n. Amharic (language). amaro'o Pl: amaro'uwwa. n. step-father.
amalukko vt. to annoy. amaarukko vt. to stir sth.
amama Pl: amammuwwa. n. maternal ammata n / interj (?). please. [Status: check
grandmother. meaning]
amman hundem [Status: check entry form] ammatisukko vt. to say please. Morph: CAUS
np. whenever. 1 of ammatukko. [Status: check meaning;
amma'n qoodo'o [Status: check entry form] was: "to please"]
np. 1) time period. 2) deadline. ammatishsha n. saying 'please'.
amma'n qooxo'o np. time unit. amaxxa Pl: amaxxuwwa. n. 1) wealth.
amma'n xigaancho np. one who tells the time. 2) fortune, property. [Status: check meaning]
amma'n xigo np. telling of time. 3) resource. 3) guarantee. 3) content.
amanna Pl: amannuwwa. n. maternal 4) volume.
grandfather. Morph: * ami anna. amaxxamma adj. attached.
amma'nnamma [Status: check entry amaxxammi duuna np. mountain chain.
form - amma'nnamo ?] adj. 1) honest. amaxxamukko vi/vt (?). Morph: PASS of
2) loyal. 3) responsible. 4) sure. amaxxukko. 1) to stick. 2) to oppose.
amma'nnamcha [Status: check entry amaxxancha n. 1) wrestle. 2) plot.
form - amma'nnancha ?] n. guarantor. amaxxansaancho Pl: amaxxansaano. n.
amma'nnamoohane [Status: check entry 1) glue. 2) gum. 3) conjunctive. 4) adhessive.
form] adj. reliable. amaxxansukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
amma'nnamukko vi. Morph: PASS/REFL of amaxxamukko. 1) to glue. 2) to join. 3) to

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connect. 4) to fasten.
amaxxukko vi. 1) to be wealthy. 2) to hold some
parts of the body. [Status: check meaning !]
amaawunta n. amount. Morph: singl. only.
From: Engl. ?
amaayya Pl: amaayyuwwa. n. 1) maternal aunt.
2) paternal aunt. [Status: check meaning !!]
amaayyi beeto np. cousin (masc).
amaayyi landichcho np. cousin (fem).
amba Pl: ambuwwa. n. 1) vicinity. 2) village.
3) settlement. [Status: check meaning; amba'a
'surrounding'] 4) neighbourhood.
amba'a Pl: amba'uwwa (?). [Status: check entry
form - amba ?] n. 1) village. 2) neighbour.
3) surrounding, area.
ambaacama Variant: hamaacama. adj. murky,
cloudy.
ambaacamukko vi. Morph: PASS of
ambaacukko. 1) to be murky. 2) to be
cloudy.
ambaancho Pl: ambaano. n. 1) one who covers
sth. 2) thief. 3) cell membrane.
ambaxa Pl: ambaxxuwwa. n. 1) grasshopper.
2) locust.
amba'ukko vi. 1) to cover oneself. 2) to use a
blanket.
ambeeto Pl: amooso. n. brother. Morph: * ami
beeto.
ambi Pl: ambuwwa. [Status: check entry form!]
n. neighbour.
ambiimma n. roof.
amboo ayyera np. atmosphere.
ambukko vt. 1) to cover. 2) to wrap. 3) to thatch
(roof).
ambula Pl: ambulluwwa (?). n. 1) ram.
2) castrated animal.
ambulla Pl: ambulluwwa (?). [Status: check
entry form - ambula ?] n. lamb. [Status:
check meaning; above - ram!]
ambu'la Pl: ambu'lluwwa (?). n. frog.
amee Variant: alteemee. vi. is (he, it) -.
ameeba n. amoeba. Morph: singl. only.
ameechcho adj. very old.
ameechcho Pl: ameechchuwwa (??). n. old
cow. [Status: Marqos had: "wife"!]
ameechchukko vi. to grow old (of animals).
ammehe vi. come please! Morph: Imp pl.
ameella adj (?). 1) very old (cow). 2) old (cow).
Ameerikaana name. America.
amfiibiya n. amphibia. Morph: singl. only.
From: Engl.
amiino'i asiida np. amino acid.
amlambe'e n (?). center.
amlandichcho Pl: amlanda. [Status: 1 or 2
words ?] n. sister. Morph: fem, * ami
landichcho.
amo seera np. law ruling the women.
amoolechcho Pl: amoolechchuwwa. n. salt bar.
amo'o n. mothers. Morph: pl. of ama.
ampoola Pl: ampoolluwwa. n. 1) bulb. 2) light.
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annannissukko
From: Amh. ?
amsagara Pl: amsagalluwwa. [Status: 1 or 2
words ??] n. main word.
amukko vi. to become old.
amursare'e adj (?). heroic. [Status: check
meaning; was "hero" (but ps: adj ...)]
amursare'ooma n. courage. Morph: singl. only.
an [Status: HCD has: ani] pron. I.
anna Pl: anno'o. n. 1) father. 2) owner.
anababukko vt. to read. From: Amh.
annabbaay beeto [Status: orig. annabbaybeeto]
np. cousin, paternal.
annabaayyi landichcho np. maternal cousin
(fem).
annabbaayyo Pl: annabbaayyewwa. n.
paternal uncle. Morph: * anni abbaayyo.
anaafeeza n. anaphase.
annahanqa n. Morph: * anna hanqa. [Status: 1
or 2 words ?] 1) own right. 2) father's right.
anaqala n. food made from barley and butter.
Morph: singl. only (?).
anaqaxukko vt. to finish.
annaqqichcho adj. intelligent.
annam annam np. 1) all. 2) every one.
anamma Pl: anammuwwa. n. 1) gap. 2) crack.
annama Pl: annammuwwa. n. paternal
grandmother. Morph: * anni ama. [Status: 1
or 2 words ?]
annaammuchcho Pl: annaamura. n. type of
medicinal plant.
anamukko vt (?). Morph: PASS/REFL of
anukko ??? 1) to split. 2) to crack.
annamurukko vt. to insult.
annan ihukko vp. to separate (intr.).
annanna adj. 1) different. 2) except.
annanna Pl: annannuwwa. n. Morph: * anni
anna. 1) paternal grandfather. 2) ancestor.
annanna marukko vp. to depart.
ananaasa Pl: ananaassuwwa. n. pine apple.
annannaato n. Morph: singl. only. 1) difference
(between things). 2) difference (in
arithmetics).
annangichcho n. thumb. Morph: * anni
angichcho. [Status: check nt]
annanni aganna [Status: check entry form!!]
np. exclusively.
annanni bito [Status: check entry form] np.
special offer.
annanni ihaakkoo doo'lla [Status: check
entry form!!] np. especially.
annanni ihaakkoohane [Status: check entry
form] np. exception.
annannichcho pron ? everybody.
annannihukko [Status: 1 or 2 words (HCD)] vi.
1) to be different. 2) to be separated.
annannisa [Status: check entry form] adv. apart.
annannissukko [Status: 1 or 2 words ? check
entry form] vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
annannihukko - "To depart"?? //
relationship with annan ihimma ? 1) to
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separate. 2) to make different. 3) to split. 4) to angawo'mma adj. fully grown.

devide. 5) to differentiate (esp. grain). angejja n. participation. Morph: singl. only.
[Status: check meaning] angi baxo np. handicraft. [Status: check
annannooma 1) n. difference. Morph: singl. meaning - should it be "chore" (cf. anga
only. 2) qoxx...)]
— adj. different. [Status: check meaning] angi borsa'a np. purse. From: from Engl.
annannukko vt. 1) to split. 2) to separate (tr.), to "purse".
depart, to go to another place. Morph: * anan angi edechcha [Status: check entry form] np.
ihimma ? glove.
annare Pl: annalleewwa (??). n. step-mother. angi haqqa np. hand cover (used when cutting
aanca Variant: qaanca. Pl: aancuwwa. [Status: ensete).
check va (HCD)] n. 1) ensete fibre. 2) corn angi kitaabo'o np. handwriting.
silk. 3) hedge of ensete plants. From: angi qoocca np. handicraft.
Kambaata: qaancata. angi qoora np. skilled.
aanci barchuma np. usual chair. angi lacha np. 1) craft. 2) technical. 3) profession.
anciro'o Pl: anciro'uwwa. n. type of ensete. angi lachchaancho [Status: check entry
ancura Pl: anculluwwa (?). n. type of African form - angi lachchi mancho ?] np.
violet. 1) craftsman. 2) technician.
anchina Pl: anchinnuwwa (?). n. type of ensete. angi lachchi losano [Status: check entry
-aancho suff. AGENT. form] np. technology.
andareechcho Pl: andare (?). [Status: check angi moda np. arm.
spelling - handareechcho ?] n. pigeon. angi oobba np. palm.
-ane suff. POSS + COPULA. angi sa'ata np. wrist watch.
a'nneechcho Pl: a'nneera. n. panther. angi shugguxa np. pistol.
anemoomeetira n. anemometre. angi xulbe'e np. handball.
anga Pl: anguwwa. n. 1) hand. 2) forearm. angi woda np. muscle.
3) cubit. 4) favour. angila Pl: angilluwwa. n. angle. From: Engl.
anga aagu diinate [Status: check entry form] angiiphphukko vt. to appreciate the heroes.
np. income. angissukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of angukko.
anga aphphisukko vp (vt). to clap hands. 1) to win. 2) to take.
Morph: CAUS 1 of anga aphphukko. angoobba Pl: angoobbuwwa. n. palm.
anga edukko vp. to help. angoola'a n (?). sb. who misunderstands.
anga gassukko vp. to give. angoo'llukko vi. 1) to die (from natural causes).
anga gaassukko vp (vi). 1) to rank. 2) to be 2) to escape.
kind. ango'o n. aid (given to sb.). Morph: singl. only
anga haraara np. generous, handful. (?).
anga higisukko vp (vt). to pass (in a course of ango'o uwwukko vp. to give aid (to a needy
action). Morph: CAUS 1 of anga higukko. person).
anga hoffiixxa np. poor. ani pron. I. [Status: still in use?]
anga hoffiixxukko vp. to become poor. anni anna np. paternal grandfather.
anga iibbaalla np. wealthy. anni uulla np. fatherland.
anga iggaalla np. quick in beating. annichchi annichchim np. 1) everyone.
anga maxara Pl: anga maxalluwwa (?). 2) each other.
[Status: check pl: maxalla (?)] np. finger. annichcho Pl: anno'o. n (?). 1) owner. 2) subject.
anga wixukko vp. to wave. annichchooma n. property. Morph: singl. only.
angachcha n. simple form of wedding. Morph: annichchome [Status: check entry form] n.
singl. only. duty. Morph: singl. only (?).
anga-ejj vp ? to share with each other. [Status: aniimiya'a n. anaemia.
check meaning!] -annin suff. because.
angala n. swelling of breast (cattle). Morph: anninkaashsha Pl: anninkaashshuwwa.
singl. only. [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n. mole (birth-mark).
anga'llaancho Pl: anga'llaano. n. ?? aniinsa Variant: iinsa. conj. since, since then.
angamadukko Morph: * anga amadukko. vp. Anniitto name (of male). Anniitto.
1) to aid, to help. 2) to bore, to lengthen. anja n. saliva. Morph: singl. only.
angaamo [Status: check entry form and anja liqicaakkoohane vp. well experienced in
meaning] n / adj (?). handle. life.
aangaansha Pl: aangaanshuwwa (?). n. type of anja liqicukko vp. 1) to swallow saliva. 2) to
feeding. tolerate.
angar n. first milk of a cow after giving birth. aanjancho Pl: aanjaama. [Status: check
Morph: singl. only. From: Amh. spelling - aanjaancho?] n. Morph: same root

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as aang- / aag-? 1) noble person,
high-ranking person. 2) priest of traditional
religion.
aanjaancho Pl: aanjamma. n. religious
specialist. [Status: check meaning (cf.
aanjancho - noble person)]
anjichcho n. type of disease (cow). Morph: singl.
only.
anjilloota Pl: anjilloottuwwa. n. cow with a
type of disease. [Status: check precise
meaning]
anjonsperma n. angosperm. [Status: check
meaning!!]
anjullukko vt. to share.
ankakkarukko vi. 1) to crawl. 2) to creep.
anno'o n. fathers. Morph: pl. of anna.
anno'o amo'o np. parents.
ansa issukko vp. to give an appointment.
Ansabo name. Ansabo.
ansaadukko vt. 1) to arrange. 2) to prepare.
[Status: check whether 2 DIFFERENT verbs
(HCD has: aansaadukko: to arrange;
ansaadukko: to prepare)]
ansinaadukko vt. 1) to prepare. 2) to kill, to
complete.
ansoola Pl: ansoolluwwa (??). n. sheet (for bed).
ansha adj. 1) fat. 2) harmless.
aanshaa shiinshukko vp. to remove
completely.
anshabusha adj. soft (person).
anshabushukko vi. to be soft (person).
aanshancha n. removal. Morph: singl. only.
aansha'ukko vi. to wash oneself.
anshichcho n. type of cow disease. Morph: singl.
only. [Status: check precise meaning]
aanshisaancho Pl: aanshisaano. n. shower.
aanshisimma v /n (?). 1) cleaning.
2) reconciliation.
aanshisukko vt. to make / let sb. wash.
Anshokara name (place). Anshokara. [Status: in
which woreda ?]
anshukko vi. 1) to develop. 2) to become fat.
3) to thrive. [Status: check meaning]
aanshukko vt. Morph: cf. aash (WHS, 135).
1) to wash. 2) to kill a lot.
antaba ciicoola np. chick.
antabaa geexa [Status: check for sg] np. young
hen (before laying eggs).
antabaa qoxa [Status: check spelling - was
ANTABA QOTTA] np. chicken-coop.
antabaa'i muuna np. crowing of the cock.
antabaakkichcho Pl: antabaa'a (transnum.).
n. 1) chicken. 2) hen.
Antaarkitiika name. Antartic.
anteena Pl: anteennuwwa. n. antenna. From:
Engl.
antera Pl: antelluwwa. n. anther. From: Engl.
antimoone'e n. antimony. Morph: singl. only ?
From: Engl.
antoona antichcho [Status: check entry form]
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araqi
np. 1) female breast. 2) udder (of cow).
anxaataa Pl: anxaattuwwa (?). n. caper bush
(wild).
anxoolalukko Variant: anxoollalukko. vt. 1) to
chase. 2) to drive sth. / sb. away.
anukko vt. 1) to split (wood). 2) to chop.
annukko vi / vt. 1) to become chronic. 2) to
develop.
anuu'n ludo np. breast tip. [Status: i.e. nipple?]
anuuna n. breast. Morph: singl. only (?).
anuuna'iica [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n. sucking
the breast.
anzanna Pl: anzannuwwa (?). n. type of ensete.
a'orta [Status: check spelling] n. aorta. From:
Engl.
appila Pl: appiilluwwa. n. apple. From: Engl.
apinsukko vt. to ring. Morph: CAUS 1 of
apinukko (?).
aphphaancho Pl: aphphaano. n. fuel.
aphphisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
aphphukko. 1) to hit. 2) to strike. 3) to whip.
4) to burn. 5) to separate. 6) to loosen. 7) to
let sth. ruffle up.
aphphishsha Pl: aphphishshuwwa (??). n.
1) beat. 2) hit.
aphphishshi bicco np. beating stick.
aphphixxamukko vi. to collide. Morph: PASS
of aphphixxukko.
aphphixxancha Pl: ?? n. collided. [Status: i.e.,
collision?]
aphphixxukko vt. to collide with.
aphphukko vi / vt. 1) to burn. 2) to shock. 3) to
part. [Status: check meaning ...]
-aar suff. VERB SUBORDINATOR.
ara'a Pl: ara'uwwa. n. 1) bed. [Status: check,
whether Alemayehu's description fits to
ara'a!] 2) bridge.
Araba name. Arab (countries).
aarada Pl: aaradduwwa. n. stick.
aradaancho Pl: aradaano. n. leader of funeral
chant.
arado'ane Pl: ?? [Status: check entry
form - arado'o?] n. type of drink. [Status:
check precise meaning]
arado'o n. type of cooked food (to prepare
alcohol). Morph: singl. only.
aradukko vi. to tell the history of a dead man.
aaradukko vt. to fence.
aragaaja n. type of cabbage. Morph: singl. only
(?).
arajja Pl: arajjuwwa (?). n. 1) funeral chant.
2) traditional praises for very well known
person.
arajjaancho Pl: arajjaano. n. leader of funeral
chant.
arajjeencho Pl: ?? [Status: check
entry - arajjaancho ?] n. ??
araqa adj. 1) many. 2) much. 3) several.
araqi Morph: singl. only. n. schnapps. From:
Amh. araqe.
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aramichcha Pl: ?? n. correction.
aramukko vt. to correct.
araamukko vi. to discuss sth. Morph:
PASS/REFL of arukko.
aranamukko Morph: PASS/REFL of
aranukko. vi. 1) to be swollen. 2) to discuss
sth. with sb. [Status: check precise meaning]
aranancha n. swelling. Morph: singl. only ?
arancha Pl: ?? n. correction.
arancho Pl: ?? [Status: check entry
form - arancha (correction)?] n. advice.
aransukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of aramukko
(?). 1) to advise. 2) to admonish. 3) to
encourage.
aranukko [Status: check entry
form - aramukko?] vt. to advise sb.
araphphi xaara [Status: check entry form] np.
steel.
Araphphi xigo bikkaano np. Arabic numerals.
araara n. iron wood, red strinkwood. Morph:
singl. only ?
araaramukko vi. to make peace. Morph:
PASS/REFL of araarukko ??
araaro Pl: araalluwwa. n. piece.
arasa n. wheat. Morph: singl. only.
araassaancho Pl: araassaano. n. mediator.
araassoohane n. peace negotiator.
araassukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of araarukko.
1) to relieve (from danger). 2) to reconcile sb.
(with sb.).
araata Pl: araattuwwa ? n. sb. who is going to
the market.
araatichcho Pl: ?? n. traveller.
Arba'a name. Friday. [Status: check meaning]
Arbaamiinca [Status: check entry form - Aribaa
Miinci] name. Arba Minch.
arda'a adj. valueless.
are Pl: arewwa. [Status: check pl.] n. wife.
-aree [Status: check spelling (-aare ?)] suff. when,
if.
arejanna Pl: arejannuwwa ? [Status: check
entry form - are jancho?] n. singer at funeral
program.
-aare(m) suff. even if.
areesancha Pl: ?? n. improvement.
areesukko vt. 1) to improve. 2) to renew.
arette Pl: arettuwwa. n. wife.
argakka adj ? ??
argoona n. argon. Morph: singl. only.
arguugamukko vi (?). to chase. Morph:
PASS/REFL of arguugukko ?
argulla Morph: singl. arguchcho. n. 1) roosters,
cocks. 2) clitoris.
ariimmato Pl: ariimmattuwwa ? n. 1) long
living. 2) pension.
ariimmato firukko vp (vi). to be retired.
ariimoota n. old age. Morph: singl. only ?
ariimukko vi. to live long.
arkaakeechcho Pl: ?? n. ??
arke'aancho Pl: arke'aano. n. sb. who is
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longing.
arke'ukko vi. to become very thirsty.
Arkimeeda name. Archimed.
Arkimeedis seera np. Archimedis Law.
arki'oolooje'e n. archaeology. Morph: singl.
only. From: Engl.
armaamo'o n. chaff which is blown away by the
wind. Morph: singl. only ?
aro leto meentichcho np. widow.
arokka Pl: arokkuwwa. n. 1) shoot. 2) seedling.
[Status: check meaning]
aro'o Pl: naro'o. [Status: check plural !!
aro'uwwa ?] n. husband.
aropilaana Pl: aropilaannuwwa. n. airplane.
[Status: BE: aeroplane]
aroplaani Pl: aroplaannuwwa. [Status: check
spelling - was: airoplaani] n. aeroplane.
From: from American Engl. "airplane".
arsenika [Status: check spelling - HED:
arTSenika ..] n. arsenic. From: Engl.
arteere'e Pl: arteere'uwwa. [Status: HED:
artere'e] n. artery. From: Engl.
artimeetik lambe'aancho np. arithmetic
mean.
artimeetika n. arithmetic. Morph: singl. only.
From: Engl.
Arusse'e name. Arssi.
arwa'a n. appetite. Morph: singl. only.
arwa'aamo adj. gluttonous.
arza n. meat (offered at Maskal). Morph: singl.
only.
aas kireema np. ice cream. From: Engl.
aassa Pl: aassuwwa (?). n. fish. From: Amh.
asalmaam finaja np. demonstration.
asalmaama n. very peaceful condition. Morph:
singl. only ?
asalmaamukko vi. to be peaceful. Morph: *
asalmaa (no PASS of asalmukko ?).
asse'amaancho Pl: asse'amaano. n.
1) messenger. 2) apostle, angle.
asse'amcha n. Morph: singl. only ? 1) taking a
message. 2) giving help.
asse'amukko vi. Morph: PASS of asse'ukko.
1) to be sent. 2) to help.
asse'aancho Pl: asse'aano. [Status: check
entry - asse'amaancho ?] n. 1) sender.
2) messenger.
assechcha Pl: assechchuwwa. n. 1) sign.
2) mark. 3) omen. 4) message.
asetiika n (HED) / adj (?). asetic. From: Engl.
[Status: check meaning - acidic?]
asse'ukko vt. 1) to send. 2) to give order.
assi kitaaba [Status: check spelling (HED:
askitaaba)] np. letter.
asiida n. acid. Morph: singl. only ? From: Engl.
asiidaam buchcha np. acidic soil.
asiidaam oksaayida np. acidic oxide.
asiidaam sooqido np. acidic salt.
assiila Variant: assiille. part (?). only.
asira Pl: asilluwwa. n. drought.
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asirukko vi. to get dry (of weather).
askitaaba Pl: askitaabbuwwa. n. Morph: * assi
kitaaba. 1) letter. 2) written message.
asqachcha n. suffering. Morph: singl. only ?
asqa'ukko vi. to suffer a lot.
asso Pl: assuwwa. n. message.
aspiriina n. aspirin. Morph: singl. only ? From:
Engl.
asraata num. tenth. From: Amh.
astara n. type of ensete. Morph: singl. only ?
astatina n. astatine. Morph: singl. only ?
[Status: check meaning]
astirolooje'e n. astrology. Morph: singl. only.
From: Gr. via Engl.
astironoome'e n. astronomy. Morph: singl.
only. From: Gr. via Engl.
astironoomera Pl: asitonoomelluwwa. n.
astronomer. From: Engl.
astirooyida Pl: astirooyidduwwa. n. asteriod.
From: Gr. via Engl.
asuusa Pl: asuussuwwa ? n. ??
ash! interj. Go! (said to cows).
asha Pl: ashshuwwa. n. 1) jest. 2) ridicule.
ashakkala n. rough work. Morph: singl. only ?
ashakkallukko vt. to do roughly.
ashala [Status: check spelling - ashaalla ?] adj.
dry.
aashaalla adj. 1) wet. 2) huge, fat. 3) innocent.
ashaallukko [Status: check
spelling - aashaallukko?] vi. 1) to be silly.
2) to be stupid.
ashan Pl: ashannuwwa ? n. honorific title.
[Status: check precise meaning]
ashanguliita Pl: ashanguliittuwwa. n. toy.
ashaashurukko vt. to collect.
ashe'em interj (?). not this much.
asheera Pl: asheelluwwa ? n. beginning.
asheeraancho Pl: asheeraano. n. beginner.
asheero'o Pl: asheero'uwwa ? n. 1) beginning.
2) start.
asheerukko vi. 1) to begin. 2) to start.
asheessiissukko vt. to make sb. / sth. start.
Morph: CAUS 1 of asheerukko.
ashimiinqa Pl: ashimiinquwwa ? n. ?? [Status:
check spelling - 2 words ?]
aashisukko vt. to make wet. Morph: CAUS 1 of
aashukko.
ashkachcho Pl: ashkachchuwwa. n. servant.
From: Amh.
aashukko vi. 1) to be wet. 2) to catch (have ?)
leprosy.
ashuuqa n ? ??
at [Status: HCD: ati] pron. you (sg).
atakaana n. traditional food prepared from
ensete. Morph: singl. only. [Status: check
meaning]
atala n. Morph: singl. only ? 1) cofee grounds.
2) dregs. 3) lees.
ataalo'o n. leakage of water. Morph: singl.
only ?
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axaxxa
attamamukki kitaaba [Status: check entry
form] np. publication.
attamisaancho Pl: attamisaano. n. publisher.
attamisiisukko vt. to publish.
atanaachcha n. Morph: singl. only ?
1) disturbance. 2) violence.
atanaachchaancho Pl: atanaachchaano. n.
disturber.
atanaachchukko vt. to disturb.
atara Pl: atalluwwa ? n. pea.
ataara n. aggressiveness. Morph: singl. only ?
ataarukko vi. to become aggressive.
atteera'ukko vt. to conceit.
ati pron. you (sg.).
atileetiksa n. athletics. Morph: singl. only. From:
Gr. via Engl.
aatobisa Pl: aatobissuwwa. n. bus. From: Engl.
atoofiralla interj. wow!
atooma Pl: atoommuwwa. n. atom. From: Gr. via
Engl.
atomaatika adj. automatic.
atoorachcha Pl: atoorachchuwwa ? n.
1) discussion, conversation. 2) talk.
atooraraancho Pl: atooraraano. n. addressee.
atoorarukko vi. 1) to discuss. 2) to converse.
3) to talk. 4) to speak.
atoorassaancho Pl: atoorassaano. n. 1) chatter.
2) chair person.
atoorassukko vi. 1) to talk to. 2) to judge, to
estimate.
atoota Pl: atoottuwwa. n. 1) product. 2) bearing
fruits. 3) development. [Status: Abraham
could not verify this meaning]
atootisukko vt. to produce. Morph: CAUS 1 of
atootukko.
atootukko vt. 1) to yield. 2) to bear fruits.
atooxxi Pl: atooxxuwwa. n. sample.
atura n. jasmine bush (wild). Morph: singl. only.
From: Amh. agam; Orom. agemsa; Arab.
antur; Kamb. atula.
atusonnukko [Status: check entry form] vt. to
characterize.
atwonna Pl: atwonnuwwa ? n. 1) estimation.
2) judgement.
atwonnamsaancho Pl: atwonnamsaano. n.
estimator.
atwonnamukko vi/vt (?). Morph: PASS/REFL
of atwonnukko ?? 1) to judge. 2) to estimate.
atwonnaancho Pl: atwonnaano. n. estimator.
atwonnukko vt. 1) to approach. 2) to imagine.
axxada n. type of plant. Morph: singl. only ?
[Status: check precise meaning]
aaxxaga Pl: aaxxagguwwa. n. floor. From:
Amh. ?
axaqqa Pl: axaqquwwa. n. yoke.
axxarachcho Pl: axxarachchuwwa. n. milk pot.
axarassukko vt. 1) to check. 2) to notice. 3) to
identify.
axaxxa n. to a certain extent. [Status: check ps? /
pl ?; check meaning]
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axa'ukko vt. to punish.
axeellato n. rule. Morph: singl. only ?
axeera n (?). rule. [Status: check meaning]
axeeraancho Pl: axeeraano. n. ruler.
axereera n ? ??
axeerukko vt. 1) to rule. 2) to command.
axxi harachcho np. milk pan.
axximushsha Pl: axximushshuwwa.
mammary gland. From: Amh. ???
axisamma adj (?). correct.
axisamukko vi. to be correct. [Status: check
meaning - be corrected ?]
axisaancho Pl: axisaano. n. 1) mender.
2) repairer.
axisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of * axukko (???).
[Status: seems there is no axukko ...] 1) to
make sth. good. 2) to make sth. new. 3) to
arrange. 4) to prepare sth. 5) to repair. 6) to
get sth. ready. 7) to clean.
axishsha Pl: axishshuwwa ? n. correction.
axittukko vi (?). to wear jewellery. Morph:
REFL.
axixxamukko vi. to beautify. Morph:
PASS/MED of axixxukko.
axneechcho Pl: ?? n. lynx.
axo Pl: axxuwwa. n. nape.
axukko vt. 1) to clean. 2) to prepare. [Status:
check meanings]
axuruunsukko [Status: check entry form - cf.
axaruussukko] vt. to thresh by beating.
Morph: CAUS 1 of axuruunukko.
axuruussaancho Pl: axuruussaano. n. sb. who
blows.
axuruussukko vt. 1) to winnow. 2) to blow.
[Status: check meaning - AT: to let be blown
(away)]
aa'ukko vt. 1) to receive. 2) to accept, to agree.
3) to buy. 4) to take. 5) to do.
awwaachcho'o adj. many in a place.
awwaadaancho Pl: awwaadaano. n. 1) servant.
2) evangelist.
awwaado Pl: awwaadduwwa ? n. 1) service.
2) matter. 3) affair. 4) care.
awwaadukko vt. 1) to serve. 2) to use for.
awwaqqichcho Pl: ?? n. 1) wolf. 2) jackal.
Awwaaqichcho name. 1) feast of sacrifice.
2) spirit of possession.
awwaaxxaancho Pl: awwaaxxaano.
1) beneficiary. 2) user.
awwaaxxukko [Status: check entry form] vt.
1) to consume. 2) to improve. [Status: check
meaning]
awwaawwa n. Morph: singl. only. 1) confusion.
2) uncertainty.
awwaawwamukko vi. Morph: PASS/MED of
awwaawwukko. 1) to disappear. 2) to
confuse.
awwaawwisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
awwaawwukko. 1) to cause to be confused.
2) to throw into confusion.
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aayya
awda Pl: awduwwa. n. threshing floor.
awwijiija n ? ??
awwodo'o n. type of drink (made of barley).
Morph: singl. only ?
awwola n. first boiling of coffee. Morph: singl.
only.
awwonaa [Status: check entry form] adj. next
n. to.
awonada [Status: check spelling!] n. type of
ensete. Morph: singl. only.
awwonammi qaasho'o [Status: check
spelling - awwo'nnammi ...] np. ordered pair.
awwo'nnammi xigo [Status: check
spelling - awwonammi ...] np. consecutive.
awwo'nnamto'o Pl: awwo'nnamto'uwwa. n.
the next number.
awwo'nnamukko vi. to follow the other.
Morph: PASS/REFL of awwo'nnukko ?
awwonancha Pl: ?? n. sequence.
awwonaancho Pl: awwonaano. n. 1) followers.
2) disciples. 3) successor.
awwonansukko vt. to continue. Morph: CAUS
1 of awwonamukko.
awwonsa Pl: awwonsuwwa. n. 1) guide line,
instruction, guidance. 2) department.
3) leading. [Status: check
meaning - leadership?]
awwonsaancho Pl: awwonsaano. n. 1) leader.
2) chair person, principal. 3) predecessor.
4) guide.
awwonsoohane [Status: check spelling - orig.
awansoohhani] n. leader.
awwonsukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
awwonukko. 1) to lead. 2) to make follow.
3) to guide.
awwonukko vi/vt. 1) to follow. 2) to
accompany. 3) to march.
aworikila Pl: aworikilluwwa. n. auricle. From:
Engl.
awwoyyaamo adj. 1) forceful. 2) huge.
awsaara adj. hanging loose (corn, droop of corn).
awunada n. type of ensete. Morph: singl. only.
awwu'nnansukko vt. to arrange in a sequence.
Morph: CAUS 1 of awwu'nnamukko.
awuraajja Pl: awuraajjuwwa. n. district. From:
Amh.
awuraakichcho Pl: ?? n. wild boar.
n. awwuraaqa Pl: ?? n. wart hog.
Awuroppa name. Europe.
awusa'a Pl: awusa'uwwa. n. blanket.
awusaara Pl: awusaalluwwa. n. flower of corn.
Awustiraalekkichcho name. Australian
(person).
Awustiraaliya'a name. Australia.
ay beyyonem np. somewhere.
aay landichotte Morph: * aayyi landichchotte.
np. niece.
ay la'ukko Morph: * ayyi la'ukko. Variant: ay
la'a. [Status: check spelling] vp. perhaps.
aayya Pl: aayyuwwa. n. Morph: fem. 1) sister.
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2) mum.
ayya'l amaxxa np. climate.
ayya'l gafechcha np. air pressure.
ayya'l gonoona np. air sack.
ayya'l haalata np. weather condition.
ayyaa'm ayyera np. weather.
ayyaamo Pl: ayyaammuwwa. n. 1) day, date.
2) who. [Status: check entry (ayyam ?)]
ayyaa'n balla np. holiday.
ayyaana Pl: ayyaannuwwa ? n. 1) holyday.
2) good luck.
ayyaana Pl: ayyaannuwwa. n. spirit. From:
prob. from Oromo; same or similiar in
Sidama, Kambaata, etc.
ayyaanaamo adj. lucky.
ayyane pron. whose. [Status: should only the
citation form be entered (ayyi)? Make
consistent decision! (also for other pron.)]
ayyaanissukko vi/vt (??). to pray. Morph:
CAUS 1 (??) of ayyaanukko (??).
ayyaano Pl: ayyaannuwwa. n. prayer. [Status:
check meaning]
ayanto Pl: ayantuwwa. [Status: check
spelling - ayyanto'o?] n. blessing.
ayyanto'o n (?). 1) spirit. 2) honor.
ayyara n. air. Morph: sg. only. From: Engl. ?
aydaara n. type of beer. Morph: sg. only. From:
Kamb. [Status: check !!]
aydentiite'i tuutichcho np. identity number.
ayye [Status: check entry - ayyi ?? Was: oyye]
pron. who?
aayye interj. woe!
ayyem pron. 1) anyone. 2) everybody.
ayyena pron. to whom (Dat).
ayeetta adj. rude, impolite.
ayeettoommano n. rudeness. Morph: sg. only.
ayeettukko vi. to be rude.
Ayhudi [Status: check entry form - translators
now: Yihud] n. Jew. Morph: sg. only ?
From: Amh.
ayyi pron. who?
ayyi ammanem [Status: check entry form] np.
1) whenever. 2) if. [Status: check meaning]
ayyi beyyonnem [Status: check entry form]
np. everywhere.
ayyi duuha'innem np. 1) however. 2) in any
event.
ayyi fidalam [Status: that entry should probl. be
B - b
ba'ara Pl: ba'alluwwa. n. 1) bull. 2) ox.
babgano'o adj. roasted.
babganukko vt. to roast.
babisukko vt. to roast. Morph: CAUS 1 of
babukko.
baabukko n (HED) / v (?). anxiety. [Status:
check ps / ge]
baabu'l googo np. railway.
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bacancachcha
removed] np. any letter.
ayyi la'ookko [Status: check entry form - ayyi
la'ukko (prob. not!)] vp. perhaps.
ayyi manchim np. whoever, each one,
everybody.
ayyi xigom np. any number.
aayyibeeto [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n. nephew.
Morph: * aayyi beeto.
ayyigabo'o n. abusing words. Morph: sg. only ?
[Status: check precise meaning]
ayyim pron. 1) whoever, anyone, anybody.
2) somebody. 3) nobody, no one. [Status:
check meaning of sn 3 (with
negation - enforced ?)!!]
ayireena n. iron. Morph: sg. only. From: Engl.
ayyisa hundinne np. 1) anyhow. 2) somehow.
3) barely.
ayyisam [Status: check entry form] adv.
somehow.
ayisootopa n. isotope. Morph: sg. only. From:
Gr. via Engl.
ayyivorsa n. ayvorse. Morph: sg. only? [Status:
check meaning !!!!]
ayla'ukko n (?). 1) probability. 2) hypothesis.
[Status: check meaning - perhaps! (lit. "who
knows")]
ayminee np (?). female head of the household.
aynakko'o n. sovereignty. Morph: sg. only.
ayyoomato n. Morph: sg. only. 1) identity.
2) personality. 3) individuality.
ayoona n. ion. Morph: sg. only. From: Gr. via
Engl.
ayro [Status: check spelling - EGH airo] n. type of
ensete. Morph: sg. only.
azalla n. Morph: sg. only. 1) idleness. 2) laziness.
azallaancho Pl: azallaano. n. idle person, lazy
person.
azallukko vi. 1) to be idle. 2) to be lazy.
azgatta n (?). ??
azuluuma adj. insane.
azura Pl: azulluwwa. n. 1) liquid parts of the
enzyme mash (of ensete). 2) traditional name
for cats. [Status: check meaning - nickname ?
/ way to call cats ??]
azuraara Pl: azuraalluwwa. n. button. From:
Amh. ?
baabu'l hadiidduwwa np. track (of train).
baabu'l mine np. mill.
baabu'l oodo'o np. train station.
baabura Pl: baabulluwwa. n. train.
bacaa firukko vp. to break through.
bacamukko vi. Morph: PASS of bacukko ? 1) to
win in a court case. 2) to gush out.
bacancachcha n. noise. Morph: sg. only.
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bacancara n. shouting. Morph: sg. only.
bacisaancho Pl: bacisaano. n. buyer.
bacisukko vt. to buy. Morph: CAUS 1 of
bacukko.
bacishsha n. buying. Morph: sg. only.
bacukko vt (?). 1) to convict sb. 2) to win a
judgement. [Status: check precise
meaning - THS: to win] 3) to hatch.
bachcha Pl: bachchuwwa ? n. cleared land.
baachcha n. Morph: sg. only. 1) fear. 2) fright.
bachchamma adj. cleared.
bachchamsukko vt. to clear completely.
Morph: CAUS 1 of bachchamukko.
baachchaancho Pl: baachchaano. n.
1) coward. 2) sb. who is fearful.
bachchukko vt. 1) to clear land for ploughing.
2) to clear a forest.
bachchukko vt. to penetrate. [Status: was:
bachchama, to hew]
baad firukko vp. to take one's revenge, to avenge
oneself.
bada Pl: badduwwa ? [Status: check spelling
(orig. with dot under d)] n. plain, level.
[Status: check meaning]
badadeeda n. type of ensete. Morph: sg. only.
baddakam uulla np. desert, steppe.
baadamukko vi. Morph: PASS of baadukko.
1) to resent. 2) to hold grudge.
badanaamo n / adj (?). 1) creditor. 2) debtor.
badaanchi anna Variant: badaa'n anna. np.
creditor.
badaancho Pl: badaano. n. debts.
badaancho mancho np. debtor.
badano [Status: check entry form - badaancho?]
n. 1) debit. 2) debt.
baddano'o n. type of kolas plant. Morph: sg.
only. [Status: check precise meaning]
baadaareechcho adj. harsh.
badarukko vi. 1) to work hard with sb. / sth.
2) to make an effort. 3) to be needy, to be in
difficulties.
baddassukko vt. Morph: CAUS of baddar-.
1) to make sb. fatigue. 2) to torment sb. 3) to
keep sb. back. [Status: check meaning]
Baadawwachcho name. sub-group of Hadiyya.
badde n. respect. Morph: sg. only.
badimma n (?). fear, terror. [Status: with one or
two "D"?]
baddinna 1) adj. fearful. 2)
— n. coward.
baddissisoo luwwa np. threat.
baddisiisukko vt. Morph: CAUS II of
baddukko; CAUS of baddissukko. 1) to
make sb. fear. 2) to threaten.
baddiso sa'ata np. alarm clock.
baddisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of baddukko.
1) to frighten. 2) to threaten.
baddo Variant: baddiso. adj. fearfulness.
baado n. Morph: sg. only? 1) grudge. 2) revenge.
3) blood vendetta. 4) debts.
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baakkara
baaddoochcho adj. 1) cruel. 2) harsh.
Baadoogo name. sub-group of Hadiyya.
baddukko vi / vt. 1) to be afraid. 2) to be
frightened. 3) to fear. 4) to respect. 5) to keep
sb. back. [Status: check meaning]
baadulla n. pasture. Morph: sg. only.
baafa Pl: baaffuwwa. n. 1) bladder. 2) blister.
3) bubble. [Status: check meaning!]
baafukko vi. to have blisters. [Status: check
meaning]
baga Pl: bagguwwa ? 1) n. place. 2)
— adj. near.
baga uullimma [Status: check entry form] np.
interruption.
bagado Variant: bagashsho. Pl: bagadduwwa. n.
1) spear. 2) lance (certain kind of). 3) war.
bagaag lam ga'nna np. infix.
bagaag somo'o np. infix.
bagaagamukko vi. to take apart. Morph:
PASS/REFL of bagaagukko.
bagaago n (?). separation.
bagaagukko vt. to separate.
bagaan adv. Morph: postposition. 1) but.
2) except, without.
baganne n (?). on the way.
baganne muramukko vp. to interrupt.
bagaxxi gogota [Status: check entry form] np.
army.
bagaxxi mu'uta xa'isimma np. disarmament.
bagibi'ukko [Status: check entry form - 2
words?] vt/ vi (?). 1) to dismiss. 2) to die.
bagiwaaro n (?). coming before. [Status:
check !!]
bagiwaarukko [Status: 1 or 2 words ??] vi. to
come before. Morph: * bagi waarukko.
baha Pl: bahuwwa ? n. doll.
baha'a Pl: baha'uwwa ? n. type of women's
play. [Status: specify ...]
baha'l tochcho np. 1) beach. 2) bank (of river).
baahara n. Morph: sg. only. 1) abroad.
2) overseas. From: Amh. ??
bahila Pl: bahilluwwa. n. 1) tradition. 2) culture.
From: Amh.
bahita Pl: bahittuwwa ? n. died without being
slaugthered. [Status: check meaning]
bahixxi haqqa np. type of plant.
baa'isukko vt. to extinguish. Morph: CAUS 1 of
ba'ukko.
baaja n. Morph: sg. only. 1) hair style. 2)
— adj. with curved horns (cow / ox).
bajaajjaato n. non-elastic. Morph: sg. only.
baajaamo Pl: baajaammuwwa. adj / n. 1) virgin
(of marriageable age). 2) young woman.
3) typical hairstyle (of a virgin).
baajo Pl: baajjuwwa. n. 1) virgin. 2) adolescent
woman.
bajjukko vt. to erect.
bakkanna Pl: bakkannuwwa ? n. five Cent (of
ETB).
baakkara adj (?) / n. 1) fearful. 2) cow without
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milk.
bakbakaato n. waving wings. Morph: sg. only ?
bakbakukko vt. to wave wings to start flying.
bakke'amaancho Pl: bakke'amaano. n (?).
dependent.
bakke'amcha n. dependance. Morph: sg. only.
bakke'amukko vi. to get shelter. Morph:
PASS/REFL of bakke'ukko.
bakke'aanchi somo'o np. bound morpheme.
bakke'aancho Pl: bakke'aano. n. sb. who is
supported.
bakke'ukko vi. 1) to lean on sth. 2) to get
support.
bakkiisaancho Pl: bakkiisaano. n. 1) helper.
2) supporter.
bakkiisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of bakkukko.
1) to support. 2) to lean on.
bakkiishsha n. support. Morph: sg. only.
bakko adv (?). Morph: postposition. 1) near.
[Status: was: to encircle / go around sth. in
close distance to its centre] 2) next to.
3) direction.
baakteere'e Pl: baakteere'uwwa. n. bacteria.
From: ? via Engl.
baaqa adj. fattened.
baqaancho Pl: baqaano. n. sb. who wastes
[money].
baaqbaallaancho Pl: baaqbaallaano. n. sb.
who says, "I have not always". [Status: check
meaning]
baaqeela n. Morph: sg. only ? 1) lime pea.
[Status: check meaning!!] 2) broad bean,
horse bean. 3) mungo bean.
baqe'ukko vt. to depend on. [Status: check
meaning; Textbook 2, June 2 - "education"]
baqqe'ukko vt. 1) to stretch out. 2) to lean on.
baqisukko vt. to wake up. Morph: CAUS 1 of
baqukko.
baqqissukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
baqqe'ukko. 1) to support sb. 2) to back sb.
baqite n. Morph: sg. only ? 1) early [morning].
[Status: check meaning] 2) midnight. [Status:
check meaning !! (time of waking up ??)]
baqobaqo n. struggling for more share. Morph:
sg. only.
baqobaqukko vi. to struggle for more share.
[Status: check meaning, HED has under other
heading: to take more share]
baquchcho Morph: pl = transn. Pl: baqulla. n.
mule.
baqukko vi. 1) to wake up, to waken. 2) to waste,
to use money unwisely. 3) to divide into
parts, to share among different people.
balla Pl: balluwwa. n. 1) day. 2) date. 3) time
(limit).
ba'lla n. firewood. Morph: sg. only ?
balla xigaancho [Status: check entry
form - kalendaara (?)] np. calendar.
balabbat Pl: balabbattuwwa. n. local
representative. From: Amh.
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baanamukko
ballach Pl: ?? [Status: check
entry - ballachcha ...] n. wedding food.
ballachcha Pl: ballachchuwwa. n. Morph: *
ball lachcha ? 1) circumcision. 2) wedding.
ballachchaancho Pl: ballachchaano. n. sb.
who is going to be circumcised. [Status:
check meaning; HED has (not so
convincingly) circumcised boy or girl]
ballachchukko vt. to circumcise.
baalageechcho Pl: ?? n. 1) rude (person).
2) coarse (person).
baalagekichcho Pl: ?? n. lout.
balako'o Pl: balako'uwwa. [Status: check
spelling (ballako'o?)] n. 1) stepchild.
2) fosterchild.
balaqa adj (?). looking openly.
balale beeto np. type of friend. [Status: check
precise meaning]
balalechcha n. joking. Morph: sg. only.
balale'ukko vi. 1) to joke. 2) to have fun. 3) to
play a joke on sb.
balatto'o adj. quick.
balatto'ukko vi. to be quick.
baalle Pl: baalleewwa ? n. 1) cliff. 2) valley.
3) precipice.
baallee Pl: baalleewwa ? n. bucket. From:
Amh. ?
bale awliya np. spirit possessed person (in
Islam). From: Amh.
bale zar np. zar medium. From: Amh.
baalle'e Pl: baalle'uwwa. n. feather (of bird).
balli hurbaat np. 1) lunch. 2) midday meal.
balli kollo np. 1) midday. 2) noon-time.
balli qoodo'o [Status: check entry form] np.
1) time period. 2) deadline.
balli miqo'o np. 1) per diem. 2) allowance.
balli tunso np. eclipse.
ba'lli wees kasimma vp. third transplanting of
ensete.
ba'lli weesa np. ensete plant after third
transplanting.
ballichcha Morph: sg. only. [Status: check entry
form] n. 1) becoming in-laws. 2) in-law
relationship. [Status: check meaning]
ballichcho Pl: ballo ? [Status: check pl] n.
1) brother-in-law. 2) father-in-law.
ballina ballina np. daily.
ballisiissukko vi/vt (?). to do sth. late in the
morning. Morph: CAUS 1 of ballisukko.
ballisukko vi. to be late in morning (of person).
Morph: CAUS 1 (??) of ballukko (??).
ballo Pl: balluwwa ? n. 1) father-in-law. Morph:
masc. 2) mother-in-law. Morph: fem.
ballukko vi. 1) to be late (of day). 2) to be late
morning. [Status: check meaning!]
balluwwa [Status: check entry - pl!] n. in-laws.
balluwwishsha n. calling in-laws. Morph: sg.
only. [Status: check precise meaning]
baamuunukko vt. to yearn.
baanamukko vi. Morph: PASS of baanukko.
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1) to be separated. 2) to die.
ba'nnaa'nna adj. swollen.
baanaancho Pl: baanaano. n. sb. who
separates.
banca n. Morph: sg. only. 1) obsidian. 2) obsidian
blade.
banci haqqa np. wooden hilt for obsidian blade.
banda Pl: banduwwa. n. 1) toast. 2) broil.
3) scorch. 4) bake.
baandi'l haqqa np. flag pole.
baandira Pl: baandilluwa. n. flag. From: Ital.
bandiera.
bangujjaato Pl: bangujjaattuwwa. n.
revolution.
bangujjukko vi. 1) to refuse. 2) to revolt.
baanka Pl: baankuwwa. n. bank. From: Ital.
banca via Engl.
baanki cheeka np. check. From: Engl.
banqa Pl: banquwwa. 1) n. lightning.
2) thunder. 3) thunderstorm. 4)
— adj. huge. [Status: check meaning !!]
banqaxa adj. very big.
banta Pl: bantuwwa. n. problem.
baanukko vt. 1) to separate. 2) to distinguish.
baphpibaphphukko vi. to show oneself.
[Status: check meaning]
baphphukko vi. to sit / walk by showing one's
chest. [Status: check meaning]
bar hinukko vp. 1) to dig a hole. 2) to become
wicked. [Status: check meaning]
baar shenqee'lla np. yellow algae.
baara Pl: baalluwwa. [Status: check spelling of
pl] n. 1) young bull. [Status: check meaning:
Alemayehu, June 14: farming ox] 2) yellow.
barada n. Morph: sg. only. 1) hail. 2) ice.
3) snow. From: Amh. ?
baaragaara Pl: baaragaalluwwa ? n. adversary
(in court).
baraha adj. with a high forehead. From: Amh.
baraha'a Variant: baraha; baraa. Pl:
baraha'uwwa. n. 1) desert. 2) steppe.
3) uninhabited area. From: Amh.
baraka n. blessing (coming from a person).
Morph: sg. only ? From: Arab.
baraqukko vi. to shout.
barara Pl: baralluwwa. n. flight.
baraara adj. hidden (from evil).
bararo'o Pl: bararo'uwwa. n. cockroach.
bararukko vi. 1) to fly. 2) to irritate.
baarawwa n. type of tree / plant. Morph: sg.
only ? [Status: check precise meaning]
barbada n (?). sign from injury. [Status: check
meaning]
barbadisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
barbadukko. 1) to overgraze. [Status: check
meaning: "graze too much?"] 2) to clear the
grass.
barbadukko vt. to sign sb. by injury. [Status:
check meaning]
barbaro'o n. Morph: sg. only. 1) pepper. 2) chilli
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baashe'aancho
pepper. 3) red ground. [Status: check
meaning - prob. better to take out]
baarbeeriya'i doolle np. barbarian.
barcuma Pl: barcummuwwa. [Status: WHS,
143: bercuma] n. chair. [Status: check
meaning - Alemayehu, June 7 and WHS, 143:
barchuma = stool with three legs]
barche issukko vp. 1) to mistreat. 2) to abuse.
barche'e Pl: barche'uwwa. n. 1) trouble.
2) hardship.
barche'i afukko vp. 1) to happen unjustly.
[Status: check meaning] 2) to be violent.
3) to be unfair.
barche'i amadukko vp. 1) to catch unjustly.
2) to catch with violence.
barche'ii gatukko vp. 1) to be free from
unfairness. 2) to save from injustice.
baarcheliilla n. saying, "God knows". Morph:
sg. only. [Status: check precise meaning]
bare Variant: bari. Pl: balluwwa ? n. 1) well.
2) pit. 3) huge hole in the ground.
bargukko vt. to mix.
bari'enma Pl: bari'enmuwwa ? [Status: check
spelling] n. chair. [Status: according to
Abraham this term is better Hadiyya than the
loanword wonbera]
Barkafata name. Barkafata.
barkatukko vi. to be abundant. From: Amh.
barke'e n. saying, "Good luck". Morph: sg. only.
[Status: check meaning]
barkuma Pl: barkummuwwa. n. 1) head-rest.
2) wooden pillow.
baaromeetira Pl: baaromeetilluwwa. n.
barometre. From: Gr./Lat. via Engl.
barta Pl: bartuwwa. n. wooden mallet.
barukko vi. to become hollow.
barzaafa Pl: barzaaffuwwa ? [Status: check
spelling- AT prefers because of Amh.
etymology * baahaar zaafa "tree from
abroad"] n. eucalyptus tree. From: Amh.
bass uwwukko vp. to offer to Ganeel.
bassa n. corn flour (slightly roasted). Morph: sg.
only.
baaskeexxi xulbe'e np. basketball.
bassobila [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n. kitchen
herb. Morph: sg. only ? [Status: check
meaning]
basso'o n. hay. Morph: sg. only.
baasukko vi. to be worse.
basus basosimma vp. to scatter gras.
basuusa n ? ??
baaswa Pl: baaswuwwa ? n. salt brine.
bashaqaa'ukko vt. to spread (butter).
bashamada [Status: check spelling - unknown to
AT] n. type of ensete. Morph: sg. only.
bashanko'o n. food prepared from ensete.
Morph: sg. only.
bashsha'nnukko vi. to be swollen.
baashe'aancho Pl: baashe'aano. n. sb. who
says, "I have not always". [Status: check
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precise meaning]
bashila adj. 1) many. 2) far. [Status: check
meaning - unlikely!]
bashilsukko vi. Morph: CAUS I of bashilukko
(?) / * bashila (adj). 1) to delay. 2) to take far
away, to send far away. 3) to be late.
bashilukko vi. to spend the day. Morph: * bal
shil-.
bashukko vt. to worship.
baata'a Pl: baata'uwwa. n. very large clay jug.
batana Pl: batannuwwa. n. charge paid to
sorcerer.
batbatukko vi. 1) to become fast. 2) to entertain.
3) to look anywhere. [Status: check meaning]
bax ayyaamo [Status: check entry form] np.
weekday.
bax balla [Status: check entry form] np.
weekday.
bax beshichcho np. colleague.
bax misha np. accomplishment.
bax suume np. official language.
baxxamamoohane adj (?). divisible.
baxxamukko vi. Morph: PASS/MED of
baxxukko. 1) to share. 2) to be parted.
baxxancha Pl: ?? n. 1) part. 2) share. 3) room.
4) class.
baxxanchi baxo np. class work.
baxxanchi beyyo [Status: check entry form]
np. step.
baxxanchi tiwoore'e np. theory of divisibility.
baxaancho Pl: baxaano. n. 1) worker.
2) servant. 3) slave.
baxxansaancho Pl: baxxansaano. n. sb. who
divides.
baxxansukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
baxxamukko. 1) to divide. 2) to share. 3) to
distribute. 4) to part (the hair).
baxara Variant: baxaro'o. n. smallpox. Morph:
sg. only.
baxii geegeesukko vp. to dismiss.
baxi losamma [Status: check entry form] np.
experience. [Status: lit. work experience]
baxi moo'isimma np. 1) action. 2) activity.
baaxiilaancho Pl: baaxiilaano. n. 1) sinner.
2) perjury.
baaxiilo Pl: baaxiilluwwa. n. sin.
baaxiilukko vi (?). 1) to sin. 2) to commit
perjury.
baximma xanimma [Status: check entry
form] np. capability. [Status: lit. able to
work ?]
baxin firukko vp. to go to work.
baxisaancho Pl: baxisaano. n. employer.
baxisukko vt. to make sb. work. Morph: CAUS 1
of baxukko.
baxo Pl: baxxuwwa. n. 1) work. 2) job.
baxo amadukko vp (vi). to be busy. [Status:
under entry "baxo"?]
baxo hosisimma np. 1) application. 2) function.
baxo hosisukko vp. to apply (for work).
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baxoohane n. worker, tradesman.
baxonne hosukko vp. 1) to apply. 2) to put
into practice.
baxukko vt. 1) to work. 2) to do. 3) to make.
baaxukko [Status: check entry - baxukko ??] vt
(??). ??
baa'ukko vt. to fear.
bawunda Pl: bawunduwwa ? n. 10 Birr (note).
From: Amh. ?
bawunda amsa'a np. 15 cents.
bayyanukko vt. to sentence sb.
baa'yyaata n. information. Morph: sg. only ?
baa'yyaatukko vt. to inform.
bayitukko vi. to die (of cow/goat).
baaynoomi'aal caakkishsha np. binomial
expression.
bayooloje'e n. biology. Morph: sg. only. From:
Gr. via Engl.
bayta Pl: baytuwwa. [Status: check entry
form - HCD: bayte] n. carcass.
bayte n. carrion. Morph: sg. only ?
beeba adj. 1) covered. 2) blocked, congested.
beeballa adv (?). yesterday. Morph: * bee ? balla
(?).
bebeleqa n. sitting on land without controlling
oneself. Morph: sg. only.
beebiila adj. 1) astonished. 2) amazed.
beebissukko vt. to block up sth. Morph: CAUS
1 of beebukko.
beebukko vi. to be covered.
beccaachcha n. neglect. Morph: sg. only.
beccaa'ukko vt. to neglect.
becerequkko vt. to conceit.
beddamma adj. stretched.
beddamukko vi. to boast. Morph: PASS/MED
of beddukko.
beeddamukko [Status: check entry form /
spelling] vi. Morph: PASS / MED of
beeddukko. 1) to argue. 2) to get into an
argument. 3) to quarrel with sb.
bedeeda n. maize mixed with corn and freesqace
(??). Morph: sg. only. [Status: check
meaning]
beddeddamma n (?). walking ceonceited.
[Status: check meaning]
beddeddamukko vi. Morph: PASS/MED of
beddeddukko. 1) to conceite. 2) to boast.
bedeedukko vi. 1) to be scattered. 2) to empty.
beeddichcha n. extermination. Morph: sg. only.
beeddoo ammane np. term.
beddukko vt. to stretch.
beeddukko vi. 1) to complete (PASS ?). 2) to be
finished, to end. 3) to be accomplished. 4) to
irradicate, to devastate.
-be'e suff. without.
-be'e suff. until.
bee'e part. 1) not present. 2) no.
bee'e vi. not to be present.
begukko vt. to split.
beqeeqa 1) n (?). crack. 2)
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— adj. rough, uneven.
beqeequkko vi. 1) to be cracked. 2) to be rough,
to be uneven.
beqera Pl: beqelluwwa. n. slope.
beqerukko vi. to be slope, to be uphill. [Status:
check the English meanings]
-beelah suff. 1) unless. 2) if not.
-beelas suff. 1) unless. 2) if not.
beelayya Pl: beelayyuwwa. n. centre of the back.
[Status: check meaning !]
beelayyukko vt. 1) to separate. 2) to divide.
beleca Pl: beleccuwwa. n. 1) ear pendent. [Status:
check meaning ("Ohrh 㭧 er"?)] 2) earring.
[Status: check entry (was: belecha)]
belecce'ukko vi. 1) to sparkle. 2) to shine.
belecukko vt (?). to lighten.
belellaato n. reflection. Morph: sg. only ?
belelukko vi. 1) to reflect. 2) to shine.
belleetto'o Pl: belleetto'uwwa. n. 1) ticket.
2) bill. From: Ital. biglietto.
belo [Status: check entry form !] v / interj (?).
shall I throw?
beeluwwa adj. empty. Morph: * bee'e luwwa.
benna Pl: bennuwwa. n. wooden pole to tie cows.
bencukko vi (?). to open the husk partially.
benneja [Status: confirm spelling - EGH:
beneja] n. type of ensete. Morph: sg. only.
benjello'o v ?? ??
beenqara Pl: beenqalluwwa. n. tick.
berbera n. spices from red pepper. Morph: sg.
only. From: Amh.
berechcha Pl: ?? n. private [belongings ?].
berquma Pl: berqummuwwa. n. headrest.
bero n. silver. Morph: sg. only.
beero'o Pl: beero'uwwa. n. 1) town. 2) city.
beessukko vt. to cover.
besh tuutichcha'a np. corresponding
members.
besha Morph: singl: beshichcho. [Status: check
entry form; plural (transnum); singl. already
noted] n. 1) peers. 2) friends.
beshansukko vt. to match. Morph: CAUS 1 of
beshamukko.
beshichcho Pl: beshsha. n. 1) pal. 2) buddy.
beshinnano 1) adj. friendly. 2)
— n. friendship. Morph: sg. only. [Status:
check meaning]
beshooma n. friendship. Morph: sg. only.
beshshuwwa n. company. [Status: check entry
form - lit. "friends"]
beet are [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] np. the son's
wife. [Status: check meaning (AT: the wife
son)]
beet beeto [Status: 1 or 2 words (Abraham)?] np.
grandchild.
Beeta name. Beta.
beeto Pl: ooso. n. 1) son. 2) boy. 3) child.
beexxabbe'e Pl: beexxabbe'uwwa. n. servant.
bexerequkko vt. to conceit.
bexxukko vi. 1) to become great. 2) to emerge.
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biddiqukko
3) to appear suddenly.
bee'ukko vi. [Status: really verb? bee'e] 1) to be
absent. 2) not to be present. 3) not to be
existent. 4) to be missing.
beewixxite [Status: 1 or 2 words?] n. empty set.
Morph: sg. only ?
beyyamma adj / n (HED). 1) formal. [Status:
check meaning!] 2) regular.
beyyammi sagara np. formal words.
beyyammi sibiriixa np. proper fraction.
beyyammi woca np. formal speech.
beyyamu bee'i dut midaado np. irregular
polygon.
beyyamukko vi. to be assigned. Morph: PASS
of beyyukko.
beyanna Pl: ?? [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n.
property owner.
beyyancha Pl: ?? n. 1) classification.
2) assignment. [Status: check meanings; HED
had only: be classified (verb!)]
beyyi bito np. place value.
beyyikura Pl: beyyikulluwwa ? [Status: 1 or 2
words ?] n. preposition. Morph: * beyyi kura
(?).
beyissukko [Status: check entry /
spelling - unterlined by AT] vt. Morph:
CAUS 1 of beyukko (?). 1) to put sth. / sb.
down. 2) to compensate.
beyyo Pl: beyyuwwa. n. 1) place. 2) space. 3) real
estate. 4) compensation. 5) with, to, in place
of, at. Morph: postposition.
beyyukko vt. 1) to classify. 2) to assign.
beeza Pl: beezzuwwa. n. base. From: Engl.
beezaam buchcha np. basic soil.
beeziik oksaayida np. basic oxide.
beezsooqido [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n. basic
salt. Morph: sg. only. From: Engl.
bi'amukko vi. to quarrel. Morph: PASS/REFL
of bi'ukko ?
biibeela n. atrocity. Morph: sg. only.
Bibichcho name. Bibichcho.
biibbisukko vt. to embitter. Morph: CAUS 1 of
biibbukko. [Status: English meaning ??]
biibo'o n (?). ??
bica n. eating or drinking material. Morph: sgl.
only ?
Bica'a name. Tuesday.
bica'a adj. yellow. From: Amh.
biciriqukko vt. ??
bicco Pl: biccuwwa. n. 1) stick. 2) staff.
bichcha [Status: entry form necessary?] part (?).
only. From: Amh.
biichaancho adj. renegate, disloyal.
bidaara adj (??). ??
biddiqaa'ukko vt. 1) to strech out. 2) to flatten.
biddiqu saahina [Status: check entry form] np.
plate. From: Amh.
biddiqukko vi. 1) to be extended. 2) to lean back.
[Status: check meaning (prob. better under
biddiqaa'ukko)]
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biigaara Pl: biigaalluwwa. n. outline. lit. meaning]

bi'isaancho Pl: bi'isaano. n. wasteful person.
bi'isukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of bi'ukko. 1) to
dismiss. 2) to cancel. 3) to waste. 4) to do sth.
bad. [Status: check meaning] 5) to offend.
6) to destroy. 7) to extinguish. 8) to turn off
(light). 9) to ruin.
bi'ishsha Pl: bi'ishshuwwa. n. 1) destruction.
2) mistake. 3) error. 4) offence. 5) guilt.
[Status: Abraham couldn't confirm ...]
bi'ixxancha n. neutralization. Morph: sg. only.
biija n (?). kindness. [Status: check meaning]
bijaala adj. hot tempered.
biijaalla adj. 1) generous. 2) kind.
biijaallooma n. generosity. Morph: sg. only.
bijukko vi. to become hot tempered.
biijukko vi. 1) to show generosity, to be
generous. 2) to be kind.
bikkamaancho Pl: bikkamaano. n.
representative (in parliament).
bikkaancho Pl: bikkaano. n. 1) subsitute
(person). 2) representative.
biikara Pl: biikalluwwa. n. beaker. From: Engl.
bikke Pl: bikkeewwa (?). 1) n. part, share.
2) instead. 3)
— postpos. instead of.
bikkile Pl: bikkilluwwa. [Status: check entry
form] n. 1) club. 2) cudgel.
bikkina [Status: bikkinam ?] part (?). [Status:
according to Abraham sometimes used as
SUFFIX (with causal meaning)] 1) about.
2) because, for. [Status: check meaning]
bikkiraata Pl: bikkiraattuwwa. n. 1) boil.
2) bump.
bikko Pl: bikkuwwa. n. 1) portion. 2) share.
bikko'o Pl: bikko'uwwa. n. buffalo.
bikraata Pl: bikraattuwwa. [Status: check
spelling] n. abscess.
bikkukko vt. 1) to subsitute. 2) to represent.
biq iggukko vp. to become an orator.
biq sawwite np. opinion.
biqaamo adj. huge person.
biiqaamo adj. 1) itching. 2) ugly.
biqaphphishsha Pl: ?? n. dirge.
biqe Pl: biqquwwa. n. 1) chest. 2) slope. 3) uphill.
4) ascent.
biqee firukko vp. to ascend.
biqedukko vi (?). 1) to struggle with. 2) to
wrestle with.
biqgana [Status: check spelling - qg] n. filtered
butter. Morph: sg. only.
biqharaara adj. fearless.
biqqiiqqisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
biqqiiqqukko. 1) to let sb. roll and beat
his/her breast. 2) to let sth. lie down, roll and
stand up.
biqqiiqqukko vi. 1) to roll and beat one's
breast. 2) to lie down, roll and stand up.
biqille'e Pl: biqille'uwwa. n. skin of sheep/goat.
biqinne shurukko vp. to crawl. [Status: check
biqukko vt (?). to refuse.
biiqukko vi. 1) to itch. 2) to cause discomfort.
bii§l angila Pl: bii'l angilluwwa. np. exterior
angle.
bii'l biira np. foreign.
bi'l gonoona np. purse. [Status: check lit.
translat.]
bii'l kollo Variant: bii'luulla. np. out.
bii'l qachchissukko vp (vt). to father an
illegitimate child. Morph: CAUS 1 of bii'l
qachchihukko.
bii'l xanqo'o np. external fertilization.
bii'l uulla np. Morph: * biire uulla (??).
1) abroad. 2) overseas.
bii§l uulla np. foreign country, abroad.
bilaambilo n. food prepared from ensete.
Morph: sg. only.
billaancho Pl: billaano. np. sb. who is not restful.
billawwa n. 1) knife. 2) sabre. From: Amh.
billawwi haqqa np. ?? [Status: check English
meaning]
bilbilaantichcho Pl: bilbilaanta. n.
1) butterfly. 2) moth. [Status: check
meaning !]
bilde'e n. blanket. From: from Amh birt - "cold".
bille n. 1) desert. 2) drought. 3) winter, dry season.
bilinkiisa adv (?). as nothing.
biiliyoona numeral. billion (1,000,000,000).
bilqaaxa n. small to medium jar.
bilxo'o n. stick with pointed sharp metal end.
billukko vi. 1) to stop (of rain). 2) to clear (of
sky). 3) to brighten.
biimbe'e Morph: singl. biimbekichcho. n. 1) fly.
2) mosquito.
biime'e n. 1) large. 2) giant.
binnaanna adj. 1) adjourned. 2) flabbergasted.
binnaa'ukko vt. Morph: CAUS of binnukko.
1) to scatter. 2) to lose (sth.).
biinca Variant: beenca. [Status: check spelling!
(va from WHS)] n. 1) sweat. 2) perspiration.
Bincaamo name. Bincaamo.
biince'isukko vt. to sweat. Morph: CAUS 1 of
biince'ukko.
biince'ukko vi. 1) to sweat. 2) to perspire.
bindigeesukko vt. 1) to disperse. 2) to disband.
binnite n. scattering.
biinja n. generosity.
binxe n. scattering. [Status: check meaning / ps]
binxukko vt. to scatter.
binnukko vi. 1) to be scattered. 2) to be
distributed.
biir firukko vp. to go out.
bir gereechcho np. 1) spotted sheep.
2) illegitimate child. [Status: check: also
"mixed parentage"]
biir ihaakkohane [Status: check entry form]
vp. obvious.
Bira n. Birr.
bira adj. striped.

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biira n. 1) outside, exterior. 2) farm. [Status: check
meaning] 3) plain land, plain. 4) wilderness.
biira qaramaakkoohane np. illegitimate
child.
birammaancho Pl: birammaano. [Status:
check entry form] n / adj (?). conceited.
birammato n. pride.
biramukko vi. to be proud. Morph:
PASS/REFL of birukko ?
birancha Pl: biraana (??). n. conceit.
biraxxi mixaada np. backing tray.
biirayukko [Status: one word ?] vt. to confess.
birbinnisukko vt. to embitter. Morph: CAUS 1
of birbinnukko.
birbinnishsha n. embitterment.
birbinnukko vi. to be irritated.
birbira adj. spotted.
bire§e n. smallpox.
biireen [Status: check spelling (biiree'n ?)] adj.
1) external. 2) outside.
biiree'n macce np. external ear.
biriiliyeema n. berillium.
birinxa n (?). ??
biritukko vi. to gallop.
biirnakki kululleesa np. circumscribed circle.
biro [Status: check entry form & meaning!!] n.
sheep.
biroonkasa Pl: bironnkassuwwa. n. bronchus.
biroonkaayila adj. bronchial.
biroonkayitisa n. bronchitis.
biiro'o Pl: biiro'uwwa. n. office.
biirooriyaa Pl: biirooriyuwwa. [Status: check
spelling -aa] n. type of bird.
biirooriyyi gixo'o np. musical sounds of a bird
poem. [Status: check meaning]
birshukko vt. 1) to admire. 2) to praise.
birtukaana [Status: check spelling (HED:
burtukaana)] n. orange.
birxayya Pl: birxayyuwwa. n. dandruff.
birukko vt. 1) to admire. 2) to praise. [Status:
check meaning]
bisa'a Pl: bisa'uwwa. n. sword.
bisima adj (??). abortive.
bisimukko vt. to abort.
bississukko [Status: check spelling - underlined
by AT] vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of bissukko.
1) to destroy. 2) to waste. [Status: check
meaning]
bismuuza n. bismuth.
bisso Pl: bissuwwa. n. vagina.
biishsha adj. 1) brown. 2) gray. [Status:
according to Marqos: blue]
bishkiliita Pl: bishkiliittuwwa. n. bicycle. From:
cf. Ital. bicicletta.
bitaa'aancho Pl: bitaa'aano. n. buyer.
bitaachcha n. buying.
bitaachchi bito np. buying price.
bitaa'oohane n. buyer.
bitaa'ukko vt. to buy.
biteesaancho Pl: biteesaano. n. salesperson.
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biteesukko vt. Morph: CAUS of bita'ukko.
1) to sell. 2) to deceive.
biteeshsha n. sales.
biteeshshi bito np. selling price.
bitikinnaa'ukko vt. 1) to make to flow. 2) to
spill.
bitima Pl: bitimmuwwa. n. fence door.
bitira Pl: bitilluwwa. n. small space between
teeth.
bito Pl: bittuwwa. n. 1) price. 2) value.
biixxanna n. ??
bixxira Pl: bixxilluwwa. n. 1) plate. 2) small
black dish.
bixiriqa Variant: bexereqa. adj. conceited.
bixxo'o n (?). ??
bi'ukko vi. 1) to be lost. [Status: check
meaning! - to be lost? (s. underneath!)] 2) to
disappear. 3) to be out of order. 4) to be
destroyed. 5) to spoil, to go bad. [Status:
active ???] 6) to drop. [Status: check
meaning]
blaakboorda Pl: blaakboorduwwa. [Status:
check spelling - bilaakkiboorda ?] n.
blackboard. From: Engl.
boba 1) n. bad odour, foul smell, stench. 2)
— adj. stinking.
bobba'a Pl: bobba'uwwa. n. road.
boba'lee n. mat (woven from reed).
boobana n. ??
bobaanqa n. type of bush.
bobara adj (?). nervous.
bobaraaqichcho n. type of hyena.
bobaraancho Pl: bobaraano. adj. shy.
bobarukko vi. 1) to bolt. [Status: check
meaning] 2) to shy (at sth.). [Status: check
meaning !!] 3) to fight shy. 4) to flee.
bobassukko vt. to make shy. Morph: CAUS 1 of
bobarukko.
bobba'ukko vi (?). to leave.
bobe'e Pl: bobe'uwwa. n. hoof (of animal).
boobera Morph: singl. boobichcho. n. buffaloes.
boobeeta Pl: boobeettuwwa. n. 1) red mantle of
women. 2) festive clothing. [Status: can this
meaning be deleted?]
boobichcho n. buffalo.
bobukko vi. 1) to stink, to smell bad. 2) to rot.
booccite Pl: booccittuwwa. n. hint.
bocukko vt. 1) to carve. 2) to split (wood).
boochcha n. accumulation.
boda Pl: bodduwwa. n. lance.
Bodichcho name. Tuesday.
bododukko vi. 1) to become numb. 2) to go to
sleep.
booddukko vt. to scrape.
bogga Pl: bogguwwa (??). n. 1) plunder.
2) robbery, looting.
bogaancho Pl: bogaano. n. looter, sb. who
plunders.
bogoohane n. robber.
bogukko vt. 1) to rob. 2) to ransack, to plunder.
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3) to loot.
boohe'e Pl: boohe'uwwa. n. 1) cannal. 2) ditch.
boja Pl: bojjuwwa. n. seedling.
bokkukko vi. Morph: cf. buka'. 1) to sour sth.
2) to rise.
boqqa 1) adj. curved. 2) bent. 3) wicked.
4) crooked. 5) wrong.
booqa n. 1) blank space. 2) black cow with white
strip on forehead.
booqe n. ox with white head.
boqqi haxara np. curved mark.
boqqisukko vt. to bend sth. Morph: CAUS 1 of
boqqukko.
boqqooqqa adj. 1) crooked. 2) curved. 3) bent.
boqqooqqamma Pl: boqqooqqammuwwa. n.
curve.
boqqolla n. maize. From: Amh. b 㰯 lo; Soodo
Gur./Orom. boqolo.
boqqolli qorosho'o np. flat loaf prepared from
maize flour.
boqqooma n. wickedness. Morph: singl. only.
boqqukko vi. 1) to be bent. 2) to refract. 3) to be
curved. 4) to be bent. 5) to be stubborn. 6) to
be wrong.
bolaale'e Pl: bolaale'uwwa. n. trousers.
boollaanka Morph: singl. boollaankichcho. n.
stars.
bolfe'e Pl: bolfe'uwwa. n. type of tree. [Status:
check meaning]
bollochcho'o Pl: bollochcho'uwwa. n.
1) wedding. 2) marriage. [Status: check
meaning !]
bolokeeta Pl: bolokeettuwwa. n. brick. From:
Engl. block ??
bolola adj. bright.
bololukko vi. 1) to shine. 2) to be bright. [Status:
check spelling and meaning] 3) to twinkle, to
glitter.
boloona Pl: boloonnuwwa. n. screw.
bolxa n. pride, arrogance.
bolxoohane adj. 1) proud. 2) arrogant.
bolxukko vi. 1) to be proud. 2) to be arrogant.
bollukko vi. 1) to shine. 2) to twinkle. 3) to glitter.
boomba Pl: boombuwwa. n. 1) bomb. 2) pipe.
3) riffle, shotgun.
bombossa adj. flattened.
bon beyyi mare'e np. dash.
bon beyyo np. gap, blank.
bona Pl: bonnuwwa. n. ensete plant at the end of
the dry season.
boona Pl: boonnuwwa. n. limestone.
bonca Pl: boncuwwa. n. pharynx, throat.
boncaamo adj. 1) eating much. 2) not full (of
food).
boonda n. metal stipe.
boonde'e adj. uncontrolled (of body).
boondooqa adj. 1) gapped. 2) opened.
Bonga name. Bonga. [Status: check ee]
boongukko v. ??
bonka n. mosquito, gnad.
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Boonka name. Boonka.
boonka n. the last drop.
boonke'e Morph: singl. boonkekkichcho. n.
1) pig. 2) wild pig. 3) sb. who is voracious.
boonkukko vi. to drink to the last drop.
bonqa n. flat loaf of gojo'o or ensete starch.
bonoda adj. ugly.
Bonnosha name. Bonnosha. [Status: check ee]
boonxaalla adj. 1) gapped. 2) oppened.
boonxira adj / n (?). ??
boonukko vi. to be proud.
boora Variant: boolee. Pl: boolluwwa. n.
1) salt-bar. 2) salt brine.
Boora'a name. Boora'a.
booradisaancho Pl: booradisaano. n. trainer.
booradisukko vt. to train. Morph: CAUS 1 of
booradukko.
booradishsha n. training.
booradukko vi. to be trained.
booraancho Pl: booraano. n. lance (with long
and broad blade).
borantichcha Variant: borochcho. [Status:
check va / entry form] n. room used for
ecstatic songs.
borara n. ??
boorjo'o n. chalk.
borke'e n. 1) fresh rib of the ensete leave. 2) stark
of the ensete plant. [Status: i.e. trunk ???
According to Abraham: the "cover" (= bark ?)
of the ensete plant]
borqa adj. 1) turbid. 2) impure.
borqoqa adj. not cooked properly.
borqo'o adj. murky, cloudy, dull.
borqukko vi. 1) to be turbid. 2) to be murky, to
be cloudy. 3) to be impure. 3) to be dull.
boroda n. ecstatic singing.
borodaancho Pl: borodaano. n. medium that
uses ecstatic songs.
borodisukko vt. to send sb. into ecstasies.
boronsha Pl: boronshuwwa. n. wound on the
head (due to fungus).
boronshukko vi. to be wounded on the head by
fungus.
borosa n. grown grass.
borosukko vi. to become grassland.
boroxa Pl: boroxxuwwa. n. arrow.
boroxo'o n. split of wood.
boroxukko vt (?). to split wood.
borsa Pl: borsuwwa. n. 1) handbag. 2) bag.
From: from Engl. "purse". 3) purse.
boorukko vt. to accumulate.
bossissukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of bossukko.
1) to offend sb. 2) to hurt sb.'s feelings.
booso Pl: boossuwwa. n. clay pot.
bosora Variant: bosoro. n. type of ensete.
bosoosa adj. butterless, without butter.
bosoosukko vi. not to be buttered.
bossukko vi. 1) to feel hurt. 2) to be offended.
bootta'a Pl: bootta'uwwa. n. boot. From: Engl.
bootaara adj. alert.
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bootaarukko vi. to become alert.
bootaassukko vt. 1) to make alert. 2) to
motivate.
bottode'e n. big/wide pot.
bottolla adj. dry.
boxooxa adj (?). contained (the growth). [Status:
check meaning]
booyya Pl: booyyuwwa. n. island.
booyyaansa n. irony. Morph: singl. only.
booye'e Pl: booye'uwwa. n. canal.
booyyinna Pl: booyyinnuwwa. n / adj (?).
1) bald head. 2) hairless.
booyinnamo adj. bald (-headed).
booyyinnukko vi. to be/become bald.
bu'ana Pl: bu'annuwwa. n. 1) muscle. 2) sinew,
string. 3) vein, artery.
bubba adj (n??). blind.
bubbaa'ukko vt. 1) to cause to burn with
flames. 2) to put on fire. [Status: check
meaning]
buubbeesaancho Pl: buubbeesaano. n.
1) widow. 2) widower, divorced man.
[Status: check meaning !!]
buubbeesaanchotte n. widow, divorced
woman.
buubbeesukko vi. to become beautiful.
bubbukko vi. 1) to burn into flames. 2) to blaze
up, to flame. 3) to sparkle, to twinkle, to
gleam. 4) to be irritated. 5) to be unable to
see.
bucbucaa'ukko vt. to wash.
bucuqukko vi (?). 1) to spit. 2) to ejaculate.
buchcha n. Morph: singl. only. 1) soil. 2) dust.
3) ground.
buchchi moollanno'o np. land owner.
buchchi mu'uta np. earth goods. [Status: cf.
HCD s.v. "pottery"]
buudaam diinate np. 1) cattle. 2) livestock.
buddeenna n. injera. From: Oromiffa? Seems to
be a Cushitic term.
buudo Pl: buudduwwa. n. 1) horn. 2) direction.
buduna Pl: budunnuwwa. n. 1) team. 2) club.
From: Amh.
buufaalla adj. moist.
buufaalli ayyera np. humidity.
buufaancho Pl: buufaano. n. sb. who blows
leather. [Status: check meaning; tanner ?]
buufichcho n (?). softy. [Status: check meaning]
buufisaancho Pl: buufisaano. n. sb. who
wets/sprinkles.
buufukko vi. 1) to bellow. [Status: check
meaning: to tan (leather) ?] 2) to be
moistened.
buuge'aamo adj. nosy. [Status: check precise
meaning]
bugodichcho n. aarvark.
buuha n. mould.
buheeso'o n. fermented ensete mass of minor
quality.
buuhukko vi. to be moulded.
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bu'i firifira np. food prepared from ensete starch.
bu'i qorosho'o np. flat loaf prepared from ensete
starch.
bujana Pl: bujannuwwa. n. ox sacrifice.
bujanna n. 1) food prepared from ensete nodule
and bullo. 2) sacrifice in kind. From: Kamb.
bujanukko vi. to make a sacrifice.
bukkamukko vi. to melt. Morph: PASS of
bukkukko.
bukkaancho Pl: bukkaano. n. smith. [Status:
check meaning !]
bukeesukko vt. Morph: CAUS of buka'-. 1) to
ferment. 2) to let rise.
buke'ukko [Status: check spelling / entry
form - was: buka'ukko] vt (vi ?). 1) to
ferment. 2) to rise.
buko'o Pl: buko'uwwa. n. dough.
bukkukko vt. to melt. [Status: check HCD s.v.
melt vi]
buqa 1) n. mould. 2)
— adj. mouldy.
buuqa Pl: buuqquwwa. n. fart (of dog).
buqqamukko [Status: check
spelling - underlined by AT] vi. to melt.
Morph: PASS of buqqukko ?
buuqaashshi n. shortness. [Status: check
meaning !!!; Abraham has for this (??) entry:
itching skin disease (dry neck); people think
you get it if sb. spits at you]
buqbuqukko vi. 1) to steam. 2) to be frightend.
buqukko vi. 1) to go mouldy. 2) to weather. 3) to
decay.
buqukko vt. to generate.
buqukko Variant: bubuqukko. vt. to pour out.
buquuqa n. disease that infects the ensete nodule.
buquuqukko vt. 1) to roast. 2) to fry.
buqu'l haqqa np. malt wood (in home).
buqula n. malt.
buqulukko vt (?). 1) to malt. 2) to germinate.
buqurukko vi (?). to germinate.
bula adj. 1) grey (nearer to white). 2) black and
white spotted horse.
bulla n. ensete starch. From: Amh.
bule'e Pl: bule'uwwa. n. calabash.
bullo Variant: bulla. [Status: check va (KIRB
415)] n. Morph: singl. only. 1) flour.
2) roasted ground grain. From: cf. Amh.
basso. 3) barley with butter. 4) porridge.
5) type of food prepared from ensete.
buloona Pl: buloonnuwwa. n. nut. [Status:
check precise meaning]
bulxuqaa'ukko v. ??
bullukko'o Pl: bullukko'uwwa. n. 1) blanket.
2) cloak. 3) traditional shirt (for women).
bulluqukko vi. to emerge.
bumuchcho'o n. food prepared from ensete
starch.
bu'n mine Pl: bu'n minnewwa. np. coffee house.
buna n. coffee. Morph: singl. only. From: Amh.
bunna.
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buuna n. as horn (?). [Status: check meaning]
bunnachchukko vi. to eat too much.
buunaamo adj. as horn. [Status: check meaning
(ivory ??)]
bunnaa'ukko vt. to break.
bunbunnaa'ukko vt. 1) to break up. 2) to
shatter. 3) to wreck.
bunche'e n. husk of maize.
bunchukko vt. Morph: cf. bunn- / binn. 1) to
husk. 2) to remove husk of maize. 3) to
crumble. [Status: check meaning !]
bunni bunnukko vp. to shatter.
buni mine np. bar.
bunkashee Pl: bunkashewwa. n. hip.
buu'nnukko vi. 1) to eat with bulging cheeks.
2) to taste sth. 3) to try sth.
bu'o n. 1) liquid part of ensete food. [Status: check
meaning] 2) ensete starch. 3) spring (of
water). 4) source.
buuphpha adj. 1) chubby. 2) thrike. 3) well
developed. 4) grown fat.
buuphphaalla adj. fat.
buuphphisukko vt. to magnify. Morph: CAUS
1 of buuphphukko.
buuphphukko vi. to be magnified.
bura adj. despised, cheap.
bura'a n. Morph: singl. only. 1) straw. 2) hey.
buraa'isukko vt. to have sth. sprinkled. Morph:
CAUS 1 of buraa'ukko.
buraaqa n. merriment.
buuraam luwwa np. 1) a thing of considerable
weight. 2)
— adj. remarkable.
buraayyo Pl: buraayyuwwa. n. lip.
burco'o n. type of bird (similar to bat). [Status:
check meaning]
burcuqo'o Pl: burchuqo'uwwa. [Status: check
spelling!!!] n. glass (for drinking). From:
Amh.
burche Pl: burchewwa. n. 1) maize cob. 2) red.
[Status: check meaning!]
burqaa'aancho Pl: burqaa'aano. n.
1) plough-man. 2) plough (the tool).
burqukko vt (?). to plough (virgin land).
buuro n. Morph: singl. only. 1) butter.
2) ointment. From: from Ital. burro.
buuro cambimma vp. to wash butter.
buuro fissukko vp (vt). to prepare butter.
Morph: CAUS 1 of buur firukko.
buuro'o n. type of cabbage.
bursiixxamukko vi. to argue. Morph:
PASS/MED of bursiixxukko.
buursuume Pl: buursuummewwa. n. schemer.
burtukaana Morph: pl. tant. n. orange.
burrukko vi. 1) to fly. 2) to run. From: Amh. ??
[Status: spelling with two r ....]
C - c
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buruqaa'ukko vt. 1) to uproot. 2) to dig up. 3) to
pull out / - up.
buruusha Pl: buruushshuwwa. n. brush.
burza Pl: burzuwwa. n. wound (of pack-animal).
burzha'a n. bourgeois. Morph: singl. only.
burzukko vi. to be wounded (for pack-animal).
busara Pl: busalluwwa. n. widow.
busaro Pl: busalluwwa. n. widower.
buskuuta n. buiscuit. Morph: singl. only. From:
Engl.
busula n / adj (?). 1) cooked food.
2) knowlegeable.
busulooma n. wisdom. Morph: singl. only.
busulukko vi. 1) to be cooked enough. 2) to
know best.
buusha Pl: buushshuwwa. n. cork.
bushaalla adj. 1) cheap. 2) not sweet. 3) foolish.
4) ugly. 5)
— interj. no, it's not like that.
bushinaamo adj. 1) cheap. 2) for free.
bushisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of bushukko.
1) to make cheap. 2) to belittle.
bushukko vi. 1) to be cheap. 2) to be
unsweetened. 3) to be profane. 4) to be ugly.
buutta n / adj. 1) pipe. 2) grey.
buttalla adj. ??
buttaa'ukko vt. 1) to make fine. 2) to make thin.
3) to break.
butbuttaa'ukko vt. 1) to break up. 2) to be thin.
3) to be fine.
butteesukko vt. 1) to break up. 2) to smash.
3) to shatter.
buttukko vi. to be broken into pieces.
buutumbuuta n. woodworm.
Bux Godo name. Bux Godo. [Status: check ee]
buxa Variant: buxima. 1) adj. poor. 2)
— n. poverty.
buxichcho Pl: buxa. 1) n. poor. 2)
— adj. poor.
buxooma n. poverty. Morph: singl. only.
buxoomukko vi. to be poor.
buxukko vi. to become poor.
buuy shaana np. cherratis. [Status: i.e. ??
Abraham has "leave of cabbage"]
buuy shunkurta np. green onion. [Status: check
meaning; Abraham has: "leave of onion"]
buyya Pl: buyyuwwa. n. leaf (of tree).
buyyi afo'o np. stomata.
buyyi agada [Status: check spelling (HED: one
word (without ' !!)] np. petiole.
buyyishira n. venation. [Status: check spelling
(two words ?)]
buuzala adj. well cooked.
buuzalo'o adj (??). well cooked.
buuzalukko vi. to be cooked enough.
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cababaato n. relaxation. Morph: singl. only.
cababukko vi. to relax.
cabbaramma adj. sraped.
cabbaraancho Pl: cabbaraano. n. sb. who
scrapes.
cabbarukko vt. to scrape.
cabxo'o n. gonorrhea. Morph: singl. only.
caca adj (?). ??
Cacca name. Cacca. [Status: which woreda ?]
caca'a n. type of plant. [Status: check meaning]
cacabsa adj (?). coloured white with red.
[Status: check meaning]
caacaayukko vi. 1) to chirp. 2) to be noisy.
cacukko vp. to repair.
caacukko vi. to chatter.
cade Pl: caddewwa. [Status: check
spelling - cade'e ??] n. green skin of ensete
sheath.
cade'e n. 1) covering part of ensete. 2) spring like.
[Status: check meaning]
cafa Variant: cawa. Pl: caffuwwa. [Status: check
va (WHS)] n. 1) marsh, swamp. 2) muddy
place.
caafa Pl: caaffuwwa. n. branch (of tree).
caafo Pl: caaffuwwa. [Status: check
entry - caafa ?] n. family branch. [Status:
check meaning; derived from pers. name]
cafukko vt / vi (?). 1) to crush (esp. ensete). 2) to
become marshy/swampy.
caafulukko vt. to smudge.
cagagaa'ukko vt. to cause to die.
cagagukko vi. 1) to sleep. 2) to die smoothly.
[Status: check meaning]
caakka Pl: caakkuwwa. 1) n. light. 2)
— adj. clear. 3) greeting at Eastern.
caakka fooqaa'aancho Pl: caakka
fooqaa'aano. np. light-switch.
caakkaakko luwwa [Status: check entry
form] np. explicit.
caakkaakko woca [Status: check entry form /
meaning] np. explicit.
caakki manna np. people of the light. [Status:
check meaning / ee]
caakkisaa moo'isimma [Status: check entry
form] np. demonstration.
caakkisaakka'a atoorarukko [Status: check
entry form] vp. to discuss.
caakkisaanchi xum sagara np. adjective.
caakkisaancho Pl: caakkisaano. 1) adj.
explanatory. 2) adjective. 3) interpreter.
caakkisimma np (?). 1) expression.
2) discussion.
caakkisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of caakukko.
1) to light (up), to make light. 2) to shine
(sun). 3) to clarify, to explain. 4) to reveal.
cakkishsha [Status: check
spelling - caakkishsha ?] n. literature.
caakkishsha Pl: caakkishshuwwa.
1) explanation. 2) statement.
caakko [Status: check entry form] adj. obvious.
caakkukko vi. 1) to shine. 2) to give light, to get
lighted. [Status: check meaning !!] 3) to be
late morning. 4) to be clear.
caqasukko vt. 1) to wait for sb./sth. eagerly.
2) to check.
ca'lla n. splitted part (of wood).
calaggukko vi. to be neurotic.
calalukko vi. to jump.
caallancha n. transitivity. Morph: singl. only.
caallanchi haalata np. property of transitivity.
calasa n. type of night bird (like bat).
calcalaa'ukko vt. to hang.
calcaleeta n (?). being busy.
calcalukko vi. to hang. [Status: see HCD s.v.
hang (to swing freely)]
calle'e Pl: calle'uwwa. n. type of an ornament
(used to tie on one's neck or hands).
callisukko vp. to lift. Morph: CAUS 1 of
callukko ?
calqa adj. handsome.
calqayukko vi. 1) to become weak. 2) to become
handsome.
caallo'i poloneeshiina np. cross pollination.
caallukko vi / vt (?). 1) to jump (using only one
leg). [Status: Marqos meaning "to walk
quickly" could not be confirmed by
Abraham] 2) to cross.
caa'mma n. Morph: singl. only. 1) sunshine.
2) sun radiation.
caamma'a n. shoes. Morph: singl. only. From:
Amh.
cambalaqa Pl: cambalaqquwwa. n. 1) ocean.
2) hollow.
cambalaqukko vt (?). to overflood.
cambo'o adj (?). 1) no use. 2) as nothing.
cambukko vt (?). 1) to mix butter with spice.
2) to smudge.
ca'mqasaako [Status: check entry form] n.
morning.
cammukko vi. 1) to keep quiet. [Status: check
meaning - Abraham cannot confirm this one]
2) to eat noisily.
cana Pl: cannuwwa. n. 1) bag of goatskin.
2) leather pouch sack. 3) bellows.
cancanukko vt. 1) to bite (of dog). 2) to attack.
3) to beat.
caancufukko vt. 1) to wrinkle. 2) to crease. 3) to
rumple.
cancukko vt. 1) to criticize, to comment on. 2) to
make a loud noise.
canqarukko vt. to beat. [Status: check
meaning]
capharaato n. groin.
capho n. hidden part. [Status: check meaning]
cara n. type of flesh which does not cut. [Status:
check meaning]
caara Pl: caalluwwa. n. 1) hint. 2) ray of light.
n. caraachcho n. type of aerborial (??) animal.
[Status: check meaning]
caraq lade np (?). beautiful. [Status: check

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meaning]
caraqa adj. 1) slim. 2) thin. 3) beautiful.
caraqukko vi. 1) to be slim. 2) to become thin.
caaralla n. opening.
caarallukko vi. to be opened narrowly.
carata adj. tender.
caargaalla adj. transparent.
cargosa adj. beautiful. [Status: check meaning]
carqa Pl: carquwwa. n. 1) cloth. 2) rag.
carota [Status: check spelling (caroota)] n. rue.
caaroota n. medicinal herb.
caata n. chat, khat. Morph: singl. only. From:
Amh. cat; Arab. qat; Kamb. cata; Wol. catiya.
ca'ukko vi. 1) to run out. 2) to be finished.
cawwa adj. silent.
cawwa wo'ukko vp (vt). 1) to remember. 2) to
hold sth. against sb.
cawwukko vi. 1) to be quiet, to be silent. 2) to
be content.
cawussukko vi. to listen.
cee'ammi enerje'e np. potential energy.
cebba adj. 1) flat. [Status: s HCD s.v. plain]
2) down.
cebbeyyo n. plain. Morph: * cebbi beyyo.
cebbukko vt. 1) to deepen. 2) to flatten.
ceecimukko vt. 1) to attack. 2) to beat. 3) to
assault.
cefancha n. being soaked.
cefaancho Pl: cefaano. n. sb. who soaks.
cefo'o n. Morph: singl. only. 1) pepper with milk.
2) crude drinking.
ceefo'o n. 1) addicted people. 2) pull with nose
w/o (?) made from tobacco. [Status: check
meaning]
cefukko vi (?). to soak.
ceefukko vt. to immerse.
cekka part. next to. [Status: check meaning !]
cekko Pl: cekkuwwa. n. shoulder blade.
ceeqit mare'e np. hyphen.
ceeqite Pl: ceeqittuwwa. n. mark.
cequkko vi / vt (?). 1) to stay. 2) to gather.
[Status: check meanings (HEAD had as Impf
"stead gathered"]
ceemma n. hatred. Morph: singl. only.
ceemmaalla adj. Morph: * ceema ? 1) lazy.
2) idle.
ceemmalukko [Status: check entry
form - underlined by AT !] vi. to be lazy.
ceemme [Status: check spelling:
HCD - ceemma] n. laziness. Morph: singl.
only.
cemera adj. thin.
ce'mmera adj. fixed.
ceemukko vi/vt. 1) to hate. 2) to dislike. 3) to
despise. 4) to find sb./sth. disgusting. 5) to be
bored. 6) to be lazy. [Status: check meaning !
(ceemalukko ?)]
cenfaa'ukko vt. to pierce slightly.
cengeegga adj. 1) uninitiated. 2) not fully flown.
cengeraalichcho Pl: cengeraala. n. kite.
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cii'mma
cenqe'llukko vi. 1) to lurk, to stalk. 2) to walk
carefully.
ceensiisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 2 of ceemukko.
1) to hurt sb.'s feelings. 2) to be tired of
sb./sth.
ceensukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of cheemukko.
1) to cause to hate. 2) to cause to despise.
3) to cause to find sb./sth. disgusting.
ceranna n. a type of cat. [Status: check precise
meaning]
cee'ukko vt. to accumulate.
ciba'a adj. rainy.
cibe'e Pl: cibe'uwwa. n. 1) louse eggs, nits.
[Status: check numerus] 2) louse. [Status:
check meaning!]
cicciissa n. 1) grazing. 2) pasture. [Status: check
meaning]
ciicoolla Variant: ciicora. [Status: check va
(WHS)] n. chicks. Morph: * ciil cora'a.
cida n. 1) chaff. 2) straw. [Status: check meaning]
ciifa Pl: ciiffuwwa. n. drop.
cifaa'ukko vi. 1) to drop. 2) to drip.
cififukko vt. to fill.
ciffite n. fullness.
ciifukko vi. to drop.
cigga Pl: cigguwwa. n. stunt.
ciggaara adj (?). 1) being noisy. 2) making a loud
noise. 3) making a racket.
cigo'o adj (?). 1) scrubby (tree). 2) stunt (plants).
ciggukko vi. to become stunted.
cii'i baalle'e np. feather.
cii'i do'na vp. bird's nest.
cii'i mine vp. bird's nest.
cii'i muuna np. 1) singing of the birds.
2) morning (from 5:30 - 6:30 a.m.).
cii'ichcho Pl: cii'a. [Status: check spelling - is
"chick" to be put under this entry?] n.
1) small bird. 2) chick. 3) one who gives
information. 3) chance.
cii'isa n. type of bird disease. [Status: check
meaning]
ciikka Pl: ciikkuwwa. n. 1) trail. 2) hint,
information.
ciqimaata Pl: ciqimaattuwwa. n. top part of
head / skull. [Status: check entry (-maato ?
and meaning - brain?)]
ciqimaato n. 1) brain. [Status: HED had:
jelly-like material in the skull] 2) skull.
ci'lla Variant: ciru. n. rust.
ciila Morph: singulative: ciilichcho. Pl:
ciilluwwa. n. 1)
— adj. very small. 2) minute. 3)
— n. child (until age of ca. 4 years).
cilfa n. ladle.
ciilichcho [Status: check entry form - ciila ?] n.
baby.
ciilloomano n. childhood.
ci'llukko vi. to rust.
ciima n (?). ??
cii'mma adj. frugal. [Status: check meaning]
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ciima wansukko vp (vt). Morph: CAUS 1 of
ciima wamukko (?). 1) to press. 2) to fill.
cimma'a adj. deep.
cimma'ukko vi. to be deep.
cimba Pl: cimbuwwa. n. type of fly. [Status:
check meaning]
cimbe'e Pl: cimbe'uwwa. n. gnat.
cimcii'mma adj. greedy. [Status: check meaning]
ciimo'o issukko vp. to influence.
ciimo'ukko vt. to affect.
ciimukko vt. 1) to stress. 2) to press sb. to do sth.
cinnakka n. sorghum/barley fungus.
cinnakkukko vi. to be attacked by fungus (esp.
sorghum).
ciincukko vt. to rub raw. [Status: check
meaning]
cine'e n. type of calf disease.
ciinfa adj (?). moistened with tears / water.
ciinfukko vi (?). to bring mucus out from the
eye.
cingiraalla n. hawks.
cinqamukko [Status: check entry - AT doesn't
know] vi. to be embarrassed. Morph: PASS
of cinqukko.
ciinsamukko vi. Morph: MED/PASS of
ciinsukko. 1) to burst. 2) to be bursting.
ciinso'o n. juice.
ciinsukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of ciinukko /
* ??? 1) to squeeze. 2) to wring out.
cira'a n. 1) information. 2) little developed ensete
seedlings. [Status: check meaning / spelling]
ciraamo adj. very cowardly.
cireessichcho Pl: cireessa. n. 1) traditional
doctor. 2) cultural surgeon.
cireessukko vt. to operate culturally.
cirgokka n. type of human disease. [Status: check
meaning]
ciro n. 1) faeces. 2) excrement. 3) shit. [Status:
check style ...]
ciiroonta n. type of tree. [Status: check meaning]
cirukko vt. to defecate.
ciisannichcho n. 1) tenant. 2) farmer.
cissiisukko vt. to enforce. Morph: CAUS 1 of
cissukko.
cishana n. black mustard.
coo'amma adj. peeled.
cooca n (?). ??
cooce'e n. stove.
cocukko vi (?). to use a lot of ornaments on one's
neck/hand.
cofola adj. mixed. [Status: check meaning]
cogamaancho n. sb. who is oppressed.
cogamukko vi. to be oppressed. Morph: PASS of
cogukko.
cogancha n. oppression.
cogukko vt. 1) to suck. 2) to pluck out
(hair/meat).
coggukko vi. 1) to drop. 2) to leak.
coqorsa n. grown grass.
collonga adj (?). ??
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cuungisukko
combo'o n. coffee boiled the second time.
comoqa n. dirt.
cooncaa'ukko vt. 1) to make sb. to look. 2) to
see.
conco'nnukko vi. 1) to be restless. 2) to lack
discretion. [Status: check meaning]
cooncukko vi. 1) to look. 2) to see.
cone'e n. the last milk.
copha n. drop.
coophaaro'o n. food consisting of mixed butter,
cabbage and cheese.
cophissukko vi. Morph: CAUS 1 of cophukko.
1) to drop. 2) to rain.
cophukko vi. 1) to leak. 2) to drop. 3) to become
hot (esp. for sex).
cora n. tinny chain (like ornament).
cora'a n. young of animal.
core n. 1) pond. 2) pool.
core'e n. riverside.
corqaafa Pl: corqaaffuwwa. n. whip.
corochcha n. shouting.
coroochcho n. a narrow land.
corooqa n. inedible mushroom. [Status: check
meaning]
coro'o n. 1) babblins. 2) chatter.
coro'ukko vi. 1) to chatter. 2) to babble. 3) to
shout.
co'ukko vt. to bark (a tree).
coo'ukko vt. 1) to peel. 2) to skin. 3) to flay
(animal). 4) to unsheath. 5) to strip off.
cube'e n. daggar.
cubboo n. 1) dishonesty. 2) injustice. 3) sin.
cubboobee'e adj. honest.
cubbo'o n. ill will.
cubo'oomma n. work done with ill will.
cubbo'ukko vi. to work with ill will.
cufcufaa'ukko vt. to wash. [Status: check
meaning]
cuukka n. type of food. [Status: check meaning]
cukkamukko vi. Morph: PASS/REFL of
cukkukko ? 1) to make friction. 2) to do
reluctantly.
cukkukko vt. 1) to rub. 2) to massage. 3) to twist.
[Status: could not be confirmed by Abraham;
prob. cukimma, "to rub"]
cuquluusa n. type of green bird. [Status: check
meaning]
cuqqunna n. 1) dirt. 2) rubbish. 3) filth.
culqo'o adj. concentrated.
cuma n. 1) chyme. 2) cow stomach (and its
content).
cuuma Morph: singl cuuncho. n. big black ants.
cumbuluqukko vi. to become slippery.
cuumcho Pl: cuuma. n. black ant.
cumeexxukko vi. 1) to be satisfied. 2) to be rich.
cuu'nna n. type of creeping ivy / vine. [Status:
check meaning]
cuunga n. the last drop.
cuungisukko vt. to pour to the last drop. Morph:
CAUS 1 of cuungukko.
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cuungishsha n. pouring to the last drop.
cuungukko vi. 1) to drink to the last drop. 2) to
gulp. 3) to drive animals.
cunqullaa'ukko vi. 1) to drink. 2) to sleep. 3) to
slumb.
cunquraa'ukko vi. 1) to drink at once. 2) to
gulp down. 3) to take far away.
cupha Pl: cuphphuwwa. n. 1) stick of mortar.
[Status: check meaning] 2) club (used for
Ch - ch
chabara n. a type of veneral disease. [Status:
check meaning - syphilis ?]
chabbukko vi. to float.
chare'e Morph: singl. charekkichcho. n. type of
small bird that sucks cow blood.
chaarja n. charge.
chaarta n. chart.
chaarta baxukko vp. to prepare a chart.
chaarta moo'isukko vp (mr). to demonstrate a
chart. Morph: CAUS 1 of chaarta
moo'ukko.
chaayissukko vt. to entertain. Morph: CAUS 1
of chaayukko.
chaayite n. playing.
chaayukko vi. 1) to play. 2) to relax. 3) to
entertain.
che interj. command for horses, mules, etc. to go.
chefacho [Status: check spelling - Alemayehu,
June 7: chefancho] n. big pot. [Status: check
meaning against jalo'o - synonyms?]
cheffukko vi. to become light.
chelle saayya np. fetish cow. From: Amh.
chera n. eyelid.
cherekichcho n. dishonest (person).
cheeza n. chess.
-chi suff. common for female names.
chibussa n. Islamic dances.
chichifo'o [Status: check spelling - chifchifo'o ?]
n. one cent (coin).
chiicho'o n. a type of Hadiyya cultural play.
chif interj. command for cats to go. [Status: check
D - d
daabba n (?). ??
dabachcha n. Morph: * dabarcha. 1) answer.
2) response. 3) return.
daabbachcha n. gambol.
dabaqa n. type of tree. [Status: check meaning]
dabaqula n. pumpkin (edible). From: Orom. /
Soodo Gur. dabaqula; Amh. bahir-qil,
yeqwara-ar㰼.
daba'llaa moo'ukko vp. to revise.
daba'llakka'a moochcha vp (?). revision.
daballaqukko vt. 1) to confuse. 2) to get sth. in
a mess. From: Amh.
daba'llamaancho adj (?). variable.
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dabaransakkam mu'uta
grinding).
curqa n. 1) tatters. 2) rag. 3) scrap. From: Amh.
curqaanukko vt. to patch.
curukko vi. to leak.
curuqukko vi. 1) to run out. 2) to be finished.
cururaa'ukko vt. 1) to make to flow. 2) to spill.
3) to drain. 4) to leak.
cururukko vi. to flow.
meaning]
chifchifo'o name. one Cent (of ETB).
chikchikkukko vi. 1) to refuse. 2) to move.
[Status: check meaning]
chillayyukko vt. to overlook.
chilchiyyeesa n. type of sistrum. [Status: check
meaning !]
chilchiyukko vi. to be ticked. [Status: check
meaning !]
chinee n. a type of calf disease.
chingaraalla n. hawk.
chira'a n. type of duster used to fend away flies.
[Status: check precise meaning]
chirchirukko vi. to wander about.
chirite n. walk (for pleasure).
chirukko vi. to walk for pleasure.
choobaro'o n. food served at the grechotta feast.
chooka n. chalk. From: cf. Engl. "chalk".
chokaata n. the act of ejecting.
chokaatukko vi. to be ejected.
chone'e n. cow whose milk is petering out.
chowaama n. bark (of tree).
chubbite n. jumping.
chubbukko vi. 1) to jump. 2) to dance.
chufa n. dregs, roughage. [Status: check
meaning !!]
chufukko vt. 1) to squeeze. 2) to dry. 3) to
become dregs/roughage.
chuko n. slightly roasted grain flour.
daba'llamcha n. variation.
daba'llamoobee'ane adj (?). constant.
daba'llamukko vi. Morph: PASS of
daba'llukko. 1) to become varied. 2) to
become changed. 3) to pass to and fro.
daba'llanchaalo'o n. commutative property.
daba'llukko vi. Morph: REFL of dabar-. 1) to
return. 2) to come back. 3) to change. 4) to
reply. 5) to turn around.
dabaraa woroolla vp. back.
dabaransa n. transport, transportation.
dabaransakkam mu'uta [Status: check entry
form] np. spare parts.
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dabaransukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
dabaramukko. 1) to transport. 2) to
exchange.
dabarukko vt. 1) to return. 2) to answer. 3) to
reply. 4) to change. 5) to block. 6) to draw.
7) to turn.
daabbarukko vi. to gambol.
dabassa n. 1) exchange. 2) change. 3) reform.
dabassamoobee'ane [Status: check entry
form] adj. even.
dabassamukko vt. to swap.
dabassancha n. reaction.
dabassukko vt. Morph: CAUS of dabar-. 1) to
change. 2) to exchange.
daabbassukko vt. to make sb. gambol.
daabaayya adj (?). 1) stretched out. 2) lied
down (to sleep). SCW (sn 1f))
dabayyichcho Pl: dabayya. n. 1) mouse. 2) rat.
[Status: check meaning (prob. only mouse)]
daabaayyisukko vt. to make sb./sth. lie down.
Morph: CAUS 1 of daabaayyukko.
daabaayyukko vi. to lie down.
daabo n. haunch. [Status: hip ?]
daabbo'o n. bread (sour).
dabtara Pl: dabtalluwwa. n. exercise book.
From: Amh.
dabukko vt. to cut in small pieces. [Status:
meaning could not be confirmed by Abraham
(suggests: murimma)]
dabukko vt. 1) to sequestrate. 2) to insert.
dachche'aamo n. land owner.
dachche'e n. owned land.
dadda'l dirijjita np. firm. [Status: check precise
meaning]
dadda'l mare'e np. brand.
dadda'l xaaxxite [Status: check entry form]
np. firm.
daadaancho adj. liquid.
daddaraancho Pl: daddaraano. n. 1) trader.
2) merchant.
daadaraancho [Status: check entry
form - daadaancho ("liquid")?] n. electric
current. [Status: check meaning!!! lit. trader?
"current" could not be confirmed by
Abraham]
daddari edamaakkohane np. economic.
daddaro n. 1) trade, trading. 2) business.
daddarukko vt. 1) to trade. 2) to do business.
daadeesaancho Pl: daadeesaano. n. observer.
daadeesukko vt. 1) to observe. 2) to explore.
daadeeshsha n. observation.
dadisukko vt. to make twisted. Morph: CAUS 1
of dadukko.
dadoohane n. weaver. From: Amh.
daaduuba n. cloud.
dadukko vt. 1) to plait (rope). 2) to weave. 3) to
string (a bedstead). 4) to sow a mat. 5) to
twist.
daadukko vi. 1) to spill. 2) to flow. 3) to melt
away. [Status: check meaning]
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dambagna
-da'el suff. may be.
da'el hayata np. singing early in the morning.
From: Amh. ?
-daa'emi suff. when. Morph: postposition. From:
cf. Amh. end㧯on㻦.
daafa n. perpertration.
daafa xooxa np. 1) pretense. 2) cause. 3) reason.
[Status: check meaning]
daafaancho Pl: daafaano. n. perpetration.
[Status: check meaning - perpetrator?]
dafaxa Pl: dafaxxuwwa. n. 1) accident.
2) happening (harmful).
daafukko vt. 1) to perpetrate. 2) to commit a
crime.
dagaaga adj. large.
daageechcho n. baboon.
dago'o n. food given to field workers.
dagude'e n. 1) winnowing basket. 2) big plaited
plate.
daggukko vi. to curdle.
dahaancho Pl: dahaano. n. anvil.
dahukko vi (?). to make the bed.
daa'imaancho Pl: daa'imaano. n. traveller.
daa'imansa n (?). transportation. [Status: could
not be confirmed by Abraham]
daa'imukko vi. 1) to travel. 2) to go on journey.
daajje Variant: daajja. n. river. Morph: *
daadd-ya.
dakka n. carpet, mat.
daktaayila n (?). ductile.
dakkukko vt. to hide.
daakkute adj (?). 1) civilian. 2) peaceful.
daqayye n. 1) field. 2) pasture. 3) flat land.
daqiiqa Pl: dagiiqim. n. minute. From: Amh.
daqqukko vt. 1) to spread (a mat, etc.). 2) to
prepare the bed.
daaqunaata Pl: daaqunaattuwwa. n. deacon.
From: Amh. ??
daquura n. Morph: singl. daquuchcho. 1) worm.
2) caterpillar.
daa'l uulla np. foreign country.
dalakaa'ukko vi / vt (?). 1) to hide. 2) to
provide.
dalakukko vi. to be hidden.
dallichcho n. hump (of zebu).
dalkasa Pl: dalkassuwwa. n. part of body found
near the shoulder. [Status: check meaning]
Daltan Tiwore'e np. Dalton Theory.
dam higukko vp. to offend.
daamma Variant: daa'h-. n. millstone.
daamma n. honey from bee-like insect.
daama'a adj. dark red.
damakase n. ??
damaallichcho Pl: damaalla. n. 1) doe (female
deer). 2) antelope.
damaama n. honey (separated from wax).
damaamiita Pl: damaamiittuwwa. n. device.
damba n. gall-blader.
dambagna Pl: dambagnuwwa. n. 1) customer.
2) client.
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dambaka n. turmoil, unrest.
dambaksukko vi. Morph: CAUS I of
dambakukko. 1) to be rebellious. 2) to be
insurgent.
dambaqa n. terror.
dambaqisiisukko vt. to stir up sb. Morph:
CAUS 2 of dambaqukko.
dambaqisukko vt. to terrorize. Morph: CAUS
1 of dambaqukko.
dambaqukko vi. to be terrorized.
dambala n. 1) lake. 2) ocean.
dambalaq gooca np. port.
dambalaq suta np. gulf.
dambalaqa n. sea.
Dambale name. Dambale.
dambalii daadohane [Status: check entry
form] np. 1) creek. 2) brook.
dambalukko vi. 1) to flood. 2) to prosper.
dambi tokke'e np. anemia.
dambo n. bile.
daambuusa n. 1) calamity. 2) disaster. 3) wrath.
[Status: check meaning]
daamdiishsha Morph:
daamdiishshichcho. n. bee-like insect.
dame'e n. type of spinach. [Status: check
meaning; HED had - small edible plant]
Daame'e name. Daame'e.
daammefichcho n. handy millstone.
damfukko vi. 1) to conceit. 2) to bray.
daammi diishsha np. type of honey beer.
damigaancho Pl: damigaano. n. criminal.
damigisiisukko vt. to arouse sb. to commit a
crime. Morph: CAUS 1 of damigisukko.
damigo n. crime.
damigukko vi. to commit a crime.
damooza n. salary. From: Amh.
damukko vi/vt. 1) to have sexual intercourse (of
animals). 2) to mate (of bull). 3) to be
damaged. [Status: check meaning !]
damuuma Variant: damuumo soola. [Status:
check meaning of damuumo] n. 1) headache.
2) pain.
damuumukko vi. to catch headache.
damunsukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
damumukko. 1) to hurt. 2) to ache.
daanna n. 1) judge. 2) chief.
dannaba adj. communal.
dannabukko vi. to live as one wished.
danaamisa adv. 1) well. 2) properly.
danaamo adj. Morph: cf. dano. 1) good.
2) attractive. 3) beautiful, pretty. 4) just.
danaanaancho Pl: danaanaano. n. 1) steward.
2) host.
danaancho n. beauty, cleanness.
danaanukko vi. to entertain.
dannaphphi sono'o np. communal system.
daanda adj. gray.
daannechchi inqe np. ivory.
daaneechcho Pl: daane'e. n. elephant.
Daanga n. Daanga.
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dareerukko
daanga n. 1) border. 2) frontier. 3) limit.
dangetukko vt. to do sth. very fast.
dangisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of dangukko.
1) to happen accidentally. 2) to harm
suddenly. 3) to persuade. 4) to outwit sb.
[Status: check meanings !!]
dangisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of dangukko.
1) to persuade. 2) to outwit sb.
dango n. speed. [Status: check meaning]
dangonne n [DAT] (?). 1) accidentally. 2) very
quickly.
dangukko vi. to be mistaken.
daanninnato n. court. From: Amh.
danqale n. type of cabbage.
danqale'e adj. 1) fattened. 2) widened.
dano n. 1) beauty. 2) goodness.
danoo liiranchaa np. leisure activities.
dannooma n. authority.
dansukko Variant: dansisukko. vt. Morph:
CAUS 1 of danukko; cf. Shinasha. 1) to
make sb./sth. beautiful. 2) to adorn. 3) to
decorate. 4) to clean sth. 5) to brighten up sth.
singl 6) to repair.
danta n. peers, friends.
daanxo'o Pl: daanxo'uwwa. n. new unleavened
maize bread.
danukko vi. 1) to be beautiful. 2) to be nice. 3) to
be clean. 4) to be just.
dappora n. type of ensete.
daphpha adj. 1) hidden. 2) secret. 3) implicit.
daaphphoohane n. scout.
daphphukko vi. to hide.
daaphphukko vi. 1) to see across. 2) to scout
out sth.
dara Pl: dalluwwa. n. morning.
darabishsha n. process of making thrown.
darabo Morph: singl: darachcho. n. 1) peers,
friends. 2) comrade.
darabukko vt. 1) to throw. 2) to hurl.
daraabukko [Status: check spelling
(darabukko ?)] vt. to sweep away, to carry
away, to sweep.
darajja n. stairs. From: Amh.
darba uulla np. pastureland.
darba'a Pl: darba'uwwa. [Status: check entry
form - darba'aancho?] n. 1) nomad.
2) nomad's herd. 3) pasture. [Status: check
meaning]
darba'aancho Pl: darba'aano ?? / darba'a ??
n. nomad.
darbachcha n. migration.
darba'ukko vi. to migrate. 2) to transhumance.
dareeramma [Status: check spelling (from
dereerukko)] adj. torn.
dareeramukko [Status: check entry - was:
dereeramukko] vi. to be torn. Morph: PASS
of dareerukko.
dareerukko [Status: check entry - had var:
dereerukko] vt. 1) to tear. 2) to detach. 3) to
estrange.
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darukko vi. to become morning.
darza'n xigo np. dozen.
dasa adj. slow.
dassa n. crushed ensete nodule.
daasa n. roof of fermentation pit.
Dase'e name. Dase'e. [Status: check ee]
dasisukko vt. to delay. Morph: CAUS 1 of
dasukko.
dasukko vi. 1) to be late (of person). 2) to delay.
3) to spend the time.
dassukko vi (?). to crush.
dashsha n. swell.
dashshisukko vt. to make swollen. Morph:
CAUS 1 of dashshukko.
dashshukko Variant: deshshukko. vi. to swell.
daata n. amniotic fluid.
daato'o n. umbrella.
daaxa n. type of grass. [Status: check meaning]
daaxo'o Pl: daaxo'uwwa. n. umbrella.
dawwa n. 1) communal labour. 1a) house built for
many workers. [Status: check meaning !!]
2) once only working-group of men. 3) feast.
[Status: check meaning!] 4) feast-meal.
daawwa'a n. cave.
Daawwiit name. David.
daay n. 1) die. [Status: check meaning!!] 2) di-.
dayya n. ??
daayisa n. dice. From: Engl.
daaymenda n. diamond.
daayyo n. fellowship (esp. eating).
dee'aachcha n. belch.
dee'achchukko vi. to belch.
deebbo'o n. coriander.
deeda n. spot on fore head (of cattle).
deddeenna n. ??
deddeenaancho Pl: denneenaano. n. ??
deedichche n. name of animals. [Status: check
meaning - certain type of animal?]
deegara adj. 1) striped. 2) animal with colourful
skin.
deegarukko vt. to stripe. [Status: check meaning:
to BE striped ?]
degeleshooma n. disablement.
dege'leshukko vi. to be disabled.
deego'o Variant: degare. n. type of ensete.
dekka n. face (?), page (?). [Status: check
meaning; none given in HED (only cf to
"ido")]
deella n. a cow with short tail.
delasukko vi. to become slow.
delba n. pool.
delbukko vt (?). to create a pool.
delela n. 1) cantor. 2) leading voice.
deemma n. eyebrow.
demba n. custom.
demokiraase'e n. democracy.
deemmukko vt. 1) to refuse. 2) not to accept.
3) to wrath.
deenammancho Pl: deenammanna ? [Status:
check entry form - danaam mancho?] n. just
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person.
deensiite'e n. density.
dereeramma adj (?). 1) torn (up). 2) cut opened.
dereeramukko [Status: check entry form] vi.
to tear up.
dereerukko [Status: check entry
form - dareerukko ??] vt. to tear.
dereessiisukko vt. to make sth./sb. be torn.
Morph: CAUS 1 of dereessukko (?).
dees mancho [Status: check entry form] n.
1) critical condition. 2) mortal danger.
deesa n. sleeping place of a very sick person.
deesimaa§l beyyo np. decimal place.
deesimaa'l sibiriixa np. decimal fraction.
deesimaa'l sono'o np. decimal system.
deesimaa'l tako'o np. decimal point.
deesimaala adj. decimal.
deesimeetira n. decimetre.
deetta'aamo adj / n (?). dignitary.
deete'isukko [Status: check
spelling - underlined by AT] vt. to dignify.
Morph: CAUS 1 of deete'ukko.
deette'ukko vi. to be dignified.
deetto'o n. dignity.
dibbe'e n. small drum.
dibino n. tapeworm.
dichchira n. system of embankment and moat.
diddaaba adj. abusing.
didaakshina n. deduction.
didaaktiva adj. deductive.
diidaara n. orderliness.
diidaaramukko vi. to be arranged. Morph:
PASS of diidaarukko.
diidaassaancho Pl: diidaassaano. n. 1) one
who sets in rows. 2) shelf.
diidaasiisaancho Pl: diidaasiisaano. n. one
who makes things set in rows.
diidaassiisukko vt. to have things set in rows.
Morph: CAUS 1 of diidaassukko.
diidaasukko vt. 1) to set in rows. 2) to arrange
in order.
didibba Pl: didibbuwwa. n. shin bone (of cow).
diddifa n. food (material ?) used to make alcohol.
[Status: check meaning]
didukko vi. to shout loudly.
diffaakkohane adj. dark.
diffaa'ukko vt. 1) to exterminate. 2) to eradicate.
3) to abolish. 4) to wipe out.
diffukko vi. 1) to be eradicated. 2) to be
abolished. 3) to be deformed.
digaachcho n. tie.
digaadukko vt (?). 1) to tie the hind legs of a
cow. 2) to place an obstacle.
dige'e Pl: dige'uwwa. n. ploughing material.
[Status: check meaning]
digiba n. 1) cedar tree. 1b) East African yellow
wood. 2) grey coloured goat.
digi'nnukko 1) vi. to shout loudly. 2)
— vt. to make excrate. [Status: check
meaning]
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digiiramma adj. entangled.
digiiramukko vi. to entangle. Morph: PASS of
digiirukko. [Status: check whether PASS
meaning ...]
digiiraancho n. 1) sb. who wrapps. 2) twister.
digiiransukko vi. to be entangled. Morph:
CAUS 1 of digiiramukko.
digire'e n. degree.
digiirukko vt. 1) to entangle. [Status:
meaning ?] 2) to barb.
diiha adj. empty.
dihisukko vt. to empty sth. Morph: CAUS 1 of
dihukko.
diihukko vi. to be empty.
di'ira adj & n. fat.
di'iraakkoohane adj. fat.
di'irubee'ane [Status: check entry
form - NEG ??] adj. lean.
di'irukko vi. to be fat.
Diikaarta name. Descartes (Rene).
dikkukko vt (?). to cover a hut roof.
diqqa n (?). ??
diqaa goboo hakiincho np. surgeon. [Status:
check lit. meaning]
diqakka'a gobimma [Status: check entry
form - opereeshin ?] np. operation.
diqamma adj (?) / n (HED). torn, split.
diqammi shuku'lla np. opened hoof.
diqaasa n. 1) mead. 2) honey liquor. 3) wine.
[Status: check meaning]
diqukko vt. 1) to split. 2) to tear.
dilla adv (?). 1) downhill. 2) down.
dilbukko vi. to be fat (of animal).
dillikka n. red pepper.
dilliisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of dillukko.
1) to unload. 2) to let sth. drop. 3) to
miscarry. 4) to reduce. [Status: check the
meaning!] 5) to remove sth. 6) to abort. 7) to
relieve sb.
dillukko vi. 1) to descend. 2) to go down. 3) to
decrease. 4) to become able to walk. [Status:
check meaning of sn 3 - above: to descend;
Abraham suggests "take'imma"]
dima adj & n. 1) limp. 2) lame (person).
dimara n. clod.
dimba n. drunkenness.
dimbaaba n. 1) wild date palm. 2) date palm tree.
3) sun shade (made from palm leaves).
dimbaancho Pl: dimbaano. n. 1) drunk person.
2) drunkard.
dimbisukko vt. to intoxicate. Morph: CAUS 1 of
dimbukko.
dimbukko vi. 1) to be intoxicated. 2) to be/get
drunk.
dimdima Pl: dimdimmuwwa. n. rounded part of
the house. [Status: check meaning]
dimokraase'e [Status: check entry form] n.
democracy. From: Engl.
dimsukko vt. to make limp. Morph: CAUS 1 of
dimukko (?).
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dimukko vi. to limp.
diimukko vi. to snore.
diina uulla np. desert, wilderness.
dina'a n. raffia grass.
diina'a n. 1) enemy (from outside). 2) murderer.
diinate n. 1) cattle, domestic animals. 2) money,
property. 3) wealth.
diinate shallagukko vp. to calculate money, to
count money.
diinaxxi qaxooma np. quantity of money.
diinaxxi ministeera np. finance minister.
dinbisukko vi. 1) to become intoxicated. 2) to
become drunk.
diinchukko vt. to beat.
diinda n. ripe fruit.
diindaa'llicho Pl: diindaa'lla. n. 1) black
beetle. 2) dung beetle. 3) wood-boring beetle.
4) cricket. [Status: check meaning] 5) insect.
[Status: check meaning !!]
diindukko vi. to be ripe (of fruit).
dingatanna adv. suddenly.
dinnichcho n. potato. From: from Amh.
dinniiqa n. choke (to make sick).
dininaa'aan sagachcha'a np (?). voiced.
[Status: check meaning]
dininaa'ukko vi (?). to (be?) shocked. [Status:
check ACT / PASS meaning]
dinkekichcho Pl: dinke'e. n. dwarf.
dinqa n. type of drink (made from honey).
dinosa'ura n. dinosaur.
dippara n. other people's home. [Status: check
meaning]
dippiloomaase'e n. diplomacy.
dippiloomaat n. diplomat.
dira n. 1) dust. 2) snuff.
diraama'a n. drama.
diraamichcha n. chant.
diraamo adj. dusty.
diraamukko vt. Morph: * ??? (no PASS of
dirukko ...). 1) to chant. 2) to boast. 3) to
threaten. [Status: check sn 2f !]
diraancha n. type of traditional songs.
diraansukko vt. to make chant. Morph: *
diraancha (n).
diraa'ukko vi. to sing. [Status: was: to boast]
dirayyaamo adj. 1) dirty. 2) dusty. 3) grown
emaciated.
dirbassa n ? ??
dirbo'o n. type of ensete.
diire'ukko vi. 1) to hit sb./sth. very strongly. 2) to
boast. [Status: check meaning of this entry
and of diraa'imma]
dirgimmaa'ukko vt. 1) to beat. 2) to hit. 3) to
strike. 4) to darken.
diriichcha Variant: diriichcho; diriiro. n. sleep.
diriichchii ki'ukko vp. to wake up (from sleep).
dirifa Pl: diriffuwwa. n. 1) den. 2) cavern.
3) cave.
dirigumma adj. 1) quiet. 2) taciturn.
dirimma n. 1) metal piece. 2) exchange value.
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diriiraamo adj. sleepy.
diriiro Variant: diriichcho. n. sleep.
diriirukko vi. 1) to sleep. 2) to nap. 3) to be
sleepy.
dirisa n. 1) flood. 2) torrent. 2) flowing rain water.
dirisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of dirukko. 1) to
flood. 2) to erode. 3) to flow away.
diriissukko vi. to be sleepy. Morph: CAUS 1 of
dirukko (??).
dirkukko vi/vt. to climb (by rope).
dirqosha n. hay.
dirukko vi. to become dusty.
disjankishina n. disjunction.
dissom issukko vp. to store sth.
distiileeshiina [Status: check spelling]
distillation. From: Engl.
disxa n. saucepan. From: Amh.
disxe'e [Status: check entry form - HED:
disxa ??] n. pan.
dissukko vt. 1) to put. 2) to put sth. down. 3) to
do. 4) to put sht. up. 5) to replace sth.
dishsha adj. sick. [Status: check meaning!!]
diishshichcho Pl: diishsha. n. 1) bee. From:
from Amh. ? 2) slanderer.
diishshisechcho [Status: two words ?] np (?).
beehive.
disho'o n. type of ensete.
dishshukko vi. to feel bad.
dishshukko vi. 1) to become sick. 2) to be sick.
ditiryuma n. deutrium.
divaayzera n. divisor.
diyaabeetsa n. diabetes.
diyaafiraama n. diaphragm.
diyaagiraama n. diagram.
diyaagonaala n. diagonal.
diyaameetira n. diametre.
diizaana n. design. From: Engl.
do'a adj. round.
do'aakkoohane [Status: check entry form] adj.
surrounded.
do'aancho Pl: do'aano. n. visitor.
doobba n. 1) nettle. 2) weed. [Status: check
meaning]
Doobanna name. Doobanna.
Dooda name. Dooda.
doodichcho n. ??
doodineema n. duodenum.
dodo'i'n adv (?). according to it's particular
nature.
dodo'o Pl: dodo'uwwa. n. dodo (kind of bird ??).
Dogosa name. Dogosa.
do'innee adv (?). in order, according to its nature.
do'isukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of do'ukko. 1) to
take around. 2) to lead sth. in a circle. 3) to
thresh by driving an ox. 4) to round sth. off.
Do'ishsha name. Do'ishsha.
do'ishsha n. 1) circle. 2) circumference.
do'ixxa adj. wise, thoughtful (mind).
do'ixxukko vi / vt (?). 1) to think. 2) to
doktochchi n. doctor. From: Engl (via Amh ??).
dooqa vt. bead.
doqdoqe'e n. motorbicycle.
doo'l n. will(ing).
doo'l bii'l angila np. alternate exterior angle.
doo'l wo'l angila np. alternate interior angle.
doola n. bell.
doo'lla adj. selective.
doollab keenaancho np. modern measurement.
doollaba adj. modern.
doolaamo n. type of object hung at the neck.
[Status: check meaning]
doo'llamoohane adj. preferably.
doolle n. 1) era, epoch. 2) period. 3) time.
n. doolle laba [Status: check entry form] np.
modern.
doo'llisukko vt. to make a selection. Morph:
CAUS 1 of doo'llukko.
doo'llo'o n. 1) selection. 2) election.
doolloshsha kurukko vp. to recount history.
doo'llukko vt. 1) to choose. 2) to select. 3) to
elect.
doo'm moochcho np. wild animal.
doo'm woro np. 1) thicket. 2) brushwood.
[Status: check meaning - inside the forest ?]
dooma n. 1) forest (area). 2) dense. 3) many.
[Status: check meaning & spelling!]
4) mattock. [Status: could not be confirmed
by Abraham] 5) hoe.
dooma abooyyimma np / vp (?). forest
conservation.
dooma'a Pl: dooma'uwwa. n. mattock.
domba Pl: dombuwwa. n. tool (?) to drive in ...
(animals ??). [Status: check meaning]
Dombola name. ??
doomeena n. domain.
doomenukko vi. 1) to start. 2) to begin.
do'nna n. 1) nest. 2) bird nest.
doona n. dictionary, lexicon.
doona'a adj. impatient.
doonamukko vi. to be registered. Morph: PASS
of doonukko.
doonaancho n. registrar.
doona'ukko vi. to become impatient.
donda n. type of primitive umbrella.
dondiyya n. wooden bar with two iron tips.
Donga name. Donga.
donishe'aamo adj. ??
donqoroolla Variant: onkoroolla. adj.
1) rounded. 2) spherical.
doono'o n. hive of cereal container. [Status:
check meaning]
doonshe'aamo adj. ??
doonshe'e n. ??
doonukko vt. to register.
do'o n. 1) cycle. 2) round circular. 3) perimetre.
4) circumference.
dophpha n (?). ??
doora Pl: doolluwwa. n. 1) stomach. 2) belly.

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dooraamo adj / n (?). 1) glutton. 2) big eater.
3) corpulent.
dooro'o n. red soil.
doose'e n. file. From: * dossier.
do'ukko [Status: check whether 2 DIFFERENT
entries: do'ukko (to rotate etc. / doyyukko (to
migrate)] vi. 1) to move around, to roam.
2) to wander. 3) to go through. [Status: check
meaning!] 4) to rotate. 5) to roll. [Status:
could not be confirmed by Abraham] 6) to be
round. 7) to visit. 8) to check. 9) to spy.
dooyya n. migration.
dooyyaancho Variant: dooyee'aancho. Pl:
dooyyaano. n. 1) migrant. 2) immigrant.
3) refugee. 4) nomad.
dooyyaano Morph: pl. n. deceased (persons).
dooyyukko vi. 1) to migrate. 2) to move around.
3) to move with a caravan. 4) to be a nomad.
5) to die.
-du suff. 1) continue to ... ! 2) ??
(TOPICALISER ?).
duuba n. 1) cloud. 2) fog. [Status: check
meaning] 3) area around the house. [Status:
check meaning (prob. duubbo)]
Dubbaamo name. Dubbaamo.
duubaamo adj. foggy.
dubamukko vi. to be sunk. Morph: PASS of
dubukko.
dubana adj. 1) fattened. 2) lusty. 3) plump.
duubaana Morph: transnum. n. guinea
syzygium. From: Amh. doqima; Sid./W.
Orom. duando.
dubancha n. process of sinking.
dubaancho Pl: dubaano. n. 1) sb. who buries.
2) baker. [Status: check meaning]
duubaane n. completely black coloured cow.
dubeeda n. thigh.
duubbi enja np. garden spices.
duubbi kaashsha [Status: check entry
form - HED: duubkaashsha - garden] np.
vegetables.
duubkaashsha [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n.
garden.
dubme n (?). ??
dubbo adv (?). behind. Morph: postposition; *
dub kollo.
duubbo n. surrounding.
dubbo'o n. 1) ensete buds. 2) shrub. 3) hidden
(thing).
dubbo'o murimma vp. to grow ensete
seedlings. [Status: check meaning]
dubukko vt. 1) to bury, to entomb. 2) to conceal.
duubukko vi. 1) to be cloudy. 2) to be inflated.
3) to die. 4) to swell. [Status: check
meaning !]
duuchcha n. kind of worm which penetrates the
human skin.
duuchcho'o adj. stupid.
duuda adj & n. 1) dumb. 2) mute.
duda'a [Status: check entry form (duuda ?)] adj.
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du'mmoro
dumb.
duudi [Status: check entry form - duuda ?] adj.
mute.
duudukko vi. 1) to be dumb. 2) to be mute.
duduqukko vi. to be puzzled.
dufa n. wire grass.
duufa Pl: duuffuwwa. n. calf of leg.
dufaachcha 1) adj. horizontal. 2)
— n. slope. 3) bias.
dufaachchi haxara np. horizontal mark.
duufafsure'e [Status: transnum. ?] n. breeches.
dufaa'ukko vi. to lay down horizontally.
dufi n. horizon.
dufite adv. 1) across. 2) horizontal. 3) transverse.
dufukko vi. 1) to rest one's head on one's hands.
2) to recline (to eat). [Status: check the
second meaning!]
duga n. 1) lieing in wait. 2) following the foot
steps. 3) ambush.
duugga n. 1) scrape. 2) tan.
duuggo'o adj. scraped (esp. ensete).
duugowaancho Variant: duugoohhani;
duugowaanchichcho. n. tanner.
duggudda n. type of animal that digs the land.
[Status: check meaning]
dugukko vi. 1) to sneak. 2) to walk slowly on tip /
toe. [Status: improve meaning] 2) to follow
up negatively. [Status: check meaning (other
meaning given: keep on for mischieve)]
duugukko vt. 1) to scrape (esp. ensete). 2) to
prepare. 3) to tan.
duuha n. meaning, sense.
duuha'a n. 1) direction. 2) condition.
duuha'a dabarimma [Status: check entry
form] np. 1) detour. 2) diversion.
duuha'i bi'ukko vp. to confuse.
duuha'isukko vt. to followed up. Morph:
CAUS 1 of duuha'ukko.
dukkaana Pl: dukkaannuwwa. n. tent.
dukeessukko [Status: check spelling
(duqeessukko ?)] vt. to let sb. taste sth.
Morph: CAUS of duuk-.
duuqe n. bite. [Status: cf. HCD s.v. bite]
duuqisukko vt. to give a bite. Morph: CAUS 1 of
duuqukko.
duuqukko vt. 1) to swallow. 2) to eat (morsel by
morsel). 3) to taste sth.
duqusha adj. peaceful. [Status: check meaning]
duulla n. 1) hillok. 2) mound. 3) knoll.
duma Pl: dummuwwa. n. 1) separated room,
curtain in wedding house. 2) boxroom. 3) mat
(used as a room divider).
duu'mmamukko vi. to insult each other.
Morph: PASS/REFL of duu'mmukko.
duumaancho Pl: duumaano. n. one who curses.
dummichcha n. assembly.
dummichchi sagara [Status: check entry
form] np. proceedings.
du'mmoro n. Morph: * du'm woro. 1) vestry.
2) store room.
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dumuga n. ?? (truth). [Status: check meaning; other HED

dummukko vi. 1) to gather (of people). 2) to
assemble.
duumukko vt. 1) to curse. 2) to insult. 3) to call
sb. names.
duu'n quruuchcho np. mountain top.
Duuna name. Duuna.
duuna Pl: duunnuwwa. 1) n. mountain. 2) hill.
3)
— adv (?). uphill, upward.
dunamichcha n. process of pouring.
duunaamo adj. mountainous.
dunamoohane [Status: check entry form] adj.
liquid.
dunamukko vi. Morph: PASS of dunukko.
1) to be poured. 2) to leak out. 3) to die.
duuncha n. 1) curse, cursing. 2) insult. 3) abuse.
duunchaancho Pl: duunchaano. n. sb. who
has been cursed.
duunda n. midrib.
dungullukko vi. to be sick.
dunguruulla n. frame.
dunkaana n. tent.
dunsiisukko vt. to let sb. pour out. Morph:
CAUS 1 of dunsukko (CAUS 2 of
dunukko ?).
dunukko vi/vt. 1) to leak. 2) to pour. 3) to sprinkle
(water).
duphpha n. hidder (??) the word. [Status: check
meaning]
duphphukko vt (?). 1) to dispose. [Status: check
meaning; HED entry: dispositional] 2) to hide
entry: to be positioned]
dura n. slaughtering.
Duuraame'e name. Durame.
duroohane n. butcher.
durukko vt. 1) to slaughter (cattle). 2) to kill.
duruma Pl: durummuwwa. n. ankle. [Status:
check meaning - also: knuckle?]
dusso'o adj. calm.
dusso'ooma n. calmness. [Status: check meaning;
other HED entry: unable to one self]
dut adj (num ?). many.
dut ammane np. 1) often. 2) several times.
dut hagara np. miscellaneous.
dut midaad misila np. polygon.
dut suume np. lingua franca.
duta 1) n. fulness, abundance. 2)
— n. plural. 2)
— adj. many.
dutalli xigo np. composite number.
dutissukko vt. to make abundant. Morph: CAUS
1 of dutukko.
dutoolla v (?). many.
dutooma n. 1) quantity. 2) excess.
dutukko vi. 1) to be many, to be abundant. 2) to
be too much / many, to be (in) excess.
duxa n. 1) hair of tail. 2) fringe.
duxukko vt. 1) to hit. 2) to beat. 3) to smite. 4) to
play (drum).
du'uyya n (?). ??

E - e
ee pron. 1) this. 2) that. ebeera adj (?) / n. (very) old. [Status: check ps
ee ammanchom [Status: check entry form] np. (HED 124; entry: an old)]
as soon as. ebeeraancho Pl: ebeeraano. n. very old man.
ee ammane np (?). 1) at that time. 2) at that ebeeratte n. very old woman.
moment. 3) then. 4) immediately. [Status: ebeerukko vi. to become old.
check meaning !] ebeessukko vt. make old.
ee ammane ... hinkido'i ammane conj. eebikkina [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] part.
from (then) ... until (now). 1) because. 2) therefore.
ee ammanii ki'isaa [Status: check entry form] eebisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of eebukko. 1) to
np. since then. make sb. bring sth./sb. 2) to confuse.
ee beyyonne adv. there. eebubee'ane [Status: check entry
ee haa'nnayyome [Status: check entry form] form - NEG ??] adj. 1) single. 2) unmarried.
np. seldom. eebukko vt. 1) to bring. 2) to marry. 3) to
ee kollo np. somewhere. persuade, to entice.
ee lasage adv. after that. ech interj. interjection to protest / refuse.
ee lasonne part. then. eechemeencho Variant: ichemeencho. n.
ebaqqamcha [Status: check entry form - HED: temple.
eebancha] n. marriage. edaa edaa tiisiisukko vp. to stress. [Status:
eebancha n. marriage. check lit. meaning]
ebaro pron. Morph: fem: ebare. 1) such a one. edaahim [Status: check entry form] conj.
2) sb. who is doing so and so. although.
eebe'e part (?). until that. [Status: check meaning] edamaa [Status: check entry form ...] vt.
ebeellano n. oldness. [Status: check meaning] additional.
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edamcha uullisukko [Status: check entry ege'llukko vt. 1) to look. 2) to care. [Status: check
form - edancha? etc.] vp. to interrupt. meaning; HED: "look care"]
edamukko vi. Morph: PASS/REFL of edukko. egeraancho Pl: egeraano. n. guard.
1) to meet. 2) to be connected. 3) to be added. egerimmaa awwonsimmaa [Status: check
edancha n. 1) meeting. 2) communication. entry form] np (?). control.
edanchi beyyo np. place of meeting. egerukko [Status: check whether there is also
edanchi tako'o np. intersecting point. EGARUKKO (HCD 276 - to wait)] vi. 1) to
edanchibee'i wixxite np. disjoint set. wait. 2) to be careful. [Status: Same root or
edansa n. communication. diff. from "ege'imma" ?] 3) to watch. 4) to
edansaancho Pl: edansaano. n. 1) conjunction. protect. 5) to keep (carefully). 6) to be
2) communicator. 3) pipe coupling. patient.
edansukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of edamukko. egexxamukko vi. to refrain. Morph:
1) to join. 2) to cause some persons to meet PASS/MED of egexxukko ?
each other. egexxancha n. refraining.
eddechcha Pl: eddechchuwwa. n. 1) clothes. egexximma n. resistance.
2) clothing. eeggo Variant: iggo. 1) adj. cheeky. 2)
eddechcha saqalakamane [Status: check — n. cheekiness, impudence.
entry form] np. hanger. egodabo n (?). 1) that part. 2) one part.
eddechchi gobaancho np. tailor. eeggukko [Status: check entry - underlined by
eddechchi qulfa [Status: check entry form] np. AT] vi. to be cheeky.
button. eeggulla n. cheekiness, impudence.
ede'e n. type of weed. eehaa [Status: check spelling - eeha ?] interj /
eddeesukko vt. to clothe sb. Morph: CAUS 1 of conj (??). 1) okay. 2) what ever happens.
eeddukko. 3) in any case. [Status: WHS, 137 - "eben,
eedette adv. 1) thus. 2) like this. also"]
edde'ukko vt. 1) to wear. 2) to put on (clothes). eehan Variant: eehanon; eehanoni. conj. then.
3) to dress. eehaa'nnam part (?). not this much.
eedila n. part of animal's body. [Status: check eehannii hanenne [Status: check entry form]
meaning] np. against.
edimmi haalata np. additive property. eehannii lasage [Status: check entry form /
eeddiraasa n. chest (of animal). spelling] np. afterwards.
Eedisa n. AIDS. eehanniinse conj. 1) from then on. 2) since then.
ediiteera n. editor. ehaanniinsem [Status: check entry form - ee
edoo desimaala np. repeating decimal. haanniinsem?] conj. 1) other than. 2) accros
edoo faankishiina [Status: check entry - AT: from.
faanctisona] np. increasing function. eehaar [Status: check spelling - was: ahaar, cf.
edoobee'i fankishiina np. decreasing function. eehaar] adv. so. [Status: check precise
edooyyo [Status: check entry form] vt. except. meaning]
edukko vt. 1) to add. 2) to connect. 3) to bring. eehaara'e conj (?). if, so.
4) to repeat. eehaare interj. okay. Morph: fully fledged
edukkuuyya n (?). increase. version of "eehaa"?
edukkuuyyi marimma vp. 1) repetition. eheen adv. here. [Status: check meaning !]
2) increase. eehid [Status: under entry -hid ??] pron ? like
edukkuuyyi marukko [Status: check entry this.
form] vp. to increase. ee'ido [Status: check entry form / spelling - was:
efeca adj. ugly. e'ido] conj (?). further.
egadukko vt. 1) to watch (cattle). 2) to look after ee'isa conj. so that.
(e.g. house). ee'isam [Status: was: eisam] part (?). 1) so as
eeggalla [Status: check entry - underlined by that. 2) and, the same as.
AT] adj. cheeky. ee'isinne conj. in this manner.
eeggallooma n. cheekiness, impudence. ejja n. 1) joint. 2) increment.
egechcha n. 1) waiting. 2) protection, ejjebbera n. boaster.
prevention. ejjebberukko vi. to be boastful. [Status: check
egedukko n. 1) to take care. 2) to stop. meaning: to boast ?]
egejja n (?). 1) diving. 2) barraging. ejjo'o n. 1) joint. 2) increment.
3) bulwarking. eekka pron / det. 1) that (one). 2) before last.
ege'llishsha n. warning. [Status: check meaning]
ege'lloobee'ane [Status: check entry ekkaa kaka pron. that and this.
form - NEG ?] adj. careless. eekka'i conj (?). but that.
ege'lloohane adj. patient. ekkallichcho n (?). something. Morph: singl. of

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ekkalluwwa.
ekkalluwwa n. something. Morph: * eqq
luwwa ??
ekkam edukko [Status: check entry form] vp.
to include.
ekkanno n. so-and-so.
ekke'e adv (?). 1) there. [Status: check
distance ..]
ekke'e hanenne np. over there.
eekkeen adv (?). from there.
ekkee'n balla np. the day before yesterday.
ekkeen keen pron / v (?). passing through.
[Status: check meaning]
ekkee'n maarage np. the year before last year.
ekkee'n soodo np. the day before yesterday.
[Status: check meaning - the same as ekkee'n
balla ??]
ekki [Status: check entry] pron. that one.
ekispaareeshiina n. expiration.
ekispooneenta n. exponent.
eekollo adv. overthere.
eksaanoona n. xenon.
ekkuh [Status: check spelling] adv (?). yes.
ekkuyaato n. agreeing. [Status: check meaning]
ekkuyukko [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] vi. 1) to say
yes. 2) to affirm.
eeq maraage [Status: check;
zusammenschreiben? cf. days kaballa, etc.
(HLG eeqqi maraage)] np (?). two years ago.
eqallu'issukko vt. to curse sb. Morph: CAUS 1
of eqallu'ukko (?).
eeqax ... sa'atina (etc.) np. since (of time).
eeqaxa [Status: check entry form - ee qaxa ?
eeqido ?] adv. 1) approximately. 2) about.
3) around.
eeqballa n. two days before yesterday. [Status:
Abraham, Corr had "in three days"]
eeqido n. 1) yonder. 2) on the other side. [Status:
check the meaning]
eeqido firukko vp. 1) to cross. 2) to go over /
across.
eeqixxi ido [Status: check entry form] np.
further.
eeqsoodo n. the day after tomorrow. [Status:
check menaing: HLG - in THREE days]
ellawwa n. white and black spotted (cow).
eleba adv ? ??
ellechcha n. going to (process of).
elle'e 1) name. Elle'e. [Status: check meaning /
ps: interj. - to tell an ox to go away ?] 2)
— imp. go away.
eele'e adj. small flat.
elekichcho n. tortoise. From: Amh.
elektiriiksiite'e n. electricity.
eelektiroolayita [Status: check spelling:
elektiro ... ?] n. electrolyte.
elektiroona n. electron.
elektriika n. current.
elektriiqqi ammaxxa [Status: check entry
form] np. voltage.
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elektriiqqi mu'uta [Status: check entry
form - was: elektriq mu'uta] np. appliance.
elektriiqqi sookeeta np. electric plug. From:
Engl.
elektriiqqi shibo'o np. wire. From: Amh ?
elela n. goal.
elementa n. element.
elleesukko vt. to take away.
elle'ukko vi. 1) to go. 2) to go away.
eellichchukko vi. to shine.
eelliinchaamo n. sunny.
eelliinchi aagga [Status: 1 (HED) or 2 words
(Abraham, HCD)?] np. West.
eelliinchi do§i np. revolution (of object).
eelliinchi enarje'e np. solar energy.
eelliinchi fira np (?). East.
eelliinchi laaga np. sunshine.
eelliinchi sono'o np. solar system.
eelliincho n. sun.
e'lloohane adj. best. Morph: superl of
"danaamo".
elta'a n (?). ??
e'llukko vi. 1) to become good. 2) to improve.
[Status: check meaning!; get this sentence out
later - too long] 3) to be good. 4) to be better.
5) to develop. 6) to be generous.
elluwa n. 1) beauty. 2) good thing.
-em suff. those ... [Status: check meaning!]
emeencho [Status: check entry - was:
emeechcho] n. type of small animal like
rabbit.
-een(a) suff. 1) in order that. 2) so that.
eennah adv. 1) so. 2) so that. 3) of course.
[Status: check meaning]
ee'nnancha n. 1) desire. 2) wish. [Status: check
meaning (v. elsewhere - to doubt)]
ee'nnaancho Pl: ee'nnaano. n. sb. who
suspects.
ee'nnato n. suspection.
enda n. previous one.
endebeero n. mat.
endefette adj. 1) cheap. 2) inexpensive.
enerje'e n. energy.
ee'nnissukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of ee'nnukko.
1) to suspect. 2) to accuse.
enja n. 1) certain spices (added to the butter before
pouring it to the coffee). 2) pleasant smell.
enjee'l mixaada np. ?? [Status: something with
mexxada - the vessel with which you prepare
injeera]
enje'oohane adj. spicy.
enjeesukko vt. to smell sth.
enje'ukko vi. to smell pleasantly.
enkid? pron. how?
ee'nnukko vt. 1) to doubt. 2) to mistrust, to
suspect. 3) not to believe. 4) to desire.
[Status: check meaning !!]
eppiidiidyemis n. epididymis. [Status: i.e. ??]
er luchcho np. 1) good thing. 2) nice thing.
3) fine thing.
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eera Variant: eera boole. n. 1) mineral water.
2) salt lake, salt brine. 3) holy water. [Status:
check meaning]
eraa'llisam part (?). as usual.
eraa'llisayyo part (??) / adj (?). unusual.
erancho n. woman shortly after giving birth.
[Status: check precise English meaning]
erane adj (connected . ?). [Status: cf.
erane - difference? / entry er-] 1) good.
2) kind. 3) nice. 4) fine.
eraanni jora np. good and bad. [Status: check
meaning !]
eraapsiina n. erepsin.
eraare n. former/past time.
eree'l wochita np. calabash decorated with
corals.
ereera Pl: ereelluwwa. n. coral.
eereera Pl: eereelluwwa. n. small bell. [Status:
check meaning]
eergax haareedda [Status: enter
eergaxa ?] np. goatee (beard).
eergaxa n. chin.
ergissukko vt. to borrow sth. Morph: CAUS 1
of ergukko.
Erqoocce name. Erqoocce.
eroomma [Status: check spelling: Abraham had:
erooma] n. 1) goodness, well-being.
2) kindness.
eero'o n. 1) ensete plant after second
transplantation. 2) young plant. [Status:
check meaning]
ero'oo burco'oo pron (?). anyone.
eero'o kaasimma vp. second transplantation of
ensete plant.
ersa n. 1) virtue. 2) excellence. 3) goodness.
Ertiira'a name. Eritrea.
Essa name. Esau.
eese [Status: check entry] pron. me (1s.ACC).
faabiriika [Status: check entry form - Textbook:
faafiriika] n. factory. From: Ital. fabbrica.
facaa'ukko vt. 1) to despise. 2) to boil.
facita n. cow illness (certain kind of).
facite n. burst of swelling. [Status: check
meaning; HED: burst of swillng]
facco'o n. commotion.
fado n. 1) forecourt in the house of God. 2) prayer.
fado'o n. house of God, place of worship.
fafa n (?). plenty.
faafiriika n. factory. From: via Amh ?
fafisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of fafukko. 1) to
make abundant. 2) to give abundantly.
fafukko vi. 1) to be plenty. 2) to become
abundant. 3) to be various. [Status: check
meaning]
fakkaakka 1) adj (??)) boastful. 2) n. stretch.
fakkaakkamukko vi. to boast. Morph: PASS
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eeshi interj. yes!
eeshi yukko [Status: check for INF] vp. I say
"yes", I agree.
eeshimma Variant: eeshi; eeshimana. Pl:
eeshimmuwwa. n. maternal uncle.
eeshimmi beeto np. male maternal cousin.
eeshimmi landichcho np. female maternal
cousin.
et det. those (f.ACC).
eet pron / det. that (fem.).
etta pron. that one (fem.). [Status: check
meaning]
eteen pron. those (f.ACC).
ettenne n. so-and-so.
exxamcha n. 1) struggling. 2) being together.
exxamukko vi. Morph: PASS/MED of
exxukko ? 1) to struggle. 2) to come in
together.
exaana n. incense.
under eexnukko vi (?). to spy.
exxo'i solleessa n. hyperbal.
exxo'o n. 1) extension. 2) sum. 3) boast.
exxukkane n. profit.
exxukko vt. 1) to add for oneself. 2) to meet, to
come together. 3) to contact. 4) to increase, to
grow. 5) to repeat. [Status: check meaning !]
eeyya part. yes.
eeyya yukko vp. 1) to say ok. 2) to agree.
eeyyamukko vi. to be agreed. Morph: PASS of
eeyyukko.
eeyyancha n. agreement.
eeyyitaam xuunsammi woca np. affirmative
sentence.
eeyyite n. 1) permission. 2) affirmation.
eeyyite uwwukko vp. 1) to allow. 2) to give
permission.
eeyyukko vi. 1) to say yes. 2) to agree.
F - f
of fakkaakkukko. [Status: check ACT /
PASS; ejjebberimma]
fakkaakkukko vt. to stretch the legs.
faakkisukko vt. to make walk. Morph: CAUS 1
of faakkukko.
faqqadukko vi. 1) to allow. 2) to give
permission. From: Amh.
fa'l mancho Pl: fa'l manna. np. circumciser.
fa'llukko vi. Morph: MEDIAL of far-. 1) to be
entwined. 2) to curlue. [Status: check
meaning] 3) to be twisted. 4) to become a
swindler.
fandaannano adj. following the traditional
religion of Hadiyya. [Status: check ps and
meaning]
fandaancho Pl: fandaano. n. 1) faith,
spirituality. 2) follower of the strict sect of
Hadiyya. 3) leader of the traditional religion.
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faanfa adj. light-hearted.
fanga n. robber.
fangaraarukko vi. 1) to be free. 2) not to be
bored. [Status: check meaning !]
fangasa n. fungus.
fangay n. slave hunter.
faangaayya n (?). mock.
faangaayyukko vt. 1) to mock sb. 2) to ridicule
sb., to speak fun.
fanja Pl: fanjuwwa. n. 1) bomb. 2) device.
fanje'e Pl: fanje'uwwa. n. explosive.
fankishiina Pl: fankishiinnuwwa. n. function.
From: Engl.
faannokichcho n. slave trader.
faanno'o Pl: faanno'uwwa. n. highwayman.
faanoosa n. lamp. From: Amh.
fanxiisa n. hammer.
fanukko vt. to open.
farada Pl: faradaana. n. pearl.
faradaancho n. judge.
Faaradaaya n. Faraday.
faradkasa [Status: check entry - underlined by
AT] n / np (?). type of tree.
faradukko vt. to judge. From: Amh. [Status:
check meaning]
faaranaayta n. Fahrenheit.
faraancho adj. cunning, crafty.
faranji dabaqula [Status: check entry form]
np. cucumber.
faranji laro np. European type of cows.
faranjichcho Pl: faranja. n. European. From: *
Frank. [Status: check meaning (Westerner)]
farara n. gap between wooden bars (used to tie
cows).
farasulla n. farsula.
farashshaancho Pl: farashshaano. n. rider.
farashsho Pl: farado. n. horse.
farashsho egeraancho np. groom. [Status:
check entry form and meaning !!]
faraxxi guga n. polo-type game.
faraxxi jigo [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n. 1) horse
riding. 2) galloping.
faraxxi qasa np. longest.
faraziya n. type of ensete.
farda n. reserve.
faare'aalla adj. 1) active, willing.
2) hard-working, industrious. 3) diligent.
faarechcha n / adj (?). 1) interesting.
2) initiating.
faare'isaancho Pl: faare'isaano. n. motivator.
fare'isukko vt. to motivate. Morph: CAUS 1 of
fare'ukko.
faare'nna n. 1) initiation. 2) desire. 3) interest.
faare'ukko vi. 1) to be interested, to be
motivated. 2) to be industrious, to work hard.
fargah n. process of making wide. [Status: check
meaning and entry form]
fargayukko [Status: check - was: fargahukko] vi.
to be wide.
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farissukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of farukko.
1) to cheat. 2) to deceive. 3) to cast a spell on
sb.
farqaxarqa adj. spoiled.
faarneeksa n. pharynx.
faro n. 1) wickedness. 2) guilt. 3) trick, magic.
farshimukko vt. to sheaf.
fartilaayzeeshiina n. fertilization.
farukko vt. to perform magic.
faasa n. pickaxe? [Status: check
meaning - Alemayehu had "axe - earth" ;
Marqos only: "axe"]
fasse'e n. 1) jubilance. 2) excultation. 3) revelry.
4) merry making.
Faasika'a name. Easter. From: Amh.
fassukko vi. 1) to revel. 2) to jubilate.
faashsha'a n. bandage.
fasharakukko vt. 1) to splint. 2) to split. 3) to
crack. 4) to cleave.
faashiina n. fashion. From: Engl.
fashshukko vt. 1) to accept. 2) to give the back.
[Status: check meaning !]
faatta Pl: faattuwwa. n. certain part of ensete
leaf. [Status: check meaning]
fata'issukko vt. to let sb. escape, to dismiss.
Morph: CAUS 1 of fata'ukko.
fatakamma adj. disconnected.
fatakaa'ukko vt. 1) to release. 2) to let sth. go.
fatakissukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of fatakukko.
1) to dismiss sb. 2) to let sb. escape.
fatakkukko Variant: fata'ukko. [Status: check
va] vt. 1) to drive / ride away. 2) to drop. 3) to
let go, to release. 4) to leave sth. 5) to
divorce.
fatana n. examination. From: Amh.
fataysissukko vt. Morph: CAUS 2 of
fatayukko (?). 1) to cause sb. to do without
sth., to cause sb. to abstain from sth. 2) to
cause sb. to give up sth.
fataysukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1of fatakiss-.
1) to do without sth., to abstain from sth. 2) to
give up sth.
faate'e n. 1) good will. 2) bad wish.
fatira n. thread.
fatto 1) n. advantage, benefit. 2)
— adj. useful.
fattukko vi. to be useful.
faxukko vi. to lie in wait, to spy.
faaxuula adj. 1) smart. 2) ready.
faaxuulukko vi. 1) to be smart. 2) to be ready, to
be prepared.
fayya'a 1) adj. healthy. 2) well. 3) save. 4)
— n. health, savety.
fayya'ooma n. 1) health. 2) being well.
fayya'ooma egechcha np. health care.
fayyechcha n. relieved. [Status: check precise ps
/ meaning]
fayye'ukko Variant: fayyukko. vi. 1) to be
healthy, to be fine. 2) to recover, to become
well, to convalesce. [Status: check
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fayyiisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of fayye'ukko.
1) to heal, to cure. 2) to free. 3) to save
(money, grain, etc.).
faaynaansa n. finance. From: Engl.
fayyukko [Status: check entry - underlined by
AT] vi. 1) to get well. 2) to recover.
fecerequkko vi. 1) to be conceited. [Status:
check meaning] 2) to show an illegal act.
fecukko vi. to bubble.
feegukko vi. to get better facially. [Status: check
meaning]
feqequkko vi. to be proud.
feqqenna n. 1) refusal. 2) conceit.
feqqennaancho n. 1) sb. who makes fun of.
2) sb. who derides.
fellakichcho Morph: trans. fella'a. n. goats.
feleegeda n. a type of animal. Morph: singl.
feleegichcho ?? [Status: check meaning !!!]
fee'llukko vt. Morph: MEDIAL of feer-. 1) to
collect for oneself. 2) to seek for oneself.
[Status: check meaning]
feena n. cooked wood and pieces of meat.
fennaa'ukko vt. 1) to throw away. 2) to throw
out.
fenegeda n. type of wild animal. [Status: check
meaning]
fenga n. the top of interence. [Status: meaning?]
fengellukko vi. to fall down.
fenqellaa'ukko vt. 1) to throw away. 2) to
throw out.
fenqo'o n. cotyledon.
fenqukko vt. 1) to separate (grain). 2) to shell
(peas, beans). 3) to dehusk. 4) to segregate.
fenxesukko vt. 1) to kick. 2) to recoil.
feer muro np. 1) embezzler. 2) sb. who is always
eating.
ferefferukko vt. to investigate.
ferqukko vi. to be spoiled.
feero n. buttock.
feero'o n. backyard. [Status: check meaning]
feerukko vi/vt. 1) to peck (of chicken). 2) to pick
up. 3) to collect. 4) to look for. 5) to separate.
fetta [Status: check] n. spring.
feeta n. weak side.
feettaallukko vi. to decline.
feetamoo'isukko [Status: 1 or 2 words ???] vt.
to expose oneself. Morph: CAUS 1 of feeta
moo'ukko.
feetaa'ukko vt. to explore the weakness.
feteeshshamukko vi. to look extremely proud.
Morph: PASS/MED of feteeshshukko.
fii'aancho Variant: fee'aancho. Pl: fii'aano. n.
1) sweeper. 2) broom.
ficica adj. waterly.
ficicukko vi. 1) to become more wealthy. 2) to
leak out. [Status: check meaning]
ficiriiqukko vi. to crush.
fiicukko vt. 1) to drink a little. 2) to taste.
fiida n. type of creepine plant.
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fida'l gabata np. alphabet.
fidala n. letter.
fidalluwwa kitaabimma [Status: check entry
form - fidalluwwa xigimma ?] n. spelling.
fidalluwwa xigimma [Status: check entry
form - fidalluwwa kitaabimma ?] np. spelling.
fidalluwwa xigukko vp. to spell.
fidalluwwinne sagara qooccimma [Status:
check entry form] np. orthography.
fididukko vi. to be chic.
fidiixxukko vi. 1) to stretch out. 2) to extend.
fiigisukko vt. to chase. Morph: CAUS 1 of
fiigukko.
fiigishsha n. chasing (process of -).
fijigillaa'ukko v. ??
fikaa'n shaana np. cauliflower. [Status: check
meaning !! could not be confirmed by
Abraham]
fikkaana Pl: fikkaannuwwa. n. 1) product.
2) offspring. 3) reproduction.
fikkaannisaa'n finto'o np. factorization.
fikkaannisaano Morph: pl. n. factors.
fikkaannisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
fikkaannukko. 1) to multifly. 2) to produce.
[Status: check meaning! Is the form a
CAUS?]
fikkaannukko vi / vt. [Status: check relationship
with fikaanisimma - to produce !] 1) to
reproduce. 2) to produce. 3) to increase.
fiikkukko vi. to run away.
fillaagoot n. appetite. From: Amh.
filaamenta n. filament.
filli xophphaa'ukko [Status: check entry
form] vp. to cut up.
filma n. film.
filma moo'akkam mine [Status: check entry
form (paraphrase ...)] np. cinema.
fiiloolee Variant: fiiloole'e. n. flute.
fiiloolee lallukko vp. to play the flute.
filooriina n. flora.
fillukko vi. 1) to be cut. 2) to die.
fiimaada n. cooking spot.
finna n. direction.
finajja n. exposition.
fi'nnaara n. grudge.
fiinca n. lower coast of the river.
fincukko vi / vt (?). 1) to scatter. 2) to waste. 3) to
disperse. 4) to part.
fiinda n. excrement of horses, donkeys or mules.
fiinde'ukko vi. to defecate.
findila n. sheath.
finiino'o n. excrement of sheep/goat.
finiino'ukko vi. to defecate.
finja n. 1) trank. 2) direction.
finjaana n. 1) small black dish. 2) cup. From:
Amh ?
finka Variant: finka'a. n. style.
fiinqeesakkamane n. pipe. Morph: *
fiinqeesakkam-hane.
fiinqeesaancho Pl: fiinqeesaano. n. sb. who
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whistles.
fiinqeesukko vi. to whistle.
finqillaa'ukko vt. to turn upside down.
finqilleesukko vt. to turn upside down again and
again.
finqillo'o n. food prepared from ensete starch.
finqillukko vi. to return.
fintamma adj (?) / n (?). 1) factorized.
2) analzyed.
fintamukko vt. Morph: PASS of fintukko ? 1) to
factorize. 2) to analyze.
fintancha n. factorization.
fintansukko vt. to factorize repeatedly. Morph:
CAUS 1 of fintamukko.
finto'i haxara np. schedule. [Status: check lit.
meaning]
finto'o n. 1) details. 2) list.
finto'o sawwite np. detail.
finto'onne [Status: check entry from - CASE] n.
thorough.
fintukko vt. to list in detail.
finxirukko vi/vt (?). 1) to butter. 2) to elast.
[Status: check meaning]
firaafire'e n. fruit. From: Amh.
firaaktoosa n. fructose.
Firaansa name. France.
firaansiyeema n. francium.
firaasha n. mattress. From: Amh. ?
firda n. judgement. From: Amh.
firdi mine np. court. From: Amh.
fireshire n. type of ensete.
firfir n. food prepared from injera. From: Amh.
firi aaggee np (?). up and down (of prices).
firiiku'ense'e n. frequency. From: Engl.
firimma'a Pl: firimma'uwwa. n. signature.
From: Ital. firma.
firiixisukko vt. to ride away. Morph: CAUS 1 of
firiixukko.
firiixukko vi. to gallop.
firkita n. small door.
firo Variant: firima. n. 1) exit. 2) way out.
firo'o n. output.
firu diinate np. expense.
firukko vi. 1) to go out, to exit. 2) to come out, to
get out. 2) to climb, to ascend. 3) to pass.
firwixxite n. subset.
fissa adv (?). uphill, upward.
fissaqqukko vi. to escape.
fissa'ukko vi. to escape. Morph: CAUS II of fir-.
fissi iimukko vp. to lead uphill, to drive sb. / sth.
uphill.
fissiisa Pl: fissiissuwa. n. way out.
fissiixxa n. table of contents.
fissiixxamaancho Pl: fissiixxamaano.
competant.
fissiixxamukko vi. Morph: PASS/MED of
fissiixxukko. 1) to compete. 2) to bet.
fiisiixxancha n. competition.
fissoo bito np. cost, price.
fissukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of firimma. 1) to
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bring out. 2) to take out. 3) to expose. 4) to
cast out. 5) to exile sb. 6) to accompany. 7) to
take off (e.g clothes). 8) to put sth. down.
fishsha n / adj. 1) bad smell. 2) rotten.
fishirikukko vt. 1) to separate. 2) to split. 3) to
splint.
fishka'a n. 1) whistle. 2) a person who cannot
keep a secret.
fiishsho'i shaana np. cauliflower.
fiishsho'o Pl: fiishsho'uwwa. n. 1) type of
cabbage (with edible leaves). 2) seedling.
fishshukko vi. 1) to smell bad. 2) to stink.
fiit qama np. pollen grain.
fiita Pl: fiittuwwa. n. flower.
fitamaancho n. discutant.
fitamukko vi. Morph: PASS/MED of fitukko.
1) to argue. 2) to debate.
fitancha n. 1) argument. 2) debate. 3) dispute.
4) polemic.
fitansaanchi xum sawwite np. argumentative
composition.
fitansukko vt. to make argue. Morph: CAUS 1
of fitamukko.
fiitte n. autumn, fall.
fitifitukko vi. 1) to be in death throes / agony.
2) to work hard. 3) to try hard.
fitihaawii n. justice. From: Amh.
fitiisamukko vi. to be extended. Morph: PASS
of fitiisukko.
fitiisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of fitukko. 1) to
spread. 2) to extend. 3) to stretch.
fito n. 1) argue. 2) debate.
fiitoo mutaano np. flowering plants.
fiitukko vi. 1) to blossom. 2) to bud. 3) to bloom.
[Status: check meaning!]
fixa n. 1) windbag. 2) gossip.
fixamma adj. 1) scattered. 2) split.
fixamoohane n. lawyer.
fixamukko vi. Morph: PASS/MED of fixukko.
1) to bet. 2) to quarrel, to bring a lawsuit
against sb.
fixiko n. the first hairstyle of girls. Morph: singl.
only.
fiixxo maaraame np. ??
fiixo'amma adj. split.
fiixo'ukko vt. to split.
fixukko vt. 1) to scatter. 2) to split. 3) to comb.
fii'ukko vt. 1) to sweep sth. 2) to clean. 3) to pick
(worms).
fiwudaala Pl: fiwudaalluwwa. n. feudal lord.
From: Engl.
fiwudaaliizima n. feudalism. From: Engl.
fiyuuza Pl: fiyuuzzuwwa. n. fuse. From: Engl.
n. fiiziksa n. physics. From: Engl.
foocca [Status: check spelling - WHS 151:
fooce] n. handful.
foocamma adj. 1) concrete. 2) objective.
fooco'o n. grain gift for children (during harvest).
foocukko vt. 1) to grasp (with hand). 2) take a
handful.
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foochcha'a [Status: check entry form] n. insect.
foochchillichchi gortanna np. cell wall.
foochchillichchi membereena np. cell
membrane.
foochchillichcho Pl: foochchillicha'a. n. cell.
Foofa name. Foofa. [Status: check ee]
foffoodukko vt. to dig a hole.
fogodukko 1) vt. to honour, to venerate. 2)
— vi. to prostrate, to bow down.
fokasa n. focus. From: Engl.
fokko'o adj. terrible, irritating, exciting.
fokkottisukko vt. to make bow. Morph: CAUS
1 of fokkottukko.
fokkottukko vi. to bow.
fooqaa'ancho n. key.
fooqaa'isiisukko vt. Morph: CAUS II of
fooqaa'ukko; CAUS of fooqaa'isukko. 1) to
open. 2) to reveal.
fooqaakkoo do'o np. open circuit.
fooqaakkoo loojiqqi woca np. open
proposition.
fooqaakkoohane adj. open.
fooqamukko vi. to be open. Morph: PASS of
fooqukko.
fooqaa'ukko vt. 1) to open. 2) to reveal, to
unveil.
fooqqilame adj (?). ??
fooqissukko vt. Morph: CAUS I of
fooqa'ukko. 1) to open. 2) to reveal.
fooqukko vi. to be open.
foo'l beyyo np. 1) genitals. 2) penis.
foo'llukko vi. to be in labour.
foondira adj. fearful.
fonga n (?). ??
fongoga Pl: fongogguwwa. n. gap.
foongukko vt. 1) to drink atone draft. [Status:
check meaning] 2) to drink to the last drop.
foonnisa n. short XXX (?) with two sides opened.
[Status: check meaning !!]
fonqa n. 1) depression. 2) thorax.
Fonqo'o name. Fonqo'o. [Status: check ee]
fonqora n. small broken part.
foono'o n. deduction.
fonoxaalla n (?). 1) opening. 2) hole. 3) slit.
4) leak.
fonxoqukko vi. to jump.
foonukko vt. 1) to take part of sth. 2) to
diminish.
foo'nnukko vt. to take some part.
fo'o n. waterfall.
foor fissa np. 1) life saving. 2) life sparing.
foor hee'llam keeno np. living beings.
foor shaakkoohane np. murderer.
foor tiriqukko vp. to die.
fooraam luwwa np. living things.
fooraam woshsha np. 1) main idea. 2) theme.
fooraamo Pl: fooraamuwwa. n. animals.
foore n. 1) soul. 2) life.
forgo'aa'ukko vt. to move aside.
forgo'ukko vt. to move.
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formulla'a Pl: formulluwwa. n. formula.
foroga Variant: folooga. [Status: check va !] v
(??). lost ones milk tooth. [Status: check ps
(HED: verb!); check meaning]
forogukko vi. to be broken (esp. teeth). [Status:
check meaning]
foororukko vt. to put butter in food.
foorossa n. moment of rest.
foorossi bee baxo [Status: check spelling !] np.
restless work.
fosse'e adj. fattened.
fosfarasa n. phosphorous.
fossukko vi. 1) to sleep. 2) to fall down.
fooshsha n. 1) breath. 2) odour. 3) smell.
fooshe'akkam beyyo [Status: check entry
form - paraphrase..] np. park.
fooshshechcha n. breathing.
fooshsheexxukko [Status: check entry
form - nothing to do with park (place to
rest) ...] vt. to park.
fooshshe'ukko vi. 1) to breathe. 2) to relieve.
fooshshuwwukko vi. to give relief / rest.
foto Pl: fottuwwa. n. picture.
fotogiraafa Variant: foto'o. n. photography.
fottora adj. fattened.
fotosentesisa n. photosynthesis.
fox wixxite np. subset.
foxa n. 1) what is left over (after a choice is made).
2) second best (choice).
fooxa Pl: fooxxuwwa. n. 1) towel. 2) napkin,
diaper. [Status: check meaning!]
foxamma adj. reduced.
foxamukko vi. to be reduced. Morph: PASS of
foxukko.
foxancha n. process of being reduced.
foxonoqa n (?). ??
foxukko vt. to reduce.
fuucancha n (?). being in hurry. [Status: check
meaning ! HED: to be in hasty]
fuucaancho n. 1) sb. who pants. 2) to breath out.
fuucukko vi. to hurry.
fuda adj. old.
fuduuda n. 1) recoil. 2) retreat. 3) withdraw.
fudukko vi. to become very old.
fuga'a n. caste of tradespersons.
fugakkichcho [Status: check entry - fuga'a ?] n.
potter.
fugamukko vi. to blow (on fire). Morph:
PASS/REFL of fugukko ?
fugancha n. 1) inflating. 2) blowing up. [Status:
check meaning - playing (a flute, etc.)]
fugaancho Pl: fugaano. n. sb. who blows.
fugisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of fugukko. 1) to
make blown. 2) to pump.
fuuguuga Pl: fuuguugguwwa. n. bladder.
fugukko vt. 1) to blow (air) into. 2) to play (the
flute, etc.).
fujo'o Pl: fujo'uwwa. n. 1) guardian spirit.
2) nature spirit. [Status: check precise
meaning]
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fuuqa n. dried thick grass.
fuqaa'ukko vt. 1) to remove. 2) to shake sth. out.
3) to leave empty.
fuququkko vi. 1) to be proud. 2) to show off.
fuu'llaalla adj. thick, fat.
fulana n. fever. Morph: singl. only.
fulcho'o fissukko vp. to betray.
fule'e Pl: fule'uwwa. n. window.
fuu'llisaancho Pl: fuu'llisaano. n. modifier.
fuliita n. type of play in Meskel.
fuulo'o n. 1) trace. 2) muzzle. 3) condition.
[Status: meaning could not be confirmed by
Abraham]
fuu'llukko vi. to become fat.
fuumfa n (?). ??
funnamukko vi. to isolate. Morph: PASS of
funnukko ? [Status: check meaning ACT /
PASS]
funaanaancho Pl: funaanaano. n. scrounger.
funaano n. act of scrounging.
funaanukko vt. to scrounge.
fuunfa n (?). ??
funfuunukko vi. to smell.
fungu'nnaara n. famine (in particular
occasion).
funnisukko vt. to make isolated. Morph: CAUS
1 of funnukko.
funquqa adj. proud.
funqurukko vi. to fall down.
fuunta adj (???) / n (?). 1) decomposed. 2) old.
3) too old.
fuuntukko vi. to decompose.
funuga adj. 1) round. 2) spherical. 3) fattened.
funnukko vt. to isolate.
fu'nnukko vt. 1) to rebuke. 2) to energe. [Status:
i.e. ??]
fura Pl: fulluwwa. n. middle part of the ensete
stem before blooming.
furcuusa adj (?). ??
furfursukko vt. to break into pieces. Morph:
G - g
gaaba n. Morph: singl. only. 1) straw. 2) hay.
gaabba Pl: gaabbuwwa. [Status: check
spelling - KIRB: gaba] n. 1) funeral meal.
2) meal for the ancestors.
gabala Pl: gaballuwwa. n. 1) border.
2) boundary (territorial). 3) limit.
gabaalla n. type of root. [Status: check meaning]
gaballo n. tanned skin.
gaba'lloro Pl: gaba'llolluwwa. n. interval.
gabalukko vt. to make a visible trace.
gaabaancho Pl: gaabaano. n. sb. who blesses.
gaabbaancho Pl: gaabbaano. n. repentant.
gabata Pl: gabattuwwa. n. large wooden bowl.
gabaxxi beeto np. 1) godson. [Status: check
meaning] 2) type of friend (not changing).
[Status: check precise meaning]
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CAUS 1 of furfurukko.
furma'a n. immunes. [Status: i.e.?]
furma'ukko vi. to be immunized.
furshukko vt. to rub (off).
furuqaachcha n (?). make sprain. [Status:
check meaning !]
furuqaa'isukko vt. to make sth. disjoined.
Morph: CAUS 1 of furuqaa'ukko.
furuqqaato n. 1) sprain. 2) wrench.
furuqukko vt. to disjoin.
fusukko vi. to work hard.
fussukko vi. 1) to fall down. 2) to drop out. 3) to
fail (an exam).
fuutto'o n. cotton. Morph: singl. only. From:
Amh. xixi; Orom. jibri; Wol. futwa, Kamb.
futa.
fuutto'o aphphisukko Variant: fuutto'o
suqqukko. vp (vt). to loosen cotton (by
beating it with a bow). Morph: CAUS 1 of
fuuxxo'o aphphukko.
futtuga n (?). 1) removing the hulls. [Status:
check meaning] 2) rubbing raw. [Status:
check meaning] 3) scrub (pans).
futtugo'o n (?). removal of hulls. [Status: check
meaning]
futtugukko vt. to pound in mortar.
fuxa n. 1) filtering matter (part of ensete). 2) rag.
fuuxe jabbo np. type of disease. [Status: check
meaning]
fuuxe'e Pl: fuuxe'uwwa. n. Morph: cf. fiix-;
singl. fuuxekkichcho. 1) plant, vegetables.
2) mole (animal). 3) type of gauze. [Status:
check meaning]
fuxxo'o adv. only.
fuxukko vi. 1) to be tired out. 2) to be too old.
3) to be ragged.
fuxxummaa'ukko vi. 1) to turn down. 2) to
fall down.
gabaxxi landichcho np. goddaughter. [Status:
check meaning]
gabayukko vt. to meet suddenly.
gabe'e n. income.
gaabe'e n. thick dress. From: Amh.
gabe'e mazaggaancho np. cash register.
gabbeen ceqixxi mare'e np. dash.
gabbeen giphphit mare'e np. comma.
gabija n. kind of vegetable.
gaabisukko vt. to bless. Morph: CAUS 1 of
gaabukko.
gaabbisukko vt. to make sb. repent. Morph:
CAUS 1 of gaabbukko.
gaabbissukko vt. to prepare the funeral meal.
Morph: CAUS 1 of gaabbukko.
gabo n. edge.
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gaabo n. blessing.
gaabbo n. 1) remorse. 2) repentance. [Status:
check meaning]
gabbo'o n. unsowed seedling. [Status: check
meaning - HED entry "selling"]
gabuubukko vi. 1) to be sick. [Status: check
meaning] 2) to risk.
gabuuchcho adj (??) / n (??). improportional
maturity to age. [Status: check ps]
gabuchuuchcha adj. aged.
gabbukko [Status: check spelling / entry
form - three minimal pairs: gabbukko,
gaabukko, gaabbukko?] vi. to improve.
gaabukko vt. 1) to give benediction. 2) to bless in
the name of the ancestors.
gaabbukko vt. 1) to regret. 2) to repent.
gaca'a adj. somewhat old.
gaacimama n. grazing.
gachcha n. long lived [person/animal (??)].
gachchukko vi. 1) to stay long. 2) to be aware.
3) to be firm. 4)
— vt. to strengthen. [Status: check meaning]
gaad marukko vp. to go to war.
gada'a n. Morph: singl. only. 1) luck. 2) fortune.
gada'aamo adj. lucky.
gadab adj. 1) far distant. 2) honorific title. [Status:
check precise meaning]
gadaba Pl: gadabbuwwa. n. eclipse.
gadabichcho [Status: check entry form - gadab
only?] n. title among Hadiyya. Morph: singl.
of gadab. [Status: check precise meaning]
gaddabbukko vt. 1) to catch. 2) to seize. 3) to
take hold of.
gada'i makkimma np. success.
gadajora [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] adj. unlucky.
gadalla adj. grey, with a white forehead.
gadaalla Pl: gadaalluwwa. n. a cow with pink
colour. [Status: check meaning (grey rather
than pink?)]
gadalli boora np. a light grey coloured animal
with brown spots.
gadaallukko vi. 1) to be greyish. 2) to be ugly.
gaadanna Variant: gaaxxanna. n. war front
leader (title).
gaadaancho Pl: gaadaano. n. campaigner.
gadani marukko vp. to go around, to surround.
[Status: check meaning; Abraham - to go
near]
gadano adj (?). near.
gadar [Status: check entry - should it be gadara ?]
adj. colourful.
gadara Pl: gadalluwwa. n. 1) white and black
animal. 2) colourful cow. [Status: check
meaning!] 3) light blue. [Status: check
meaning !!]
gada'ukko vi. to be lucky.
gaadira Pl: gaadilluwwa. n. 1) cattle-pen (in
house). 2) shed for animals.
gadisa adj. negligible.
gadisichcho adj / n (?). neglectful.
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gagamoo'ixxa
gadisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of gadukko. 1) to
criticize. 2) to degrade.
gadixxancha n. criticism.
gaado Pl: gaadduwwa. n. 1) war, battle.
2) campaign. 3) fighting.
gado'o n. criticism.
gadukko vt. 1) to despise. 2) to dislike. 3) to hate.
4) to ignore. 5) to neglect.
gaadukko vi. 1) to wage war. 2) to campaign.
gafannukko vi. to create conflict.
gaafaassukko vt. 1) to encourage. 2) to initiate.
[Status: check meaning; Abraham said sth.
like "to let something come out"]
gaffaa'ukko vt. to put down.
gafe'ansukko vt. to initiate (??). Morph: CAUS
1 of gafe'amukko. [Status: check meaning
(HED: to inciate)]
gafechcha [Status: check spelling; HED:
gafechch] n. pushing.
gafechchi malayye np. voltage.
gafe'ukko vt. 1) to push. 2) to trespass. 3) to
press. 4) to place sth. on sb. 5) to mistreat.
gaffite n / v (?). 1) sitting. 2) ascend (the throne).
gaffukko vi. 1) to sit down. 2) to sit for a little
time.
gag moo'ixxa np. seeing oneself. [Status: check
meaning]
gag xan somo'o [Status: 2 or 3 words?] np.
inflected morpheme.
gag xan xuunsaammi woca np. independent
sentence.
gag xanukko vi. to help oneself.
gaga [Status: check entry form (gag ? / add:
gagim ?)] n. self.
gaga caakkisukko [Status: check entry form]
vp. to assert.
gaga xan xum sagara np. independent/main
clause.
gaga xana np. independent.
gaga xanato np. independence. [Status: check
entry form - lit. "self capability"]
gaga xanukko vp. to stand by oneself. [Status:
check meaning]
gaaga'a adj. still.
gaaggaaba adj. 1) fast. 2) quick.
gaaggaabakkam luwwa adj. urgent.
gaaggaabaalla adj. fast.
gaaggaabaallisa adv. quickly.
gaggabisukko vt. 1) to hit. 2) to beat.
gaaggaabisukko vt. to make sb. hurry. Morph:
CAUS 1 of gaaggaabukko.
gaaggaabukko vi. 1) to hurry. 2) to move with
speed.
gaaga'isukko vt. to make still. Morph: CAUS 1
of gaaga'ukko.
gaaggaambe imp (?). 1) in a hurry. 2) quickly.
[Status: check meanings; HED entry "hurry
quick"]
gagamoo'ixxa Morph: * gaga moo'ixxa.
[Status: 1 or 2 words] n. mirror.
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gagana n. type of food.
gaaga'ukko vt. to still.
gageechcho adj. old.
-gaagi suff. oneself.
gagiittukko vi. to be selfish. Morph: * gag
iittukko.
gaglaba adj. identical. Morph: * gag laba.
gagxan lamga'nna [Status: check entry. HED:
gagxan1amga'nna] np. free morpheme.
gagxana adj (n ??). independent.
gajajo Variant: gajajaancho. [Status: check
entry - underlined by AT] n. sb. who gives
empty promises.
gajajukko vt. to give empty promises.
gajara Pl: gajalluwwa. n. machete. [Status:
check meaning]
gakkulle'e n (?). ??
gaaqa n. austrich.
gaqqi amaxxa np. possession.
gaqqi foore bi'isimma np. suicide.
gaqqi foore shimma np. suicide.
gaqqi haalata np. individual.
gaqqi quuxo np. personal.
gaqqi poolineeshiina np. self pollination.
gaqqi uulli ministeechcho [Status: check
entry form] np. minister of interior.
gaqichcho n. bird of prey (certain kind of).
[Status: eagle ?]
gala'a Pl: gala'uwwa. n. 1) griddle. 2) ember
carrier of clay. 3) broken piece of griddle.
[Status: check meaning - griddle:=
"Gu‫ޥ‬isenpfanne"; EGH: "Tonpfanne"]
galaaksa n. galaxy.
galaaktoosa n. galactose.
galaantaamo adj. weak.
galata n. 1) thanks. 2) praise.
galaxxamona [Status: check form ...] adj.
thankful, grateful.
galaxxamukko vi. Morph: PASS of
galaxxukko. 1) to be thanked. 2) to be
praised.
galaxxancha n. praising. [Status: check
meaning; HED: praised (yet ps: n)]
galaxxisukko vi. to be positive. Morph: CAUS
of galaxxukko (?). [Status: check meaning]
galaxxukko vt. 1) to thank. 2) to praise.
gaalcha Pl: gaalchuwwa. n. 1) peers. 2) group,
team. 3) club. 4) party. [Status: check
meaning]
gaalchukko vt. to group.
gaalgaalukko vi. to go very quickly.
galiba n. saying illegal words. [Status: check
meaning]
gaallichcho Pl: gaalla. n. 1) antelope (certain
kind of). 2) male kudu. [Status: check
meaning]
Galiiliyo name. Galileo.
gaalokichcho n. aloe.
gamma Variant: gammo. Pl: gammuwwa. n.
mane of horse.
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gaama adj. 1) not thoroughly cooked. 2) rough,
bad-mannered.
gamaca n. 1) type of board game. 2) pieces of
stones (used to play).
gamada Pl: gamadduwwa. n. dress. [Status:
check meaning - could not be confirmed by
Abraham]
gamma'l sagachcho np. lateral.
gammala n. 1) border, edge. 2) hem.
gaamaalekkichcho Pl: gaamaala. [Status:
check spelling - WHS, 151: gameela] n.
camel.
gammalimma [Status: check entry form] v
(inf). conclusion.
gammalukko vt. to conclude.
gammaa'm gola [Status: check entry
form - gola enough?] np. stable.
gamaama Pl: gamaammuwwa. n. yeast made of
ensete.
gamaamo [Status: check entry
form - gamaama ?] n. hard inner part of the
trunk of the ensete plant.
gammaamo n (* adj). beast of burden, horses
family.
ga'mmancha n. 1) biting. 2) fighting (of dogs).
gamaancho Pl: gamaano. n. 1) thief. 2) robber.
gamata n. Gabattee game. [Status: check precise
meaning]
gammatukko vi. to estimate.
gamba gamba np. 1) being in conflict.
2) discordant.
gambaabiyya Pl: gambaabiyyuwwa. n. flute.
gambabbukko vi. 1) to get dark. 2) to lose hope.
gambah [Status: entry? Text: gambah yitto.
What's the infinitive?] n. 1) encounter.
2) unexpected meeting, happened to ..
gambaalle'e n. leggings.
gambaxa Pl: gambaxxuwwa. n. wound at the
back of a beast of burden.
gambaxisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
gambaxukko. 1) to graze. 2) to wound a
beast of burden (at its back).
gamba'ukko vt. to build sth. From: Amh.
gambawita Pl: gambawittuwwa. n. trumpet.
[Status: check precise meaning]
gambayyaato n. 1) accident. 2) coming accros.
[Status: check meaning]
gambayukko vi. 1) to come across. 2) to bring
together suddenly.
gambe'e n. 1) mason. 2) brick layer.
gambo'o n. larger jar.
gamechcha n. 1) stealing. 2) taking without
permission.
gamme'e n (?). ??
gaamme'e n. 1) some hair on the head. 2)
— adj. ugly. 3) untidy. [Status: check
meaning]
game'llukko vt. 1) to insult. 2) to curse. 3) to
grumble. 4) to make derisive remarks. 5) to
steal. [Status: this meaning is probl.
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game'ukko vt. 1) to steal. 2) to cheat.
gamiisukko vt. to make sb. to steal. Morph:
CAUS 1 of game'ukko.
gamo Pl: gammuwwa. n. 1) theft. 2) stealing.
gammo Variant: gamma. Pl: gammuwwa. n.
mane of horse.
ga'mooma n. pain.
ga'mmukko vt. 1) to bite. 2) to eat.
gaamukko vi. 1) be not well cooked. 2) to be
bad-mannered.
gaamulla adj. ugly.
gaammulla [Status: check entry
from - gaammukko ?] adj. 1) untidy.
2) mixed.
gaamullaancho Pl: gaamullaano. n. ugly
person.
gaamullukko vi. to be ugly.
Gammunna name. Gammunna. [Status: check
ee]
ga'nna Pl: ga'nnuwwa. n. address.
gaana n. 1) juice of kocho (part of ensete).
2) water contained in ensete.
gana'a conj. yet.
ga'na'a n. inherited possession.
ganamukko [Status: check spelling] vi. to fight.
Morph: PASS/REFL of ganukko ?
ga'nnamukko vi. to plopp around. Morph:
PASS of ga'nnukko ? [Status: meaning ?]
ga'nnamukko vi. to go through death throes.
Morph: PASS/REFL of ga'nnukko ?
ganancha n. 1) fight. 2) punch-up.
ga'nnancha n. death throes.
ganarukko vt. to start skinning.
Gannatta name. Garden Eden. From: Amh.
gancara v (adj ?). vexatious. [Status: check
meaning]
gancarukko vi. to be vexed.
gancasukko vt. to irritate.
gandaddichcho Pl: gandadda. n. porcupine.
Gande name. Gurage. [Status: check meaning;
was: Kambaata]
gandisa Pl: gandissuwwa. n. 1) village. 2) city,
town.
gaane'e Pl: gaane'uwwa. n. big pot.
gangayyaato n. 1) ambivalence. 2) undecided
situation.
gaangeera Pl: gaangeelluwwa. n. 1) mollar teeth.
[Status: check meaning - was: gangeera]
2) back teeth. 3) jaw.
gaangeera gudda np. tetanus.
gaango Pl: gaanguwwa. n. 1) slope. 2) mountain
face.
gangukko [Status: check
spelling - gangaa'ukko ?] vi. 1) to pause. 2) to
be surprised. [Status: to do somethings by
surprise ? / unexpectedly] 3) to forget sth. for
a little time.
gaanguyyukko vi. to be stammened. [Status:
check meaning !]
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gannichchi wotara [Status: check entry
form - wotara enough?] np. foal.
gannichcho Pl: gannuwwa. n. mare.
gaanjaqqa Pl: gaanjaqquwwa. n. yoke.
gaanjaamo adj. long.
gaanje Pl: gaanjuwwa. n. neck.
gaanje xaaxakkam sharba [Status: check
entry form - paraphrasis ..] np. scarf.
gaanji wereegga np. necklace.
gaanji zalabata np. collar. From: Amh.
ganqaa'ukko vt. 1) to reinforce. 2) to give up.
3) to leave.
ganqiganqukko vi. 1) to refuse. 2) to say no.
ganqukko vi. 1) to sit down. 2) to settle.
gansha Pl: ganshuwwa. n. 1) cold (illness).
2) mucus.
gansho'llukko vi. to blow the nose.
gantichcho Pl: ganta (?). [Status: which entry?
does a sg make sense?] n. gauntlet. From:
Amh. ?
ganxa n (?). ??
ganukko vt. 1) to hit. 2) to fight. 3) to thresh by
driving an ox. 4) to ask for the price.
ga'nnukko 1) vi. to rain. 2)
— vt. to side sb.
garad n. title of Hadiyya leader (in ancient times).
garaadda n. war leader (title).
garadekkichcho n. female worker.
garafukko vt. to whip.
garaaja Pl: garaajjuwwa. n. garage. From:
Engl.
garaqqisukko vt. to make sb. ask to turn sth.
back. Morph: CAUS 1 of garaqqukko.
garasa n. hide.
garashshamma [Status: check spelling - was:
garashama] n. bat.
gaarawwa n. type of tree.
garayyukko vi. to be aged.
garbaxa adj / n (?). 1) old. 2) staying for long
time. [Status: check meaning and ps]
gardaamma [Status: check entry: gerdama?] n.
1) oat. 2) rye.
gare n. type of ensete.
garebba [Status: check entry form] n. resting
place of souls.
gariya [Status: check spelling - EGH garia] n.
type of ensete.
gariyya n. a kind of ensete.
garje'e n. big knife for cutting ensete leaves.
garo Pl: galluwwa. n. 1) buttocks. 2) vagina.
3) clitoris. [Status: check meaning]
garxanxa n / adj (?). rough [land ??]. [Status:
check meaning / ps]
garxanxukko vi. to become rough.
gaarxo'o adj (?). 1) careless. 2) carefree.
garu uulla np. fallow. [Status: check meaning]
garukko vi. to pass/spend the night.
gaarukko vi. to spend the rainy season.
gaas Variant: gaassi doollee. adv (?). 1) prior,
earlier. 2)
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— n. former/past times. [Status: check
meaning & ps]
gassa [Status: check entry form - gasso ??] n.
administration.
gaasa n. gas. From: Engl.
gaassaa [Status: check entry form (middle
verb ...)] vi. 1) first of all. 2) early.
gaassaa marukko vp. to go prior to.
gaassaa waarukko vp. to come prior to.
gassaancho Pl: gassaano. n. administrator.
gaassaancho Pl: gaassaano. n. precedor.
gase'e n. 1) ploughing tool. 2) digging tool.
[Status: check meaning]
gaassi [Status: same entry as - gasso
("administration")?] 1) adj. ancient. 2)
— n. government.
gaassi doolle np. 1) previously. 2) formerly.
3) in old times.
gassi qooxo'o np. administrative region.
gaassim adj. before, already.
gasso n. administration.
gaasooliina n. gasoline.
gassukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of garukko. 1) to
administrate. 2) to govern, to manage. 3) to
receive guests. 4) to accomodate sb. 5) to
confiscate a wife. [Status: check meaning and
whether to be entered under gassukko (to
administrate)]
gaassukko Variant: gaas yukko. [Status: check
vp !! (HCD)] vk/vt. 1) to precede. 2) to be
first of all, to get in ahead of sb.
gasha n. 1) moustache (of goat/man). 2) 40 hectar.
From: Amh. (sn 2).
gaashsha n. Gaashsha (40 hektar of land).
gat orachcho np. fossil.
gata Pl: gattuwwa. n. 1) remaining [food ?].
2) remnants.
gatte n. 1) surrounding. 2) village, area. 3) social
life. 4) living.
gatti beyyo np. 1) domicile. 2) shelter.
gatti mine np. living-room.
gatti seera np. living law. [Status: check
meaning; sep. entry: gatti ?]
gattisa n (?). 1) living condition. 2) dialect.
gatisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of gatukko. 1) to
save. 2) to rescue. 3) to protect. 4) to leave
over. 5) to store.
gatto n. overnight. [Status: check meaning]
gatoo luwwa np. 1) rest. 2) remainder.
3) leftover. [Status: check meaning]
gatoohane adj. remaining.
gatukko vi. 1) to remain, to be left. 2) to be
saved. 3) to get well, to recover. 4) to be
protected. 5) to be delivered, to be neglected.
[Status: check second meaning!] 6) to be
absent.
gaatura Pl: gaatulluwwa. n. a cow with white
spot on red.
gaxa Pl: gaxxuwwa. n. 1) floor. 2) saloon.
gaxxamukko vt. to fix on.
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gaxaxa adj (?). 1) curled up. 2) twisted.
3) wrapped around.
gaxaxukko vi. 1) to be entwined. 2) to be curled
up.
gawwa adj & n. deaf (person).
gaawwa n. 1) water pipe. 2) hookah. [Status:
check meaning]
gaawwissukko Variant: gaawwa agukko. vt. to
smoke a pipe. Morph: * gaawwa.
gawwite n (?). being hid[den?].
gawje'e Variant: gamje'e. Pl: gawje'uwwa.
[Status: check va] n. stove.
gawuje'e n. 1) tripod on which the cooking pot
rests above the fire. 2) big container.
gawwukko vi. 1) to be deaf. 2) to hide oneself.
gayya Variant: goyye'e. Pl: gayyuwwa. n. large
house. [Status: check meaning]
gaaza n. petroleum. From: via Amh.
gaaza wonshukko vp. 1) to fill the tank. 2) to
tank up.
gazza'ukko vt. to rule. From: Amh.
gaazeexa n. 1) newspaper. 2) press. From: Ital.
gazzetta.
gaazeexa baxaancho np. journalist.
gebar n. tax payer. From: Amh.
gebere n. 1) serf (of the state). 2) farmer. From:
Amh.
gebero [Status: check entry - gabiro ?] n.
1) drudge. 2) tax. 3) charge. From: Amh.
geceeca adj (?). 1) not accepted. 2) not
submissive.
geceecukko vi. to be proud.
gechchera adj (?). ??
gedeba n. trees planted on graves. From: Amh. ?
[Status: check precise meaning]
Geedi'o name. Gedeo.
gefexukko vi. 1) to sit down. 2)
— vt. to enlarge.
geegeesaancho Pl: geegeesaano. n. sb. who
accompanies.
geegeesukko vt. 1) to accompany. 2) to escort.
geegeeyya n. wedding present (consisting of
cows).
geja Pl: gejjuwwa. n. 1) communal labour. 2) pig.
[Status: check meaning]
geejja adj. 1) big, huge. 2) fat, thick. 3) decent.
geejjisukko vt. to enlarge. Morph: CAUS 1 of
geejjukko.
geejjooma n. thickness.
geejjukko vi. 1) to be fat. 2) to be huge, to be big.
3) to be decent.
geequkko vi. to look fiercely.
ge'lla adj (?). 1) untidy. 2) soiled. 3) stained.
gelefeda n (?). ??
ge'llessa n. child with bulged stomach.
ge'llessukko vi. to have a bulged stomach.
geellichcha n. running.
gee'llukko vi. to go away.
geemmaraancho Pl: geemmaraano. n. singer.
geemmaro'o Pl: geemmaro'uwwa. [Status:
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geemmarukko vi. to sing.
geemmo'o Pl: geemmo'uwwa. n. song.
gen ihukko [Status: check spelling - underlined
by AT] vp (vi). to be left.
gennamukko vi. 1) to incantate. 2) to charm.
gennaancho Pl: gennaano. n. bewitcher.
[Status: meaning ?]
gende'la Variant: gembe'la. n. type of wild herb.
gendeella n. milk-like fluid of grass.
gennequkko vi. to be ignored.
genee'nnaancho Pl: genee'nnaano. n. milk
storing pot.
geneeno'o n. aloe's bitter [leaves ?]. [Status:
check meaning (omit bitter leaves ??)]
gennet n. paradise. From: Amh.
geenqancha n. 1) lawsuit. 2) litigation.
3) controversy.
geno'aancho Pl: geno'aano. n. oppressor.
geno'o n. harmfulness.
gensa adj. 1) large. 2) black. 3) ugly.
genu adj (?). delayed. [Status: check entry:
genimma - should it be deleted? / Abraham
doesn't know "genu"]
genukko vt. 1) to harm. 2) to hurt.
gennukko vi/vt. 1) to bewitch. 2) to be left.
geeramukko vi. 1) to rise suddenly. 2) to
flounder. 3)
— vt. to make frantic.
geeraancho Pl: geeraano. n. runner.
geeraarukko vi. 1) to bray. 2) to mutter. 3) to
grumble. 4) to grunt.
gereechcho Pl: gereeba. 1) n. sheep. 2) ewe. 3)
— adj. colourful, spotted. [Status: check
meaning!!]
gereechchukko vi. to be crazy.
geeree'n qasha np. ??
gere'nneda adj. 1) large. 2) black. 3) ugly.
gereero'aancho Pl: gereero'aano. n. oppositor.
[Status: opponent (?)]
gereero'o n. opposite.
gereero'ukko vi. to be opposed. [Status: check
ACT / PASS (opposite of?)]
gergeeda n. type of disease. [Status: check
meaning]
geriba Pl: geribbuwwa. n. 1) huge person, old
person. 2) respected person. 3) Annajina
pilgrim. [Status: check sn 3 & nt]
geerukko vi. 1) to run. 2) to run away.
geessiisukko vt. to make run. Morph: CAUS 1
of geerukko.
geshira n. type of ensete.
geesho n. buckthorn.
geetakkichcho n. 1) master. 2) lord. From:
Amh.
geetochchi n. power, rule. From: Amh.
geex antaba'a np. chick. [Status: check
meaning - according to Abraham: young (yet
full-grown) hen]
geexa n. 1) lamb. 2) young goat. 3) young hen.
geexaageexa [Status: check entry
form - geexaageexa dano ?] n. jewelry.
gexeema n. type of short tree.
geexukko vi. to grow up.
geyyo'i industire'e np. cottage industry.
geyyo'o n. hut.
geezimukko vi. to pound in pair. [Status:
meaning ?]
gi'ancha n. sexual intercourse (of persons).
gibbaa'ukko vt. to close.
gibbe adj. much (of liquids).
Gibe'e name. Gibe.
gibbichcho n. 1) antelope. 2) buck (certain kind
of).
gibira Pl: gibilluwwa. n. tax.
gibisukko vt. to take into safety. Morph: CAUS
1 of gibukko.
Gibxa name. Egypt.
gibukko vi. 1) to flee. 2) to run.
gibbukko vi. to be closed.
giburukko vi. to pay taxes. From: Amh.
giichcho Pl: giichchuwwa. n. 1) nationality.
2) people group.
gidda n. 1) force. 2) violence. From: Amh.
giddi adv. 1) by force. 2) compulsorily. From:
Amh.
giddinetti adv. by force.
giddisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of giddukko.
1) to force. 2) to persuade. 3) to enforce.
giddo Pl: gidduwwa. n. obligation.
Gidoolle name. Gidoolle. [Status: check ee]
giddukko vi. to be forced.
Giggiga name. Giggiga. [Status: check ee]
giggira n. 1) crumbs. 2) sth. that falls off.
giggirukko vi. 1) to drop. 2) to fall, to fall off.
giggissukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of giggukko /
giggirukko (?). 1) to spread. 2) to put sth.
down. 3) to shake off.
gi'ina n. 1) curd. 2) yogurt.
gi'inukko vi. 1) to coagulate. 2) to thicken.
From: Amh. 3) to leaven. 4) to come into
rest. [Status: check meaning]
gikko n. support.
gii'l buchcha np. ashes, ash. Morph: * giir +
buchcha.
gii'l coca np. 1) loft. 2) perch (over fire place).
gii'l haqqa np. firewood.
gilaasa n. cloth of mane animals.
gilaaseena n. type of communal labour of women.
gilco'o n. scale.
giliseeroola n. glycerol.
giilsa n. gils.
gimma n. 1) churned milk. 2) buttermilk. 3) milk
less butter. [Status: check meaning ...]
gimmaara adj. 1) big. 2) thick. 3) dreadful.
gimba Pl: gimbuwwa. [Status: check
entry - was: gamba] n. wall. From: Amh.
Gimbichcho name. Gimbichcho.
gimbo'o n. type of ensete.

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gimmenja Morph: * gimmi enja. [Status: 1 or 2 [Status: certain kind of ?] 2) beans. [Status:
words?] n. a type of (sweet) basil. this meaning should most likely be taken off]
gimmiishukko vt. to churn. gixa n. rhyme.
gii'mmoora adj. 1) large. 2) huge. 3) gross. gixillo'o n. charcoal.
4) bulky. 5) voluminous (of body). gixisiisukko vt. to have things set in rows.
gii'mmukko vi. to sleep (of cattle). Morph: CAUS 1 of gixisukko.
ginbo'o n. type of ensete. gixo'i qooxo'o np. stanza.
Ginboota [Status: prob. better than the spelling gixo'o Pl: gixo'uwwa. n. poem.
Gilboota (assimilation made visible)] name. gixukko vt. 1) to arrange in order. 2) to write a
May 9 - June 7. poem.
gindamaancho n. sth. liable to fall apart. gi'ukko vi. 1) to copulate. 2) to fuck. [Status:
gindamukko vi. to fall in ruins. Morph: PASS of style?] 3) to have sexual intercourse.
gindukko. go'aanta n. glove.
gindaancho n. negation. Gobba'a name. Gobba. [Status: check ee]
gindansukko vt. 1) to wreck. 2) to turn to rubble. gobaancho Pl: gobaano. n. tailor.
gindo'o n. 1) ruin. 2) remains. gobbe'e n. type of food. [Status: check meaning
gindo'o edansaano np. negative conjunction. (HED: ____)]
gindukko vt. 1) to demolish. 2) to destroy. 3) to gobukko vt. to sew.
negate. gooca Pl: gooccuwwa. n. 1) door, front door.
ginjira n. breakfast. 2) entrance. 3) doorway. 4) threshold.
gippa n. 1) furrow. 2) gap. [Status: check meanings of sn 2f]
giphaa'ukko vt. to make delay. gocekkichcho n. tortoise.
giphite n. pause. goochcho'o Variant: gootto'o. [Status: check va]
giphixxi mare'e np. comma. adj. 1) small. 2) few.
giphukko vi. to pause. godda n. 1) wealth, property. 2) satisfaction,
giir fincichcho np. 1) squabbler. 2) trouble saturation, repletion. 3) high spirits,
maker. 3) unruly person. boisterousness. 4) arrogance.
giir issukko vp. to put sth. on to cook. goda'a n. wall, clay wall.
giira Pl: giilluwwa. n. 1) fire. 2) nation. [Status: godab ga'mmukko vp (vi). to have
check meaning] stomach-ache.
giira xo'issukko vp (vt). Morph: CAUS 1 of godab usheexxaakko vp (vi). 1) to be content.
giira xo'ukko. 1) to exstinguish a fire. 2) to 2) to be satisfied.
put out a fire. godabaamo adj. 1) gluttonous. 2) greedy. 2) big
girachchoota n. type of festival. bellied.
giraama n. gram. godabaamotte adj. pregnant.
giiramukko vi. Morph: PASS of giirukko. 1) to godabo Pl: godabbuwwa. n. 1) belly.
burn. 2) to be in a fury. 2) abdomen. 3) half of a pair. 4) part of an
giraara n. type of tree. animal's back [load ?]. 5) character.
giraara n. 1) mimosa. 2) acacia tree. godabo fayya'a np. peaceful person.
giraare n. type of ensete. godabo haraara [Status: check entry form] np.
girba Pl: girbuwwa. [Status: check tender.
entry - underlined by AT] n. cave. goodamu maara np. roast meat.
girgiraancho Pl: girgiraano. n. smoke goddaancho Pl: goddaano. adj & n. 1) rich
container. [Status: check meaning] (person). 2) satisfied (person).
girgiraa'uukko vt. to disgust. 3) high-spirited (person). 4) master. [Status:
girgirukko vi. to be irritated. check meaning of sn 4f !!!] 5) lord.
girmixa n. dust. godaphphi jabbo np. abdominal disease.
girshimmukko vi. to dance gracefully. godaphphi mancho np. 1) friend. 2) lover.
girta n. place of bee hives (in backyard). godaphphi xiso np. stomach pain.
girtaja n. skirt. [Status: check precise meaning] godaphphisa ikko'o np. aborted.
giirukko vt. 1) to burn. 2) to set fire. Godare name. Godare.
giiste Pl: giistuwwa. n. chief wife (title). goddeera n. plain.
gisukko vi. 1) to sleep. 2) to scrumbe. godirada Pl: godiradduwwa. n. 1) stove. 2) oven.
gishira n. type of ensete. 3) furnace.
gita Pl: gittuwwa. n. 1) brook. 2) river. goddisoo adj. worth.
gitanna n. 1) warlord. 2) hero. godo'o adj. small. [Status: check entry
gitaara n. guitar. form - goto'o / meaning]
gittawwa n. process of lending/borrowing goodo'o adj (?). roasted (of barley).
money. goddukko vi. 1) to be rich, to be wealthy. 2) to
gite'e n. 1) garden pea, field pea, Abyssinian pea. eat enough. 3) to be satisfied. 4) to be

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high-spirited. 5) to be proud.
goodukko vt. to roast.
goofaare'e n. hair standing up.
goog mancho [Status: check
spelling - underlined by TA] np. traveller.
gogaalla adj. 1) dry, withered. 2) stubborn.
3) tricky (people). 4) not fertilized (of soil).
gogaanchi diindaa'llichcho n. beetle (certain
kind of).
gogaancho Pl: gogaano. n. slanderer.
googaancho Pl: googaano. n. passenger.
googo Pl: googguwwa. n. 1) way, road. 2) trip,
journey.
googo murukko vp (vt). to take a short cut.
goggo'o vi. Morph: 3fs Perf. 1) to be stubborn
(for female). 2) to be sterile.
googgoosukko vt. to decorate.
gogota Pl: gogottuwwa. n. army.
gogotukko vt. 1) to cause calamity. 2) to cause
disaster. [Status: check meaning]
gogukko vi. 1) to [be] dry, to dry out, to wither.
[Status: check diff with gogisukko] 2) to be
stubborn.
goja 1) n. evil eye. 2)
— adj (??). destroying. [Status: check ps]
gojaancho Pl: gojaano. n. 1) person with an evil
eye. 2) destroyer.
gojjaa'ukko vi. to stop.
goojje'e adj. with an evil eye.
gojjite n. process of keeping standing.
Gojobe'e name. Gojobe'e (river).
gojobo n. bick red pepper.
gojo'o n. 1) type of ensete (the best one).
2) mentally matured [person].
gojo'ukko vi. 1) to be stayed (of ensete). [Status:
check meaning (ACT/PASS)] 1) to be
matured (of person).
gojukko vi. 1) to be an evil-eyed person. 2) to
annihilate.
gojjukko vi. 1) to keep standing. 2) to be straight.
goojjukko v. ??
gokka n. upper part of the chest bone.
gokkisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of gokkukko.
1) to dry. 2) to [make] stubborn. [Status:
check meaning]
gola Pl: golluwwa. n. 1) stall. 2) room in the
house for mules, horses, donkeys.
goola n. goal. From: Engl.
goolla n. evaporation, vapour.
goollaamo adj. vaporized.
gollaancho Pl: gollaano. 1) n. glutton. 2)
— adj. insatiable, greedy.
goollaancho Pl: goollaano. n. 1) verb. 2) sb.
who concludes.
goollaancho caakkisaancho np. adjective.
goollaanchogaassa [Status: 1 or 2 words?] n.
adverb.
goollato Pl: goollattuwwa. n. overview.
gole'e n. shorts.
goleta Pl: golettuwwa. n. wall. [Status: check
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goonooma
meaning - couldn't be confirmed by Abraham
(dialectal ?)]
golfa n. evil spirit of the Shamanna.
Golje'i kompileksa np. Golji complex.
goollokichcho Pl: goollo'o. n. civit, genet cat.
golonsichcho n. 1) marten. 2) polecat. 3) badger.
[Status: check meaning - not yet clear ...]
goollo'o n. 1) ending. 2) conclusion.
gollukko vi. 1) to be greedy. 2) to be a glutton.
goollukko vi. 1) to conclude. 2) to sew. [Status:
check meaning (conclude sewing ?)]
goolluunsa n. vulture. [Status: check precise
meaning]
gomma'i [Status: check entry form - gomma'a ?]
n. tire. From: Amh.
gomarukko vi. to be ripe (of maize).
gomba adj. 1) useless. 2) worthless. 3) empty.
goomballa n. skin on the neck of cattle.
goomballaamo n. part of the cow's / oxen's
body in front of the neck. [Status: check
meaning]
Gombora [Status: check entry form - Gomboro
(Brauk)] name. Gombora.
Gomboro name. Gomboro.
gome'e n. 1) grudge. 2) compensation. [Status:
check meaning; spelling was: gomee]
gome'ukko vi (?). to have a grudge.
gomora adj. 1) robust. 2) firm. 3) solid.
4) vigorous. 5) long-standing.
goonna [Status: check entry !] n. clotted milk.
Morph: cf. giin-.
goona muggisa np. type of bird. [Status: check
meaning]
goonchi aduuncho [Status: put under entry
aduuncho?] np. tomcat.
goonchi antaba'a np. rooster.
goonchi beeto np. son.
goonchi farashsho np. stallion.
goonchi lehaakko meentichchotte [Status:
check entry form] np. widow.
gooncho Pl: goona. 1) n. man. 2)
— adj. male. 3)
— adj. brave.
gooncho hooggaakkoohane [Status: check
entry form] np. widower.
goonchukko vi. to be strong.
goondaa'llichcho n. type of animal. [Status:
check meaning]
goondo'o n. a pest [illness ?] that damages crop
plants.
gonga Pl: gonguwwa. n. thick and flat wood on
which to cut ensete.
gonge n (?). stubbornness.
gonjina adj (?). informal form. [Status: check
meaning!!]
Gonooda name. May 9 - June 7.
gonofa Pl: gonoffuwwa. n. spout. [Status: check
meaning]
goonooma 1) n. penis. 2)
— adj. masculine.
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gonoona adj (??) / n (HED). statched. [Status:
check meaning]
gonnorukko vt. to split the parts of ensete.
gonsu'la n. vulture.
goonnukko vi. to beg.
gora n. type of caper. From: Amh. gumura; Bor.
Orom. gora; Som. gomor;. [Status: check
meaning; HED had - raspberry]
goora n. paying punishment. [Status: check
precise meaning]
goraba'a n. calves. [Status: check precise
meaning]
gorada n. type of ensete.
goradde Pl: goradduwwa. n. type of knife.
gorade'e n. sword.
goratanna n. 1) split wood. 2) wall.
gooraxukko vi. 1) to graze. 2) to overgraze.
gorba'a Pl: gorba'uwwa. n. 1) cow (from one to
two or three years). 2) herd of calves.
goore'e n. good wish.
goorja n. gorge. From: Engl.
goro'amma n. type of grass / weed. [Status:
check meaning]
goromota adj. with evil eye.
goromotichcho n. werewolf (kind of).
gortanna n. wall.
gorte'e Pl: gorte'uwwa. n. wall.
gosancha [Status: check entry form - gosano ?]
n. rape.
gosano n. kidnapping.
gosaasamo kaame'e [Status: check entry
form] np. trailer.
gosaasamukko vi. Morph: PASS of
gosaasukko. 1) to lag behind. 2) to be pulled,
to be dragged.
gosaasukko vt. Morph: CAUS 2 of gosukko.
1) to pull out. 2) to drag. 3) to take sth. away
from sb.
gosiisukko Variant: gosa'ukko. vt. Morph:
CAUS 1 of gosukko. 1) to pull out, to drag
out. 2) to take sth. away from sb.
gosso'o n. stirring rod.
gosoota n. type of ensete.
gosukko vt. 1) to remove. 2) to pull out. 3) to
uproot. 4) to pick (e.g. beans). 5) to drag.
6) to rape.
gossukko vi. 1) to fall out. 2) to fall off.
goshaancha Variant: goshitaancha. n. milking
container.
goshaancho Pl: goshaano. n. milker.
goshukko vt. to milk.
got buyya [Status: check spelling (gotluyya); 1
or 2 words?] np. crinum-lily.
got nii'o np. type of mushroom.
gotteesisukko vt. to let sb. snatch sth. away.
Morph: CAUS 2 of gottukko; CAUS 1 of
gotteesukko (?).
gotichcho Pl: gota. n. hyena.
gooto'o n. a kind of tree with edible fruits.
gootto'o adj. 1) (very) small. 2) (very) little.
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gottukko vt. to snatch sth. away.
goxxancha n. 1) conflict. 2) contradiction.
3) contrast.
goxxukko vi. to escape.
gowwisa n. influenza.
goyya [Status: check entry form - goyye'e ??] n.
hall.
gooyyamukko vi. to be commented.
gooyyancha n. 1) comment. 2) criticism.
goyye'e Variant: gayya. Pl: goyye'uwwa. n. large
house. [Status: check meaning]
gooyyukko vi. to comment.
gozooda n. type of ensete.
graama Pl: graammuwwa. n. gram. From: Gr.
(via Engl.).
grechotta n. shepherd's feast on Nehasse 13.
gu'aazi Pl: gu'aazzuwwa. [Status: check
spelling !!] n. caravan. Morph: cf. igguuzu.
gubbamoo bee'ane [Status: check entry form]
np. passive.
gubbamukko vi. Morph: PASS of gubbukko.
1) to wrestle. 2) to fight. 3) to have a scrap.
gubana n. entrance of the house over the head.
[Status: check meaning]
gubaanata n. herds.
gubbancha n. 1) wrestling. 2) scrap, fight,
scuffle.
gubano adj. pregnant (only of animal).
guba'nnukko vi. to be pregnant (of animal).
guba'ukko vt. 1) to roast. 2) to burn (of pepper,
hot coffee). 3) to consume.
gubeedo n. 1) thigh. 2) leg, thigh. [Status: from
hip to toe ??]
gubeeto n. ??
gubbukko vt. 1) to take a mouthful. 2) to drink a
mouthful. [Status: which is the correlating
noun ?]
gucu'lla adj. serious.
guchchekkichcho n. ostrich.
guchchuma n. butter pot.
guda n. 1) half. 2) middle.
gudda n. 1) knot. 2) oath.
gudakkichcho n. 1) oryx. 2) antilope (certain
kind of).
gudaanchi balla np. noon.
gudaancho adj. 1) equal. 2) similar. 3) even.
gudaanchooma n. equality.
gudaano n. age-mate.
Gudara name. Gudara. [Status: check ee]
guddee n. knot.
gude'e n. edible weed.
gudeera n. 1) felled tree. [Status: check engl.;]
2) tree-trunk. 3) bridge. 4) block (in jail).
gudeera n. 1) stem. 2) trunk. 3) log. 4) stump.
gudisaancho Pl: gudisaano. n. rake.
gudisansa n. balance.
gudisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of gudukko. 1) to
make even, to make similar, to equalize. 2) to
prepare.
gudishsha n. 1) preparation. 2) correction.
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gudo n. 1) age-mate. 2) right. [Status: check
meaning!!]
guudo'o n (?). roasted barley. [Status: check
meaning]
gudoyyo [Status: check entry form ... (NOT adj)]
vi. incorrect.
gudubee'ane adj. 1) crooked. 2) lopsided.
gududa adj. marked with axes of tree. [Status:
check meaning]
gudukko vi. 1) to be ready. 2) to be of the same
kind, to be of even proportions, to be equal.
3) to prepare. [Status: check meaning]
guddukko vt. 1) to tie a knot. 2) to tie sth. to sth.
guudukko vi. to burn.
gudumo [Status: check spelling] n. 1) shoulder.
2) burden, readiness. [Status: check
meaning - was not confirmed by Abraham]
gudummo n. 1) shoulder. 2) supporter (of
person).
guffa n. nutgrass. [Status: sour; Amh. sindedoo;]
guffi adaayye np. type of plant. [Status: check
meaning]
guufo'o Pl: guufo'uwwa. n. cap.
guffukko vi. 1) to dance (in front of?). [Status:
check meaning - KIRB: vortanzen; others:
dance] 2) to cover an area with grass. 3) to be
happy. 4) to intimidate.
gufut boorda np. shash board. [Status: check
meaning]
gufuta n. mop of hair.
gufutukko vi. to descend from sb.
guga adv. 1) many. 2) a lot of.
guga'ukko vt. to solidify.
gugo 1) n. lightning. 2)
— name. Guugo.
guggubamukko vi. to walk clumsily. Morph:
PASS of guggubukko ??
gugguuchcha n. the act of carrying away.
gugukko vi. 1) to thunder. 2) to shout.
guuggukko vi/vt (?). 1) to make sb./sth. run
away. 2) to be bent (of person). [Status:
check meaning !!!]
guugulla adj. 1) many (of chicken). 2) a lot.
gugum ihukko vp. to become an obstacle.
guguma Pl: gugummuwwa. n. 1) stump,
tree-trunk. 2) obstacle.
gugguurukko vt. 1) to carry away. 2) to bring.
gujekkichcho n. clay jug.
gujjukko vi. to go away.
gulla n. grey fluid found on cheex (??) in the
morning. [Status: check meaning]
gula'a n. central part of a shema.
gullaamo adj. with a fluid like dirty material.
[Status: check meaning]
gullichcho n. 1) sb. who finishes. 2) destroyer.
3) killer.
gullilaata Pl: gullilaattuwwa. n. bit on top of
the roof. [Status: check meaning]
guullisimma [Status: check entry form] n (?).
performance.
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gunguunsukko
guullisukko vt. to make sb. to accomplish.
Morph: CAUS 1 of guullukko.
guullishsha [Status: check entry form] n.
performance.
gulti n. land given to commendable persons. From:
Amh.
guullukko vt. 1) to finish. 2) to complete. 3) to
destroy.
gulukoosa n. glucose.
gulumma n. belongings. [Status: check
meaning]
gu'ma adj. all.
guma'a n. 1) bracelet (worn on the upper arm).
2) ring (worn on the leg). 3) wire.
guma'a ganukko vp (vi). to be engaged.
guma'a issukko vp. to ring (bells).
gumagana n. engagement. [Status: check
meaning]
gumba adj. 1) stooped. 2) inclined (of head).
3) bent.
gumbe'e n. sorghum.
gumbukko vt. 1) to stoop. 2) to incline (head).
3) to bend.
gumburaa'ukko vt. 1) to render. 2) to recoup.
3) to brime back.
gumucaa'ukko vt. to sip.
gumu'llaalla n / adj (?). concentrated solution.
[Status: check meaning and ps]
gumushaa'ukko vt. to sip.
guna [Status: check spelling of the entry (was:
guna,m) !!] n. 1) bilacing. 2) a kind of tree.
guuna n. tobacco pipe.
guna bagaan [Status: 1 or 2 words?] np.
1) magnificent. 2) admirable. [Status: check
meaning]
guna isena vp (?). [Status: check entry form /
ps] 1) surprising. 2) magnified. [Status: check
meaning]
guna ixxena np (?). 1) wonder. 2) astonished.
3) brilliant. [Status: check meaning - different
from guna isena]
gu'nnaa'ukko vt. to put.
gunda 1) adj. short. 2)
— n. dwarf.
gundaa yimma vp. to say in short. [Status:
check whether entry necessary - other
meanings like: summarize, etc. ?]
gundi caakkishsa [Status: check entry form]
np. overview.
gundi kitaabo'o np. stenography, short hand
(writing).
gundisukko vt. to shorten. Morph: CAUS 1 of
gundukko.
gundixxukko Variant: gundissukko. [Status:
check entry! (WHS: gundiss-)] vt. to shorten.
gundo n. drudge.
gundukko vi. 1) to be short. 2) to dismiss.
gunguu'llukko vi. 1) to cover oneself. 2) to roll
up (cloth).
gunguunsukko vt. Morph: CAUS I of
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gunguu'llukko. 1) to cover. 2) to roll up. gursa n. 1) shortness. 2) lowness (in height).

3) to bundle up. [Status: check meaning]
gunjuphpha adj ? ?? gurubbi ifichcho np. knee cap.
gunsa n. 1) trunk of tree. 2) log. 3) stump block gurubbi iffichcho np. 1) elbow. 2) knee.
(of wood). gurubo Variant: gurbo. n. heifer (sexually
gunshirukko vi. to be mild, to be warm. Morph: mature).
* guwishur ? gurubbo Pl: gurubba. n. 1) knee. 2) node.
gunshuura n. warm water. 3) space between two nodes. [Status: check
gunshuurukko vi. to be warm. meaning] 4) twig.
gunshuussukko vt. to warm sth. up. Morph: gurubukko vt. 1) to tease. 2) to joke.
CAUS 1 of gunshuurukko; cf. gurufukko vi. to sit down.
guwishurukko. guurukko vt. to weight.
gunxaato [Status: check spelling - was: gurumba n. grain in the field.
gunuxxaato] n. sitting down uncomfortably. gurumbukko vi. to flower (of grain in the field).
[Status: check meaning] [Status: check meaning]
gunxukko [Status: check entry - was: gurunna Pl: gurunnuwwa. n. milk pot.
gunuxukko] vi. to sit down uncomfortably. guruphphukko vi. 1) to kneel. 2) to kneel
[Status: check meaning; other entry: sit down down.
as sad person] gururukko vi. to think over.
gupa n. fringe. guttalla adj (?). ??
gura [Status: check entry - AT suggest: qara (but gutansa [Status: check entry, WHS:
nothing to do with "lamp")] n (?). guttansichcho, "dug"] n. owl.
1) direction. 2) lamp of (??). [Status: check guttansichcho [Status: check entry and
meaning] spelling - HCD: gutansa: owl] n. dug.
Guraage name. Gurage. guto'o Pl: guto'uwwa. n. morning.
guuraalla adj. 1) heavy. 2) massive. guuto'o n. little hair on head.
guurato n. mass. guwaanta [Status: Marqos had the functional
gurcuma adj. short (of boy). description: angi xumma egeraancho (?)] n.
gurda n. skirt. 1) glove. 2) gauntlet.
guurisaancho n. balance. guwshurukko vi. to warm up.
guurisukko vt. to measure. Morph: CAUS 1 of guzumo'amukko vi. to pay compensation.
guurukko. Morph: PASS/REFL of guzumo'ukko ??
gurmo'o n. a lot. guzumo'o Pl: guzumo'uwwa. n. compensation.
gurmo'ukko vi. to become a lot. [Status: check
meaning (multiply ?)]

H - h
ha'a interj. interjection to express disgust. [Status:
check meaning]
haa'a interj. haa'a. [Status: check meaning]
ha~a~'a ha~a~'a interj. ooh. [Status: check
meaning; Abraham, Correction says: "No,
no" ...]
habba adj (?). external (of talk). [Status: check
meaning]
haabba n. grown hair style.
habbame adv. 1) seldom. 2) rarely.
haabaamo adj. 1) wonderful. 2) astonished.
3) admirable.
habbaara n. figurative speech.
habarasa n. odds and ends.
habaraato n. hurry, haste.
habaraatukko vi. to hurry, to haste.
habbaaro n. 1) sarcasm. 2) veiled insult.
habbaarukko vi. to speak figuratively.
habbay n. photo. From: Amh.
habayyi n. 1) Praise be (to God). 2) Easter.
[Status: check meaning!; lit. translation?]
habayyi xumma waattitto vp. welcome.
habdeesha Pl: habdeeshshuwwa. n. tumor.
haabbi hagara np. type of hair style.
Habichcho name. Habichcho. [Status: check ee]
habichcho n. female greater kudu.
habiilla [Status: check spelling] n. 1) nakedness.
2) wearing little cloth.
habiillo n. clothes.
habiillukko vi. to be naked.
haabbixxukko vt. to comb.
haabo Pl: haabbuwwa. n. wonder.
haabo'o Pl: haabo'uwwa. n. flower of weed.
haabukko vt. to straighten.
habullukko vi. to become crazy/insane.
habusa Pl: habussuwwa. n. 1) devil. 2) evil
spirit. [Status: check precise meaning; KIRB:
personified unclean spirit] 3) demon.
habusichcho Pl: habusa. [Status: check entry
form - habusa only?] n. a forest demon.
habuuttanna n. a kind of butterfly. [Status:
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habutuutisukko vt. to make run quickly.
Morph: CAUS 1 of habutuutukko (?).
habutuutukko vi. to run quickly.
hacca n. rubbish, dirt.
haccaga n (?). 1) taking all. 2) sweeping out.
3) opening a road.
haccaamo adj. full of rubbish.
haaciiqa n (?). mud. Morph: singl. only.
haacoola adj. waterish (of milk).
haccukko vi. to be tired.
hachchamo adj ? ??
hachchoora n. waterish milk.
hada Pl: hadduwwa. n. 1) flock, herd. 2) crowd.
Haddachcho name. Haddachcho. [Status: check
ee]
hadadda n. 1) frost, cold. 2) dew drop. [Status:
check meaning (prob. sn 2 to be deleted)]
hadaddukko vi. 1) to be very cold. 2) to be
frozen.
hadaamo adj. modest.
hadara n. 1) entrusted to. [Status: check
meaning] 2) formed webs. [Status: check
meaning]
hadara aagukko vp. to approach sb. to save his
life or to get sth. [Status: check meaning]
hadara itichcho np. dishonest.
hadara itukko vp. to become dishonest.
haddaro Pl: haddalluwwa. n. 1) colt rum, first
milk of a cow after giving birth. [Status:
check meaning] 2) dairy cow (during the first
two weeks after calving).
hadaashsha n. before arrival. [Status: check
meaning]
hadaashshukko vi. 1) to approach. 2) to finish
partially. [Status: check meaning]
haadima n. knife.
haadimo n. one who cuts.
haadisukko vt. ??
Hadiyya name. Hadiyya.
Hadiyyisa n. Hadiyya (language). Morph: *
Hadiyya + -isa.
ha'e interj. please.
haf ana [Status: check entry form - was: haafana]
np. shadow father. [Status: check precise
meaning!!]
hafa n. 1) shadow. 2) shade.
haafa n. mercy.
hafa ki'isukko vp (vt). to take a picture. Morph:
CAUS 1 of hafa ki'ukko (???).
hafachcha n. 1) air, wind. 2) atmosphere. 3)
— adj. light. [Status: check meaning / ps!!]
4) black leg (animal illness).
hafachchaamo adj. windy.
hafachchi amaxxa [Status: check entry form]
np. climate.
hafachchi asso [Status: check entry form] np.
airmail.
hafachchukko vi. 1) to blow (of wind). 2) to be
windy.
hafaaffechcha n. 1) yawing. 2) longing.
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hakkansukko
hafaaffe'ukko vi / vt (?). 1) to yawn. 2) to long
to, to have a great wish to get sth.
hafaaffe'ukko [Status: check spelling &
meaning] vi. to rust.
haafite n. 1) mercy. 2) forgiveness.
3) compassion. 4) pity.
Haafixxi Doolle np. Anno Domini.
hafxanukko vi. to hurry.
hafukko vi. to become shadowy.
haafukko vi (?). to forgive.
hafuluqa Pl: hafuluqquwwa. n. ensete enzym of
lower quality.
hafura n. heat.
haga suume np. jargon.
haga'a n. 1) group. 2) team. 3) flock.
hagabichcho n. prostitute.
hagabukko vi. to be a prostitute.
hagagaraadda n. famous person.
hagaagechcha n. ??
hagaage'e n ? ??
hagageesukko vt. 1) to gnaw (a bone). 2) to
nibble (crop).
hagala n. a kind of tree.
haggalla adj ? ??
hagara Pl: hagalluwwa. n. 1) colour.
2) appearance. 3) inheritance. [Status:
separate entry or connected through "the
colourful one" - i.e. cow???] 3) kind, type.
4) sacrifice (of chicken, goat).
hagara baxukko vp. 1) to form. [Status: check
meaning] 2) to type.
hagara'llukko [Status: check spelling; HED:
hagaraO'llukko] vi. to be ugly.
hagarinne [Status: check entry form - CASE] n.
typical.
hagarissukko vi/vt (?). to make sacrifice.
Morph: CAUS 1 of hagarukko.
hagaroo'lla adj (v ??). ugly.
haga'ukko vi. departed (used for bees?).
[Status: check meaning]
hagayye Pl: hagayyuwwa. n. summer.
hagayyukko vi. to be rainy.
haahukko vi. to say "stand" (to animals).
ha'iyyukko vt. to love. [Status: check meaning]
hajja adj. almost none.
haja'a n. 1) matter, business. 2) problem, bad
happening. 3) guardian spirit.
haja'aamo adj. mischievous (of person).
hajeen issukko vp. to use for a urgent need.
hajeena n. essential (of survival).
hajji n. sb. who made a pilgrimage to Mekka.
From: Arab. (via Amh.).
hajiga n. 1) credit. 2) loan (of money).
hajjisukko vt. to bring to completion. Morph:
CAUS 1 of hajjukko.
hajjukko vi. nearly to be finished.
haakkaakkukko vi. to enter here and there.
hakkamma n. 1) bridle. 2) bit for horse.
hakkamukko vt. to treat sb. medically.
hakkansukko vt. to treat sb. medically.
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hakkawwukko v. ??
hakii'm mine [Status: in Textbook 2 spelled as
"akii'mmine"] np. 1) health centre. 2) clinic.
3) hospital.
haakima n. medical doctor.
hakiincho Variant: akiincho. Pl:
hakiimmuwwa. [Status: check entry form ...]
n. 1) physician. 2) nurse.
haakkukko vt. 1) to put into the pocket. 2) to
steal.
haq laara np. fruits.
haq mishsha np. grape.
haqqa Morph: singl. haqqichcho. Pl:
haqquwwa. n. 1) tree. 2) wood. 3) forest.
4) handle (of a tool). 5) bush. 6) plant.
[Status: check meaning] HCD 281 (sn 1f))
haqaawwechcha [Status: check entry
form - cf. haqaawwo] n. dream.
haqaawwe'ukko vt. to dream.
haqaawwo Pl: haqaawwuwwa (?). n. 1) dream.
2) sign, foretelling. [Status: check spelling
and meaning!! not really "vision" or "dreams"
(= kalta)] 3) revelation. 4) fancy.
haqqoro np. Morph: * haqqi woro. 1) forest.
2) jungle.
haquudaancho Pl: haquudaano. adj (?).
1) very thin. 2) pale.
hala n. money or food given to a person on the
occasion of funerals.
Halaaba name. Alaba.
halaafekkichcho n. responsible person. From:
Amh.
halaafinnax kululleeta [Status: check entry
form] np. province.
hallaqqa n. stretcher.
halaaleessukko vt. to slaughter (in accordance
with certain rites).
halaaloo'llukko vi. to die without being
slaughtered (of animal).
hallaamma Pl: hallaammuwwa. n. 1) a
fiber-like soft (tissue?) inside the ensete
steam [?]. [Status: check precise meaning]
2) inner structure of the ensete leave. [Status:
check meaning]
hallaamma xigukko vp. to disciminate people.
hallancha n. 1) being in trouble.
2) embarrassment. 3) difficulty.
halanga Pl: halanguwwa. n. small whip.
haalata Pl: haalattuwwa. n. character.
haalato [Status: check entry form - haalata ?] n.
behaviour.
halee'lla adj ? fullfilled.
hallee'llaa amadukko vp. to occupy.
halli diishsha Pl: halli diishshuwwa. n.
1) horsefly, ichneumon fly. 2) dung beetle.
[Status: check meanings - they are not yet
confirmed !]
halli utta n. ??
haliiba n. amarant.
hallichcho Pl: halla. n. donkey.
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halqooba n. 1) evil. 2) wickedness.
halquma Pl: halqummuwwa. n. 1) fool.
2) moron.
hallo n. part of human body above the buttock.
[Status: check meaning]
hallukko vt. to treat politely in order to get sth.
haa'llukko [Status: check spelling] vt. to
scratch. Morph: MEDIAL of har-.
hallutta n. type of grass with thorns.
ha'm weesa n. type of ensete whose tubercules
are used as medicine.
hamma Variant: hammaama. n. branch, twig,
forked wood.
hammaa juukkaa pron (?). this and that.
haama'a n. deep hole.
hamacara adj. 1) variated. 2) ugly in colour.
hamaalle n. betray.
hamaa'llukko vt. Morph: REFL of
hamaarukko. 1) to mix (for oneself ?). 2) to
stir (for oneself ?). [Status: check meaning]
hamaama n. 1) unripe ear of cereal. 2) ripened
grain. [Status: check which meaning is
correct !]
hammaamma n. 1) stump. 2) log.
hamaamoota n. best men.
hamannamma adj. respected.
hamannancho Pl: hamannano (??). [Status:
check spelling - hamannaancho?] n. a person
with dignity. [Status: cf. entry hamannaato!
Which is the corresponding
VERB - hamannimma, "to be worthy" ???]
hamannaato n. 1) respect. 2) dignity. [Status:
check meaning! - according to Abraham, the
meaning of hamannaato is very similar to
haydaa - "sensitivity; regard"] 3) sensitivity
to opinions of others. [Status: check
meaning] 4) regard for others' feelings.
hamaancho n. 1) slander. 2) calumny.
hamannukko vt. to respect.
hamaaramma 1) adj. mixed. 2) crooked.
3) lopsided. 4)
— n. union.
hamaaraama'na n. confusion.
hamaarammi losixxa np. miscellanea
[lessons?]. [Status: check meaning]
hamaarammi sibiriixa np. complex fraction.
hamaarammi xuunsammi woca np.
complex sentence.
hamaarammi wixxite np. union of sets.
hamaaramukko vi. to be mixed. Morph: PASS
of hamaarukko.
hamaaraancho n. troublemaker.
hamaaro'o n. mixture.
hamaarukko vt. 1) to mix, to stir. 2) to confuse.
3) to quarrel with eath other.
hamaassiisukko vi/vt (?). Morph: CAUS 2 of
hamaarukko. 1) to betray. 2) to gossip.
ha'mmasha adj. 1) huge. 2) untidy.
hamashshama n. toad. [Status: check meaning]
hamashshichcho Pl: hamashsha. n. snake.
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hambaaca adj / n ? 1) trouble maker. 2) unruly.
3) mischievous.
hambacamma adj. cloudy. Morph: cf.
ambacamma. [Status: check which one
should be the proper entry ..]
hambaacukko vi. 1) to cause trouble. [Status:
check meaning (HED: cause terrible)] 2) to
be mixed. [Status: check ACT / PASS]
hambalaachcha n. 1) disturbance. 2) screaming.
3) shouting. 4) yelling.
hambaraalla n. Morph: singl. only. 1) saliva.
2) dribble. 3) slaver.
hambaramukko vi. Morph: PASS of
hambarukko. 1) to be reduced. 2) to be
partially finished.
hambarancha n. state of being reduced.
hambarukko vt. to reduce slightly.
hambisa n. 1) bite. 2) morsel.
hambu'llama n. storm, strong wind.
hamfucaa'ukko vi. 1) to scoop up. 2) to cup the
hands.
ha'mmichchi tumeeso'o np. food prepared
from the ensete nodule.
ha'mmichcho Pl: ha'mma. n. 1) edible root of
the ensete plant. 2) remainder (of cereal
crop). [Status: check meaning]
Hamile'e name. July 8 - August 6.
hamissukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of hamukko.
1) to suspect sb. 2) to denounce sb.
hamo Pl: hammuwwa. n. 1) slander. 2) libel.
hamooleechcho n. 1) salt bar. 2) exchange
value.
hamukko vt. 1) to slander sb., to libel sb. 2) to
have one's doubt about sb.
Hamusa name. Thursday. From: Amh.
hanaan adj. Morph: postposition. 1) top (of),
over. 2) upside, upper. 3) above. 4) North.
Hanaa'n Amaarikaana name. North America.
hanaa'n hareedda np. moustache.
hanaa'n shooto'o np. upper base.
hanaa'n tochcho np (?). top.
hanaanaad postpos (?). from top to down.
Morph: * hanaan aad.
hana'nnane adv. upper.
hanaara n. prophecy.
hancaacukko [Status: check entry; HCD has
both haancaacukko and hancacukko (with
almost the same meaning)] vi. 1) to treat.
2) to kick. 3) to trample. [Status: check
meaning - to step on sth. ?]
hance'e n. step, footprints.
hance'oo beyyo np. 1) track. 2) trail.
hanceeta n. 1) grace. 2) wealth.
hanceetaamo adj. 1) graceful. 2) wealthy.
hance'ukko Variant: nanche'ukko. [Status:
check va (WHS)] vt. 1) to step on sth. 2) to
tread. 3) to press sth. with one's feet.
hanciro'o n. type of sorghum.
hancufa n. part of a cow's/oxen's flesh. [Status:
check meaning]
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hancuura n. type of fast growing plant.
hanchurukkaa'ukko vt. 1) to bite (a person
etc.; not: food). 2) to clench the teeth (in
pain).
handa n. praise.
handarekkichcho Pl: handare'e. n. 1) dove.
2) pigeon.
handayukko vt. 1) to praise. 2) to thank.
handinneeta Variant: handinnaato. Pl:
handinneettuwwa. n. 1) a present given to a
woman after giving birth. 2) congratulation.
3) happiness. 4) pleasure.
Haandooshsha name. Haandooshsha.
hane postpos (?). 1) on, upon. 2) over, onto.
-hane suff. AGENTISER.
hanee n. body.
hane dissukko vp. 1) to gain weight. 2) to put on
weight.
hane kululaa'ukko vp. to turn around.
hane lamina baxxansamooyyo [Status:
check entry form - paraphrasis] np. odd.
hanenne [Status: check spelling] adj / adv (??).
over.
hanfucaa'ukko vt. to devour.
hangadda n. legume. [Status: check meaning - a
certain type of legume ?]
hangagukko vt. 1) to gnaw. 2) to separate flesh
from bone by teeth.
hangikoffa Pl: hangikoffuwwa. [Status: check
spelling - angi koffa ?] n. spoon (made from
horn).
hannii pron (Interrog). from where. Morph:
Gen.
haannichcho n. horn bill (bird).
haanja n. 1) type of medical plant. [Status: check
meaning] 2) soap plant. [Status: check
entry - was: haraanga; haraanja]
hanjalukko vt (?). to ride a pillion. [Status:
check meaning]
hankakamukko vi. 1) to depart. 2) to leave.
3) to go away.
hankakukko vt. 1) to take away. 2) to haul
away. 3) to remove.
hankaratta n. itch. [Status: check meaning]
haankuro'o n / adj / v (??). turned upside down
(of edibale ensete material). [Status: check ps
/ entry form; check meaning - haankurukko
differs]
haankurukko vt. 1) to fry, to cook. 2) to
disturb.
haankush interj. interjection to order sb. to touch
sth. [Status: check meaning]
haankushaa'ukko vt. 1) to touch. 2) to tinker.
3) to imping on.
haankutukko vt. 1) to disturb. 2) to create
commotion. 3) to disrupt.
hanqa adj. 1) true. 2) just. 3) sincere. 4) real.
hanqa [Status: check whether one or two
entries - hanqa (adj): true and hanqa (n): truth
/ right] n. 1) truth. 2) reality. 3) right.
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4) justice. hanxaabaamo adj (?). ??

hanqa bi'issukko vp (vt). Morph: CAUS 1 of
hanqa bi'ukko. 1) to disturb. 2) to interfere.
hanqaaqula n. chaff.
hanqaaqulukko vt (?). to remove the husks of
grain.
hanqaaquussukko vt. to winnow. Morph:
CAUS 1 of hanqaaquurukko (??).
hanqame adj. true, truth.
hanqaamo adj. sincere, true, real.
hanqata 1) adj. less. 2)
— adj. little. [Status: check meaning !] 3)
— n. shortage. [Status: check ps]
hanqatisukko vt. to subtract. Morph: CAUS 1
of hanqatukko.
hanqatishsha n. 1) lack. 2) defect. 3) failure.
4) flaw.
hanqatukko vi. 1) to be reduced. 2) to be little.
hanqayyo [Status: check entry form - NEG] adj.
incorrect.
hanqi angila np. right angle.
hanqi iggukko vp. to demage.
hanqina n [DAT] (?). 1) truely. 2) seriously.
hanqo'i qeeraa'llooma np. actual/original
length.
hanqo'i xigo np. real number.
hanqo'i xigguwwi wixxite np. set of real
numbers.
hanqo'i wixxite np. true set.
hanno [Status: hannone ? (Tad., May 9)] pron.
where?
hannona hanno np. 1) different. 2) separate.
3) extraordinary.
hannonne pron. where is.
hannonnem pron. wherever, everywhere.
hansaabeelo n. (strongly) roasted flour.
hansawwa n. highland.
hansawwi qaala'a np. temperate. [Status:
check meaning]
hansharo n. cream on top of milk. [Status:
check meaning]
hanshiba'lla adj. nervous.
hanshiba'llisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
hanshiba'llukko. 1) to surprise. 2) to startle.
hanshiba'llukko vi. 1) to wake up suddenly.
2) to be surprised.
hantaaraancho Pl: hantaaraano. n. 1) evil
person. 2) harmful person. 3) murderer.
hantaarissukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
hantaarukko. 1) to do all kind of evil things.
2) to give a pretext.
hantaaro n. 1) evil act. 2) harm. 3) pretext,
excuse.
hantaarukko vi. 1) to do evil things, to be
wicked. 2) to be dishonest, to be unreliable.
3) to be quarrelsome.
hantulule'e n. vehicle. [Status: check precise
meaning]
hanturuufa adj / n (?). 1) mute. 2) dumb.
hanxa n. 1) udder. 2) teat.
hanxarqasa adj. 1) untidy. 2) uncleanded.
3) guilty. [Status: check meaning]
hanxuuxa n. sucking material. [Status: check
meaning]
hanxuuxukko vt. to suck.
har kadee'ukko Variant: har kassukko. vp. to
throw clay (at a house).
hara n. 1) mud. 2) clay.
haara n. silk. From: Amh. ?
harachchissukko vt. to put on the fire. Morph:
CAUS 1 of harachchukko.
harachcho Pl: harachchuwwa. n. 1) pot.
2) large jar.
harafa n. weed.
haraqe'e Variant: araqe'e. [Status: check entry
form] n. schnapps. From: Amh. araqi.
haram adj. 1) impure. 2) unclean. From: Arab.
hara'mma n. 1) help. 2) aid. 3) assistance.
4) grant. 5) donation.
hara'mmancha n. help. [Status: check entry
and meaning]
hara'mmaancho n. 1) helper. 2) donor.
hara'mmasha adj. additonal.
hara'mmashukko vt. 1) to tighten. 2) to add.
3) to repeat.
hara'mmoohane adj. helpful.
hara'mmukko vt. 1) to help. 2) to assist. 3) to
donate.
haranda n. ??
harara n. forceful sex (of animals).
haraara adj. wide.
haraarooma n. area.
hararukko vt. to have forceful sex (of animals).
haraarukko vi. to walk quickly, to be in a
distant place. Morph: Is this verb a CAUS of
"harimma" ? [Status: check meaning; check
meaning]
haraarukko vi. to be wide.
haraassukko vt. 1) to widen. 2) to extend.
haraassukko 1) vt. to widen. [Status: check
meaning; was: walk quickly] 2)
— vi. to do sth. intensely, to do sth.
extensively.
harashe'e n. land from which 50% tax has to
been paid.
Harba name. Friday. From: Amh.
harde'e adj. young.
haareechchissukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
haareechchukko. 1) to make new. 2) to
renew.
haareechcho adj. new.
haareedda n. 1) beard. 2) moustache.
haareeddaam mancho np. sb. with beard.
haareesukko vt. 1) to scratch smoothly. 2) to
treat well.
hareeshsha n. putting the hand roughly on sth.
[Status: check meaning]
haare'ukko vt. to scratch (for oneself ?). Morph:
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harga'a n. strength. haasullukko vt. to pick up.

hariira n. ?? hashasha wachukko vp. to whisper.
harisha adj. fertile (of land). hashshu interj. bravo.
harisha n. fertilized soil. haata n. roasted grain.
harishisaancho n. fertilizer. haataamo adj. attractive.
harishshisukko vt. to fertilize. Morph: CAUS 1 hatatta n. sign of a cold.
of harishshukko. hattawwaancho Pl: hattawwaano. n / a (?).
harishukko vi. to be fertile (of land). restless.
harqoota n. 1) ox (for ploughing). 2) farm. hattawwukko vi. to move restlessly.
harqootaancho n. farmer. haato n. 1) behaviour. 2) attractiveness.
harqootukko vt. to plough. haato baato np (?). finishing immediately.
harqooxxi baara [Status: check entry haatukko vt. 1) to roast grain on the stove. 2) to
form - THS harqooto only] np. ox. fry. 3) to beat.
harqukko vt. 1) to make cheap. 2) to lower (the haturuuf n ? ??
rent). 3) to decrease. haxara Pl: haxalluwwa. n. 1) tattoo. 2) line.
haarmooniika Pl: haarmooniikkuwwa. n. haxaara n. table (made from bamboo).
harmonica. From: Engl. haxara baxukko [Status: check entry form]
Harphe'e name. Wednesday. vp. to form.
harshamma n. large and bushy hair of women. haxara issukko vp. to tally.
harxaxama [Status: check entry - underlined by haxaraamo n. bottle-gourd with a design burnt
AT] adj. 1) coarse. 2) rough. into it.
harxaxukko vt. 1) to chop up. 2) to crush. 3) to haxaare n. market place.
grind (coarse flour). haxaarsa n. slaughter (esp. for sell).
haaruge n (?). ?? haxaarsichcho n. butcher.
haarukko vt. to scratch. haxarukko vt. to burn a design into a
haruureeshsho n. type of tree. [Status: check bottle-gourd.
meaning] haxxesha n. sneezing.
hassa'a Pl: hassa'uwwa. n. place to harvest haxxeshukko [Status: check entry
ensete. form - haxishuyukko ?] vi. to sneeze.
hasamoo luwwa np. 1) main thing. 2) most haxiidukko vt. 1) to kill. 2) to destroy.
important thing. haxishshuyukko vi. to sneeze.
hasamoobee'ane [Status: check entry form] haxo postpos (?). only a small distance away.
adj. unnecessary. haxuulla adj. rural.
hasamohane [Status: check entry form and hawwaancho Pl: hawwaano. adj. 1) poor.
spelling] n (?). demand. 2) needy.
hasamoohane adj. 1) valid. 2) in effect. hawwaankaanna n. shadow.
3) concerning. [Status: check meaning] hawweena n. examination.
hasamukko vi. to be concerned by. Morph: hawweenamaancho Pl: hawweenamaano. n.
PASS of hasukko. 1) examinee. 2) candidate.
hasano n. 1) need. 2) desire. 3) provocation. hawweenamukko vi. to take an exam. Morph:
haasaawwo n. chatting. PASS of hawweenukko.
hasawwukko vi. to be idle. hawweenaancho Pl: hawweenaano. n.
haasaawwukko vi. to chat. examiner.
hassimma [Status: check entry form and hawweenii siidamu misha [Status: check
spelling] n. search. entry form] np. grade.
hasisa adj. essential. hawweenukko vt. to give an exam.
hasisoobee'ane v (?). unnecessary. hawwi bee'e np / interj. (??). 1) no problem.
hasisoohane adj (?) / v (?). necessary. 2) never mind.
haassiisoolla n. itching. [Status: check meaning hawwim (eroommim) afimma [Status:
(against: orachcho itoolla)] check entry form!!] np. effect.
hasisukko vi/vt (?). Morph: CAUS 1 of hasukko. hawwisaancho Pl: hawwisaano. n.
1) to be needed. 2) to be necessary. 3) to troublemaker.
make sb. search. hawwisoohane adj. difficult.
haassiisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 2 of haarukko / hawwisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
CAUS 1 of haassukko. 1) to itch. 2) to hawwukko. 1) to make trouble. 2) to land sb.
scratch. in trouble. 3) to bother. 4) to disturb. 5) to
hasokkichcho n. a kind of poisonous snake. worry sb. 6) to burden sb.
[Status: check precise meaning] hawwo Pl: hawwuwwa. n. 1) problem. 2) trouble.
hasukko vt. 1) to want. 2) to look forward to. 3) difficulty. 4) suffering. 5) misshap.
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hawwo sholliishsha np. relief.
hawwodamma n. victim.
hawwodamukko vi. Morph: PASS of
hawwodukko. 1) to be hurt. 2) to be
damaged. 3) not to be able to get justice.
hawwodancha n. hurt.
hawwodoohane adj. 1) hurting. 2) harmful.
hawwodoo'i hundisinnem [Status: check
entry form - which is the natural way to
express the meaning "in spite of"?] np. 1) in
spite of. 2) anyway.
hawwodoo'i sanne [Status: check entry form]
np. 1) in spite of. 2) anyway.
hawwodukko vt. 1) to hurt. 2) to harm. 3) to
mistreat. 4) to strike. 5) to injure.
hawwojja n. 1) attack. 2) assault. 3) aggression.
hawwonne aagukko vp. to be in trouble.
hawwora n. mineral water.
hawwoxxa n / adj ? 1) beneficiary. 2) foolish.
hawshana adj ? decentred on. [Status: check
meaning]
hawshanna adj / n ? ??
hawwukko vi. 1) to be distressed. 2) to suffer.
3) to be worried. 4) to be in difficulties.
[Status: check meaning!]
hawuqa adj. not cooked properly.
hawuqukko vi. to be cooked properly.
hawulta Pl: hawultuwwa. n. monument. From:
Amh.
Hawzulla name. Hawzulla.
hay interj. oh!
hay uwwe vp (interj). please!
hayya interj. bravo.
hayata Pl: hayattuwwa. n. traditional singing.
[Status: check precise meaning]
hayyayyukko vi. 1) to trill (voice). 2) to arbiter.
3) to establish peace.
haybana n. 1) type of flower. 2) ablution.
3) beginning of fasting.
haybaano n. association (similar to a club).
hayda n. 1) honour. 2) respect. 3) sensitivity (to
the opinion of others). 4) regard (for the
feelings of others).
haydaa hamannaatoo np. human rights.
[Status: check meaning - could NOT be
confirmed be Abraham]
haydamma adj. 1) honoured. 2) respected.
haydaammo adj. 1) honourable. 2) respected.
haydamukko vi. Morph: PASS of haydukko.
1) to be honoured. 2) to be respected.
haydiroojjina n. hydrogen.
haydirokilooriik asiida np. hydrochloric acid.
haydisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of haydukko.
1) to make honoured [i.e., to honour ?]. 2) to
make respected [i.e., respect ?].
haydukko vt. to respect.
hayye Pl: hayyuwwa. n. foreleg (of animals).
hayyi kara np. equal (in wrestling).
hayyi kuula np. colour (of oxen or cows).
[Status: check precise meaning]
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hayyi qasa np. great (in size).
hayyidukko vt. to celebrate.
hayiqa Pl: haqiqquwwa. n. lake. From: Amh.
hayimaanoot n. religion. From: Amh.
hayimaanotaamo adj. religious. From: Amh.
hayimaanooxane adj. pious. From: Amh.
haayyite n. population.
hayyiwoona n. type of ensete.
hayyiwonada n. type of ensete.
hayyo n. 1) scholar. 2) doctor (medical -).
hayyo'o n. 1) litigant. 2) party (to a law suit).
hayyo'ooma n. 1) skill. 2) knowledge.
3) treatment for physical brokenness.
4) physiotherapy. [Status: check meaning sn
3f]
hayyo§ukko vi. to be skilled.
haypootenesa n. hypotenuse.
hayro [Status: check spelling - was hairo] n. type
of ensete.
hayyukko vi. 1) to be a doctor. 2) to treat
patients.
ha'yyukko vi. 1) to say ok. 2) to accept. 3) to
agree.
ha'yyukkoyyo [Status: check entry
form - NEG!] vi. to refuse. Morph: NEG of
ha'yyukko.
haywanna n. a kind of ensete.
haywomma [Status: check 1 or 2 words] n. well
grown foreleg.
hee'aa garukko np. to spend the day and the
night.
heebba n. 1) bitter leaf. 2) type of tree.
hebella adj. inclined to one side (of eye).
hebeellisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
hebeellukko. 1) to curve. 2) to change shape.
3) to incline.
hebellishsha n. curving.
hebellukko vi. 1) to slant. 2) to be inclined to
one side.
heebbisukko vt. to give the highest dignity.
Morph: CAUS 1 of heebbukko.
heebo inter. cheer. [Status: check precise
meaning - Germ. "Hoch"?]
heebboyyaato n. action of giving a person the
highest dignity.
heebbukko vt. 1) to select a leader. 2) to appoint
as a leader.
heccebbaato n. 1) try. 2) attempt.
heeco'o n. lichen, moss.
heeco'ukko vt. to produce a lichen/moss.
heechcha n. 1) life. 2) property. 3) ownership.
4) existence.
heechchariimoota n. 1) living long. 2) wealth.
heechchi ariimoota np. pension.
heechchi batana np. offering for (speedy)
recovery.
heechchi beyyo np. habitat.
heechchi beyyo np. shelter. [Status: check
meaning - Abraham cannot confirm this
meaning (only the literal one)]
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heechchi duuha§a np. way of living.
heechchi qaanqa np. 1) culture. 2) science.
heechchi qaanqi kajja np. folk song.
heechchi mine np. 1) living room. 2) apartment.
heechchi uulla [Status: check whether entry is
necessary] np. living place / country.
heechcho n. rope.
hechchoyyaato Pl: hechchoyyaattuwwa. n.
prayer. [Status: check precise meaning]
heeda n. 1) digging stick. 2) hoe. 3) hatchet.
4) pickaxe. 5) axe.
hedaancho v (?). further. [Status: check
meaning - was: "very"]
hedaancho hoore np. 1) in trouble. 2) in evil.
[Status: check meaning]
hedisukko vt. to work to get xxxx. Morph: CAUS
1 of hedukko. [Status: check meaning (HED:
work to get in kind)]
hedishsha n. exchange of energy for food.
[Status: check precise meaning]
heedmukko Variant: hee'mukko. vi/vt (?). to
hoe.
heedoora n. type of partridge. Morph: singl.
heedoochcho.
heeddukko vi. 1) to meet. 2) to convene. 3) to
congregate.
heefechcha n. 1) breathing. 2) puff of air.
heefe'ukko vi. to breathe.
heefichcho Variant: heefedoota; heefayoya. n.
1) sacrifice for the spirits. 2) adoration of
women. [Status: check meaning!] 3)
— name. Heefichcho.
heeganukko vt. to revive.
heegaatisukko vt. to be a temptation. [Status:
check meaning - temptate ?]
hegeego Pl: hegeeggewwa (?). n. 1) surrounding
area. 2) vicinity. 3) neighbour.
4) environment. 5) living place. 6) village.
7) compound. [Status: check meaning !!]
hegisimma n. mercy.
he'i [Status: check spelling - hay ??] interj.
please.
hee'immi beyyo np. living place.
hee'immi koontifaayera np. existential
quantifier.
heekke'aancho n. jealous (person).
heekkechcha n. jealousy.
heekkesukko [Status: check entry - underlined
by TA] vt. to shake.
heekke'ukko vi. 1) to move. 2) to shake. 3) to be
jealous.
hekkite n. nap.
heeksaagoona n. hexagon.
heektaara n. hectar.
hektoomeetira n. hectometre.
hekkukko vi. 1) to go away. 2) to take a nap.
heeqeessukko vt. Morph: CAUS of
heeqee'ukko. 1) to let sway. 2) to cause to
shake.
heeqee'ukko vi. 1) to sway. 2) to shake.
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heelalamma adj. accumulated.
heelalamukko vi. to be accumulated. Morph:
PASS of heelalukko.
heelalo n (?). 1) heap. 2) store. 3) accumulation.
heelalukko vt. 1) to accumulate. 2) to save
(milk, honey, grain).
hee'llam keenonnee np. heaven. [Status: check
meaning - Abraham: "who are living
forever"]
heellamma adj. full of conceit.
heellamukko vi. Morph: PASS of heellukko.
1) to be conceited. 2) to be proud.
heelaansha n. type of microbe. [Status: check
precise meaning]
heelaatisukko vt. 1) to attract. 2) to temptate.
heelaato n. wishing.
heelechcha n. 1) wish. 2) desire.
heele'isukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of heele'ukko.
1) to rise appetite. 2) to desire.
heele'ishsha n. 1) appetite. 2) desire.
heleqexa n. deceive.
heleqexaancho Pl: heleqexaano. n. deceiver.
heleqexukko vt. to deceive.
hellenkaato n. sprain.
hellenkukko vt. to sprain.
heele'ukko vt. 1) to want. 2) to desire. 3) to
strive. 4) to hope. [Status: check meaning]
heellishsha n. conceit.
hello [Status: check spelling - heello (AT)?] n.
conceit.
heemachcha Morph: * heemat. adj / n (?).
black.
heemachchi anja np. black cumin.
heemachchi boorda np. blackboard.
heemachchisukko vt. to make black. Morph:
CAUS 1 of heemachchukko.
heemachchukko vi. to be black.
heemaxxi booyya np. with black forehead.
heemaxxi ellawwa adj. black with colourful
segments.
henaan [Status: check spelling (hanaan ?)] adj
(?). above.
heenqaarukko vt. 1) to provoke. 2) to annoy.
3) to recur.
heensheeshsha n. 1) roundworm. 2) ascarid.
henxereellukko vi. 1) to be ripe. 2) to become
cloudy.
heptaagoona n. heptagon.
heer herina [Status: herherina (?)] np.
everlasting. [Status: check meaning]
heer qaaphpha np. 1) international. 2) global.
3) universal.
heer uulla np. 1) world. 2) region.
heer uulli qaaphpha [Status: check entry
form - SCW: heer qaaphpha] np.
international.
heer uulli qasancha [Status: check entry
form - qasamcha / qasancha ?] np. world war.
heer uullii mat uulla [Status: check entry
form] np. continent.
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heer uulli ora np. world war.
heera n. year.
heera adj. numerous (of people in a certain area).
heraago n. history.
heeranna n. famous persons. [Status: 1 or 2
words ?]
heerancha n. a marriage without wedding
ceremony but in mutual agreement.
heerannukko 1) vi. to leave (of bees). 2)
— vt. to inspire.
heereechchi are np. wife of brother-in-law.
[Status: check meaning]
heereechcho n. 1) brother-in-law. Morph: masc.
2) sister-in-law. Morph: fem; cop:
heereechchotte. 3) brother and heir to wife.
heregaalla adj. compassionate.
heregisina n [DAT] (?). for example.
heregukko vt. 1) to share. 2) to lend. 3) to take
care of each other. 4) to show compassion.
heereewwa n. 'brothers' of the husband.
heerguulle n / v (?). type of bird. [Status: check
meaning - Imp. of heerguullukko ?]
herqaa'ukko vt. to make cheap.
herqukko vi. to be cheap.
heerooglaafiiksa n. hieroglyphics.
heerukko vt. 1) to persuade, to convince. 2) to
talk sb. round. 3) to marry without wedding
ceremony. 4) to court (a lady). [Status: check
meaning !!]
heeruulla [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n. world.
heeruulli baxxancha [Status: 2 or 3 words ?]
np. continent.
heeruulli suume [Status: 2 or 3 words ?] np.
world language.
heesse'ukko vt. 1) to tell a story. 2) to speak
figuratively.
heessiheesso qare [Status: 2 or 3 words ?] np.
puzzle.
heesso n. 1) tale. 2) story. 3) riddle. 4) proverb.
[Status: check meaning (kobi'llishsha ?)]
heessoo kobi'llishshaa np. proverbs.
heesso tirukko vp. to solve a riddle.
heeshsheena n. lowland.
heeshshi yukko vp. 1) to bend over. 2) to stoop.
heeshukko vi / vt (?). 1) to bend. 2) to bow
down. 3) to worship.
hee'ukko vi. 1) to live. 2) to exist.
Heewaane [Status: check entry form - Heewaa ?]
name. Eve.
hii interj. ??
hibba n. 1) respect. 2) honour.
hibbaam danaamo np. elegant.
hibbamma n. gender.
hibbaamo adj. respectful. [Status: check
meaning (respected ?)]
hibbamukko vi. to be respected. Morph: PASS
of hibbukko.
hibirata Pl: hibirattuwwa. n. union. From:
Amh.
hibbisukko vt. to make sb. to be respected [i.e. to
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hilleeffa
pay respect ?]. Morph: CAUS 1 of
hibbukko. [Status: check meaning]
hibbukko vt. to respect.
hichchuyukko vt. 1) to chase. 2) to drive away.
hiddamukko vi. to be spun. Morph: PASS of
hiddukko.
Hidaara Variant: Idaara. name. November 10 -
December 9.
hidata Pl: hidattuwwa. n. process.
hidecha n. 1) vowing. 2) pledging.
hide'ukko [Status: check entry - WHS:
hidedukko] vt. 1) to swear (an oath). 2) to
deny.
hidibaachcha n. 1) pulling out. 2) uprooting.
hiddibbaachcha n. snatching.
hiddibbaa'ukko vt. 1) to snatch. 2) to take sth.
forcefully. 3) to rob.
hiddibbeesukko vt. 1) to pull out. 2) to uproot.
hididukko [Status: check entry - was: hidedukko]
vi. to swear.
hidiro Pl: hidilluwwa. n. 1) promise.
2) commitment. 3) covenant. 4) oath. 5) vow.
hiditano n. oath.
hido Variant: hidetana. Pl: hidduwwa. n. oath.
hiddukko vt. to spin.
hii'e v (IMP). take.
hig qoorooma np. civilization.
higa adj. 1) most important. 2) the best.
higga Pl: higguwwa. n. constitution.
higaa higaa np. occasional.
higa'uukko vt. to swallow.
higimmi eeyyite [Status: check entry form] np.
passport.
higimmi mare'i [Status: check entry form] np.
passport.
higisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of higukko. 1) to
make pass. 2) to allow to pass. 3) to transfer.
4) to make overtake. 5) to give. 6) to
spend ........... [Status: check meaning!]
higoo [Status: check entry form] v (?). past.
higoomma Pl: higoommuwwa. n. appeal in
court.
higo'o n. past time.
higu agana np. last month.
higu ammane [Status: check entry form] np.
early.
higukkane [Status: check entry form] v (?).
past.
higukko vt. 1) to pass. 2) to advance. 3) to
overtake. 4) to pay for sth. [Status: check
meaning !]
hiqqa'ukko [Status: check entry - underlined by
AT] vi. to have hiccups.
hiqqitano Pl: hiqqitannuwwa (??). [Status:
already plural ??] n. hiccups.
hillaa'llukko [Status: check spelling - HED:
hilla'llukko] vi. 1) to stretch up. 2) to be
stretched. 3) to be passive. [Status: check
meaning]
hilleeffa Pl: hilleeffuwwa. n. 1) pancreas.
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2) spleen.
hilleenna Pl: hilleennuwwa. n. intestine.
hilleenniciinso'o n. intestinal juice.
hiiliyeema n. helium.
hii'm ambaancho np. ??
hii'm hurbaata np. dinner, supper.
himba Pl: himbuwwa. n. 1) bubble. 2) foam.
himbaam wo'o np. soft water.
himbiriiqa n. inversion.
himbiriiqamma adj. inversed.
himbiriiqukko vt. to inverse.
hiimi hurbata np. supper.
hiimo Pl: hiimmuwwa. n. 1) night. 2) evening.
himogiloobiina n. hemoglobin.
hiimukko vi. 1) to become night. 2) to become
evening. 3) to become dark.
hi'nna n. 1) origin. 2) background. 3) departure.
hinakkam forka np. digging fork. From: Engl
via Amh?
hinamukko vi. to be dug. Morph: PASS of
hinukko.
hinaxxane adj. acient.
hinnaa'ukko vt. to show openly.
hinca adj. near. [Status: check meaning, Abraham
could not confirm]
hincaa'akka'a gammatimma [Status: check
entry form !!] vp. approximate.
hincaachcha n. 1) laying a table
lunch/dinner. 2) giving sth.
hincarabe'e n. illegitimate children.
hincaa'ukko vt. Morph: CAUS of hincimma.
1) to bring. 2) to provide. 3) to present. 4) to
make friends.
hincihincaacha n. bringing nearer.
hincihincaa'ukko vt. 1) to bring nearer and
nearer. 2) to almost complete.
hincite 1) adj. near. 2)
— n. approach. 3)
— n. gathering.
hincixxi bito np. approximative value.
hincixxi mare'e np. sign of approximation.
hincukko vi. 1) to approach, to become close.
2) to be near.
hiinchina hiinchina np. annual.
hinchiixa Pl: hinchiixxuwwa. n. stone used for
the smith's bellows.
hiincho Pl: hiinchuwwa. n. year.
hiincho hiinchuwwa np. for years.
hinderila n. spindle. [Status: check meaning]
hindibaayyo adv. 1) suddenly. 2) by chance.
hindibaayyonne afoo hawwo [Status: check
entry form] np. 1) catastrophe. 2) disaster.
hindiqqaato n. dance.
hindiqukko vi. to dance.
hindiriggukko vi. to bolt.
hindiyyaato n. recognition.
hindiyyaaxxi [Status: check spelling] n. sense.
hindiyukko vt. to recognize.
hindriggaato adv. 1) unexpected. 2) sudden.
3) perhaps.
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hirfana
hingii'llukko vi. 1) to scratch. 2) to be naughty.
3) to shake out. [Status: check
meaning - entry was_: hengi'llukko] 4) to
blame sb.
hi'nni jora np. foolish at the origin. [Status:
check meaning]
hiniqqaato n. satisfaction (from food or drink).
hiniqukko vt. 1) to eat one's fill. 2) to drink one's
fill.
hinjaro n. ramble.
hinka [Status: check entry form] interrog. how.
hinkamma [Status: check entry form - hinki
ammane?] pron. when?
hinkammane [Status: 1 or 2 words?] pron.
when?
hinkammanem [Status: check entry
form - hinki ammanem?] pron. whenever.
hinkammanii [Status: check entry form - hinki
ammanii?] pron (GEN). since when?
hinkaa'nna pron. how much?
hinkane pron. which one?
hinkaneme pron. whoever, whatever.
hinke'e [Status: two "E" in the end (like Tad.,
May 9)] pron. where?
hinke'ette pron / interr. where? Morph: +
Copula.
hinkeen [Status: check entry form] pron (?).
for 1) from there. 2) because of that. [Status:
check meaning!]
hinki ammane np. when?
hinki balla pron / np. when.
hinki kollo np (pron). 1) in which direction?
2) where?
hinkid pron. how?
hinkid …-da'e np. how?
hinkidim [Status: check entry form] conj.
somehow.
hinkido'ane [Status: check entry form] interrog.
what kind of?
hiinsukko vi. to spend the evening / night.
Morph: CAUS 1 of hiimukko.
hintsa Pl: hintsuwwa. n. apartment. From: Amh.
hinukko vt. to dig.
hinnukko vi. to be shown openly.
hinuwwa n. type of ensete.
hiinza adj. 1) hardened. 2) old. [Status: check
meaning]
hiinzaakkoo weesa np. well matured ensete.
hiinzukko vi. 1) to become aged. 2) to stay long.
Hirabaja name. Hirabaja.
hirabaja adj. grey (of animals). [Status: check
meaning (HED: grey traninals)]
hiraagaancho Pl: hiraagaano. n. 1) prophet.
2) seer. 3) fortune teller.
hiraago n. prophecy.
hiraagukko vi. to prophesy.
hiramaxa n. 1) dust. 2) glow. 3) hot ashes.
4) embers.
hirfana Pl: hirfannuwwa. n. 1) a tanned skin.
2) sleeping mat (made from leather).
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hirga adj. 1) actual. 2) real.
hirgifukko vi. to lie.
hiriggukko vi. to be calm.
hirillisukko vt. to embitter. Morph: CAUS 1 of
hirillukko.
hirillishsha n. embittering.
hirillukko vi. to become embittered.
hirimo adj. forbitten to eat. [Status: check
meaning: taboo?]
hiriraachcha n. 1) embittering. 2) act of
disgusting, disgusting (act of -).
hiriraa'ukko vt. 1) to make embittered [i.e.
embitter?]. 2) to disgust.
hirirukko vi. 1) to be embittered. 2) to be
irritated.
hirixxaato Pl: hirixxaattuwwa. n. shock.
hirixukko vt. to shock.
hirkaaba Pl: hirkaabbuwwa. n. stirrup.
hiiro Pl: hiilluwwa. n. 1) place to sleep in a hut.
2) mat. [Status: check meaning (WHS 158:
HIRO)]
hiirukko vi. to be pregnant (of animals).
hisimmaato n. 1) quiet. 2) silence.
hisimmukko vi. to keep quiet.
hishshammachcho n. eagle.
hishshiyyeeta n. cliff.
hishshukko vi. 1) to collect in one place. 2) to be
dense.
hix jabbo np. type of disease. [Status: check
precise meaning - grass disease ?]
hixaana n. 1) lemongrass. 2) incense. [Status:
check meaning (was: incese)]
hixe Pl: hixxuwwa. n. 1) meadow fescue grass.
2) guinea grass.
hixe itukko vp. to graze.
hiixxe'e adj. 1) far. 2) distant. 3) remote.
hiixxe'isukko vt. to take sth. away. Morph:
CAUS 1 of hiixee'ukko. [Status: check
meaning (HED: take sth. FAR away; yet
check heexxe'ukko: a bit away ...)]
hiixxe'ukko vi. to go away. [Status: check
meaning (HED: go a bit away; also:
further ?)]
hixissukko vt. to graze (animals). Morph:
CAUS 1 of hixukko.
hixitukko vi. 1) to graze. 2) to overgraze.
hixixaachcha n. pulling.
hixixxaato n. 1) stretching. 2) tighting. [Status:
check precise meaning]
hixixaa'ukko vt. to pull.
hixixaa'ukko vt. 1) to stretch. 2) to drag.
hixixxeesa n. gravity.
hixixukko vi. 1) to be stretched. 2) to become
boastful.
hixukko vi. to grow (of grass).
hobbamada n. a kind of shrub.
hobara n. 1) bark. 2) rind. 3) scab. 4) strip/piece
of -.
hobbi angaafichcho np. 1) type of animal.
[Status: check meaning] 2) type of creeping
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hoogisukko
ivy.
hobbichcho Variant: wobbichcho. Pl: hobba.
[Status: check va (WHS)] n. Morph: WHS:
cf. wobbo. 1) lion. 2) hero, strong (person).
3) huge/big (person).
hococcaato n. noise.
hococukko vi. to make noise.
hochcha n. hunting.
hochchaancho Pl: hochchaano. n. hunter.
hochchukko vt. to hunt.
hoodda n. bank of river.
Hoffa'a n. Saturday.
hoffane adj. 1) small. 2) a few. 3) a little.
hoffaanniinsem [Status: check entry
form - CASE] n. basically.
hoffechcha n. 1) being small. 2) being less.
3) being not enough.
hoffechchi mare'e np. sign of 'less than'.
hoofe'e Pl: hoofe'uwwa. n. 1) dried leaf of ensete.
2) dry outer cover of ensete tree bark. 3) mat
made from ensete.
hoffe'ooma n. 1) smallness. 2) shortage.
hoffe'ukkaa adv (?). at least.
hoffe'ukko vi. 1) to be small. 2) to be reduced.
3) to decrease. 4) to be less.
hoffi adj. small.
hoffi abbaayyo np. youngest brother.
hoffi allabo np. uvula.
hoffi ama np. mother. Morph: fem.
hoffi arka np. minor arc.
hoffi gittawwa np. simple interest.
hoffi qaxam [Status: make entry "qaxam"?] np.
1) a little bit. 2) short time. [Status: check
meaning - "soon"?]
hoffi maqi'l fikkaanna np. least common
multiple.
hoffi maxxaara np. small finger.
hoffii shallago'i woca np. simplest term.
hoffiisaancho Pl: hoffiisaano. n. flush bushing.
[Status: check meaning - lit. "somebody who
makes little"]
hoffiisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of hoffukko.
1) to decrease. 2) to reduce. 3) make small.
hoffishallago'i terma [Status: 2 or 3 words ?]
np. lowest mathematical term.
hoffiixxukko vi. to become poor.
hofo Pl: hoffuwwa. n. 1) shoulder. 2) armpit.
[Status: check meanings]
hoffoka [Status: check entry form - oka ...] adv.
some.
hoffokam [Status: check entry form] adj / adv
(?). 1) a little. 2) somewhat. 3) at least.
hooga adj. weak.
hoogaancho Pl: hoogaano. n / v (?). 1) sb. who
is weak. 2) weary. 3) sb. who can get nothing.
hooge interj. Morph: * hoogukko. 1) Woe.
[Status: check meaning !] 2) poor [you].
[Status: check meaning!]
hoogisukko vt. to weaken. Morph: CAUS 1 of
hoogukko.
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hogoofa n (?). bleeding. [Status: check
meaning - couldn't be confirmed by
Abraham]
hogoofamukko vi. to boast. Morph: PASS of
hogoofukko.
hogoofancha n. boasting.
hogoofukko vt. to make a small hole on the
ground.
hogoogancha n. saying rudely.
hogogukko vi. 1) to be late. 2) to be slow (in
work).
hogoogukko vt. to repeat one's words rudely.
hooggo'o vi (3f). to be pregnant (of woman).
hoogo'otte n. weak cow. [Status: check for
meaning !]
hogoora n. cow/ox without horn.
hogoossa Pl: hogoossuwwa. n. 1) blade. 2) razor.
hogoossaancho Pl: hogoossaano. n. 1) razor.
2) shaver. [Status: check meaning (barber or
tool?)]
hogoossukko vt. to shave. Morph: related with
hogoora (cow without horn?).
hoogukkane adj. sleepy.
hogukko vt. 1) to scoop up. 2) to clean. 3) to
remove.
hoogukko vi. 1) to be tired, to be weak, to be
exhausted. 2) to wear out (with work). 3) to
fail to find sth. 4) to lose. [Status: check
meaning!!] 5) to lack sth.
ho'issukko vt. to loosen. Morph: CAUS 1 of
ho'ukko (?).
hoojo'o n. food without butter.
hokkokukko vi. to bend down.
hokkokkukko vi. to look.
hookko'o n. hook.
hokkukko vi. 1) to stand without movement. 2) to
raise one's head.
hollamukko vi. Morph: PASS of hollukko.
1) to follow up. 2) to be dismissed.
ho'llamukko vi. Morph: PASS/REFL of
ho'llukko. 1) to breed. 2) to multiply.
hoo'lamukko vt. to defend.
hollancha n. 1) follow up. 2) dismissal.
holata adj. very hot.
hoolaayukko vi. to be astonished. [Status: check
act / pass]
hole mancho [Status: check spelling] np.
respected person who presents laments.
[Status: check precise meaning]
hooleeyukko vi. to be astonished. [Status: check
act / pass]
hololukko vi. to grow very tall.
hollukko vt. 1) to chase. 2) to pursue, to drive
along. 3) to keep cows. 4) to dismiss. 5) to
divorce.
ho'llukko vt. 1) to breed. 2) to multiply.
hoo'llukko vt. Morph: Refl. of hoorukko. 1) to
prevent. 2) to refuse to give. 3) to snatch.
[Status: check meaning / entry's spelling]
hooma n. 1) coniferous tree. 2) pine tree.
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Hoommachcho place name. Hoommachcho.
hoomba n. type of shoot of a creeping plant.
hombe n. broken pieces (from dishes).
hommukko vi. 1) to refuse to talk, to keep silent.
2) to fail to get sth. to eat (of animal).
hoongatte adj. pregnant (of woman).
hoonge n. 1) weakness, exhaustion. 2) failure.
3) poverty.
hoongi usheexxukko vp. to retire.
hongooramma n. large pointed horn.
honqofa n. 1) spoon, spool-like tool. 2) curved
line (in mathematics).
honqoora Pl: honqoolluwwa. n. large pointed
horn.
honsaa'lle num. nine times.
honsayye num. ninety.
honsik [Status: check entry form] num. ninth.
honso num. nine.
honso mate np. honorary title for a wife who has
given birth to at least nine children.
honxukko vi. to be decreased (of rain).
ho'oolla adj. loose.
hora n. domestic animals.
hooraxaa'ukko vi. to be anxious to do sth.
hordoofa n. 1) going after. 2) keeping track of.
3) keeping up with.
hordoofukko vi. 1) to follow. 2) to go after.
hore'em Variant: hundinsem. part (?). 1) very.
2) SUPERLATIVE.
hore'em maalalimma np. amazing. [Status:
check lit. transl.]
hore'em matandara [Status: check entry
form!] np. every single one.
hore'im [Status: check spelling - hore'em ? /
meanings] adj. 1) never. 2) ever.
horiyyem danaamo np. excellent.
hoormoona n. hormone.
horoo'l qooma np. skull.
horoo'l odda np. main hair.
horoo'l saraata np. main hair.
horoor beero'i suume np. official language.
horoor sawwite np. 1) objective. 2) editorial.
horoor xiqqi fidalluwwa np. significant
digits.
horoor woshsha np. topic.
horoor woshshina mikmikukko vp. to
move goal-orientedly.
horooraamo adj. 1) with a huge head.
2) knowledgeable. 2) broad-minded. [Status:
check meaning (Germ.: tolerant?)]
horoore n. 1) head. 2) brain. 3) owner. 4) main
(thing), most important (thing). 5) self.
horoore xanukko [Status: entry under
"xanimma"?] vp. self-supporting.
horukko vt. 1) to cut honey from a hive. 2) to
breed bees. [Status: check meaning] 3) to
open. [Status: check meaning]
hoorukko vt. 1) to refuse to give. 2) to take sth.
away. 3) to forbid. 4) to prevent. 5) to snatch.
hosaa garukko vp. 1) to delay. 2) to prolongue.
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Hosaana name. Hossana.
hoossiisukko vt. to cause to be prevented.
Morph: CAUS 1 of hoossukko; CAUS 2 of
hoorukko.
hosixxukko vi. to take all for oneself.
hospitaala Pl: hospitaalluwwa. n. hospital.
From: Engl.
hosukko [Status: check entry form! There is
another hosukko ...] vi. Morph: HED: orig.
hoshshukko. 1) to spend the day. 2) to pass
the day.
hosukko [Status: check spelling - diff. "spend the
day"?] vi. 1) to be absent. 2) to stay away.
hoshsha'a n. 1) position. 2) manner of being.
3) essence. 4) condition.
hoshshaaro Pl: hoshshaalluwwa. n. round trip.
hooshe'ukko vi. to eat sth. (with drinks). Morph:
cf. hoosho'o.
hoshsho'o [Status: check spelling - was:
hooshsho'o] n. 1) lunch. 2) midday meal.
hotee'l darasagna np. bill. From: Amh.
hootela Pl: hootelluwwa. n. hotel.
ho'ukko vi. 1) to losen up. 2) to work itself loose.
hooyya Pl: hooyyuwwa. n. 1) furrow. 2) small
water channel. 3) rhyme.
hoyyoma n. ??
hubba Pl: hubbuwwa. n. big clay pot.
hubura n. odds and ends.
hucca Pl: huccuwwa. n. blade of grass.
huchuchchu n. sign of warmth.
huduudaancho Pl: huduudaano. n. material
used to clean.
huduudukko vi. to clean a dirt (which is
attached to sth.).
huufaancho Pl: huufaano. n. 1) hatchet. 2) ax.
hufaa'ukko vt. to boil.
hufukko vi. 1) to boil. 2) to swell (of burn).
huufukko vt. 1) to sharpen. 2) to make the
surface smooth. 3) to hew (wood, stones).
4) to carve.
huuffukko vi. 1) to become crazy. 2) to become
unconscious.
hugumukko vi. to murmur.
huqqa n. Morph: sg. only. 1) type of strong grass
(used to cover the roof of traditional huts).
2) straw (from grain).
huqqi mine np. 1) grass house. 2) house with
straw roof.
huqubba Pl: huqubbuwwa. n. saving
association.
hulfukko 1) vi. to keep at a cheap price. 2)
— vt. to pierce. 3) to prick.
huma n. ??
hummaanta n. vulture. Morph: singl.
hummantichcho.
humbu'lla n. fog.
humbullo Pl: humbulluwwa. [Status: 1 or 2
words (Alemayehu)] n. jar for milking.
humumukko vi. to mumble.
hunda adj. 1) all. 2) entirely.
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hunda qaaphphi wixxite np. universal set.
hunda xaad wixxite np. universal set.
hundamaxxi hurbaata np. balanced diet.
hundaarem conj. but.
hundem [Status: hundam?] adj. all.
hundem balla [Status: enter under balla?] np.
daily.
hundi amma'nnane [Status: check entry
form] np. 1) continual. 2) constant. 3) regular.
[Status: check meaning]
hundi ammane np. always.
hundi ammanem [Status: check entry form]
np. 1) always. 2) every time. 3) each time.
hundi beyyo np. everywhere.
hundi qaaphphi gixo'o np. general poem.
hundim adj. 1) all. 2) all in all.
hundoomam n (?). all.
hungubbichcho n. 1) chameleon. 2) two faced
person. 3) fickler.
hunki pron. which.
hunkim pron. whoever.
huunqeesukko vt. to provoke.
huunqeeshsha n. provocation.
huno interj. please!
huno'o [Status: check spelling - was: hoono'i]
interj. 1) so then. 2) please. [Status: check
meaning]
huunsooraancho Pl: huunsooraano. n. 1) fool.
2) silly person.
hunxuqaa'ukko vt. 1) to spread (butter). 2) to
smear.
hunukko vt. 1) to bury. 2) to hide.
hurbaat ganukko vp. to thresh by beating.
hurbaat iyya Variant: hurbaat umma. np.
stepmother.
hurbaat muro np. crop cutting.
hurbaata Variant: urba. n. 1) food, meal.
2) crop, grain, cereals.
hurbaaxxi abbayo np. stepbrother.
hurbaaxxi anna np. stepfather.
hurbaaxxi ayya np. stepsister.
hurbaaxxi beeto np. stepchild.
hurbaaxxi mine np. restaurant.
hurgufa n. Morph: singl. only. 1) getting tired.
2) fatigue. 3) failing.
hurgufukko vt. to shake.
huruufukko vt. to milk too much.
huruqaa'ukko vi. to suddenly give pain.
hurura Pl: hurulluwwa. n. dirt.
huruuraancho Pl: huruuraano. n. drill.
huruurukko vt. to drill.
huushammato Pl: huushammattuwwa. n.
fault.
huushamukko vi. Morph: PASS of huushukko.
1) to make a mistake. 2) to sin. 3) to
fornicate.
huushancha n. mistake.
huushisukko vt. 1) to cheat. 2) to miss.
huushukko vt. 1) to miss, to lack. 2) to lose.
[Status: check meaning] 3) not to find. 4) to
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throw, to hurl.
huxechcha n. 1) shaking. 2) quake.
huxe'ukko vi. 1) to shiver. 2) to tremble. 3) to
shake.
huxiisukko vt. to cause to shake. Morph: CAUS
I - i
i pron. my.
i gaga pron. i myself.
iba Pl: ibbuwwa. n. nipple.
iibba n. heat. Morph: singl. only.
iibba egedaancho np. insulator.
iibba higisaancho np. conductor.
iibba keenaancho np. thermometer.
iibbado n. fresh milk. Morph: * iibbi ado.
iibbaalla adj. 1) hot. 2) warm.
iibbaalli qooxo'o np. hot zone.
iibbi amaxxa np. temperature.
iibbi energie'e [Status: check spelling
(energie'e !!)] np. heat energy.
iibbi illichcho np. source of heat.
ibiiba n. louse.
ibiiba shukko vp. to delouse oneself.
ibiibukko vt. to louse.
ibirko'o n. traditional eye treatment.
iibbisoolla n. fever. [Status: check meaning; also:
one or two words? (cf. damuumo soola); and:
in the beginning one (Marqos) or two "I"?]
iibbisukko vt. Morph: CAUS of iibbukko. 1) to
heat. 2) to warm (up). 3) to roast.
iibbishsha n. fever.
iibbixxe n. 1) warmth (of fire). 2) fever.
iibbixxukko vi. to get warm.
ibje'e adj. ordinary. [Status: check meaning
(orderly ?)]
ibukko vi. to work with ill intention. [Status:
check meaning (also: work badly ?)]
iibbukko vi. 1) to be hot. 2) to become hot, to heat
[up?]. 3) to become warm.
icca n. 1) rheumatism. 2) gout.
iicamukko vi. to be chewed. Morph: PASS of
iicukko.
iice n. 1) chew. 2) nipple.
iicimmeencho n. 1) chin. 2) jaw. [Status: check
the meaning]
iicisaano n. mammals.
iicisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of iicukko. 1) to
suckle. 2) to breast-feed.
icixxamukko vi. Morph: PASS/MED of
icixxukko. 1) to wrestle. 2) to struggle.
iicukko vt. 1) to chew. 2) to chop. 3) to gnaw.
4) to suck. 5) to nip. 6) to cause rheumatism.
[Status: check meaning !]
ichcha n. 1) food. 2) meal.
ichchi sooqido np. table salt.
Idamo name. Idamo.
Idaara name. November.
idaayye'isukko vi (?). to be bridegroom.
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1 of huxukko.
huxiishsha n. malaria.
huxitano n. 1) shivering. 2) tremble. 3) quake.
idaayyichcho 1) n. bridegroom. Morph: masc.
2) bride. Morph: fem; cop: idaayyichchotte.
3)
— adj. shy, timid, bashful. [Status: check ps]
ide n. maternal grandmother. Morph: fem.
ide'e name / n. mum. Morph: fem. [Status: check
meaning]
idiida n. economy. [Status: check meaning]
idiidamukko vi. Morph: PASS of idiidukko.
1) to be preserved. 2) to be conserved.
ididaancho Pl: ididaano. n. selfish person.
idiidaancho Pl: idiidaano. adj (??). mean saver.
[Status: check meaning !!]
idido pron (?). yonder. [Status: i.e. ?]
idiidukko vt. 1) to preserve. 2) to economise.
3) to save. [Status: check meaning!] 4) to be
selfish. 5) to be greedy.
iddila n. luck. From: Amh.
iddilaamo adj. lucky. From: Amh.
idir Pl: idilluwwa. n. self-helf group. From:
Amh.
ido n. 1) face. 2) page. 3) beyond, illocation.
[Status: check ps of sn 3 !!; check meaning]
idoot saayya np. cow of the idoot spirit.
idootichcho Pl: idoota. n. 1) spider. 2) hook of
spindle. 3) spirit of protection for women.
[Status: check precise meaning - KIRB:
female goddess] 4) feast in honour of the
idoota spirit. 5) marriage fortune for girls.
[Status: check precise meaning - KIRB:
wedding] 6) good (family) line. [Status:
check meaning; derived from pers. name ...]
idootichcho mine np. spider's web.
ifa Pl: iffuwwa. n. 1) stopper. 2) cover, lid.
3) upper grinding stone.
ifichcho Pl: ifichchuwwa. n. 1) pact. 2) treaty.
ifiisanchi aalo'o np. 1) closure. 2) property.
[Status: check meaning (HED: closure
property)]
iifisse Pl: iifissuwwa. n. 1) lid. 2) plug. 3) bung.
ifiisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of ifukko. 1) to
cover. 2) to close by putting sth. on sth.
iifissukko Variant: iifishukko. vt. Morph:
CAUS 1 of iifukko. 1) to stuff, to fill. 2) to
mend sth. 3) to cover.
ifiishshaancho Pl: ifiishshaano. n. 1) cover.
2) stopper (e.g. cork). 3) mill topstone.
iffittee Variant: ifte. Pl: iftuwwa. n. bag (made
from qunce'e or qarra).
igaqqi pron. my own.
iggaalla adj. 1) daring. 2) brave. 3) courageous.
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4) bold.
iggisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of iggukko. 1) to
encourage. 2) to motivate.
iggo n. courage. Morph: singl. only.
iggo bee'ani np. fearful.
iggukko vi. 1) to dare, to be daring. 2) to be
courageous. 3) to be brave.
igguzu Pl: igguzzuwwa. n. caravan.
iihane pron. mine, my. [Status: check meaning - it
is mine]
iheen Variant: ihiinsi. conj (?). now, now then.
iheena laboohane vp. probable.
iheena xanoobee'ane vp (?). improbable.
iheena xanoohane vp (?). probable.
ihimmi hasisoohane vp (?). 1) one should.
2) one ought.
ihimmi saamo np. probability.
iho adj. enough. [Status: Abraham: "that"]
ihoo beessiisukko vp (vt). Morph: CAUS 1 of
ihoo beessukko. 1) to thwart sth. 2) to
prevent sth.
ihoo qaxa [Status: check entry form] np. at most.
ihoobeelas [Status: check entry form] conj.
otherwise.
ihoohane adj. sufficient.
ihoo'isa n. 1) situation. 2) condition.
ihooqaxa vp (? 1) near to. 2) almost enough.
ihona part. amen.
ihona bagaan [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] conj.
1) even though. 2) nevertheless. 3) but.
ihona yukko vp (vi). to agree.
iho'o n. happened action.
ihooyyo vi. Morph: NEG of ihookko. 1) not to
be enough. 2) to be impossible.
ihu bikkina conj (np) ? therefore.
ihubee'aarem v (conj) ?? unless.
ihukkaa [Status: check entry] vp. 1) anyway.
2) whatever happens.
ihukkaarem conj. but.
ihukkaaremdu [Status: check, whether only
the suffix -du should be entered ...] part (?).
however.
ihukkisam postpos. 1) by any means. 2) as. 3) in
the same way.
ihukko vi. [Status: check which forms (P-Set 2 ?);
add mr field with forms !! - add separate
entry ikko'o ??] 1) to be (PAST). 2) to
become. 3) to be enough. 4) to be satisfied.
ihukko part (?). GENERALISER. [Status: or
SUFFIX ?]
ihukko ihaa vp. anyway. [Status: check
meaning]
ihuluchcho pron. something.
ihummoo yaa vp. intentionally.
ihuta'nem part. however. [Status: Abraham:
nevertheless]
ijaajaam xuunsammi woca np. commanding
sentence.
ijaajamukko vt. to obey. Morph: PASS of
ijaajukko.
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ijaajancha n. obedience.
ijaajaancho Pl: ijaajaano. n. 1) leader.
2) commander.
ijaajisukko vt. to tell sb. to give order. Morph:
CAUS 1 of ijaajukko.
ijaajo n. 1) order. 2) command.
ijaajo fissukko vp. to decree.
ijaajoohane adj. obligatory.
ijaajukko vt. 1) to order. 2) to command.
ijiisha n. bringing wheat, cheese etc. to the family
of a deceased person. [Status: check
meaning; could not be confirmed by
Abraham]
ijora [Status: 2 words - i + jora ...] 1) n. sin.
Morph: cf. jora. 2)
— adj. bad.
ijukko vi. to occur.
-ik suff. Ordinal number (from Cardinal).
iikki adj. my.
ikoonoome'e n. economy.
ikoonoome'inne n / adj (?). economically.
ikoonoomista n. economist.
iiqamma 1) adj. broken. 2)
— n. breach. 3) fraction.
iiqamukko vi. to be broken. Morph: PASS of
iiqukko.
iiqancha n. breaking.
iiqansukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of iiqamukko.
1) to break into pieces. 2) to shatter. 3) to
smash. 4) to wreck (a machine).
iqub Pl: iqubbuwwa. n. rural saving association.
From: Amh.
iiqukko vt. to break.
illaafunta Pl: illaafuntuwwa. n. pimple.
illag lasage np (?) / postpos (?). in sequence.
illag lasagooma np. 1) sequence. 2) order.
illage Variant: illago. 1) adv (?). front. 2) before.
3) forward. 4) fyrrow. [Status: check
meaning] 5)
— n. forehead. [Status: really?]
illage caakkukko [Status: check spelling] vp. to
smile.
illage waarukko vp. to come in front of.
illageen [Status: check entry form - illage /
mr ??] adv / part (?). 1) before. 2) already.
illagenne postpos / n (LOK ?). in front of.
illaancho n. 1) sieve (for grains). 2) filter.
illaansukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of illaanukko
(??). 1) to sieve, to filter. 2) to winnow.
illaara Morph: * ille + ?? Pl: illaalluwwa. n.
pupil (of the eye).
illawa [Status: check spelling; orig. illaua] adj.
colourful, spotted.
ilbeetichcho [Status: check spelling - illi
beetichcho ?] n. pupil.
ille Pl: illewwa. n. 1) eye. 2) centre. 3) bud.
ille amadukko vp. 1) to become dusk. 2) to be
weak sighted.
ille heemachchukko [Status: 1 or 2 words ?]
vp (?). to blusid refuse. [Status: check
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meaning !!!] an elevated position. [Status: check meaning]

ille qasukko vp. to prick (eye). [Status: iim xophphukko [Status: put under entry
meaning ????? (HED: eye pricked)] "xophphimma"?] vp. 1) to leap (high). 2) to
ille murukko vp. to become thin. jump over.
ille xiigwaarukko [Status: 2 or 3 words ?] vp. to iim yukko vp (vi). to rise.
become furlous. [Status: meaning ?] imaam n. imam.
ille waarona interj (* vp, 3 Juss). may you have iima'n hagara adj (np ?). blue.
success. iima'n xaara np. roof.
ille waarukko vp. to yearn. immaanna n. eye witness.
ilfinna Pl: ilfinnuwwa. n. 1) interior room. iimane n. 1) sky. 2) heaven. 3) top. [Status: check
2) small house. [Status: check meaning !] meaning !!!]
ilganukko vi. to allow indirectly. iimane xare'e np. roof. [Status: check lit.
illi amma np. eye mother. [Status: check precise meaning]
meaning!] immaannisukko vi. to witness.
illi anna np. eye father. [Status: check precise immaannishsha n. witnessing.
meaning] iima'ukko Variant: iimissukko. vt. Morph:
illi bari np. eyelid. CAUS of iim-. 1) to raise sth. 2) to pull up
illi cilimmaa'ukko vp. to wink. sth.
illi diinate np. principal commercial. imbaase'e Pl: imbaase'uwwa. n. embassy.
illi jabbo np. eye disease. From: Engl.
illi kollo np. face. imbila n. fresh important part. [Status: check
illi shura np. 1) eye lash. 2) eyebrow. [Status: meaning ! (comma missing ?)]
check meanings !] immee interj. RESPONSE / astonishment.
illi woshsha np. main idea. immeeja n. image. From: Engl.
illibadda adj. shy. iimfukko vi. to blow the nose.
illibaddukko [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] vi. to be immissukko vt. to confirm. Morph: CAUS 1 of
shy. immukko.
illibiiro adj. 1) clear. 2) open. iimite adj (?) / n (?). 1) up. 2) upper side.
illiggaalla adj. bold. iimoo sagachcho np. stressed. [Status: check
illiganukko [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] vi. to wink. meaning]
illiggukko vi. to be impudent. [Status: check iimukko vi. to stand up.
meaning (HED: impudented)] iina pron (DAT). for me.
illikollo n / np (?). face. [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] iina yookko vp. I have.
illiiqa n. 1) loss. 2) crisis. innaqoora n. highland.
illiqasukko [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] vi. to be innaanna adj. 1) foolsh. 2) silly. 3) stupid.
evil-eyed. [Status: or: to have an evil eye?] 4) imbecille.
illiiqukko vt. to lose. innaannaancho Pl: innaannaano. adj (?). sb.
illillaachche n. falling forward. who waists time.
illimoochcha [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n. innaannukko vi. to waste time.
1) marriage ceremony. 2) lavish type of incaqqa n. chewing gum.
wedding. inciicamma adj (?). 1) entwined. 2) crooked.
illimuchcho [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n. last born 3) curved. 4) betwisted.
children. inciicansukko vt. to twist repeatedly. Morph:
illissi tiirissa np. keen. CAUS 1 of inciicanukko.
illita Pl: illittuwwa. n. inner part of ensete (drying inciico'o adj? (n ??). 1) twisted. 2) wrapped
out after transplantation). [Status: check around. 3) band (for hat).
meaning] inciicukko vt. to twist.
illixiige'ukko [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] vi. to be inda n. bed, place to sleep.
jealous. indakitiv mashka'a np. inductive reasoning.
illiyuuma n. ileum. indaakshiina n. induction.
illoo'llukko vi. 1) to be hidden. 2) to be indiidda n. tears (of eyes).
concealed. indiidde'ukko vi. to shed tears.
iillukko vi. 1) to come. 2) to reach (in time). indino n. old woman.
illuwwukko vt. to treat friendly. Indiya'a name. India.
-im suff. DEFINITENESS, masc. [Status: check indokiriina n. endocrine.
meaning] indoosperma n. endosperm.
iim adv / part (?). 1) up. 2) upwards. [Status: industire'e n. industry. From: via Amh. ?
Abraham: above] industire'e n. industry.
iim sheqi np. high above. -inne suff. by.
iim shequkko vp (vi). 1) to be tall. 2) to stand in infiloweenza n. influenza.

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iinfukko vi. to blow one's nose.
Inglanda name. England.
ingliizisa n. English (language).
iini agitti [Status: enter under "agitti"?] np.
1) next to me. 1) with me.
iinnii bagaan [Status: enter under bagaan?] np.
1) without me. 2) except me.
iinii bakko [Status: enter under "bakko"?] np.
1) next to me. 2) with me.
iniba n. type of ensete.
ininnaasa adj. evil eyed.
iniinse pron. sender (on envelope).
iinninso n. ??
iinisiishsha n. 1) making sb. to lie down.
2) putting to bed. 3) making sb. sleep.
inispaareeshiina n. inpiration.
injeera Pl: injeelluwwa. n. injera.
inkaabinka adj. 1) idle. 2) dull. 3) silly.
inkashsha [Status: check entry - underlined by
AT] n. mouthful.
inkiinnamma adj. familiar.
inkiinnamukko vi. Morph: PASS
inkiinnukko. 1) to be popular. 2) to be
known.
inkiinnancha n (?). 1) familiar [thing ?].
2) popular [thing ?]. [Status: check ps /
meaning]
inkiinnimmi xanamooyyo [Status: check
entry form] vp. unambiguous.
inkiinno'i kaarda np. identity card.
inkiinnukko vt. to identify.
inkiiraancho Pl: inkiiraano. n. funne. [Status:
meaning ? funnel (Trichter)?]
inkiirukko vt. 1) to draw water. 2) to fetch. 3) to
haule.
inkukko [Status: check entry form - Abraham
prefers IINKIMMA - "to understand"] vt. to
have sth. almost done. [Status: check
meaning!!]
inqaaqoota n. childhood.
inqalo n. roasted grain. Morph: singl. only.
From: Amh. qollo.
inqaamo adj. with buck teeth. [Status: check
meaning (back teeth?)]
inqe Pl: inquwwa. 1) n. tooth. 2)
— adj (?). full. [Status: check ps / meaning]
inqi hakiincho np. dentist.
inqi saamuna np. tootpaste.
inqi xisso np. toothache.
inqimaa'l sagachcho np. alveolar.
inqimaara Morph: * inqe maara. Pl:
inqimaalluwwa. [Status: 2 words (Habt)?] n.
gum.
inqirukko vt. 1) to scoop sth. 2) to pour sb. sth.
inqisagachcho n. dentals.
inqo postpos (?). at the edge.
inlumbukko vt. to sacrifice.
inno'o n. 1) state of affair. 2) behaviour.
3) attitude.
iinsa conj (?). after, since.
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insaara n. 1) scratched stem of ensete. 2) root and
trunk of the ensete plant (being cut and
combined).
-iinse Variant: -ii. suff. 1) from. 2) more ... than
(compared to ...).
iinse mine np. 1) sleeping room. 2) bedroom.
-iinse tochcho np. outside.
insekta Pl: insektuwwa. n. insect.
iinse'ukko vi. 1) to sleep. 2) to lay down.
iinsi ammane np. time to sleep.
iinso n. 1) going to bed. 2) staying in bed. 3) sleep.
insosar n. type of balsam.
insuleetera Pl: insuleetelluwwa. n. insulator.
insuuliina n. insulin.
inshuuraansa Pl: inshuuraansuwwa. n.
insurance.
interfeeza n. interphase.
intijeelluwwi fir wixxite np. subset of
integers.
intijeelluwwi wixxite n. set of integers.
intijeera n (?). integer. [Status: check meaning !]
of inxo n. Morph: singl. only. 1) cereal. 2) grain.
inzaayiima [Status: check - was: enzaayima] n.
enzyme.
inzirta Pl: inzirtuwwa. n. spindle.
ippigilootisa Pl: ippigilootissuwwa. n.
epiglottis.
iraadoona Pl: iraadoonnuwwa. n. radio. From:
cf. Amh ?
iraancho Pl: iraano. n. woman in childbed.
iraanchote n. young woman who has given
birth.
iraanchoto n. youth. Morph: same root as er /
erane ?
iranukko vi. to be irritated.
iraashinaal xigo np. irrational number.
irbo arash np. land from 25% tax have to be paid.
From: Amh.
ireemannukko vi. to be irritated.
irifo n. 1) award. 2) reward.
irifukko vt. to reward.
iriista n. landed property, real estate. From: Amh.
irjija Pl: irjijjuwwa. n. ooze.
irjijukko vi. to ooze.
irmi n. 1) shame. 2) taboo. From: Amh. ?
irsaasa n. pencil.
irsho n. sourdough, levening.
irtabiliite'e n. irritability.
irtisukko vt. to enforce. Morph: CAUS 1 of
irtukko.
irto n. enforcement.
irza Pl: irzuwwa. n. 1) charm. 2) talisman.
3) amulet. From: Amh. ? [Status: check
precise meaning]
issadoora Pl: issadoolluwa. n. type of mat.
issaqqukko vi/vt. 1) to do his best. 2) to revenge.
-isam suff. 1) as soon as. 2) that.
issaancho Pl: issaano. n. sb. who does sth.
isane pron (?). hers.
issaxxa n. ??
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ise pron. she.
isse Variant: isso'i. pron. He / She (honorific).
isfeera Pl: isfeelluwwa. n. sphere.
isfeerqoocca adj. spherical.
issi PossPron. His/Her.
Isilaama n. Islam.
Isilaancho n. Muslim.
-isina suff. 1) in order that. 2) so that. 3) COULD.
[Status: check meaning]
Isiya name. Asia.
iskeela n. scale.
iskibirto n. pen.
iskuwee'l xigo np. square of a number.
iskuweer do'o np. perimetre of a square.
iskuweer haraarooma np. area of a square.
iskuweer sire'e np. square root.
iskuweera n. square.
islaash mare'e np. slash.
islayida n. slide.
isso kura vp (?) / np (?). action verb.
isso'o pron. them. [Status: case ?]
ispoorta n. sports. Morph: singl. only.
Isra'eel name. Israel.
istaanza n. stanza.
istaarcha n. starch.
istaatistik baa'yyaata np. statistical data.
istaatistika n. statistics.
istayela Pl: istayelluwwa. n. style.
istemina n. stamen.
isteeshinare'e n. stationary.
istigma Pl: istigmuwwa. n. stigma.
issukko vt. 1) to do. 2) to put sth. down. 3) to
close.
issuwwi pron. they (3p).
ishee'ukko vt. to chase sth. away.
ishshi interj. okay. From: Amh.
ishshi yukko vp (vi). to promise. From: Amh.
ishina Pl: ishinnuwwa. n. 1) athletes. 2) type of
spice.
ishtiggukko vi. 1) to be silent. 2) to be quiet.
ishshukko vi. to agree. Morph: cf. eshi.
itakkam luwwa np. food.
iittakamane adj. popular.
itamukko vi. to lose.
iittamukko vi. Morph: PASS/MED of iittukko.
1) to agree. 2) to consent.
iittancha n. 1) agreeing. 2) consenting.
3) mediation. 4) reconciliation.
iittansukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of iitamukko.
1) to mediate. 2) to reconcile. 3) to bring to
mutual agreement.
iite'e Pl: iite'uwwa. n. honourable woman.
itichcho n. sb. who is always eating.
itimmi heelechcha np. appetite.
itisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of itukko. 1) to
feed. 2) to give sb. to eat. 3) to invite sb. to
eat. 4) to make/let sb. eat.
iitto n. Morph: singl. only. 1) love. 2) affection.
itodoolle np (??). 1) Before Christ. 2) long ago
[time ?]. [Status: check meaning]
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iittommi adj. dear (in letter).
itukko vt. to eat.
iittukko vt. 1) to love. 2) to like.
iixa n. 1) friend. 2) friendship.
ixa'a n. lot. From: Amh.
ixan n. incense.
ixxane pron. it is his.
ixxek pron. his.
ixxena pron. 1) to him. 2) for him. Morph: Dat.
ixxeensim adv. rather.
ixxi pron. he.
ixxi gag ege'llukko vp. to be careful.
ixxi gaga huunshe [Status: check entry form]
np. unconsciousness.
ixxiquuxo vi. 1) let it be. 2) forget about it.
[Status: check meaning (form is NOT
Jussive!)]
ixxo pron. he. Morph: Akk.
ixxom ixxom edimma [Status: check entry
form] np. repetition.
ixukko [Status: check for INF] vi. 1) it is
chapped. 2) it is cracked.
ixxuwwa pron. they. Morph: Acc.
ixxuwwi Variant: issuwwi. pron. they. Morph:
HLG.
iyyabbaayyo [Status: put this entry under
abbaayo?] n. my brother.
iyyaqqa [Status: check spelling] n. 1) patience.
2) endurance. 3) perseverance.
iyyaqqukko vi. 1) to be patient. 2) to endure.
3) to persevere.
iyyamukko vt (vi) ?? to load. Morph: Refl of
iyya'ukko ??
iyyaancha [Status: check spelling - iyyancha ?]
n. pack mule.
iyyanchi gaare'e np. wheelbarrow, cart. From:
Amh. ? [Status: with - ?]
iyyaancho n. sb. who carries, carrier.
iiyyaancho n. old pack mule.
iyyanni np. my father.
iyya'ukko [Status: check spelling] vt. to carry.
iyyaayya [Status: this entry form necessary?] n.
my sister. Morph: i + aayya.
iiyyee n. load.
iyyiisukko vt. to load (up). Morph: CAUS 1 of
iyyukko.
iyyo n. 1) carriage. 2) mother. Morph: fem.
iyyoo kaame'e [Status: check entry form - more
common: Aysuusu] np. truck.
iyyukko vt. 1) to carry (on the back). 2) to load.
3) to carry along.
iyyumma n. mother. Morph: fem. [Status: check
meaning ("my mother" !!)]
iyyummi ama np. maternal grandmother.
iyyummi beeto np. my brother. [Status:
connotation?]
iyyummi landichcho np. my sister. [Status:
connotation?]
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J - j
jaaba n. bridle.
jaba'a n. bundeling cows. [Status: check
meaning]
jabana Pl: jabannuwwa. n. 1) coffee pot.
2) kettle. [Status: check meaning] 3) pot for
cooking. [Status: check meaning!!
cf. - coffee!]
jabbaanchiisukko [Status: check spelling !]
vt. to make sb. sick. Morph: CAUS of jabb-.
jabbaancho Pl: jabbaano. n. 1) sb. who is
seriously ill. 2) very sick (person). 3) patient.
jabayukko vi. 1) to drink coffee. 2) to pray.
jabbisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 [other
relationship??] of jabbukko. 1) to treat the
sick. 2) to make sb. sick. 2) to tell. [Status:
2nd meaning could not be confirmed by
Abraham]
jabbo n. 1) serious disease. 2) serious sickness.
jaabo n. 1) a rope-like material to pull.
2) short-cut.
jabbukko vi. to be very sick.
jaburuuchcha n. exhaustion.
jaburuurukko vi. 1) to be exhausted. 2) to be
tired.
jaburuussukko vt. to make exhausted. Morph:
CAUS 1 of jaburuurukko (??).
jachchi n. 1) magic. 2) magical spell. 3) sorcery.
4) charms.
jachchissukko vt. to allocate a Adbar offering.
Morph: CAUS 1 of jachchukko.
jachcho n. 1) sacrifice (for jaara - the spirit of
protection). 2) Adbar offering. 3) spirit or god
of fertility. [Status: check precise meaning]
jachchukko vi. to be very tired.
jagara n. 1) small grass house. 2) hut.
jagina'a Pl: jagina'uwwa. n. hero.
jagiira Pl: jagiilluwwa. n. wooden pole to
support the roof.
jagirad n. type of ensete.
jajjaba n. the middle part of a horse back.
jajjara Pl: jajjalluwwa. n. 1) sickle. From:
Amh ?? 2) scythe.
jajara'ika n. type of ensete.
jaakkeeta n. jacket. From: Engl.
jakkisukko vi/vt (??). Morph: CAUS 1 of
jakkukko. 1) to check. 2) to haste, to hurry,
to rush.
jakkishsha n. 1) checking. 2) hastening.
jakkura n. wander. [Status: check meaning!]
jaa'l mancho np. 1) witch doctor. 2) sb.
possessed by a jaara spirit. [Status: check
precise meaning]
jaa'l moora np. bull of the jaara spirit.
jaa'l saayya np. cow of the jaara spirit.
jalla adj. rigid, stiff.
jalaga adj. 1) forgetful. 2) absent minded.
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jaanqura
jalagisa adv (?). ??
jalagukko vi. to wander.
jallaakkooahne adj. sleepy.
jalba'a Pl: jalba'uwwa. n. boat.
jalgisukko vt. 1) to loose sight of. 2) to make (?)
forgetful. [Status: check meaning]
jaliila adj. 1) foolish. 2) silly.
jaliilukko vi. 1) to be foolish. 2) to be silly.
jalimo'o n. leave of working. [Status: check
meaning - retirment ?]
jalimmo'o adj. idle.
jalimo'ukko [Status: check spelling - was:
jalimmo'ukko] vi. to be idle.
jallitaancho n. wanderer.
jallite n. wandering.
jaljallukko vi. to look up and down.
jaalo'o n. 1) big pot. [Status: check meaning
against: chefancho - the same?] 2) instrument
used to show the direction in road
constructions.
jallukko vi. 1) to wander. 2) to harden, to freeze.
[Status: check meaning of sn 2 !!] 3) to be
dizzy. [Status: check meaning of sn 3 !!!]
ja'mma'a Pl: ja'mma'uwwa. n. communal
drinking coffee.
jammarukko Variant: jammallukko (?).
[Status: check va (WHS)] vt. 1) to start. 2) to
begin.
jamba Pl: jambuwwa. n. tool to carry dung.
[Status: check meaning]
jambora Pl: jambolluwwa. n. huge pottery
object. [Status: check meaning - huge pot?
For which use?]
jaamukko vi. to be unable to act.
jamuna n. wander.
jana n. hedge.
janna n. provoking.
Jaanna place name. Jaanna.
jaanna n. a kind of tree.
jannaancho Pl: jannaano. adj (n ??).
1) provocative. 2) trouble maker.
jaango'o n. instrument for scratching ensete.
jaanni fiita np. coloured flower.
jannisukko vt. to provoke. Morph: CAUS 1 of
jannukko.
jaanja n. 1) bearing. 2) carriage. 3) being stiff.
[Status: check meaning]
jaanjibeela Variant: jinjibila. [Status: check va
(HCD)] n. ginger.
jaanjurukko Variant: jaanjirukko. [Status:
check va (WHS)] vi/vt. 1) to talk nonsense.
2) to fantasize. 3) to be delirious. [Status:
check meaning] 4) to imagine.
jaanjuurukko [Status: check spelling - was:
jaajuurukko] vi. to talk foolishly.
jaanqura n. 1) saying nothing. 2) saying useless
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things.
jaano'o Pl: jaano'uwwa. n. 1) a type of outer
garment. 2) royal mantle.
jaara Pl: jaalluwwa. n. 1) spirit of witch doctor.
2) spirit of protection (of men). 3) spirit
which possesses.
jaretta n. seed.
jaarissukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of jaarukko
(??) / * jaara issukko (??). 1) to sacrifice (to
jaara - the spirit of protection). 2) to offer up.
jarma n. germ.
jaarya n. amulet to appease jaara spirits.
jaataane'e adv (?). fast, quickly.
jaataaneessukko vt. Morph: CAUS of
jaataan-. 1) to accelerate. 2) to speed up.
3) to urge sb.
jaataanukko Variant: jaataanee'ukko. vi. to
hurry.
jawweesukko vt. 1) to shake. 2) to sway. 3) to
rock.
jawtura n. ??
jeba Variant: jebata. n. 1) wake (from Islamic
tradition). [Status: check
meaning - KIRB: totenmahl / Ahnenmahl]
2) meal for the ancestors.
jegrada n. a kind of ensete.
jeela n. 1) masqal flower. 2) a type of niger seed.
jeennata n. 1) garden. 2) paradise. From: Arab.
ganna ?
jenetiiksa n. genetics.
jenje'nna n. eczema.
jera n. sickle.
Jermana [Status: check entry form - BV:
Jarmana ?] n. Germany.
jibba Pl: jibbuwwa. n. mat of ensete fibre.
Jibuute'e name. Djibouti.
jigisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of jigukko. 1) to
ride. 2) to let gallop. 2) to speak this and that.
jigishsha n. 1) riding. 2) galloping.
jigukko vi. to gallop.
jijjiira Pl: jijjiilluwwa. n. 1) bed for a woman
who has given birth. [Status: check precise
meaning] 2) delivery bed. [Status: check
precise meaning] 3) circumcision bed.
[Status: check precise meaning]
Jima'ata name. Friday.
jimino'isperma [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n.
jymnosperm.
jimlaastika n. gymnastics.
jina n. evil spirit. From: Arab. jin.
jinna n. 1) appointment. 2) engagement. [Status:
check meaning !]
jii'oograafe'e n. geography.
jii'olooje'e n. geology.
jiira adj. stant. [Status: check meaning!]
jiraafa n. whip. From: Amh ?
jira'iilla n. evil spirit.
jiramukko vi. Morph: PASS/REFL of
jirukko ?? / cf. jora. 1) to quarrel about sth.
2) to fall out (over sth.).
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juutta jumburuutta
jiirukko vi. 1) to lose weight. 2) to be stanted.
jiissukko vt. to make lose weight. Morph: CAUS
1 of ????
jog interj. command for an oxen to go.
jooga n. jug.
joko n. finger millet.
jolle n. Morph: cf. jora. 1) badness. [Status: cf
HCD sv.v. sin] 2) wickedness. 3) malice.
4) trick.
jolle'e [Status: check entry (jolle ?)] adv (?). in
vain, futile. Morph: cf. jora. [Status: that
would be an adj]
joomeetire'e n. geometry.
jomoga n / adj (?). passive.
jomogukko 1) vt. to make sb. to be passive. 2)
— vi. not to be serious.
joone'e Pl: joone'uwwa. n. sack. [Status: check
ee]
jooniyya [Status: check spelling - was doniyya]
n. 1) sack/bag of hemp. 2) 100kg. 3) sack for
100kg cereal.
jor ayyaana np. demon.
precise jor heechchi qaanqa np. harmful tradition.
jora adj. 1) bad, evil. 2) cruel.
joraa danaamoo annannisimma xanimma
[Status: check entry form - paraphrasis ...]
np. conscience.
joramaancho Pl: joramaano. [Status: 1 or 2
words?] n. enemy. Morph: cf. jiram-.
[Status: lit. "bad person"?]
joraamo 1) adj. bad, evil. 2)
— n. misshap.
joramukko vi. Morph: PASS of jorukko. 1) to
quarrel. 2) to be sb.'s enemy. 3) to be hostile
to sb.
jorancha n. quarrel.
jorissiisukko vt. to entice sb. Morph: CAUS 2 of
jorukko.
jorissukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of jorukko.
1) to become bad towards sb. 2) to entice sb.
jorsado n. notoriously speaking negatively about
sb.
jorukko vi. 1) to be [very] bad. 2) to be worse.
3) to be cruel. 4) to quarrel. 5) to have a
mishap.
juudo'o n. judo.
juuja adj. 1) blunt. 2) inactive.
juujukko vi. 1) to be blunt. 2) to be dull (of
knife). [Status: check meaning !]
jukkuraancho Pl: jukkuraano. n. sb. who is
nagging.
jukkurukko vi. to nag.
jule'e n. a poisonous insect (found in the soil).
jumburuuta n. ??
jumjumukko vi. to lack a place where to go.
ju'mmukko vi. to bump.
Juppiteera name. Jupiter.
juutta n. 1) crop. 2) cereal. 3) food.
juutta jumburuutta np. tasting flat. [Status:
check meaning]
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juuyeencho n. loiterer. [Status: check meaning]
juuyukko vi. to wander (to loiter aimlessly).
-k suff. 1) POSSESSIVE. [Status: check ge /
xe!] 2) RELATIVE.
ka det. this.
kaa pron (?). you [masc] (2s.voc).
ka ... higaa np. through.
ka ... lasage np. 1) for. 2) since (of time).
ka ammane np. 1) now. 2) present (time).
ka beyyo adv (?). (towards) here.
ka bikkina [Status: 1 or 2 words? check entry
(bikkina only?)] conj. because of this.
ka edo np. on this side.
ka kabashshichcho np (?). immediately, at
once.
ka kollo np. 1) from there. 2) hence. [Status:
check meaning !]
ka qax afeebe'e Variant: ka qunxi afeebe'e.
np. 1) until now. 2) until here.
kaa'amukko vi. Morph: PASS of kaa'ukko.
1) to be defeated. 2) to be lose.
kaa'ancha n. defeat, being defeated.
kaa'aancho Pl: kaa'aano. n. sb. who defeats.
kaba adj. 1) many. 2) plenty.
kaba adv. now. Morph: * ka va ?
kaba n. 1) plain. 2) level. [Status: check spelling
& meaning]
kaabba n. mantle.
kabadane [Status: check entry form: CASE]
adv. current.
kabade adv (?). 1) now. 2) once again. [Status:
check meaning !]
kabadem [Status: chek entry form - SUFFIX]
adv. just.
kabadem kabadem np (?). now and then.
kabademi part. and again.
kabadina adv ? for now.
kabadoom [Status: check entry - not really
known to Abraham] adv / part (?). for the
time being, for the moment. [Status: check
translation; is it a question?]
kabala Pl: kaballuwwa. n. wooden instrument to
produce sounds. [Status: check precise
meaning]
kaballa n (?). today. Morph: * ka balla.
kaballanne [Status: check entry form - CASE]
adv. nowadays.
kaballi hiimo np. tonight.
Kabaame name. Kabaame (woman's name).
Kabaamo name. Kabaamo (man's name).
kabashichcho [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] adj (??).
1) winkly. [Status: check meaning]
2) splitsecond. [Status: check meaning]
3) moment.
kabashichchom [Status: check
form - SUFFIX] adv. immediately.
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kaakkeesukko
[Status: check meaning]
K - k
kaabata n. wealth with peace.
kabaxxaare [Status: check entry form] adv. just
a moment ago. Morph: * kabade & -aare?
kabeechcho Pl: kabeera. n. leopard.
kaachcha n. victory.
kachchis biimbe'e np. [anopheles] mosquito.
[Status: more precise!]
kachchisa n. malaria.
kaaddamukko vt. to provide for elders. Morph:
PASS of kaaddukko ?
kadaancho Pl: kadaano. n. 1) minstrel.
2) musician. 3) singer.
kadda'ukko vt. 1) to leave sb. 2) to become
unfaithful. 3) to secede. 4) to desert.
kade'amukko vt (??). 1) to damage. 2) to harm.
3) to hurt. 4) to injure. 5) to abuse.
kade'ancha n. 1) ruining. 2) impairing.
3) recoiling. 4) kicking.
kadechcha n. kick.
kade'isukko vt. to make sb./sth. to be kicked.
Morph: CAUS 1 of kade'ukko.
kade'ukko vt. to kick.
kadiisaancho Pl: kadiisaano. n. facility for
dancing.
kadiisukko vt. to make sb. dance. Morph: CAUS
1 of kadukko.
kadoohane n. actor.
kadoolla n. dancing.
kado§o 1) n. beam of the plough. 2)
— adv (?). at the present day, once in a while.
kadukko vi. 1) to dance. 2) to sing and clap. 2) to
sing.
kaadukko vt. 1) to deny. 2) to disown sb.
kaffe'e n. rough mat.
kaafiiraancho Pl: kaafiiraano. n. 1) spirit
worker. 2) evil worker. [Status: check precise
meaning]
kafkafaato n. acting mischieviously.
kafkafukko vi. to act in a mischievous way.
kageeta n. type of ensete.
ka'isa part ? 1) like this. Morph: * ka -isa. 2) so.
ka'isanne part (LOC?). 1) therefore. 2) because
of that.
ka'isinne [Status: check entry form: CASE] adv.
according to.
kajja Pl: kajjuwwa. n. 1) dance (type of -).
2) song. Morph: cf. kadukko.
kajjaancho Pl: kajjaano. n. 1) singer.
2) minstrel. 3) musician.
kajji mu'uta np. musical instrument.
kak pron. this.
kakeeno [Status: 1 or 2 words?] pron. these ones.
entry Morph: * ka keeno.
kaakkeesukko vi. to cackle (hen).
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kaki pron. this one (Acc ?).
kaako'o Pl: kaako'uwwa. n. dry honeycomb.
kalaffaato n. act of doing sth. unnecessary.
kalaffeetta n. entering to another person's job.
[Status: check meaning]
Kalaalaamo name. Kalaalaamo.
kalche'e Pl: kalche'uwwa. n. certain part of the
plough. [Status: check meaning (WHS:
Streichbrett)]
kalechcha n. phallic head-dress. From: Orom. ?
kalle'e adj. 1) barren. 2) poor. [Status: check
meaning - was: toop poor]
kallemara adj. completely naked.
kallemarukko vi. to be nacked.
Kallo'o n. Christmas.
kallo'o n. 1) a kind of game similar to hockey.
2) traditional birthday feast. [Status: check
precise meaning]
kaalse'e n. socks. From: cf. ital. ?
kaalsiyeem haydirooksaayida np. calcium
hydroxide.
kaalsiyeema n. calcium.
kaalta Pl: kaaltuwwa. n. 1) vision. 2) dream.
3) revelation.
kaaltaamo adj. visionary.
ka'llukko vi. 1) to be confined. 2) to be
imgrosomed. [Status: check meaning !!]
kamaarage adv / np (?). this year. Morph: * ka
marage.
Kambaatichcho adj. from Kambaata.
kaame'e Pl: kaame'uwwa. n. 1) car. 2) bus.
3) lorry, truck.
kaame'e ushe'aa'n faqaada [Status: check
entry form] np. driver's license. From: Amh.
kaame'i aphphixximma np. crash.
kaame'i mine np. garage.
kaame'i shafe'e np. wheel.
kaame'inne taakko [Status: check entry
form] np. transportation.
kaameera'a Pl: kaameelluwwa. n. camera.
kaame'uwwa axisaancho np. mechanic.
kamkamaachcha n. biting.
kamkamaa'ukko vt. 1) to bite. 2) to be vicious
(dog).
kaa'nna pron (?). all these.
kanateera Pl: kanateelluwwa. n. vest. From:
from Amh.
kani part (?). here.
kannii aad woroon np. below of.
kannii hanaan np (??). before this.
kannii illage np. before that.
kannii lasage np. after that. Morph: * kanniinsi
lasage.
kannii mulehim np. besides.
kannii woroon np (??). 1) after this. 2) as
follows (underneath).
kannik pron. this one.
kanninne maqire np. 1) besides. 2) in addition.
kankanukko vi. to gnaw a bone.
kankaashsha n. small dry leaves. [Status: check
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meaning]
Kansa n. Thursday.
kansara Pl: kansalluwwa. n. cancer. From:
Engl.
Kaanse'l iibbi gabala np. tropic of Cancer.
kappilaare'e n. capillary.
kappitaaliizima n. capitalism. Morph: singl.
only.
Kaprikoorina n. Capricorn.
kaphphada n. ??
kara Pl: kalluwwa. n. 1) abortion. 2) still-birth.
karakkamane [Status: check entry form] n. nut.
karameella n. candy. From: Engl.
karata Pl: karattuwwa. n. female breast.
[Status: check meaning!!]
karato n. imprisonment.
karax manni karantam beyyo np.
concentration camp.
karaxxi mine np. prison.
karaxiita n. bag (made from cotton).
karbata Pl: karbattuwwa. n. tie. From: cf. frz.
cravatte.
kaarbohaydireeta n. carbohydrate.
kaarboon n. carbon.
kaarboondaayoksaayida n. corbondioxide.
kaarda Pl: kaarduwwa. n. card.
kaardi lello np. card games.
kaardinaal xigo np. cardinal number.
karkare n. type of ensete.
karqarukko vi. 1) to miscarry. 2) to abort.
karniveresa n. cornivores. From: Lat.
karo haqichcho np. fingerring. [Status: check
precise meaning]
karoo jabbo np. type of disease. [Status: check
precise meaning]
karo'o n. curling (of evil).
kaaroota n. carrot.
karsho'o n. elephantiasis.
kaarta'a Pl: kaarta'uwwa. [Status: check entry
form] n. chart.
kaartoona n. carton. From: Engl.
karukko vt. 1) to tie up. 2) to fasten. 3) to bind.
4) to imprison. 5) to throw away.
kaarukko vi. to spend the rainy season.
kasa Pl: kassuwwa. n. 1) fringe. 2) edge.
kaasakkamo n. planting. [Status: check
meaning]
kasala n. coal.
kasara n. cane.
kassarukko vi. to lose. From: Arab./Amh.
kassassamukhane n. sb. who is accused in
court.
kassasukko vt. to accuse (sb. in court). Morph:
CAUS 1 of kassarukko. From: Amh.
kasaataancho Pl: kasaataano. n. 1) sb. who is
shrewd. 2) sb. who is astute.
kasaate n. 1) shrewdness. 2) astuteness.
kasaa'ukko vi. 1) to be shrewd. 2) to be astute -.
kaseeta n. type of ensete.
kassiisukko vt. to have sb. be imprisoned.
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Morph: CAUS 1 of kassukko.
kassiishsha n. tying.
kasmira n. guava. From: from Amh.
kasukko vi. 1) to wail. 2) to cry. 3) to lament.
kaasukko vt. 1) to plant. 2) to put up. [Status:
check meaning]
kaasha n. vegetables, plants.
kaashsha Pl: kaashshuwwa. n. 1) plant.
2) honey-comb. 3) beeswax. 4) wax.
kasha'l boyya np. with a red and white forehead
(of cow).
kashar buchcha np. clay.
kashar lugumo np. beetroot.
kashar onjooro'o np. raspberry.
kashar sarata np. red millet.
kashar shenqee'lla np. red algae.
kashar tuma np. bulb onion, sweet onion.
kashara adj. red.
kasharukko vi. to become red.
kashekkichcho n. dragon-fly.
kaashshi n. seed.
kashikashaato n. murmur. [Status: check
meaning]
kashikasho'o n (?). murmuring. Morph: singl.
only. [Status: check meaning]
kashte'e n. roasted cabbage.
kataba n. 1) vaccination. 2) disease of cattle.
katabamukko vi. to be vaccinated. Morph:
PASS of katabukko.
katabukko vt. to vaccinate.
katama Pl: katammuwwa. n. 1) town. 2) city.
3) market place. From: Amh.
kataro Pl: katalluwwa. n. 1) appointment.
2) arrangement. From: ?? (THS:
"Fremdwort"). [Status: check precise
meaning]
Kaatteeshiyaan fikkaanna np. Cartesian
product.
kateeta Pl: kateettuwwa. n. fireplace.
katikalla n. schnapps.
kaa'ukko vi/vt (?). 1) to win (over). 2) to defeat.
3) to beat. 4) to be difficult. 5) to be in
danger. [Status: check precise meaning and
ENTRY form - entry was: ka'ukko]
kawuyya n. iron. From: Amh. ?
kaayya Pl: kaayyuwwa. n. prophecy.
kaayyo'aamo adj. 1) working with spirits.
2) working evil things.
kaayyo'aancho Pl: kaayyo'aano. n. evil-eyed
person.
kaayyo'o n. evil influence.
keedukko vi. to be of the same rank.
keefana n. shroud.
keefanukko vt. to shroud.
keeka Pl: keekkuwwa. n. cake. From: Engl.
kee'mmaal bit yoohane np. valuable.
kee'mmaalla adj. 1) heavy. 2) difficult. 3) hard.
4)
— n. weight (for scales).
kee'mmaallooma n. 1) weight. 2) heaviness.
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kemeeta n. type of hairstyle. Morph: singl. only.
keemikaala n. chemical. From: Engl.
kee'mmisaa lonsukko vp. to emphasize.
Kee'mmiso name. Kee'mmiso.
keemistre'e n. chemistry. From: Engl.
kee'mmissukko vt. to honour sb.
kee'mmishsha n. honour. Morph: singl. only.
kee'mmixxukko vi. to be overloaded.
kee'mmukko vi. 1) to be heavy. 2) to be
burdened. [Status: check meaning!!]
keen adv. there. [Status: check meaning !]
keenakkamhane n. measure.
keenamukko vt. to try out.
keenancha n. 1) temptation. 2) test.
keenaancho Pl: keenaano. n. 1) a tool to
measure. 2) examination. 3) settler. [Status:
check meaning]
keenato n. measurement.
keeni [Status: check entry form - keeno] pron (?).
1) MARKING a particular group. 2) the ones.
3) those. [Status: check meaning !!!]
Keeniya name. Kenya.
keensiisukko vt. to make to be measured.
Morph: CAUS I of keenukko. [Status: check
precise meaning - to measure?]
keenukko vt. 1) to measure. 2) to weigh. 3) to
test.
keera n. peace. Morph: singl. only.
kera'a Pl: kera'uwwa. n. rent. From: Amh. ?
kera'a amadukkane np. tenant.
kera'a amadukko vp. to rent.
kera'a uwwukko vp. to hire.
keesamma adj. holy.
keesammi kitaaba np. Bible.
keesammi maxaafa np. Bible. From: from
Amh.: maxaafa.
keesammi saayya np. holy cow. [Status: check
precise meaning]
keesamukko vi/vt ? to sanctify. Morph: PASS
of keesukko ?
keesancha n. 1) sanctification. 2) righteousness.
[Status: check the meaning]
keese pron. you (2s.ACC).
keskesa Pl: keskessuwwa. n. bag (made from
qunce'e or qara).
keesukko vt. to forbid.
keteera adj. ugly.
keteerukko vi. to be ugly.
keteeta Pl: keteettuwwa. n. fire place.
kettichcho n. bee-like insect.
keyye adv (?). here. Morph: * ka beyyo ?
ki pron. your (2s.POSS).
kibbamcha n. having a lot of children.
Kibbamo name. Kibbamo (man's name).
kibbamukko vi. to have many children. Morph:
PASS of kibbukko.
Kibbo name. Kobbo (woman's name).
kibrit Pl: kibrittuwwa. n. candle. From: Amh.
[Status: check meaning - matches!]
kibbukko vt. 1) to surround. 2) to encircle.
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kico'o Pl: kico'uwwa. n. gland. kikkiro cuum ga'mmukko vp. to bring some
kichcha n. 1) standing. 2) start, begin. food.
kichchane [Status: check entry form & spelling] kilato'o n. ??
adj. initial. kilayye n ? ??
kichche'aancho Pl: kichche'aano. adj (?). kilfa'a adj (?). ??
sorrowful. killila Pl: killilluwwa. n. region. From: Amh.
kichchechcha n. 1) sadness. 2) sorrow. kiliniika n. clinic. From: Engl.
3) worry, anxiety, distress, regret. kilki'l odda [Status: check spelling - was: kikki'l
kichche'iso duuha'a np. misery. odda] np. hair of the arm-pit.
kichche'iso duuha'inne [Status: check entry killo n. bad smell.
form] np. unfortunately. kiilogiraama n. kilogram.
kichche'isukko vt. to make sb. sad. Morph: kiilomeetira n. kilometre.
CAUS of kichche'ukko. kiilo'o n. kilo.
kichche'ukko vi. 1) to be sad. 2) to mourn (a kilooriina n. chlorine.
death). 3) to worry. [Status: check meaning!] kiloorofila n. chlorophyl.
kichchi hooyyi kollo np. beginning phrase of a kilooroplasta n. chloroplast.
poem. kimbillaa'ukko vt. 1) to cause sb. to turn back.
kichchi laaga np. initial ray. 2) to block.
kichchi somo'o np. prefix. kimbillukko vi. 1) to turn back. 2) to change
kichchi tako'o np. initial point. direction.
kichchi xigo np. natural number. ki'n pron. yours.
kid adv (?). 1) to. [Status: check kin baca np. gush out. [Status: check meaning]
meaning!! - better: towards ?] 2) towards. kina Pl: kinnuwwa. n. stone.
kidette adv. 1) thus. 2) like this. kinaamo adj. stony.
kidii ekkidii np (??) / adv (??). back and forth. ki'nne pron. you (polite).
kido'nne'i n (?). this kind of. kinniba n. type of ensete.
kido'o n. 1) kind. 2) type. kiniina Pl: kiniinnuwwa. n. 1) pill. 2) tablet.
kifa Variant: kifiifa. n. little rain. ki'nnuwwi pron. you (pl.).
kiiffa Pl: kiiffuwwa. n. 1) big wedding. kiraa'llato Pl: kiraa'llattuwwa. n. large
2) fair-like wedding. [Status: check precise intestine.
meaning] kiiraancho Pl: kiiraano. n. 1) magician. 2) type
kiffe'e n. ember. of shaman in Hadiyya Islam. 3) wizard.
kifiifa n. waterfall. 4) sorcerer. [Status: check meaning !!]
kifiifukko vi. to rain a bit. 5) fortune-teller.
kifukko vt. 1) to sprinkle. 2) to rain (a bit). 3) to kiraptona n. krypton.
anoint. kiraara Pl: kiraalluwwa. n. lyre.
kiifukko vi. 1) to celebrate a big wedding. kireeta Pl: kireettuwwa. n. 1) gully. 2) terrace.
[Status: check meaning] 2) to spray. kirimukko vt. 1) to cut down. 2) to chop. 3) to
kiihane pron. yours. mutilate.
ki'ina pron. addressee (on envelope). Kiristaan [Status: check spelling] adj / n.
ki'isa [Status: should ki'isa be entered under Christian.
"ki'imma"?] adj. 1) beginning. 2) (starting) Kiristoos name. Christ.
from. Kiristoos maaraa xiigaa np. Holy
ki'isamsukko vt. to motivate. Morph: CAUS 1 communion.
of ki'isamukko. kiroomoplaasta n. chromoplast.
ki'isissukko vt. Morph: CAUS 2 of ki'ukko. kiromoozooma n. chromosome.
1) to wake sb. up. 2) to cause sb. to start out. kiroomyeena n. chromium.
ki'isukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of ki'ukko. 1) to kirtaakirta adj. rugged.
make sb. stand up. 2) to wake up, to waken. kiirukko vi. 1) to do magic. 2) to act as a wizard.
4) to raise sb. from the dead. 4) to pick up. 3) to tell fortunes. [Status: check meaning]
5) to take. [Status: check meaning] 6) to 4) to communicate with spirits and to tell
settle a matter. their orders.
kijibo'aam xuunsammi woca np. ?? kiisa Pl: kiissuwwa. n. 1) bag. 2) pocket. From:
[Status: check meaning (HED: -)] Arab. via Amh.
kijibo'o n. investigation. kishittukko vi. to be mean.
kijibukko vi. to discuss in detail. kitaaba Pl: kitaabbuwwa. n. 1) book. 2) neck let.
kik adj. ground. kitaabaancho Pl: kitaabaano. n. 1) writer.
kikilo Variant: kilkilo. Pl: kikilluwwa. [Status: 2) secretary.
check va (HCD)] n. armpit. kitaabichcha [Status: check spelling; check
kikkiro Pl: kikkilluwwa. n. armpit. meaning - kitaabichcha'a: "small letters" ??]

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n. book.
kitaabicha'a n (?). small letters. [Status: check
meaning and spelling (kitaabichcha);
Abraham: - letters (i.e. graphs)]
kitaabichcho n. magazine.
kitaabinya [Status: check entry
form - kitaabaancho ?] n. sb. who produces
Islamic amulets. From: Amh.
kitaabisaancho Pl: kitaabisaano. n. publisher.
kitaabo'o n. (anything) written.
kitaabukko vt. to write.
kitaaphphi hayyo'ooma np. literature.
kitaaphphi maashiina np. typewriter.
kitaaphphi mine np. bookstore.
kitaaphphi mu'uta np. stationary.
kitfo'o n. kitfo. From: Amh. kitfo.
kitima Pl: kitimmuwwa. n. sacrifice. From:
Amh?
kitimamukko vi. to be sacrified. Morph: PASS
of kitimukko.
kitimukko vt. to sacrifice.
kitira n ? ??
Kitoosa name. Kitoosa.
Kitoosa uccakancha np. restingplace of
Kitoosa. From: Kamb. ?
kitukko vt. to brew beer.
ki'ukko vi. 1) to stand up, to get up. 2) to arise.
3) to wake up. 4) to start, to begin. 5) to
leave.
kiyyo'o n. trap (for birds).
kiyuuba Pl: kiyuubbuwwa. n. cube.
ko'asa n. diarrhoea.
ko'asukko vi. to be sick with diarrhoea.
kobe'e n. shoes.
kobichcho Pl: koba. n. 1) friend. 2) peer.
3) companion.
kobi'l misila np. toy.
kobi'l sagachcho np. simulation.
kobi'l solleessa np. symbol.
kobi'l woca np. proverb.
kobi'lla Pl: kobi'lluwwa. n. model.
kobi'llammi poola np. like a pole.
kobi'llato n. example.
kobi'llishsha n. example.
kobi'llukko vi. to be similar.
kobinnano n. relationship.
koobisiisaancho Pl: koobisiisaano. n. publisher.
koobisiisukko vt. to publish.
koobishsha n. 1) printing. 2) sealing.
kobbojja n. 1) shoot which is transplanted.
2) seedling. [Status: check precise meaning]
koborta Pl: kobortuwwa. n. mantle. From:
Amh.
koboota n. dry cow dung.
kobbukko vt. 1) to float. 2) to cup.
koobukko Variant: koolukko. vt. 1) to print.
2) to stamp. 3) to coin. 4) to suck. 5) to repair.
[Status: check meaning!] 6) to re-connect sth.
kocco n. ensete bread. From: Amh.
koco'o Pl: koco'uwwa. n. roofing stick.
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kocha'nnichcho Pl: kochcha'nna. n.
1) grasshopper. [Status: check precise
meaning] 2) cricket. [Status: check precise
meaning]
kochche n. 1) in (alphabetical/chronological ?)
order. 2) turn.
kochche'e n. cooked strips of meat. [Status:
check meaning]
kochekichcho [Status: check
spelling - kochchekichcho ?] n. unleavened
bread (made from maize).
kochchiisukko vt. to help on one's turn. Morph:
CAUS 1 of kochchukko.
koochcho Pl: koochchuwwa. n. cupping glass.
Morph: * koobcho.
kochorukko vt. 1) to snub sb. 2) to sulk.
kodda barcuma [Status: check spelling - was:
kodda barchumo] np. chair.
kodda'a Pl: kodda'uwwa. n. can, tin.
Kodaada name. Kodaada. [Status: check ee]
kodaada adj. 1) broad. 2) wide.
koofa Pl: kooffuwwa. n. part of the body found
between anus and legs.
koofala n. 1) drought. 2) dryness. 3) aridity.
kooforo postp (?). under.
ko'ifishenta n. coefficient.
koka adj. empty.
kookka adj. scary.
kokkara n. dried soil.
kokke'e n. palate.
kokke'i sagachcha'a np. glottals.
kookkisukko vi (?). Morph: CAUS I of
kookkukko. 1) to be ferocious. 2) to be
fierce.
kookkishsha n. threat. [Status: check meaning]
kooko'o Pl: kooko'uwwa. n. husk.
kokukko vi. to be empty.
koqa adj. uncooked. [Status: check precise
meaning]
kooqa adj. 1) fearful. 2) timid. 3) coward.
kollaa'ukko vt. to take. [Status: check meaning]
kolaazh n. drawing.
kolbamma adj. polluted. [Status: check ps
(HED: n)]
kolbamukko vi. to be polluted. Morph: PASS of
kolbukko.
kolbukko vt. 1) to poison. 2) to pollute. 3) to
waste.
kolleejja Pl: kolleejjuwwa. n. college. From:
Engl.
koleera n. cholera. From: Engl.
kolleetta Pl: kolleettuwwa. n. collar.
kolli kollo np. 1) half part of. 2) some of. [Status:
check precise meaning]
kolli qananaa'isaancho np. semi-vowel.
kollissukko vt. to cut sth. in half. From: Amh.
akul ?
kollo Pl: kolluwwa. n. 1) half. 2) side. 3) near to.
4) towards. 5) through. 6) against. [Status:
check meaning (sn 1.5f)]
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kolloollukko vi. to be eager.
kolo'o Pl: kolo'uwwa. n. hollow.
kolosho'o adj. blind.
kolosho'ukko vi. to be blind.
kolukko vt. to hollow out.
koo'llukko vi. to be desperate.
kom wixxite np. 1) empty set. 2) null set.
koma adj. 1) empty. 2) null.
kombamukko vi. to be eager. Morph: PASS of
kombukko (??) / * kombamo.
kombancha n. selfishness.
kombobba n. type of women's hair style.
Morph: singl. only.
komboyyaato n. ??
koominizima n. communism. Morph: singl.
only. From: Lat. via Engl.
ko'mmoda adj. 1) grown old. 2) become old.
kompaasa Pl: kompaassuwwa. n. compass.
kompawunda Pl: kompawunduwwa. n.
compound.
kompilimenta Pl: kompilimentuwwa.
complement.
kompiyuutera Pl: kompiyuutelluwwa.
computer.
kompiyutera amadukki marajja'a [Status:
check entry form and spelling] np. data.
komplimentaare'e adj. complementary.
komplimentaare'i angilluwwa np.
complementary angles.
komukko vi. to become empty.
ko'nna Pl: ko'nnuwwa. n. solid mucus. [Status:
check meaning (HED: solid muxus)]
koona Pl: koonnuwwa. n. cone.
koonda n. hand craft.
kondaaktera n. conductor. From: Engl.
kone'ukko vi. to show motherly love.
kongireenta adj. congruent.
kongireenti angilluwwa np. congruent
angles.
kongireenti midaadduwwa np. congruent
sides.
kongireenti misilluwwa np. congruent
figures.
kongireenti ogolluwwa np. concurrent lines.
From: Engl.
kongireentooma n. congruency.
konistaaleeshina n. constellation.
konjankishiina n. conjunction.
konka Pl: konkuwwa. n. boat.
konkeev leensa np. concave lens.
konkeeva adj. concave.
konkoona adj. bony. [Status: check meaning!
(bone sticking out); clarify meaning!]
konkoone n. 1) direction. 2) nostril (upper part of
the nose).
koonsha n. scale (of fish). [Status: check precise
meaning]
koonsho'o adj / n (?). 1) scraped. 2) erased.
koonshukko vt. 1) to pull off the skin of the
ensete plant (with one's teeth). 2) to clean up.
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konte'e Pl: konte'uwwa. n. 1) hoof. 2) foot.
3) foot print. 4) track of animal.
kontiraatukko vt. to lease. From: Engl.
kontukko vi. to take a lion's share.
kontuu'l ogora np. contour line.
kontuura Pl: kontuulluwwa. n. contour.
konnukko vt. to erect.
konveksa adj. convex.
konvekshina n. convection.
konversa adj. converse.
ko'ordineeta Pl: ko'ordineettuwwa. n.
coordinate.
koppera n. copper.
kora Pl: kolluwwa. n. flea.
koora Pl: koolluwwa. n. saddle.
koora giggissukko vp (vt). to unsaddle.
kora'a adj. 1) free. 2) without.
kora'am adv. 1) freely. 2) without anything. 3) in
vain. [Status: check meaning]
koraana n. clay pot for boiling butter.
n. kooraana n. butter melting pot.
korataa'ukko vt. 1) to keep out of sight. 2) to
n. hide.
koratukko vi. to be hidden.
kora'ukko vi. to be proud.
korchukko vt. to dig.
koorda Pl: koorduwwa. n. chord.
kore Pl: kolluwwa. n. turn.
koreexxamcha n. helping turn by turn.
koreexxamukko vi. to do turn by turn. Morph:
PASS/MED of koreexxukko.
korhaqqa n. type of tree. Morph: * kora haqqa.
[Status: check meaning]
korina n. type of ensete.
korine n. type of ensete.
korisha adj. blue.
korqikorqukko vt. 1) to deprecate. 2) to
disparage.
koorniisa Pl: koorniissuwwa. n. ceiling. From:
cf. Ital. cornice: Gesims.
korochcha n. snoring.
Korochcho name. Korochcho. [Status: check ee]
korojjo'o Pl: korojjo'uwwa. n. purse. From:
Amh.
korolaare'e adj. corollary.
koronte'e n. 1) electric current. From: Engl.
current. 2) electricity.
koronte'i enerje'e [Status: entry might be
deleted ?? koronte'i only ??] np. electrical
energy.
korora n. snoring.
kororukko vi. to snore.
kooroosiiva adj. corrosive. [Status: check ps
(HED: adj)]
korooxukko vi. to breath (of horse).
koorukko vt. to saddle.
koorukko vi. 1) to be skilled. 2) to be perfect in
one's work.
kosarata n. a type of spice.
koostiik pootaasha np. caustic potash.
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koostiika soda np. caustic soda.
kosh woro Variant: koshoro. np. store room.
kosha Pl: koshshuwwa. n. kitchen place.
koshakoora n. kwashiorkor. [Status: check
meaning !!]
kooshshaama n. type of fruit. [Status: check
precise meaning]
Koshe name. Koshe.
koshokkoshukko vi. to be fine (tobacco).
koshsho'o n. tobacco.
kooshsho'o n ? ??
koshoro Pl: kosholluwwa. n. alcove.
koota Pl: koottuwwa. n. 1) coat. 2) jacket. From:
from Engl. "coat".
kooteechcho adj. 1) soiled. 2) polluted.
3) stained.
kottisukko vt. to contract.
koto n. fragment.
kotootukko vi. to itch.
kotukko vi. to break off sth. [Status: check
meaning]
kottukko vi. to be numb.
koxxara n. a part of a cow's body.
kooxukko vi. 1) to roar. 2) to bark.
kowwaada n. type of tree.
kowata n. type of ensete.
koyya [Status: check entry form - * koyyincho?]
n. company.
koyya gassoohane np. host.
koyyi mine np. guesthouse.
koyyinano n. 1) being guest. 2) hospitality.
koyyinansukko vt. to invite. Morph: CAUS 1
of koyyinamukko.
koyyiincho Pl: koyya. n. 1) guest. 2) stranger.
3) visitor.
koyna [Status: check spelling - was koina] n. type
of ensete.
ku pron. this (masc, adj).
ku'aasa n. diarrhea.
ku'aasaamo adj. with diarrhea.
ku'aasisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
ku'aasukko (?). 1) to make diarrhea. 2) to
make frighten.
ku'aasukko vi. to defecate (with diarrhoea).
kubbaaniyya n. company. From: cf. Ital.
compagnia.
kubbaayya Pl: kubbaayyuwwa. n. 1) plastic
cup. 2) tin. 3) unit of measurement.
kubusukko vt. 1) to budge. 2) to move slightly.
kucceesukko vt (?). 1) to aid. 2) to realize.
[Status: check meaning]
kuccikuccaa'ukko vt. to help (by giving
needed materials).
kuckucaa'ukko vt. to suckle (of calf).
kuchuucha n. ??
kuchuchukko vi. 1) to shiver. 2) to shudder.
[Status: check precise meaning]
kufa n. serse. [Status: check meaning]
kuffe'e n. disease cause by protein deficiency.
ku'in n. type of ensete.
kuk pron. this (masc, subst).
kuukka 1) n. type of inedible plantfruit. [Status:
check meaning] 2)
— adj. fat and roundish.
kuka'e conj (?). but this.
kukim pron. this.
kukko ma'nna np. ??
kukoom pron. this one.
kuko'o interj (?). here he/it is.
kukkulu yukko vp (vi). to crow (cock).
kukkussichcho n. 1) bush duiker. 2) gazelle.
[Status: check meaning]
kuul shenqee'lla np. brown algae.
kuula adj. brown.
kulkulla n. 1) dusk. 2) nightfall.
kulkullaancho Pl: kulkullaano. n. confused
(person).
kulkullaato n. 1) evening. 2) after dusk.
kulkullukko vi. 1) to become evening, to
become dark. 2) to fall (of night). 3) to be
confused.
kullukko vi. to boast.
kululla n. feeling of dizziness.
kululaa'e adj. round.
kulullaato n. round.
kululaa'ukko vt. to cause to move around (in
circles). Morph: CAUS 1 of kululukko.
[Status: better: to lead around in .... ?]
kulullees do'o np. circumference.
kulullees giraafa n. circlegraph.
kulullees haraarooma np. area of a circle.
kulullees koona np. circular cone.
kulullees lambe§e np. centre of a circle.
kulullees silinder np. circular cylinder.
kululleesa n. cirile.
kululleeta adj. 1) around. 2) about.
kululleetanne n. surrounding.
kululukko vi. 1) to move around. 2) to turn
(around). 3) to rotate. 4) to feel dizzy.
kuma num. thousand.
kumaakaakuma num. large number (greater
than thousands).
kumbubba n. oval shaped [thing].
kumbulaa'ukko vt. Morph: CAUS ?? 1) to
throw down. 2) to drop. 3) to cast off. [Status:
check meaning]
kumiinse num. thousandth (0.001).
kuu'mmukko vt. to have food in one's mouth.
kuna'a interj (?). here he/it is.
kunchufa n. ??
kuntaala n. sack holding 100kg.
kunu'a n. type of ensete.
kunukko [Status: check citation form! was:
kuno'o] vi. here it is.
kuraa lehukko vp (vt). to will. [Status: check
meaning !]
kuraancho n. teller.
kuraaza Pl: kuraazzuwwa. n. small kerosene
lamp.
kurkusso'o n. type of sheep disease. [Status:

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kuroo loojiika np. predicate logic.
kurukko vt. 1) to tell. 2) to inform.
kuruura adj. immature.
kuruurukko vi. to be immature.
kusa n. a kind of grass (to cover huts).
kusarata n. type of spice (for butter). [Status:
check meaning]
kushikushaato n. 1) murmuring. 2) secret talk.
kushkushukko vi. 1) to murmur. 2) to talk in
secret.
kushullikushullukko vi. to shrink (of bump,
swelling, etc.).
kushullukko vi. to shrink (of bump, etc.).
kutubo n. eating without butter and cheese.
kutubukko vi. to eat without butter and cheese.
[Status: check precise meaning]
kuttubbukko vt. to hobble.
kutugukko v. ??
kuttu'lla n. immatured sorghum. [Status: check
Q - q
qaba Pl: qabbuwwa. n. 1) tweezers. 2) princers.
qabaaddo Pl: qabaadduwwa. n. buying of grain.
qabaadukko vt. to buy grain.
qabaajja Pl: qabaajjuwwa. n. exchange.
qabaajjina marukko vp. to go to buy grain.
qabale'e Pl: qabale'uwwa. [Status: check
spelling] n. Kebele.
qaballo Pl: qaballuwwa. n. tanned skin (used as
blanket).
qabara adj. 1) wide. 2) flat.
qabaro Pl: qaballuwwa. [Status: check entry
form - transnum. ?] n. jackal. From: Amh.
qabarukko vi. 1) to be(come) wide. 2) to be flat.
qabatto'o Pl: qabatto'uwwa. n. belt. From:
Amh.
qabdo Pl: qabduwwa. n. deposit.
qaabula adj. 1) ugly. 2) forgetful.
qabuxukko vi. to be restless.
Qaca name. Tuesday.
qaaca'a adj. ??
qacabba Pl: qacabbuwwa. n. 1) bur marigold.
2) black jack.
qacaalla adj. 1) weak. 2) soft. 3) lazy. 4) thin.
5) smooth.
qacale'e adj. 1) fresh. 2) nearly ripe.
qacaalli maaro'i balla np. late afternoon.
qaccaa'ukko vt. 1) to eat. 2) to feed.
qaciqacukko vt. to vex.
qacina Pl: qacinnuwwa. n. thread.
qacisukko vt. to soften (e.g. a hide). Morph:
CAUS 1 of qacukko.
qacukko vi. 1) to be weak. 2) to be weary. 3) to
be thin. 4) to become tired (esp. from
hunger). 5) to be soft/smooth (of food).
qachcho Pl: qachchuwwa. n. one's son or
daughter.
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qaqqishsha
meaning (HED: immatured surgam)]
kuttumeesukko vt. to roast. [Status: check
meaning (HED: -)]
kutura Pl: kutulluwwa. n. forbidden area.
kuturukko vt. 1) to prevent from grazing. 2) to
forbid.
kututaa'ukko vt. 1) to collect. 2) to gather one
by one. 3) to pick up.
kuxxichcho n. cough.
kuxxisukko vi. to cough. Morph: CAUS 1 of
kuxxukko.
kuxxukko vi. to cough.
kuwaadiraanta Pl: kuwaadiraantuwwa. n.
quadrant. From: Engl. (Lat.).
kuwaadiratic gudisansa np. quadratic
equation.
kuwaantifayera n. quantifier.
kuyutukko v. ??
qadafa n. ??
qadafa'l jabbo np. tuberculosis.
qadafara Pl: qadafalluwwa. n. lung.
qadaalla adj. 1) white. 2) light-coloured.
qadaalli tuma np. garlic.
qadaallisukko vt. to make white. Morph: CAUS
1 of qadaallukko.
qadaallukko vi. 1) to be(come) white. 2) to be
light-coloured.
qadaancho Pl: qadaano. n. ??
qaddaa'ukko vt. 1) to quote. 2) to cite.
qadiidukko vt. 1) to improve. 2) to kill a lot.
qadiijja n. improvement.
qaf wonnana np. hoe with two teeth.
qafa n. 1) twins. 2) branch.
qafaa'ukko vt. 1) to inform. 2) to tell. 3) to cut.
[Status: check precise meaning]
qaffaa'ukko vt. to cut off.
qaffittaancho adj (n ??). hasty [person ?].
qaffitte n. toil.
qaffittukko vi. 1) to toil. 2) to be in hurry.
qaafunta n. 1) patch. 2) piece of cloth.
qaafuntukko vt. to cover a torn cloth with a
piece of cloth.
qakke'e n. a dry cough. [Status: check meaning]
qaqa n. 1) stick. 2) barley.
qaqqasukko vi. to wink.
qaqqiso adv. 1) fast. 2) soon. 3) suddenly.
qaqqisonne [Status: check entry form] 1) adv
(?). urgent. 2)
— n. suddenness. [Status: Abraham: adv;
Abraham: quickly]
qaqqissukko vi. Morph: * adj. qaqqisso. 1) to
be quick. 2) to do sth. quickly. [Status: check
the meaning] 3) to hurry.
qaqqishsha adv. fast.
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qaqukko vt. to grill.
qaquulla [Status: check spelling] adj. 1) raw
(food). 2) raw (materials).
qaquulli mancho np. immature person.
qaquullukko vi. 1) to become raw. 2) to become
worst.
Qaaqume'e name. Qaaqume'e (13th month of
Ethiopian calendar).
qa'l bassa [Status: check entry form - KIRB: qa'l
basso] np. 1) food made from barley at the
time of birth. 2) mash served on birthday of a
baby. [Status: check precise meaning]
qa'l ma'nna np. 1) womb. 2) uterus.
qa'l ma'nni gaanje [Status: check spelling
(HED: man'n gaanje)] np. cervix.
qaala n. prophecy. From: Amh.
qaala'a n. lowland.
qallaba n. 1) food. 2) provisions for a journey.
From: Amh.
qallaba xufukko vp (vt). to issue food to sb.
From: Amh.
qalabaxxi googo [Status: check entry form]
np. bypass.
qallacha n. crone. From: Wolayta.
qalama Pl: qalammuwwa. n. 1) colour. 2) paint.
From: Amh. ?
qalaanja Pl: qalaanjuwwa. n. flag.
qalbeexxukko vt. to recognize.
qaalleencho Pl: qaalleenchuwwa. n. shaft.
qalicca [Status: check entry form] n. shamanic
priest. From: Orom.?
qalima Pl: qalimmuwwa. n. ensete tree seed pod.
qalukko vt. 1) to make flour (from ensete). 2) to
brew.
qama Pl: qammuwwa. n. 1) flour. 2) powder.
qamachcho Variant: qamarcho. Pl: qamara.
[Status: check va (HCD)] n. 1) baboon.
2) ape. 3) monkey. 4) guenon. From:
Tadesse, sheet.
qaamaafeeta Pl: qaamaafeettuwwa. n. 1) sense
organ. 2) part.
qamalle'e n. type of ensete.
qammano Pl: qammannuwwa. n. 1) yeast (of
the milk). 2) smegma.
qamaraara adj. useless.
qamaraarooma Morph: singl. only. n.
uselessness.
qamaraarukko vi. to become useless.
qammasukko vt. to taste. From: Amh.
qaamaashiira adj. 1) valueless. 2) worthless.
qaamaashiirooma n. valuelessness. Morph:
singl. only.
qaamaashiirukko vi. 1) to be useless. 2) to be
worthless.
qammaaxa adj. very thin.
qammaaxo'o adj. rather small.
qambara Pl: qamballuwwa. n. yoke. From:
Amh.
qambarin qashukko np. to harness an animal
to the yoke. From: Amh.
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qambisa Pl: qambissuwwa. n. shirt (for men).
qambukko vi (?). to have sexual intercourse (of
cock and hen).
qamisa Pl: qamissuwwa. n. traditional dress.
qamisukko vt. to dress.
qanaachcha Variant: qinaachcha. [Status:
check va (WHS)] n. type of cow disease that
only old animals contract. Morph: singl.
only.
qanafa Pl: qanaffuwwa. n. a piece of wood
attached to a woman's head or neck after
giving birth.
qananaa'aancho Pl: qananaa'aano. n. reader.
qananaa'isaano Pl: qananaa'isaannuwwa. n.
vowel.
qananamaano Pl: qananamaannuwwa. n.
consonant.
qananamoobee'ane [Status: check entry
form - NEG] adj. illegible.
qananamukko vi. to be read. Morph: PASS of
qananukko.
qananaato Pl: qananaattuwwa. n. reading.
qananaa'ukko [Status: check
spelling - qanannaa ... (HLG)] vt. to read.
qanaate adj. 1) jealous. 2) envious. From: Amh.
qanaate'ukko vi. 1) to be(come) jealous. 2) to
be(come) envious. From: Amh.
qannaxancha Pl: qannaxano. n. belitteling.
[Status: check meaning]
qannaxukko vt. to look up on.
qaanca Variant: aanca. Pl: qaancuwwa. n.
1) ensete fibre. 2) corn silk. 3) hedge of
ensete plants. From: Kambaata: qaancata.
qancara adj ? ??
qanciwa n. type of ensete.
qaanne'e n. 1) drought. 2) famine.
qane'ukko vi. to succeed. From: Amh.
qaanne'ukko vi. to starve. [Status: check
meaning (HED: starrted)]
qanga Pl: qanguwwa. n. curse.
qangukko vt. 1) to curse. 2) to insult.
qanjora Pl: qanjolluwwa. n. lout.
qanqa Pl: qanquwwa. n. ??
qaanqa Pl: qaanquwwa. n. 1) means of doing sth.
2) system.
qanqansa n. type of disease. [Status: check
precise meaning]
qaanqo lab gixo'o np. concealed poetry.
qaanqo'o Pl: qaanqo'uwwa. n. poetry.
qanqukko vt. to curse.
qansa Pl: qansuwwa. n. sperm.
qansi firimma vp. ejaculation.
qansimaancho Pl: qansimaano. n. 1) woman in
childbed. 2) suckler.
qanso'o Pl: qanso'uwwa. n. 1) auxiliary bud.
2) cutting.
qantalaama n. rue (medicinal plant).
qantaalaama Pl: qantaalaammuwwa. n.
tenoddam. [Status: check meaning !]
qanxaa'ukko vt (?). to taste.
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qanxite n. 1) beginning. 2) starting.
qape'e Pl: qape'uwwa. n. wooden block used for
culprits who did not confess.
qapha Pl: qaphphuwwa. n. pincers.
qaaphpha Pl: qaaphphuwwa. n. bundle.
qaphphaa qaphpha vp / np (?). little by little,
slowly.
qaphphaachcha n. reducing the speed. Morph:
singl. only.
qaaphphamukko vi. to be embraced. Morph:
PASS of qaaphphukko.
qaaphphancha Pl: qaaphphanchuwwa. n.
1) embrace. 2) making an agreement with
each other.
qaphphanukko vt. to arm.
qaphphaa'ukko vi. 1) to slow down. 2) to use
economically.
qaphphe qaphphenne np. gradually.
qaaphphisukko vt. to embrace. Morph: CAUS
1 of qaaphphukko.
qaphphite n. 1) patience. 2) resignation. 3)
— adj. slow.
qaphphitinne maaxaqqa taakke'ukko
[Status: check entry form] vp. to sneak.
qaaphpho mare'e np. bracket.
qaaphpho'o Pl: qaaphpho'uwwa. n. bracket.
qaphukko vt. to carry a child on the back.
qaphphukko vi/vt. 1) to be(come) slow. 2) to do
sth. slowly. [Status: check the meaning!]
3) to hatch. [Status: check meaning!]
qaaphphukko vt. 1) to embrace. 2) to brood.
[Status: check meaning] 3) to support, to
help.
qar ihukko vp. to be friends.
qara n. 1) cutting edge. 2) direction. 3) sharpness.
4) severity. [Status: check sn 3f (WHS:
qaara)] 5) type of grass. [Status: check
meaning!]
qaara Pl: qaalluwwa. n. 1) spear. 2) small lance.
qara jibba np. mat (made from qara grass).
qara'a Pl: qara'uwwa. [Status: check entry &
forms] n. 1) mat of palm leaves. 2) mat made
of reed.
qara'a n. bulrush.
qaraabe n. a small drum.
qarabo Variant: qabaro. [Status: check va
(WHS)] n. jackal. From: Amh.
qarafima [Status: check spelling - underlined by
AT] n. last day in Naase'e. [Status: what's the
significance?]
qara'i jibba np. 1) carpet. 2) mat.
qara'issukko vt. to spread (the rug). Morph: *
qara issukko.
qaraa'l mine np. pharmacy.
qarammaaca n. festival of peer group.
qaramukko vi. to be born. Morph: PASS of
qarukko.
qaramukko vi. to become friends. Morph: *
qaro. [Status: check meaning]
qarancha n. being born.
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qaranchi balla np. birthday.
qaranchi qaxooma np. birthrate.
qaranchi uulla np. home country.
qarara adj. purified.
qaraaraal biira'a [Status: check entry form]
np. bitter. [Status: check precise meaning]
qaraaraalla adj. bitter.
qaraaraancho adj. 1) bitter. 2) poisonous.
qaraare Pl: qaraalluwwa. n. 1) medicine.
2) poison. 3)
— adj. bitter. [Status: check entry ! (qaraaro /
qaraaraalla ?)]
qaraareeshukko vt. to poison sb. Morph: *
qaraarukko.
qaraarissoohane n. medical doctor.
qaraarissukko vt. to treat sb. (as a doctor).
Morph: CAUS 1 of qaraarukko.
qaraarla'aancho Pl: qaraarla'aano. n.
preparer of poison.
qaraaro [Status: check entry - qaraare ?] adj.
bitter.
qararukko vi. 1) to settle (out). 2) to decant.
qaraarukko vi. to be bitter.
qarassukko vt. to distill.
qaraax sunkurutta [Status: check entry form]
np. spring onion.
qaraxaancho Pl: qaraxaano. n. tax collector.
From: Amh.
qaraxo n. tax. From: Amh.
qaraaxo Pl: qaraaxxuwwa. n. Morph: cf.
qaraato'o. 1) spring. 2) season of small rains.
3) fertility.
qaraxukko vt. to collect tax. From: Amh.
qarce'e n. constraining the growth. [Status: check
precise meaning]
qare'aalla adj/n. 1) fast, hurried. 2) sharp (of
knife). 3) edge, blade. [Status: check meaning
of sn 3!]
qarecha n. speed.
qareechcha [Status: check entry - underlined by
AT] n. 1) sharpness. 2) severity.
qaare'e Pl: qaare'uwwa. n. 1) green pepper.
2) chilli.
qare'isukko vt. to hasten. Morph: CAUS 1 of
qare'ukko.
qareqera n. tree cactus.
qare'nna n. speed.
qare'nna uullishsha np. speed limit.
qareesukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of qare'ukko.
1) to sharpen (knife). 2) to whet. 3) to file.
qareeshsha n. 1) sharpening (of knife).
2) grinding.
qareeshaancho n. 1) whetstone. 2) rasp. 3) file.
qare'ukko vi. 1) to speed up. 2) to be sharpened.
3) to be sharp.
qaaribo'o [Status: check entry - underlined by
AT] n. drink made from roasted grain.
qarichcho Pl: qaribbuwwa. [Status: check pl.]
n. lord. From: Kambaata.
qarimo'o n. generation.
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qarmancho Pl: qarmanna. n. Morph: ?? +
manna. [Status: check morphology]
1) relatives. 2) friends.
qarme'e n. straw.
qarmura n. 1) separation (of evil work).
2) division (of relatives). [Status: check
precise meaning]
qaro n. 1) relative. 2) delivery. 3) friend. [Status:
check meaning !]
qaro issukko vp (vt). to make friends. Morph:
CAUS 1 of qaro ihukko.
qaro mutto'o np. set at variance.
qaroobee'i [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] adj (?).
infertile.
qarooma n. 1) relationship. 2) friendship.
qaro'o n. profit.
qarta n. mat made from bamboo.
qarxa n. 1) class. 2) section.
qaru keeno [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n. parents.
qaru luchcho [Status: check entry form] np.
profit.
qarukko vi. 1) to give birth. 2) to beget. 3) to be
profitable.
qaasa'a adj. 1) wet. 2) damp. 3) moisten.
qaasa'isukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
qaasa'ukko. 1) to soak. 2) to wet.
qassamaakko beyyo np. hole.
qasamcha n. 1) battle. 2) war.
qasamukko vt. to fight.
qasammukko [Status: check entry
form - qasamukko?] vt. to frighten sb.
qasanchi mu'uta [Status: check entry
form - syn. o'l mu'uta ?] np. weapon.
qasansaancho Pl: qasansaano. n. 1) sb. who
causes a fight. 2) sb. who causes a dispute.
[Status: check meaning]
qassiisaancho Pl: qassiisaano. n. midwife.
qassiisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 (2?) of
qarukko. 1) to order prick to stab. [Status:
check meaning !!] 3) to make to give birth.
qaso'isukko vi. to be fatigued. Morph: * qaso ...
(?). [Status: check meaning]
qaso'o n. 1) fatigue. 2) fight.
qaso'ukko vi / vt. 1) to become fatigued. 2) to
fight. [Status: check meaning / entry form]
qastanna n. 1) leader. 2) general.
qasukko vt. 1) to pierce. 2) to stab. 3) to sting.
4) to hurl. 5) to look at somebody with a
wink.
qasha n. fence.
qashsha Pl: qashshuwwa. n. spoon.
qaasha Pl: qaashshuwwa. n. 1) trap, snare.
2) net. 3) connector.
qaashamukko vi. Morph: PASS of qaashukko.
1) to be paired. 2) to be coupled.
qaashancha n. being paired.
qaasho'o Pl: qaasho'uwwa. n. pair.
qashukko vt. to make a fence.
qaashukko vt. 1) to trap. 2) to snare. 3) to join
together. 4) to farm.
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qattamatane adj. fertile (of woman).
qattambee'i adj (?). barren.
qatukko vt. to hurl one time. [Status: check
meaning against qasimma]
qax ihukko vp (vi). to be like.
qaxa Pl: qaxxuwwa. [Status: entry: mat qaxa ?] n.
1) extend. [Status: check meaning] 2) degree.
3) unite.
qaxxa [Status: one or two "X" ?] adj. like, similar.
qaxxala adj. 1) next. 2) subsequent. From: Amh.
qaxxamaancho n. fighter.
qaxame pron. only this.
qaxxamukko vi. to fight. Morph: PASS/MED of
qaxxukko ?
qaxxa'mmukko vt. to pay a fine. [Status: check
precise meaning - was: birinne
qaxxa'mmukko]
qaxxancha n. 1) fighting. 2) battle. 3) war.
qaxara n. type of plant. [Status: check precise
meaning]
qaxxaraancho Pl: qaxxaraano. n. employer.
qaxxarukko vt. 1) to hire. 2) to employ.
qaaxarukko vt. to conceive.
qaxaaxa n. duty.
qaxa'ukko vt. to punish. From: Amh. [Status:
check meaning; was: "to give birth";]
qaxqaxaato n. twitch.
qaxqaxukko vi. 1) to twitch. 2) to shiver.
qaaxo n. division. [Status: check precise meaning]
qaxooma n. 1) amount. 2) quantity.
3) magnitude.
qaxukko vt. to taste.
qaxxukko vi. 1) to be wounded. 2) to be pierced.
qaaxukko vt. to reduce.
qawwa adj. 1) foolish (person). 2) crazy. 3) mad.
4) silly.
qaawwa n. Arabian coffee.
qawwaawwa n. locust.
qawwe'e Pl: qawwe'uwwa. n. gun.
qawwesukko vt. 1) to cheat. 2) to comfort
children.
qaawwi mine np. coffee house.
qawwiisaa xorukko vp. to cheat.
qawwisaancho Pl: qawwisaano. n. cheater.
qawwiisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
qawwukko. 1) to fool. 2) to cheat. 3) to
deceive.
qawwooma n. 1) foolishness. 2) stupidity.
qawwukko vi. 1) to be foolish. 2) to be crazy.
qawuwa Pl: qawuwwuwwa. n. saline soil.
qaayyamukko vi. to die. Morph: PASS/MED of
qaayyukko.
qaayyancha n. being destroyed.
Qaydaree name. Qaydaree (one of the names of
God). [Status: check meaning]
qaayyo n. 1) destroyer. 2) damage.
qaayyukko vt. 1) to damage. 2) to destroy.
qaayyurukko v. ??
qebella adj. cross-eyed.
qebellisukko vt. to make cross-eyed. Morph:
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CAUS 1 of qebellukko.
qebellukko vi. to be cross-eyed.
qedda 1) adj. left (side). 2)
— n. misfortune.
qeddansukko [Status: check entry
form - haccaam qeddansukko ?] vp. to be in a
mess. Morph: CAUS 1 of qeddamukko ?
qeddi anga np. left-handed person. [Status:
check meaning (left direction ?)]
qeddisukko vt. to confuse. Morph: CAUS 1 of
qeddukko?
qeddukko vi. to be misfortuned.
qeefadamaakkohane n. prisoner.
qeefadamukko vi. to be captured. Morph:
PASS of qeefadukko.
qeefadaancho Pl: qeefadaano. n. capturer.
qeefadukko vt. to capture.
qeeqalaancho Pl: qeeqalaano. n. iron.
qeeqalukko vt. 1) to iron. 2) to roast.
qee'l tarxooma np. far-sighted.
qelema Variant: qelo'o. Pl: qelemmuwwa.
[Status: check va (BV)] n. snail. [Status:
Abraham cannot confirm this meaning]
qee'llo adj. far away.
qee'llooma n. being far away.
qee'llukko vi. to go far away.
qeemhane n. 1) smell. 2) odour.
qendeeda adj. 1) tired. 2) stiff.
qenefa Variant: qanafa. Pl: qeneffuwwa. n.
1) ornament of a woman who had delivered
recently. 2) birthday party. [Status: check
meaning - was: qeneffa] 3) barley mash.
[Status: check meaning - was: qeneffa]
qenxeera Pl: qenxeelluwwa. n. colostrums.
qe'nnukko [Status: check entry - was:
qitnimma] vi. to groan.
qeeraa'l kobe'e [Status: check entry form] np.
boots.
qeeraa'lla adj. 1) long. 2) tall.
qeeraa'llisukko vt. to lengthen. Morph: CAUS
1 of qeeraa'llukko.
qeeraa'llooma n. lenght.
qeeraa'llukko vi. 1) to be long. 2) to be tall.
qere'e Pl: qere'uwwa. n. 1) pot. 2) container.
qereero'o taqaawwomimma [Status: check
entry form - 1 or 2 words ?] vp (?).
opposition.
qero'o Variant: qelo'o; qero buuda. Pl:
qero'uwwa. n. snail.
qeessi Morph: singl. qeessichcho. Pl: qeessuwwa.
n. 1) pastor. 2) reverend. From: Amh.
qeessiisukko vt. to remove sb. Morph: CAUS 2
of qee'llukko.
qeessukko Morph: CAUS 1 of qee'llukko. vt. to
make sth. to be far away.
qessuwwa n. a kind of ensete.
qexxa Pl: qexxuwwa. n. 1) leather skirt. 2) leather
dress (of woman).
qexxaamo adj. sb. who wears a short dress.
qexxexxa n. cracking on foot.
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qexxexxaamo adj. with a cracked foot.
qexxexxukko vi. to get a crack on the foot.
qewwo'o Pl: qewwo'uwwa. n. 1) wooden
material used to crush the root of the ensete.
1b) ensete masher (made from wood).
2) chopping tool of bone. [Status: check
meaning (spelled: qeewwo'o)] 3) a sharpened
hammer to crush the ensete pulp.
qiibata n. dew.
qibiboohane adj. pleasant (smell).
qibibukko vi. to smell well.
qich ? 1) hairline in the neck. 2) ?? [Status: check
meaning!]
qiida adj. cold (of weather).
qiidaalla adj. cold.
Qidaame name. Saturday. From: Amh.
qiidukko vi. 1) to be cool. 2) to be(come) cold (of
weather).
qiqqel n. boiled sheep meet. From: Amh.
qillimme'aancho n. shy person.
qillimme'ukko vi. to be shy.
qilinxeesukko vt. to deceive.
qilinxeeshsha n. deceiving.
qilxokkichcho Morph: singl. n. type of oak.
qiima n. chaff. [Status: check meaning - was:
remain part during the threshing time (wheat,
maize, etc.)]
qimama Pl: qimammuwwa. n. spice(s) added to
butter before poured into coffee. From: Amh.
qimicaa'ukko vt. 1) to make folded (i.e. fold?).
2) to bend.
qimiixaancho n. sb. who uses little by little.
qimiixukko vt. to use a small amount.
qinnawaara n. type of ensete.
qince'e n. 1) darnel grass. 2) chaff.
qinniwaara n. a kind of ensete.
qinqinaamo adj. greedy (person).
qinqinaancho n. 1) sb. who is mean. 2) sb. who
is not willing to give.
qinqinukko vi. to be mean.
qiinsaancho n. sb. who winnows.
qiinsukko vt. to winnow. Morph: CAUS 1 of
qiinukko.
qintaa'ukko [Status: check entry & meaning !]
vt. to protect.
qinxaa'ukko vt. 1) to wrap. 2) to bend over.
3) to be double. [Status: check meaning]
qinxiqinximma n. being folded.
qinxim adv. also.
qinxissukko vt. to double sth. Morph: CAUS 1
of qinxa'ukko.
qinxite n. wrap.
qinxiti adv. 1) double. 2) twice.
qinxixxi simeetire'e np. folding symmetry.
qinxukko vt. to fold.
qiira n. heart burn.
qirifa n. suppuration.
qirifukko vi. to suppurate.
qirqire'e n. 1) bolting object (of gate). [Status:
check precise meaning] 2) baring object.
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qiro'a [Status: check spelling - qiro'o ?] n. a kind
of beetle.
qirtsa Pl: qirtsuwwa. n. form (to be filled out).
From: Amh.
qirxaamo'o n. chaff.
qiirukko vi. to burn (of heart).
qiisanna n. spider.
qiisha n. damnes.
qishixxa adj. kind.
qishixxato n. kindness.
qishixukko vi/vt. 1) to save. 2) to be kind. 3) to
grant forgiveness. From: Amh ? [Status:
check meaning; was - "to have mercy"] 4) to
please.
qishukko vt. 1) to mix. 2) to break down.
qiishukko vi / vt. 1) to make a fence around sth.
2) to enclose. 3) to get wet.
qitaancho Pl: qitaano. n. 1) mean (person).
2) greedy (person). 3) sb. who is stingy.
qitfu n. qitfu.
qitinukko vi. 1) to moan. 2) to groan.
qitukko vi. 1) to be stingy. 2) to be mean. 3) to
be greedy. 4) not to give food.
qiixa n. goods.
qixa§a n. order.
qixxinna n. syphilis.
qixxiixxa adj. kinky. [Status: check xv - HED
only 1 word ...]
qixxixxi adj. very curly hair.
qiixo adj. 1) mean. 2) greedy.
qiyya Pl: qiyyuwwa. n. 1) round wooden ball.
2) instrument to pull water. [Status: check
precise meaning]
qiyyaarukko vt. to change (clothes). From:
Amh.
qiiza adj. 1) stayed. 2) moulded (of ensete food).
qo'ana n. dilution.
qo'anammi asiidas np. diluted acide.
qo'anukko vt. to dilute.
qoobe'e Pl: qoobe'uwwa. n. hat.
qobbo'o Pl: qobbo'uwwa. n. 1) castor-oil plant.
2) fruit of the castor-oil plant. 3) oil for
leather.
qooca adj. 1) long. 2) tall.
qoocca Pl: qooccuwwa. n. 1) creature. 2) nature.
3) shape. 4) build. 5) colour. 6) character.
qooccamaakkohane n. creature.
qoccamukko vi. Morph: PASS of qoccukko.
1) to have conflict. 2) to knock.
qoccancha Pl: qoccanchuwwa. n. conflict.
qooccancha [Status: check entry form] n. nature.
qooccanchi beyyo np. place of articulation.
qooccanchi duuha'a np. manner of
articulation.
qoccaancho Pl: qoccaano. n. sb. who knocks
(knocker ??).
qooccaancho Pl: qooccaano. n. creator.
qooccanchuwwa saarayyaancho [Status:
check entry form] np. scientist.
qooccane [Status: check entry form] n. scent.
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qoccansukko vt. to cause conflict. Morph:
CAUS 1 of qoccanukko.
qocekichcho Pl: qocekuwwa. [Status: check pl]
n. tortoise.
qoocci dabassa np. process.
qoocqoocaachcha n. itch (of throat).
qoccoo luchcho np. 1) stumpling block.
2) obstacle. 3) pitfall.
qocooca adj. 1) very short. 2) low.
qooccohane n. creator.
qoocco'i ihubee'i kitaabo'o np. non-fiction.
qoocco'i kitaabo'o np. fiction.
qocukko [Status: check spelling - qocukko,
qoccukko, qooccukko three entry forms?] vt.
to eat little by little.
qoccukko vi/vt. 1) to knock. 2) to rattle. 3) to
hammer. 4) to castrate.
qooccukko vt. 1) to create. 2) to invent. 3) to
devise.
qochcha Pl: qochchuwwa. n. settlement.
qochchaancho Pl: qochchaano. n. settler.
qochcho [Status: check spelling] n. ensete bread.
From: Amh.
qochchukko vi (?). to settle.
qooda Pl: qoodduwwa. n. quotient.
qoodamma adj (?). limited.
qoodamukko vi. to design. Morph: PASS/REFL
of qoodukko.
qoodaancho Pl: qoodaano. n. sb. who limits.
qoodisa ihukko vp (vi). to be willing.
qoodo'o Pl: qoodo'uwwa. n. 1) design.
2) device. 3) plan. [Status: check meaning]
qoodukko vt. to limit.
qofa'ata n. 1) obstacle. 2) stumblick block.
3) drawback.
qoffa'l heeda n. type of tool. From: Amh.
[Status: check meaning]
qoffite Pl: qoffittewwa. n. 1) elevation.
2) altitude.
qoffi'ukko [Status: check entry (HED has IMP:
qoffihe)] vt. to mount (on a horse).
qoffukko vi. to become high. [Status: check
relationship with "qoffi'ukko"]
qogar adj. grown old. [Status: check meaning]
qo'ina n. shoot.
qoqa adj. emaciated. [Status: check meaning]
qooqa adj. blind.
qoqara adj (?). 1) hard. 2) firm. [Status: check ps
and meanings]
qooqisukko vt. to make blind. Morph: CAUS 1
of qooqukko.
qooqishsha n. blinding. [Status: check meaning
(being blind / blindness ?)]
qoqqoba Pl: qoqqobbuwwa. n. dam.
qoqqoobimma n. dam. [Status: check ps]
qoqqobukko vt. to dam.
qooqukko vi. to be blind.
qolato n. obstacle. [Status: check meaning - was
to hinder (but not verb form)]
qo'llo Variant: qo'lla. Pl: qo'lluwwa. [Status:
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qoloo luchcho np. 1) obstacle. 2) pitfall.
qollofukko vt. to lock.
qoloole weerare np. ??
qoloolukko vt. 1) to spank. 2) to smite. 3) to
thrash.
qolo'o Pl: qolo'uwwa. n. shorts.
qolukko vi/vt (?). 1) to catch. 2) to butter. 3) to
become an obstacle. 4) to stumble. 5) to trip.
qo'llukko vi. 1) to stumble over. 2) to hit as nag.
[Status: check precise meaning] 3) to break
down (car, etc.).
qooma Variant: kooma. Pl: qoommuwwa.
[Status: check va!!] n. 1) gourd. 2) calabash.
qombancha Pl: qombana. n. sudden death.
qombila adj. 1) clever. 2) ingenious. 3) bright.
4) wise. 5) sage.
qomboro'o Pl: qomboro'uwwa. n. upper
growing part of a cabbage.
qomboottira Pl: qomboottilluwwa. n. lamb.
[Status: BL: for girls; qomboottira is kind of
ensete]
qombootra n. type of ensete.
qombukko vt. 1) to beat. 2) to break.
qome'e adj. 1) big. 2) expert. [Status: check
meaning] 3) clever.
qome'e sawwite np. outline.
qommora adj. wise.
qonnaada n. drink (prepared from barley).
qoonca Pl: qooncuwwa. n. scar.
qoncaancho Pl: qoncaano. n. thief.
qoncisukko vt. to make sb. take a pinch. Morph:
CAUS 1 of qoncukko.
qonco'i sagara np. abbreviation.
qonco'o n. some part.
qoncoora Pl: qoncoolluwwa. n. machete.
qoncukko vt. 1) to pinch (e.g. salt). 2) to take a
pinch.
qoonde'e Pl: qoonde'uwwa. n. East African
laburnum.
qondoodisukko vt. to exhauste. Morph: CAUS
1 of qondoodukko.
qondoodishsha n. exhausting.
qondoodukko vi. to be exhausted.
qondoojja n. exhaustion.
qoonga n / adj ?? 1) weary. 2) losing weight.
[Status: check meaning] 3) being emaciated.
qoonqa'a Pl: qoonqa'uwwa. n. trachea. From:
Amh.
qoonqa'anne murukko vp. to cut the base of
the ensete leaf. From: Amh. [Status: check
meaning]
qonqona Pl: qonqonnuwwa. [Status: check
spelling] n. separated room.
qoonsila Pl: qoonsilluwwa. n. council. From:
Engl.
qonte'e n. ??
qoonxa Variant: qooxa. Pl: qoonxuwwa. [Status:
check va (HCD)] n. dried meat.
qonxa'a Pl: qonxa'uwwa. n. 1) shorts. 2) a sack
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qonxola adj. 1) with a lost part of its tail (of
animal). 2) very short.
qonxolukko vi. to be short.
qonxooraancho Pl: qonxooraano. n. thief.
qonxoorukko vt. to take a pinch of sth.
qo'o Pl: qo'uwwa. n. 1) bone marrow. 2) marrow.
qophphanaancho Pl: qophphanaano. n. liar.
qophphano adj. false.
qophphanukko vi. to lie.
qophukko vt (?). to cut the bud.
qoora adj. 1) wise. 2) clever. 3) grown up.
qooraantichcho Pl: qoraanta. n. crow.
qoreshukko [Status: check spelling!
qoroshshukko ?] vt. to break bread.
qorqoraancho Pl: qorqoraano. n. cook (male).
[Status: check meaning !!]
qorqoraancho Pl: qorqoraano. adj.
1) economic. 2) mean. 3) greedy.
qorqoro'o Pl: qorqoro'uwwa. n. 1) tin. [Status:
check meaning] 2) corrugated iron.
qorqorukko vi. 1) to be mean. 2) to be greedy.
3) to be economical.
qorofaancho Pl: qorofaano. n. cultivator.
From: Amh.
qorofukko vt. to cultivate. From: Amh.
qoroom baxo np. arts.
qoorooma n. Morph: singl. only. 1) wisdom.
2) knowledge.
qooroominne adv (?). wisely.
qorosha Pl: qoroshshuwwa. n. piece.
qorosho'o Variant: qoresho'o. Pl:
qorosho'uwwa. [Status: check va!! (HCD)]
n. 1) traditional bread. 2) unleavened bread.
qoroshukko vt. to break into pieces.
qorxo'o n. grass.
qoorukko vi. 1) to be wise. 2) to grow up.
qoossaakkaa amadukko vp. to grasp
(mentally). [Status: qoosakka'a comes from
qoosimma; therefore delete this entry?]
qoossamma [Status: check entry form] adj.
positive.
qoossamoohane adj. comprehensible.
qoossiisimma n (?). evidence.
qoossoohane [Status: check entry form] adj.
sensible.
qossukko vt. to squat. [Status: check ACT /
PASS]
qoossukko vt. 1) to recognize. 2) to remember.
3) to recall. 4) to perceive. 5) to know (by
having seen). 6) to understand.
qosha Pl: qoshshuwwa. n. itch.
qoshaamo adj. itchy.
qoshi n. itching.
qoshoda n. ??
qoshukko vi. to itch. [Status: check meaning
(HED: be itchy)]
qota adj. broken.
qoota n. bride-price.
qotisukko vt. to break. Morph: CAUS 1 of
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qotukko.
qotora Pl: qotolluwwa. n. sacrifice for spirits.
[Status: check precise meaning]
qotukko vi. to be broken.
qootukko vt. to give money and property to a
bride.
qoxa Pl: qoxxuwwa. n. 1) place above the animal
rooms in the house. 2) saloon.
qoxxa adj. infertile.
qooxa n. 1) border. 2) limit.
qoxxaa karamaakkoohane [Status: check
entry form] np. tight. [Status: check lit.
meaning]
qoxxaa karamubee'ane [Status: check entry
form] np. loose.
qooxxaqqisukko vt. to make sb. beg. Morph:
CAUS 1 of qooxxaqqukko.
qooxxaqqo n. 1) baging. 2) coaxing.
3) entreating.
qooxxaqqukko vi. to curry favour.
qoxxaalla adj. 1) solid. 2) hard (not soft).
qoxxallano n. courage. Morph: singl. only.
qoxxaalli laskiita [Status: check entry form]
np. rubber. [Status: check lit. meaning]
qoxxaallisa adv. strongly, strictly. [Status: check
the meaning!]
qoxara adj. 1) strong. 2) brave.
qoxara anja liciqaakkoohane [Status:
check entry form] np. serious (problem, etc.).
[Status: check entry form]
qoxarukko vi. to be strong.
qoxaxxa Pl: qoxaxxuwwa. n. twig.
qoxii dillukko vp. to finish the kiremt farm.
[Status: check meaning]
qoxxinaa [Status: Abraham suggests:
QOXXISIMINE] adv (?). strongly. [Status:
actually a converb?]
qoxxisaa wocukko vp. to stress.
qoxxisaancho Pl: qoxxisaano. [Status: check
entry form] n. alarm.
qoxxisansukko vt. to encourage. Morph:
CAUS 1 of qoxxisamukko.
qoxxisoo sa'ata [Status: check entry form] np.
alarm clock.
qoxxisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of qoxxukko.
1) to strengthen. 2) to encourage. 3) to
console. 4) to warn. 5) to reinforce. 6) to
concentrate.
qoxxishsha n. caution.
qooxo'i sawwite np. paragraph.
qooxo'o Pl: qooxo'uwwa. n. 1) ordinance.
2) stair. 3) phase.
qoxooxa Pl: qoxooxxuwwa. n. 1) a kind of
leather dress. 2) bosom.
qoxooxaamo adj. wishing to be successful.
[Status: check meaning]
qoxxukko vi. 1) to be strong. 2) to become
courageous. 3) to bind (together). 4) to
coalgulate. 5) to be(come) stiff. 6) to be
careful.
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quluxichcho
qooxukko vt. to mark.
qoyya n. staying. From: Amh. [Status: check
precise meaning - entry to be deleted ?]
quba Variant: qupha; qubbuwwa. n. venom.
quba'a Pl: quba'uwwa. n. 1) ring. 2) finger-ring.
3) finger. [Status: check meaning]
quubaalla Pl: quubaalluwwa. n / adj (?). a
wilted thing. [Status: check ps; check
meaning]
qubbaa'ukko vt. to turn sth. upside down.
qubbitaancho Pl: qubbitaano. n. 1) cover (of
cook). [Status: check meaning] 2) casing.
3) wrapping.
qubbukko vi. to bend down (to pick sth. up).
quubukko vi. to wilt.
qubbura n. ??
qubuxukko vi. 1) to seat oneself. 2) to sojourn.
3) to be put away.
qufa adj. 1) wet. 2) damp.
qufa'ata n. obstacle.
qufa'atukko vt. to face an obstacle. [Status:
check meaning (HED: obstacled)]
qufaaxxi xophe'e np. hurdle race.
qufisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of qufukko. 1) to
wet. 2) to add water to sth. 3) to knead. 4) to
let sth. rot.
qufukko vi. to be(come) wet.
qu'ina n. ??
qujunxa n. ??
quqa n. a kind of shrub.
quuqaancho Pl: quuqaano. n. angry (person).
quuqisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of quuqukko.
1) to make angry. 2) to anger.
quuqoohane adj. 1) angry (violently).
2) furious.
ququba n. fasting in fandaano religion. [Status:
check precise meaning]
quqqubba n. rinsing the teeth.
quqqubaato n. a type of swimming.
quqqubukko vt / vi. 1) to rinse out. 2) to swell.
quuqukko [Status: check - quunqe "anger"] vi. to
be angry.
qulla Pl: qulluwwa. n. hornless (animal).
qulaa'ukko vt. 1) to make anxious. 2) to cause
fear.
qulfa Pl: qulfuwwa. n. key.
qulfi ganee'e np. lock.
qulite n. 1) apprehension. 2) fright.
qulqulaa'ukko vt. 1) to like. 2) to have the
inclination to do sth.
qulxubbaa'ukko vt. to drink.
qulukko vi. to be anxious. [Status: check
meaning (afraid ?)]
qulunxa n. 1) longing. 2) anxiety.
qulunxe n. 1) longing. 2) yearning.
qulunxukko vt. to intent.
quluxaancho Pl: quluxaano. n. 1) covet. 2) sb.
who feels he/she has sth. [Status: check
precise meaning]
quluxichcho n. 1) covet. 2) sb. who feels he/she
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has sth. [Status: check precise meaning] qunquunukko vi. to murmur.

quluxiisukko vi. Morph: CAUS 1 of quno'o n. a kind of beetle that harms grain.
quluxukko. 1) to long for sb./sth. 2) to yearn. [Status: check precise meaning]
quluxoohane [Status: check entry form] adj. quunsukko vt. to roast.
curious. quntaancho Pl: quntaano. adj. 1) of the same
quluxukko vi. 1) to sponge. [Status: check kind. 2) similar.
meaning] 2) to wish, to long. 3) to be eager. qunta'ukko vi. 1) to be of the same kind. 2) to be
quu'm saaxina np. 1) cabinet. 2) wardrobe. similar.
From: Amh. qunxaara n. young flea.
quma Pl: qummuwwa. n. a small woven plate. qunxaa'ukko vt. 1) to prepare. 2) to put in order.
qumanga n. hand fingers eaten by fly. [Status: qunxe Variant: qunxo. n. 1) place. 2) rank.
check meaning !!!] [Status: check meaning (HED without
quumaanta n. ?? coma - place rank)] 3)
qumbura Pl: qumbulluwwa. n. 1) coverage of — adv. if, when. [Status: check entry form &
bee-hive. 2) part of saddle. 3) saddle for load. meaning]
[Status: check meaning] qunxeeso n. 1) sb. who prepares. 2) sb. who puts
qumbuxxukko vi. to get ready. things in order.
qumcukko vt. to bend. qunxeesukko vt. to bring near.
quummo'o Pl: quummo'uwwa. n. stem of the qunxi malo np. estimation.
cabbage. qunxi malo kurukko vp. to estimate.
qumxa'a n. 1) 50kg. 2) sack for 50kg grain. qunximalo [Status: check spelling] n. 1) a
qumuccaato Pl: qumuccaattuwwa. n. sudden incident. 2) an unexpected event.
contraction. qunxoohane [Status: check entry form] n. 1) on
qumucaa'ukko vi. 1) to wrinkle. 2) to harden. time. 2) punctual.
3) to freeze. qunxukko vi. 1) to be ready. 2) to be ordered.
qumucukko vi. 1) to contract. 2) to be lame. 3) to come very quickly on the line. [Status:
3) to be thin. check meaning; Marqos had: suddenly]
qu'mmukko vt. 1) to suffocate. 2) to invade (of qunxullo n. penis of children.
smell of cooking). qunxuxukko vt. to pinch (a person).
qummulo'o adj. incircled. qunuuncho n. utensil (made of hard grass).
qumuzo'o Pl: qumuzo'uwwa. n. knead. qununukko vi. to grumble.
qumuzukko vt. to knead. qununnukko vi. to mumble.
qunna n. measurement of grain (made of hard qurcanaancho Pl: qurcanaano. n. sb. who
grass). maintains. [Status: check meaning]
quna'i jibba np. ?? qure'e Pl: qure'uwwa. n. 1) small pot. 2) small
qunaana n. 1) curly hair. 2) a hairstyle typical for to medium jar.
Hadiyya. 3) abundance in fruits (on plants). qursa n. breakfast. From: Amh.
qunaanukko vi. to bear fruits abundantly. qurxummekichcho Pl: qurxumme'e. n. fish.
qu'nnaa'ukko vt. to put. qurucaanukko vt. to maintain clothes.
quncaa'ukko vt. to pinch sb. quruuchcho n. backbone.
qunce'e Pl: qunce'uwwa. n. 1) bast. 2) dried rib qurukko vi. to walk / run here and there.
of the ensete leaf. 3) rop-like part (made of qurumukko vi. to cause stomach pain.
ensete). qurunceesa n. cartelege. [Status: check meaning
qunculle'e Pl: qunculle'uwwa. n. 1) chunk of (cutlet; loin; chop ??)]
knife. 2) big metal knife (without hilt). qururaa'ukko vt. 1) to whip. 2) to lash. 3) to
quncho n. tuft of hair on head. [Status: check cut.
precise meaning] quruuro'o n. ??
quunqa n. egg. Morph: transn.; singl. quruurukko v. ??
quunqichcho. quruuxa n. broken tooth.
quunqamma adj. round. quruxaachcha n. breaking.
quunqamukko vi. to be round. Morph: PASS quruxaa'ukko vi. to break forcefully. [Status:
of quunqukko ?? / * quunqa. check meaning (into pieces ?)]
quunqe [Status: check entry form] n. anger. quruxxeesukko vt. to break into pieces.
quunqe'ookeeno [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n. quruuxisukko vt. to break into pieces. Morph:
oviparous. CAUS 1 of quruuxukko.
quunqihoora Variant: quunqoora. [Status: quruuxo n. ??
check which entry form is better] n. 1) second quruuxukko vt. to break.
lunch. 2) snack. quusha adj. 1) thin. 2) skinny. 3) weak.
qunquunaancho Pl: qunquunaano. n. qushshuushshamma adj. depressed. [Status:
murmurer. check ps (HED: n)]

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qushshuushshamukko vi. Morph:
PASS/MED of qushshuushshukko. 1) to
feel depressed. 2) to feel melancholic. 3) to
feel uneasy. [Status: check meaning]
quuta n. 1) hunch. 2) bent down. [Status: check
meaning]
quutisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of quutukko.
1) to bend. 2) to make hunched. [Status:
check meaning]
quutukko vi/vt. 1) to bend down. 2) to be bent
(with age). 3) to hunch.
quux bee'e [Status: check entry form] np. in no
L - l
la'a v / adj (?). clever.
la'amma adj. famous. [Status: check meaning:
HED: familiar]
la'amcha n. 1) being famous. 2) fame.
la'amchi kaarda [Status: check entry form]
np. ID card.
la'ammi somo'o np. definite article.
la'amukko vi. Morph: PASS of la'ukko. 1) to
become known. 2) to be famous. 3) to be
exposed.
laba n. resemblance.
labamimma [Status: check entry
form - labamukko ?] v (?). related.
labamoohane adj (?). likely.
labamukko vi. to be related. Morph: PASS of
labukko.
labana 1) n. flame, light. 2)
— adj. clever.
labancho n. the short under ribs.
labaancho Pl: labaano. n. 1) painter. 2) brush.
labantambee'i mare'uwwa np. signs of
unlikeness.
labantambee'i termuwwa np. unlike terms.
labanukko vi. 1) to blaze up. 2) to flame.
labasa n. tanned skin.
labeena Pl: labeennuwwa. n. 1) young bull,
young ox. [Status: check meaning - HLG:
before castration] 2) calf that does not suck
any longer. [Status: check precise meaning]
labimma n / v (?). 1) sort. 2) nature.
labisa n. 1) supposition. 2) sham.
labisamsukko vi. to assimilate. Morph: CAUS
1 of labisamukko.
labiso'o 1) n. model. 2)
— adj. not real.
labisukko vi/vt (?). Morph: CAUS 1 of labukko.
1) to pretend. 2) not to tell the reality. 3) to
make similar.
labo Pl: labbuwwa. [Status: check spelling] n.
type of root. [Status: check meaning]
laboo adj. similar, same.
laabo n. udder.
laboobee'i woshsha np. a different thing.
laboohane adj. similar.
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case.
quxa adj / n. 1) bent. 2) hooked. 3) bump.
quuxa n. bud.
quuxo n. 1) issue. 2) case.
quxufaachcha n. cutting.
quxufaa'ukko vt. to cut off.
quxukko vi. 1) to be bent. 2) to be curved.
quxumo'o n. stirring rod.
quxxumoo'o n. mixing stir, cooking stir.
quyya Variant: qiyya. n. ball (made from wood or
skin).
labbo'o n ? spreading (of butter). [Status: check
precise meaning]
labbootto n. amusement.
labsansukko vt. to pretend. Morph: CAUS ?
labukko vi/vt. 1) to paint. 2) to anoint. 3) to
smear. 4) to seem (to be sth.), to look like, to
be similar, to resemble. 5) to be likely.
laca n ? ??
lachcha n. 1) knowledge. 2) skill.
laachcha n. Morph: * larcha. 1) cry. 2) noise.
[Status: check meaning (WHS: lachcha)]
3) shouting. 4) voice of animals.
5) application.
lachcha heelechcha np. curiosity.
lachcha higimma [Status: check entry form]
np. authority.
lachchaamo adj. 1) knowledgeable.
2) educated. 3) wise.
laachchaancho n. sb. who cries.
lachchi bille np. of little knowledge.
lachchi mancho np. 1) a wise person. 2) scholar.
3) adult. [Status: check meaning !]
lachchi shoga np. branches of knowledge.
laachchinne maccesisukko [Status: check
entry form] vp. to complain (about).
laachcho adj. 1) male. 2) masculine (in grammar).
lachchoonge n. ignorance.
ladechcha n. 1) girding oneself. 2) putting on a
belt (for fighting).
lade'ukko vi. 1) to gird the loins. 2) to be ready.
laaddichcho n. adolescent.
ladi'm ibiishsho np. serious enemy.
ladimo n. 1) belt for women. [Status: or: hip ??
(Alemayehu, June 12 - script of proverbs)]
2) wearing.
ladiisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of ladukko. 1) to
give (a girl) in marriage. 2) to marry. [Status:
check meaning]
ladiishsha Pl: ladiishshuwwa. n. 1) ordinary
wedding. 2) marriage. [Status: check precise
meaning]
lado Variant: lada. Pl: ladduwwa. [Status: check
variant ! (HCD)] n. 1) wing. 2) feather.
laddo n. 1) cloth. 2) men's wrap.
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lafa [Status: check spelling - underlined by TA
(but laafa hasn't laafa another meaning?)] adj.
smooth.
laafa adj. 1) weary. 2) infirm. 3) frail. 4) feeble.
laflafa n. nausea.
laflafaato adj (?). nauseous.
lafo'isukko [Status: check spelling - underlined
by AT] vt. to make smooth. Morph: CAUS 1
of lafo'ukko.
laaga n. ray.
laga'llukko vt. to inherit. Morph: * lago
a'llukko.
lagaana n ? ??
lagaancho Pl: lagaano. n. 1) heir. [Status: check
meaning (lagaa'aancho?)] 2) sb. who denies
the truth.
lagaa'ukko vt. to inherit (esp. for [or OF?]
women). [Status: check meaning, cf. ee under
LAGO]
lagdachcha n. cultural obligation to sell sth.
lagi ees afookko vp. I inherit.
laglaaga n ? ??
lago Pl: lagguwwa. n. 1) inheritance (of objects
and woman). 2) levirate marriage. [Status:
check precise meaning]
lago'o n. 1) menstruation. 2) reserved clothes.
[Status: check meaning]
lagukko vt. 1) to deny. 2) to betray.
laggukko vi. to float.
laagukko vi. to shine.
laguwwukko [Status: 1 or 2 words - lago
uwwukko?] vt. to make heir. [Status: check
meaning (to bequeath ?)]
-lah suff. if.
laahida n. winnowing fork.
lahiza Pl: lahizzuwwa. n. nut. From: Amh.
la'isansimma n. 1) advertising. 2) advertisement.
la'isansukko vt. 1) to announce. 2) to promote.
3) to introduce.
la'isoo kaarda [Status: check entry
form - la'amchi karda ?] np. ID card.
la'isukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of la'ukko. 1) to
give notice, to announce. 2) to reveal. 3) to let
sb. know. 4) to teach. [Status: check meaning
of sn 4]
la'ishsha n. notice.
laakka Pl: laakkuwwa. n. 1) honourable
bracelet. [Status: check meaning (HED:
ownerablee, bracelet)] 2) gold. [Status: this
term is preferable to "worqa"; check meaning
again - WHS: laaqa)]
lakkaa'ukko vt. to lead easily. [Status: check
meaning]
laakteeza n. lactase.
laaktiika adj. lactic. [Status: check ps (HED: n)]
laaktoosa n. lactose.
laqacichcho n. ??
laaqi adilla np. goldworker. From: Amh. warqa
negus.
laaqi baxoohane np. goldworker.
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laqlaqaachcha adj. nauseous.
laqqo'o n. horizontal wooden bar.
laaqo'o adj / v (?). completely. [Status: check
meaning - should prob. be: "she knows"]
laaquuxamma n. 1) being hungry. [Status:
check precise meaning] 2) starving.
laaquuxamukko vi. 1) to be hungry. 2) to
starve.
la'l aagga np. entering of cows. Morph: * laro
aagga.
la'l basso np. sacrifice for cattle.
laa'l gonoona [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n.
scrotum.
la'l maara np. beef.
la'l mine n. cattle area (in house).
la'l oota np. cattlepen outside the house.
lalla'a n. throat.
lallabaancho n. Morph: * lellukko (va
lallukko). 1) orator. 2) windbag. 3) gossip.
lallabo n. 1) edge. 2) border (of lake). 3) bank (of
river).
lallabo§o n. oration.
lallabukko vi. Morph: * lellukko (va. lallukko).
1) to talk in grand manner. [Status: i.e., to
talk a lot ?] 2) to chat.
lalammo'i ogolluwwa np. parallel lines.
laa'llaancho Pl: laa'llaano. n. sb. who quests.
lallansha n. 1) serpent. 2) snake. [Status: check
meaning]
lalli xiggoohane np. 1) singer. 2) bard.
laa'llisaancho n. searcher.
laa'llisukko vt. to tell to search. Morph: CAUS 1
of laa'llukko.
laa'llishsha n. search, quest.
laa'llo [Status: check entry form - laa'llo'o ?] n.
1) quest. 2) search. 3) trace. 4) track.
laalo'o n. type of tree with wide leaves. [Status:
check meaning]
laa'llo'o Pl: laa'llo'uwwa. n. 1) search. 2) quest.
laa'llukko vt. 1) to search. 2) to seek. 3) to want.
laaluunca n. smooth hair.
la'm anga np. half of (1/2).
la'm baxxancha np. 1) second grade. 2) second
partition.
la'm beyyo np. second place.
la'm digire'i formula np. quadratic formula.
la'm digire'i gudisansa np. quadratic
equation.
la'm ejja np. intersection.
lam godabo np. donkey load consisting of two
side packages.
la'm ko'oordineeta np. second coordinate.
la'm kore np. twice.
la'm maarage np. 1) the coming year. 2) next
year.
lam santiba bakkanna np. 25 cent (coin).
la'm suume np. second language.
lam xibe num. two hundred.
lamado Pl: lamadduwwa. n. 1) waist. 2) wrist.
3) sacrum.
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lamaage num. twice.
lamaqqa n. double.
lamaqqi hamaarammi xuunsammi woca
np. compound complex sentence.
lamaqqi sagara np. compound words.
lamaqqi xuunsammi woca np. compound
sentence.
lama'llane num. seventh.
la'male num. two times.
lamandara num. double.
lamane adj. bilateral.
la'mane num. second (ordinal).
la'mmane num. twice.
lamanga num (?). double.
lamanga ihukko vp. to double.
lamaankukko n. to hesitate.
lamantala n. vacillater.
lamantalukko vi. to vacillate. Morph: * lam
antalukko.
lamar anga [Status: 2 or 1 word ?] num (np).
sevenfold.
lamara num. seven.
la'maarage [Status: check spelling la'm
maarage ?] adv / np (?). next year.
lamarayye num. seventy.
lamarayyi beyyo num (np). seventieth.
lamarayyiinse lamo num (np). two seventieth
(2/70).
lamaarem adv. 1) perhaps. 2) probably.
3) possibly. 4) maybe.
lamaayyaancho Pl: lamaayyaano.
hermaphrodite. Morph: * lam aayyaancho.
lambe xigo np. middle number.
lambe'aanchi qooda np. arithmetic mean.
lambe'aancho Pl: lambe'aano. 1) adj. central.
2)
— n. centre. 3) average.
lambe'ane n. the middle one.
lambe'aannoo'm duuha'a keennaancho
np. measure of central tendency.
lambe'aannooma n. centralism.
lambe'e n. 1) middle. 2) centre. 3) midst.
[Status: check translation] 4) between.
lambe'enne [Status: check entry form - CASE]
adv (?). 1) in between (of time). 2) in the
middle.
lambe'enne luqqimma [Status: check entry
form] np / vp (?). interruption.
lambe'i angila [Status: check spelling / 2 or 1
words ?] np. central angle.
lambe'i qooda np. median.
lambe'i tako'o np. mid-point.
lambe'isaanchi qooda np. average.
Laambo name. Laambo.
laambo n / adj (?). 1) goodness. 2) nice. [Status:
check meaning]
lamed gudisansa np. simultaneus equation.
lamejja n. place where two more things join.
la'mek num. second (ordinal).
la'mmek num. second.
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la'meka adv. once again. Morph: * lamo.
lame'ukko vi. to become uncertain.
lamfeqo'o n. dicot.
lamfoore adj / n. pregnant (of woman). [Status:
lit. "two souls"]
lamgabal xabbeen ogora np. line segment.
lamga'n hayyo'ooma np. morphology.
lamga'n sagara np. free morpheme.
lamga'n sire'e np. allomorph.
lamga'nna n. morpheme.
lamgudisaancho n. bisector.
lamim part. both.
lamina baxxansamooyyo annanni
koyyiincho [Status: check entry form ...]
np. odd.
lamiinse mato num (np). one half (1/2).
lamiyye num. twenty.
lamiyyee mato num (np). twenty one.
lamiyyi beyyo num. twentieth.
lamkolli awwono'o np. bi-implication.
lamqarsagara Morph: * lam qar sagara. Pl:
lamqarsagalluwwa. n. metaphor.
lamo num. two.
laamo n. 1) betrayal. 2) denial. 3) desertion.
4) apostasy. 5) atheism.
lamo sasiinse num (np). two third (2/3).
lammo'i xigo np. even (number).
lamome [Status: check entry form (CASE ?)]
num. both.
laammo'o 1) n. small, thin ensete. 2)
n. — adj. even. [Status: check
meaning - lammo'o ??]
landi akiima [Status: check entry form] np.
nurse.
landi labasa np. type of cloak traditionally worn
by women. [Status: check precise meaning]
landi ooso np. unmannerly child.
landichchi aro'o np. son-in-law. [Status: check
meaning - BV: brother-in-law]
landichchi beeto Pl: landi ooso. np. grand
daughter. [Status: check meaning - son!]
landichcho Pl: landa. n. Morph: fem. 1) girl.
2) daughter. 3) virgin. [Status: check
meaning]
landisikko n. stick of a respected married lady.
landiso'o vt. to take the grains (sisters from
brothers).
landoomano n. virginity.
laangaddukko vt. to tie a cow on both sides.
laangeesaancho Pl: laangeesaano. n. sb. who is
chewing.
laangeesukko vt. to chew.
lankat n. dough.
lanqaf bagaddo Morph: * lamqaf. [Status:
enter under bagaddo?] np. two pointed lance.
laansho'o adj. soft (sound).
la'oohane adj / n. thinking. [Status: check
meaning - knowing?]
laaphpha adj. good. [Status: check precise
meaning]
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laaphphalla adj. 1) convenient. 2) good. 3) right. laseesukko vt. to follow up.

laphaa'ukko vt. to put sb. to bed (to sleep). laseeshsha n. following.
Morph: * laphukko. lasgata adj (?). backwarded. [Status: check
laaphphisa Pl: laaphphissuwwa. n. eraser. meaning (* to stay there ?)]
laphite n (?). lied down (to sleep). [Status: check lasgatukko vi. to stay there. [Status: check
meaning] meaning (HED: back warded)]
laphlaphukko [Status: check entry; lasinne [Status: check entry form - CASE] adj.
Abraham - laphlaph ihimma] vi. to lie down. behind.
laphukko vi. to sleep. laassiisukko vt. to cut meat. Morph: CAUS ?
laphphukko vt. 1) to butter the body. 2) to [Status: check precise meaning]
anoint oneself. 3) to smear sth. 4) to lie down. lasiishsha n. making sb. shout loudly.
[Status: check meaning !] Laaska name. Laaska. [Status: check ee]
laaphphukko vi. 1) to be convenient. 2) to be laaskiita n. plastic.
good. 3) to succeed in doing sth. laslaassa n. soft drink. From: Amh.
laar gosukko [Status: HED: 1 word] vt. to laso postpos ? 1) back. 2) future time.
castrate. laso waarukko vp. to come behind.
laar qooccukko vp. to castrate an animal. lasonne adj. after.
[Status: check meaning !! (to "create"!)] lastiiqqi tubbo'o np. hose.
laara n. 1) kernel. 2) fruit. 3) berry. 4) testicle. lastiira n. flash back.
[Status: check meaning (HCD: LAARO)] lash lasha np. 1) illness. 2) sickness. 3) ache.
laraamo n. bull. lashsho'o n. 1) illness. 2) sickness. 3) ache.
laarashsha n. 1) red. 2) dark-coloured. lata Pl: lattuwwa. n. 1) reforestation. 2) bud.
laro Pl: lalleewwa. [Status: check whether really 3) bloom.
pl of laro; source: Marqos, May 12] n. Laatiin Ameerikaana name (np). Latin
Morph: Pl of saayya. 1) cattle. 2) cows. America.
laaro n. testicles. latisukko vt. to reforest. Morph: CAUS 1 of
laarukko vi. 1) to shout. 2) to scream. 3) to yell. latukko.
4) to cry (of almost all animals). 5) to apply latukko vi. to sprout (from stem).
both in written and oral forms. laxlaxa adj. 1) cold. 2) chilly.
-las suff. if. la'ukko vt. Morph: P-SET II laq-. 1) to know.
lasag gatukko vp. to stay behind. 2) to undress. [Status: check meaning / entry
lasage adv. 1) later. 2) behind. 3) then. form (laa'ukko?)]
4) afterwards. laa'ukko vi. 1) to turn away. 2) to step aside. 3) to
lasaagukko vt. to follow. look back.
lasaqqane adj. future. laaybirare'e n. library.
laasame n. 1) small measurement of grain. 2) a laayida n. winnowing fan.
kind of insect that causes irritation on the laayiso sooma [Status: 2 or 1 words ?] np.
skin. lysosom.
lasaanchane n [LOC] (?). the last one. leeffa n. file.
lasaanchi v / n. last one. leeffaancho n. sb. who sharpens.
lasaanchi bee'ane np. infinitive. leefe'e n. grindstone.
lasaanchi sako'o [Status: check entry - TA leeffukko vt. to sharpen.
suggests: lasaanchi somo'o] np. suffix. leega n. long stick.
lasaanchi tako'o np. full stop. leega'a interj (?). nickname for mothers. [Status:
lasaanchi xum sagara np. rhyme. check precise meaning]
lasaanchi yoohane adj. finite. leh oogato'o np. execution.
lasaanchisukko vt. to finish. Morph: CAUS 1 lehqaxooma n. death rate.
of lasaanchukko. leho n. death.
lasaancho n. last, end, completion. lehukko vi. to die.
lasaanchonne [Status: check entry form leejjisaancho Pl: leejjisaano. n. trainer.
(CASE)] adv. eventually. Leejjiso name. Leejjiso (man's name).
lasaanchukko vi. 1) to be ended. 2) to be leejjisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of leejjukko.
completed. 1) to train. 2) to exercise.
laasaanta n. cut part of meat. [Status: check leella'a Pl: leella'uwwa. n. 1) oesophagus.
precise meaning] 2) throat.
lasbi'isukko vt. to make the trace be lost. leella'aamo adj. always eating.
Morph: CAUS 1 of lasbi'ukko. [Status: leella-luwwa [Status: check spelling: Hyphen
check meaning] necessary?] np. tonsils.
lasse POSTPOS. after. lellaancho [Status: lallaancho (?)] n. player.
laseesaancho Pl: laseesaano. n. follower. leelat qadira np. morning star.

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leelat qadira labbamotane np.
beautiful.
lelle'e n. pumpkin.
lelemmo'o n. terminal bud.
lellisukko Variant: lallisukko. [Status: check va
(WHS) and spelling - underlined by AT] vt.
Morph: CAUS 1 of lellukko. 1) to let sb.
play. 2) to let sb. sing. 3) to let sb. dance.
lellishaancho Pl: lellishaano. n. referee.
lellishukko vt. to smooth.
lello Variant: lallo. Pl: lelluwwa. [Status: check
va (WHS)] n. 1) game. 2) dance. 3) singing.
4) entertainment. 5) talk. [Status: check
meaning !!]
lelloohane adj. funny.
leello'issukko vt. Morph: * leello issukko. 1) to
play tricks on sb. 2) to sing. [Status: check
meaning]
lellukko Variant: lallukko. [Status: check va
(WHS)] vi. 1) to play. 2) to chat. 3) to sing.
4) to dance. 5) to talk. [Status: check meaning
(to keep oneself amused ?)]
leema n. mountain bamboo.
leemaata Pl: leemaattuwwa. n. 1) food table
made from grass. 1b) basket made of huqa
grass;. [Status: check !!] 2) winnowing
basket. [Status: check meaning !!]
Leemo name. subgroup of Hadiyya.
leencukko vt (?). 1) to stare at. 2) to glare at.
leenda adj. 1) nice. 2) good.
leenja n. 1) couch grass. 2) Ethiopian New Year.
lenqexaancho Pl: lenqexaano. n. sb. who
grinds finely.
lenqexukko vt. 1) to grind finely. [Status: check
meaning! (HED: became powdered (PASS !),
finally grounded] 2) to powder.
lenqite n. sleep. [Status: check meaning (falling
asleep ?)]
lenqukko vi. 1) to sway. 2) to fall asleep. 3) to
lay down horizontally.
leensa n. lens.
lenxaa'ukko vt. to tan.
lenxite n / adj (?). smooth.
lenxukko vi. to be smooth.
leephpheesa adj (?) / n (?). marshy.
leepho n. waist.
leepho'o n. marshy area.
leera n. 1) pond. 2) pool. 3) stretch of water.
leerukko vi. to pond.
leseera Variant: mengist seera. [Status: check
entry - Abraham: LEH SEERA, "funeral
ceremony"] n. government rules.
leesiisa n. strap.
leesha n. corpse.
letam keenonne np. hell. [Status: check
meaning - Abraham: "on them who are going
to die"]
lete'e n / adj (?). plain.
leetiro'o n. litre.
leto'i n / adj (?). dead.
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pretty, leexa'a adj. barren. [Status: check meaning
(bare ?)]
leexa'ukko vi. 1) to be bare. [Status: check
meaning !; kallemarukko, umba'adukko,
maxaramukko] 2) to be poor.
leevera n. lever.
leeyya n. bee wax.
libaaba n. halter. [Status: check meaning]
Libido name. sub-group of Hadiyya.
Liibiya name. Libya.
liboqasa adj (?). the highest.
libo'o adj (?). too high.
liciqaa'ukko vt. to swallow.
liciqukko vt. to swallow.
lichcha n. development.
lichcho [Status: check entry form (luchcho ?)] n.
thing.
li'e interj (v.IMP). Cheers! [Status: or: Bless
you? (WHS: Zum Wohlsein)]
li'in afu beyyo [Status: check entry form] np.
phase.
li'ina n. edible mushroom.
li'incho n. 1) bridge. 2) mushroom.
li'ino n. 1) development. 2) enlargement.
li'issamotane n. wet nurse.
li'isaancho n. educator.
li'isukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of li'ukko. 1) to
make sb./sth. grow. 2) to enlarge. 3) to bring
up, to raise. 4) to cook. 5) to let flourish.
lijja Pl: lijjuwwa. 1) adj (?). sterile. [Status:
check precise meaning - animals only?] 2)
— n. infertile animal. 3) cow which does no
longer get pregnant.
lijjukko vt. to sterilize.
likka n. right. From: Amh.
liikkukko vt. 1) to guess. 2) to suppose.
liqaaqa n. 1) bobbin. 2) reel.
liqaaqukko vt. 1) to reel off. 2) to wind sth. onto
sth.
liqaayyisaancho Pl: liqaayyisaano. n. lender.
liqaayyisukko vt. to lend. Morph: CAUS 1 of
liqaayyukko.
liqaayyixxukko vt. to borrow.
liqaayyo Pl: liqaayyuwwa. n. 1) loan, debt.
2) lending.
liqaayyo aa'ukko Variant: liqaayya'ukko.
[Status: check va (WHS)] vp. to borrow
(money).
liqaayyukko vt. to borrow sth.
liqicukko [Status: check rel. with liciq ...] vt.
1) to swallow. 2) to engulf.
liqo n. interest. [Status: check meaning]
liqo aa'ukko vp. to borrow.
liqo uwwukko vp. to lend.
liqooliqaayyo n. debt.
lii'lla adj. soft.
lii'llaalla adj. 1) smooth. 2) soft.
lilligukko vi. to be blunt.
lii'llisaancho Pl: lii'llisaano. n. 1) sth. that
smoothes. 2) sth. that makes tender.
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lii'llisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of lii'llukko. lob anna n. grandfather.

1) to make tender. 2) to smooth. lob anni anna np. great-grandparent.
lii'lukko [Status: check spelling - underlined by [Status: - father ?]
AT] vi. 1) to shine (from inside). 2) to take lob anno'o np. grandparents.
upon oneself. [Status: check lob arka np. major arc.
meaning - Abraham didn't confirm this one] lob aayya np. eldest sister. Morph: fem.
lii'llukko vi. 1) to be smooth. 2) to be soft. lob beeto np. grandson.
limfa Variant: linfa. n. 1) mute. 2) idiot. lob giicho [Status: entry necessary ?] np. largest
limixukko vi. 1) to suffice. 2) to be competent. tribe.
3) to stop. lob landichcho np. granddaughter. Morph: fem.
liineer gudinsa np. linear equation. lob maqi'l baxxansaancho np. highest
lineera adj. linear. common factor.
lingibba n. not bright colour. lob maxxaara Variant: lob maxxaachcho.
lingustiika n. linguistics. From: Engl. [Status: check va (WHS)] np. thumb.
linta adj (?). green (of plant). lob sagara [Status: check entry form] np. loud.
lintaalla adj. clear. lob wongira np. ship.
lintisukko vt. 1) to clarify. 2) to clear up. lobakata adj. 1) many. 2) much.
lintukko vi. to be clear. lobane adj. 1) big (one). 2) elder (one).
lippeeza n. lipase. loobichcho Pl: looba. n. hippopotamus.
liiramma [Status: check entry form] adj. glad. loboobaato Pl: loboobaattuwwa. n. villainy.
liirammaancho Pl: liirammaano. adj / n. [Status: check meaing]
cheerful. loco'o n. inedible part of pumpkin. [Status: check
liirammato n. 1) happiness. 2) pleasure. meaning]
liirammatto caakkishsha [Status: check locukko vt. to eat too much.
entry form] n. congratulation. looddisa n. young bullock. [Status: check precise
liirame [Status: check entry form ...] adj. happy. meaning]
liira'mmisukko vt. to excite. Morph: CAUS 1 looddo'o n. stalk (of sugar cane or maize).
of liira'mmukko (?). [Status: check mr] loodukko vt. 1) to whip. 2) to lash. 3) to
liiramubee'ane [Status: check entry flagellate.
form - NEG] adj. unhappy. log Pl: logguwwa. n. 1) staff. 2) rod. [Status:
liiramukko vi. Morph: PASS/REFL of check meaning]
liirukko ? 1) to be happy. 2) to take pleasure logoodukko vi. to moo.
in, to be fond of doing. logukko vt. to eat much.
liira'mmukko [Status: check lohane num. sixth.
spelling - liiramukko ?] vi. to get excited. lohayye num. sixty.
liirancha 1) n. happiness, joy. 2) Christmas. 3) loho num. six.
— adj. happy, glad, joyful. loja n. dew.
liiranchi mugga np. full of joy. [Status: check loojiika n. logic. From: Engl.
meaning (HED: enjoyful)] loojikaam sawwite np. logical idea.
liransiisa n. surprise. loojiiqqi abagudooma np. logical
liiransukko vt. to make happy. Morph: CAUS 1 equivalence.
of liiramukko. loojiiqqi amaxxansaancho np. logical
liisiisa adj ? ?? connective.
lita n. greyish colour. lookka n. 1) type of rope. 2) type of belt.
liitimmi ifa Morph: singl. liitimmi ifichcho. np. lokkaga postpos (?). bottom.
grindstone. lokkaancho Pl: lokkaano. adv ? 1) along with.
liitisukko vt. to make grind. Morph: CAUS 1 of [Status: check precise meaning]
liitukko. 2) pedestrian.
litmasa n. litmus paper. lokkexxukko [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] vi. to go
litukko vi. 1) to drop. 2) to become greyish (esp. together.
of hyenas). lokki horoor daba'llimma [Status: check
liitukko vt. 1) to grind (finely). 2) to mill. entry form] np. vice versa.
li'ukko vi. 1) to grow (up). 2) to become ripe. lokki maxxaar np. toe.
[Status: ripen ??] 3) to cook. 4) to flourish. lokki oobba np. sole.
lii'ukoplasta n. leucoplast. lokki shiihukko vp. to be lame.
lob adj. 1) big. 2) many. 3) important. lokki xaara np. shackles.
lob abba'a n. paternal grandfather. lokki xulbe'e np. football.
lob abbaayyo np. oldest brother. lokki xulbe'e lello [Status: put under other
lob ama [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n. paternal entry?; spelling - xorbe'e? (Abraham)] np.
grandmother. Morph: fem. football team.

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lokko n. 1) foot. 2) leg. [Status: check meaning!]
lokkonne ubukko vp. to beg.
loqa adj. ripe [of fruit].
loqlooqa n. ripe fruit. [Status: check precise
meaning]
loqoca adj. immature. [Status: check meaning]
loqooqa [Status: check spelling - was: loqaaqa]
n. 1) hollow. 2) depression.
loqooqo'o n. 1) oval shaped [thing]. 2) u-shaped
[thing].
loqooqukko vi. to be hollowed out.
loqomoda adj. 1) long. 2) tall.
loqukko vi. 1) to be wet. 2) to be ripe [of fruit].
loollisukko v. ??
loolloodukko v. ??
lo'mma adj. not hard (of pumpkin, etc.). [Status:
check meaning]
lommancho Pl: lommanna. n. Morph: * lob
mancho. 1) old person. 2) elder.
lomma'nnukko vi. 1) to grow old (of people).
2) to be an old person.
lomatta [Status: check spelling - * lob matta] n.
thumb.
lomba Variant: lombe. n. 1) honour. 2) glory.
lombaamo adj (?). gentleman. [Status: check
precise meaning - honourable ?]
loome'e n. 1) lemon. 2) lind.
loomme'e n. 1) goiter. 2) Adam's apple. [Status:
check meaning (WHS: Gurgelknopf)]
Lommeera name. Saturday. Morph: * lob
meera.
lommoollo n. largest clan. Morph: * lob moollo.
looncaa'ukko vi. 1) to be tempting. 2) to hold
out a promise. [Status: check precise
meaning]
loonga adj ? ??
longoogga adj. not heated properly.
lonsaqqancha n. giving honour to sb.
lonsamukko vi. Morph: PASS of lonsukko.
1) to be honoured. 2) to be enlarged.
lonsukko vt. Morph: * lomba issukko ? 1) to
honour sb. 2) to respect sb. 3) to enlarge. 4) to
multiply.
lontakukko vi. to pray.
lophphaakka [Status: check entry form] adv (?).
most (of all).
lophphaatim [Status: check entry form] adv. the
more ... the more.
lophphisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
lophphukko. 1) to enlarge. 2) to multiply.
lophphoo n. majority.
lophphoo kolli [Status: check entry form &
meaning] np. almost.
lophphoohane [Status: check entry form] adj.
mostly.
lophphubeeta'nnim [Status: check entry form
& spelling] adv. primarily.
lophphukkaa v (adv ?). not more than. [Status:
check meaning]
lophphukko vi/vt. 1) to be large. [Status: check
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lubammi boorjo'o
meaning (HED: enlarge (= CAUS)] 2) to
exceed. 3) to be great. 4) to develop. 5) to
grow. 6) to be greater than.
looro'o Pl: looraawwa. [Status: check
plural - another entry (SCW) ??] n. 1) ??
2) sodom apple.
losaakko diinate [Status: check entry form]
np. tame (animal).
losamma 1) adj. traditional. 2) usual. 3)
— n. tradition.
losamoohi [Status: check spelling] n. custom.
[Status: check meaning; sth. like "supporting"
(Abraham)?]
losamukko vi. to accustom. Morph: PASS of
losukko.
losa'n amma'nnishsha np. evidence.
losa'n bakkiisano np. teaching aids.
losa'n hagara np. 1) subject. 2) theme.
losa'n kitaaba np. text book.
losa'n qoodo'o np. lesson plan.
losa'n mine np. school.
losa'n suume np. educational language.
losaancho Pl: losaano. n. student.
losano Pl: losannuwwa. n. 1) study. 2) subject.
3) education. [Status: check meaning]
4) lesson. 5) experience. 6) custom. 7) habit.
lossanoyyo [Status: entry under "losimma"?] n.
1) those who are not learning. 2) custom.
losisaanchi mancho np. scribe.
losisaancho Pl: losisaano. n. teacher.
losisukko Variant: leessissukko. [Status: check
va (WHS)] vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of losukko.
1) to teach. 2) to train. 3) to introduce (a
person). 4) to let sb. accustomed oneself to.
losishshi muuta np. teaching aids.
losixxa Pl: losixxuwwa. n. exercise.
loso n. tradition.
losoohane [Status: check entry form] n / adj (?).
trainee.
losukko Variant: leessukko. [Status: check va
(WHS)] vt. 1) to learn. 2) to be accustomed
to, to get used to. 3) to adapt.
loossukko vi. 1) to be beneficial. 2) to render
service.
losha n. 1) bat. 2) sharp stick. 3) digging stick.
4) hoe. 5) point. [Status: check meanings
3-5 !]
loshsha n. 1) habit. 2) custom. 3) tradition.
loote'e n. 1) ?? [Status: check meaning] 2)
— adj. crowded (of birds). [Status: check ps
and meaning!]
looto'olooraawwa [Status: check singl.
form !] n. ??
loottukko vi / vt ? 1) to curse. 2) not to be
beneficial.
Loxxe'e name. Lot.
looyya n. type of fruit. [Status: check precise
meaning]
lubba n. feast.
lubammi boorjo'o np. slackade lime. [Status:
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lubamukko vi. to be disolved (of sugar, etc.).
lubaancho Pl: lubaano. n. 1) basin. 2) vessel for
soaking. 3) sb. who soaks.
lubbat aagukko vp (vt). to guarantee.
lubbataancho n. guarantor.
lubbato n. 1) guarantee. 2) guarantorship.
3) guaranty. 4) insurance.
lubbatukko vi. 1) to be guarantor. 2) to act as
guarantor.
lubucaakkoohane adj. soft.
lubukko vi/vt (?). 1) to soak. 2) to dissolve (of
e.g. salt, honey). 3) to feast. 4) to brew beer.
5) to prepare mead. [Status: check sn 4f]
luchcho n. thing.
lud maarage np. last year. [Status: check
spelling (lux ?); 2 or 1 words ?]
ludda [Status: check entry form / meaning] n.
slaughtering after giving birth.
ludo n. 1) top. 2) summit. 3) peak. 4) tip. 5) point.
6) taste for. [Status: check meaning] 7) bud.
8) tail. 9) trace. [Status: check meaning of sn
7-9 (WHS: luda)]
lufee n. hole.
lufukko vt. to make sth. full of holes.
lugga name. Lugga. [Status: check precise
meaning - AT: the place of some area]
lugichcho Pl: luga. n. 1) frog. 2) toad.
lugguma adj. 1) bashful. 2) shy. 3) coy.
lugumo Pl: lugummuwwa. n. 1) base, bottom.
2) root. 3) origin.
lugumo ki'isoo dabasancha [Status: check
entry form] np. revolution.
luuka n. paper.
luklukukko vt (??). 1) to go through. 2) to call
hens.
lukkukko [Status: check entry!!! Abraham says:
lukimma - "to call chicken" [luk luk luk ...]]
vi. to die.
luquca n. 1) dysentery. 2) typhus.
luqucukko vi. to be tired.
luqurummaa'ukko vt. 1) to eat. 2) to swallow.
3) to gulp down.
luqurummukko vi. 1) to be swollowed. 2) to be
overcome with. [Status: check precise
meaning]
lule'e adv. 1) all. 2) every. 3) everybody.
lule'em adv (?). entirely.
lule'isukko vt. to give all. Morph: CAUS 1 of
lule'ukko.
lule'ishsha n. giving all.
lule'ixxukko vt. 1) to own. 2) to possess. 3) to
M - m
-m suff. 1) DEFINITENESS (or: FOCUS or
THEMA?). 2) too, also.
mabikkina [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] conj (?).
1) because of what.
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take all for oneself.
lule'oo'm ministeechcho np. prime minister.
lulu'aa'ukko vi. 1) to announce. 2) to tell to all.
3) to declare.
luma'a adj (?). 1) bare. 2) toothless. [Status:
check meaning (HED: luma)]
luma'isukko vt. to make bare. Morph: CAUS 1
of luma'ukko.
lumbuxa adj (?) / n (?). uncircumcised.
lumbuxo n. foreskin.
lumukko vi. 1) to be bare. 2) to be toothless.
lunci n. flat hair. [Status: better: smooth hair?]
lunga adj (?). fearful.
luunqa n. chaff.
lunsimena adj (?). polite form. [Status: check
meaning]
luunsukko vt. to lift.
lut adj (?). last. [Status: check literal meaning;
Abraham says: luda - "top"]
Luteraa'n amma'nnaancho np. Lutheran.
luxxane num / adj. 1) first. 2) original.
luxxek num. first.
luxxeka n. beginning. [Status: check meaning !]
luxxi num. first.
luxxi bagga np. first of rank (in class).
luxxi baxxancha np. first grade.
luxxi beeto np. first-born (son).
luxxi beyyo np. the first.
luxxi beyyonne [Status: check entry form] np.
initial.
luxxi gabala np. 1) first stage. 2) first order.
luxxi inqe np. milk tooth. From: WHS, 139 (s.v.
inqee).
luxxi maarage np. last year.
luuxo'o 1. adj) smooth. 2) backed ensete. [Status:
check meaning]
luxuunxa adj. slippery.
luxuunxamukko vi. to slip. Morph: PASS of
luxuunxukko.
luxuunxe'isukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
luxuunxukko. 1) to let slip. 2) to throw
down.
luxuunxisukko vt. to make sb. slip. Morph:
CAUS 1 of luxuunxukko.
luxuunxukko vi. 1) to slip. 2) to be smooth.
3) to be tired.
luwwa [Status: plurale tantum?] n. 1) thing.
2) something. 3) substance.
luwukko vt. 1) to mix a dough. 2) to prepare a
meal.
mabita n. 1) right. 2) human right. From: Amh.
macamshaana n. head cabbage. [Status: check
meaning] 2) cauliflower.
macarafa n. eush.
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macce Pl: maccuwwa. n. 1) ear. 2) leaf of
cabbage. 3) renown. [Status:
meaning ..] 4) eyelet. 5) handle.
macce gawwukko vp (vi). to be deaf.
macce uwwukko vp. to hear.
macceesamoohane adj. comprehensible.
macceesamukko vi. to be heard. Morph: PASS
of macceesukko.
macceesancha n. being heard.
macceesaancho Pl: macceesaano. n. listener.
macceesukko vt. 1) to hear. 2) to listen to. 3) to
obey.
macchchaara n. type of plant. [Status: check
precise meaning and cultural significance]
macci bace np. ??
macci kankaashsha np. not brought (of
message). [Status: check also literal meaning]
macci qonta np. around the ears. [Status: check
meaning]
macci qorqonja np. ear drum.
macci worqa np. ear-ring.
machchaa'l meera np. market of Sept. 1-15.
[Status: check precise meaning of
machchaa...]
machchaalla adj. Morph: * machchar-te ?
1) mad. 2) foolish.
machchallo'o n. 1) mat. 2) sleeping mat.
machaamo n. spear with spikes.
machchaamo adj. female.
machchaaraancho Pl: machchaaraano. adj.
[Status: check ps (n ?)] 1) mad (man).
2) fool.
machchaarukko vi. 1) to be mad. 2) to be
crazy.
machchaasukko [Status:
spelling - machchaassukko] vt. Morph:
CAUS 1 of machchaarukko. 1) to make
crazy. 2) to make a fool of sb.
machchisa n. malaria.
machcho n. a broad leather belt worn by men.
maachchokkichcho n. 1) hardship.
2) difficulty.
mada Pl: madduwwa. n. 1) wound. 2) sore.
maadda n. 1) gift. 2) grace. 3) good thing.
mada ifiisakkam carqa [Status: check entry
form] np. bandage.
mada ifiisukko vp. to bandage.
madaaba n. copper.
mada'issukko vt. to wound sb. Morph: * mada.
madaancho Pl: madaano. n. sb. who is
wounded.
madar dare'e [Status: 2 or 1 word?] np.
bookshelf. From: Amh.
madaa'ukko [Status: check spelling] vt. to
wound sb.
made'e n. a huge pot.
madooshsha n. hammer. From: Amh.
madukko vi/vt. 1) to be wounded. 2) to be
swollen. 3) to pierce. 4) to stab. 5) to wound.
mafuluusa adj. toothless.
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maga Pl: magguwwa. n. translator of
check (spiritualistic) medium.
Maggaabiita Variant: Maggaawiita. name.
March 10 - April 8.
magadukko vt. 1) to insert. 2) to let it. 3) to make
enter.
magannaato n. pleasing.
magano yukko vp. to please.
magara postpos (?). 1) bottom. 2) lower part.
maagaara n. place to collect urine.
maggaarajja n. curtain. From: Amh.
magaaza n. cutting saw. From: Amh.
magaazeena n. store. From: cf. Ital. magazzino
"Lagerhaus".
maagineeta n. magnet.
maaginiziyeem n. magnesium.
maaginiiziyeem haydiro oksaayida
np. magnesium hydroxide.
maaginiiziyeema n. magnesium.
Maagisanna name. Tuesday. From: Amh.
mah issinnim [Status: check spelling] vp.
whatever happens.
maha Variant: ma. [Status: check va (WHS)]
pron. what?
maha isso? np. What shall I do?
Mahaa yamamookko? np. What is it called?
mahaber n. community. From: Amh.
maham [Status: check entry form] adj. almost.
maham ... ihukkaare [Status: check entry
form] conj. in spite of.
mahaa-mahaa pron. what?
mahaaraba [Status: check spelling - maaraba ?]
n. handkerchief.
mahaaraancho Pl: mahaaraano. n. 1) sb. with
check a honorary title. 2) man with high status
(earned by himself). 3) honorary chairman.
4) elder. [Status: check precise meaning]
mahaaro Pl: mahaalluwwa. n. elders' feast to
bestow honorific titles.
mahaarukko vi. to get a honorary title.
mahayyo [Status: check entry - Abraham:
MAHIMI] part. nothing.
mahim pron. nothing.
mahim ihona bagaan [Status: check entry
form - ihona bagaan enough?] np. however.
mahina pron. why?
mahinne pron. by what?
mahka'a [Status: check entry form] n. factor.
ma'iraga n. rank. From: Amh.
maaja n. wealth, property. [Status: check
meaning!]
majakowata n. type of ensete.
Maaje'e name. Maaje'e.
maaje'e adj. rich.
maaji n. wealth.
makka adj. [Status: check ps (HED: n)] 1) right
(side). 2) comfortable, good (condition).
makkaana n. 1) grave. 2) cemetery. From:
Amh ?
makkaraarukko vi. 1) to be troubled. 2) to be
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temptated.
makkarukko vt. to advise. From: Amh.
makkatukko vt. to defend.
Makki name. Makki.
makki ventirikila np. right ventricle.
makiina n. car. From: Amh.; Had. kaame'e.
makkisukko vt. to make suitable. Morph:
CAUS 1 of makkukko. [Status: check
meaning (HED: became suit)]
makkixxukko vi. 1) to have enough. 2) to be
affluent. [Status: check meaning - Abraham:
"to be comfortable"]
makkukko vi. 1) to be suitable. 2) to suit. 3) to
be comfortable.
maqa n. 1) stalk (e.g. of maize). 2) stem. 3) straw.
maqqa Pl: maqquwwa. n. 1) clot. 2) swell (of
tree). 3) joint (of bamboo, etc.).
maqadala adj. difficult.
maqadalukko vi. 1) to be difficult. 2) to be
inopportune.
maaqaqqa n. 1) crooked place. 2) disordered
place. [Status: check meaning]
maqaaqukko [Status: check spelling - was:
maaqaqukko] vt. to crook.
Maqale name. Mekele.
Maqale'e name. Maqale'e. [Status: check ee]
maqanxa n. 1) cajole. 2) applicant.
maqanxukko vi. 1) to cojole (of [?] applicant).
[Status: check meaning] 2) to wait for a
certain post.
maqasa n. scissors. From: Amh ?
maqelweesa [Status: 1 or 2 words?] n. type of
ensete. Morph: * maqel weesa.
maqqera Pl: maqqelluwwa. n. 1) placenta.
2) afterbirth.
maqi'l baxxansaancho np. common diviser.
maqi'l beshichcho [Status: check entry form
(maqire ... ?)] np. ally.
maqi'l fikkaanna np. common multiple.
maqi'l fikkaannisaancho Pl: maqi'l
fikkaannisaano. np. common factor.
maqi'l wixxite np. union set.
maqillane [Status: check entry form & spelling]
adj. mutual.
maqi'llane [Status: check entry form] adj.
bilateral.
maqir ihukko vp. to accompany.
maqirancha n. cooperation.
maqire postpos (?). together.
maqire hee'ukko vp. to live together.
maqire marukko vp. to go with.
maqirem part. 1) and. 2) with.
maqirem uwwona vp. you are welcome!
maqirooma n. unity.
maqqukko vi. to clot.
maqulanta n. knife. [Status: Alemayehu, June 7
had MAGULANTA - "knife; all sorts of;
used for vegetables (?)"]
malaaca n. 1) blade. 2) razor. From: Amh ?
maalachcha n. ??
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maalala n. 1) miracle. 2) astonishment.
3) amazement.
maalala kura np. exclamation.
maalallataamo adj. wonderful.
maalallato 1) n. wonder. 2) miracle. 3)
— adj. amazed. [Status: check meaning / ps
(should be maalallataamo)]
maalalaxxi mare'e np. exclamation mark.
maalalkur xuunsammi woca [Status: 3 or 4
words ?] np. exclamation sentence.
maalalsiisa n. astonishment.
maalalsiisukko vt. to make astonished [i.e. to
astonish sb. ?]. Morph: CAUS 2 of
maalalukko.
maalalukko vi. 1) to be astonished. 2) to marvel.
3) to astonish. [Status: check ACT / PASS ...]
4) to surprise. [Status: check, whether it
should be "passive" meaning - "to be
surprised", etc.] 5) to give a strong
impression.
mallamma adj. decorated.
malamichcha n. doubt.
malamsoobee'ane adj. positive. [Status: check
precise meaning - not surprising?]
malamukko vi. Morph: PASS/REFL of
malukko ? / * malama. 1) to suspect. 2) to
hesitate.
malancha n. 1) distrust. 2) suspicion. 3) doubt.
4) misgivings.
malaayyaamissukko vt. to strengthen.
Morph: * malaayyaamo.
malaayyaamo adj. 1) energetic. 2) powerful.
3) strong.
malaayye n. 1) power. 2) strength.
malaayye keenukko vi. to be forcefully
challenged.
malaayyi baxo np. labour work.
malaayyi hoogaate [Status: entry under
hoogaate ?] np. pregnant woman.
malaayyi hoorukko vp (vt). to rob.
malaayyissukko vt. to strengthen. Morph:
CAUS 1 of malaayyukko.
malaayyukko vi. 1) to be strong. 2) to be
powerful. 3) to build up one's strength.
[Status: check meaning !!]
maalda'a n. 1) ancesters. 2) grandparents.
malganukko vi. to estimate.
maali'aabila [Status: check entry - was
meelaabela] adj. malleable. [Status: check
meaning]
maaliiqo'o n. quality.
maline n. estimation.
malo n. 1) suspicion. 2) estimation.
malte'aancho Pl: malte'aano. n. liar.
malte'e n. 1) peer. 2) sb. of the same rank. 3) sb.
with the same status.
maltekkichcho n. liar.
maalteeza n. maltase.
maaltoosa n. maltose.
maaltoosis n. maltosis.
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malukko vt. 1) to suspect. 2) to mistrust. 3) to
doubt. 4) to guess. 5) to suppose. [Status:
check sn 4f for meaning]
mallukko vt. to decorate.
ma'luwwim [Status: check spelling] n. nothing.
maamme'e name. nickname for child. [Status:
check precise meaning]
man baxo np. 1) artificial. 2) man made.
ma'nna n. cave.
manna haydukko vp. to respect.
manaba'lla adj. 1) available. 2) plenty.
maanaqo'o adj / n (?). ??
manaanamukko vi. Morph: PASS of
mannanukko. 1) to be fattened. 2) to be
paunched.
manaanukko vt / vi ? 1) to load. 2) to eat much.
manara n. type of ensete.
mannattichcho n. 1) giant. 2) monster.
manatsira n. glasses, spectacles. From: from
Amh.
manaxxira n. eye-glass.
maancooqa n. white dirt from the eye.
manchi beeto np. Son of Man.
mancho Pl: manna. n. 1) man. 2) person.
3) husband. 4) people. Morph: mann (pl.).
maandara n. 1) chisel. [Status: check meaning]
2) goodness. 3) quality.
maandaraamo n. 1) sb. who has a chisel.
2) good person.
mandariina n. mandarin.
mande n. type of ensete.
mande'e n ? ??
maandiisichcho n. engineer.
maanduluuqa n. type of ensete.
mangaancho Pl: mangaano. n. curious. [Status:
check meaning (HED: one who to use much)]
mangaanza n. manganese.
mangatte adj (?). social. [Status: check
meaning]
mangatti losano np. social studies.
mangisti baxxaancho Pl: mangisti baxxaano.
np. 1) clerk. 2) government worker. From:
Amh.
mangisti paarlaama'a [Status: check entry
form] np. parliament.
mango xigo np. prim number.
mango'o n. mango.
manni daara np. abroad.
manni ille np. 1) evil eye. 2) sb. attention to one's
life standard. [Status: check meaning]
manni miin yukko vp (vi). to be acceptable to.
manni suume np. 1) trouble. 2) curse.
manni uulla np. 1) landed property. 2) foreign
country.
mannisamcha n. baptism.
mannisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
mannukko. 1) to expell (freedom). [Status:
check meaning] 2) to baptize.
manka'a Pl: manka'uwwa. n. norm.
mankabee'ukko vi. 1) to go wrong. 2) to get
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oneself dirty.
manka'i bee'ane np (?). 1) normless. 2) lout.
mankibee'naaga adj. 1) dirty. 2) ugly. 3) gone
wrong.
mannooma n. 1) human being. 2) humanity.
3) personality.
mannooma'n seera np. juridical humanity.
mannoomano n. humanity.
manore n. type of ensete.
maansha n. fork-like instrument.
mantalaala adj. very weak.
manxoganichcho Variant: maanokannichcho.
Pl: manxoganna. [Status: check va (WHS);
check spelling - BV: manxogannichcho] n.
lizard.
maar agana np. full-moon.
maar dabbasaancho np. rosemary.
maar dirohane vp. butcher.
mara Pl: malluwwa. n. 1) pus. 2) sore. 3) wound.
4) pain.
maara n. 1) meat. 1b) cooked/fried meat. [Status:
check meaning !!] 2) body. [Status: check
meaning !]
maara goodukko vp. to fry (meet).
maara shokkisukko vp. to fry (meet).
mara xabbasukko vp. to roast (meet).
mara xoqukko vi. 1) to discharge pus. 2) to
suppurate.
maaraba Pl: maarabbuwwa. n. handkerchief.
marabo n. honey.
maarage n. year.
maragukko vt. 1) to plaster. 2) to spread (mud).
marajja'a n. 1) data. 2) document. From: Amh.
maraqa n. soup. From: Amh.
Maraqo name. subgroup of Hadiyya.
Maaraam name. Mary.
marammarukko vt. 1) to question sb. 2) to
investigate. From: Amh.
maramukko vi. to wander. Morph: MED of
marukko.
maraphphi kaashsha [Status: entry form only
kaashsha ??] np. honey sew.
maararaba [Status: check spelling - maaraba ?]
n. handkerchief.
mararimmi woraqata np. filter paper.
maraaro'o n. ??
mararukko vt. to filter.
marassaancho Pl: marassaano. n. filter.
maarashsha Pl: maarashshuwwa. n. plough.
From: Amh.
maarashshi wonnanna np. ??
marato n. travel, journey.
maratukko [Status: check entry
form - muraatukko?] vt. to castrate.
maraaxo [Status: check for singl. form !!] n.
thief.
maraaxukko vt. 1) to steal. 2) to take sth.
without permission.
marbaata n. 1) torch. 2) light.
marco Variant: marca. Pl: marcuwwa. n.
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1) curved iron bar. 2) exchange value.
mare'e n. 1) mark. 2) sign.
mare'issukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
mare'ukko. 1) to mark. 2) to put a sign.
maareekka n. watching cows up to 600. [Status:
check precise meaning]
maareekkaancho Pl: maareekkaano. n. boy
who in the morning puts the cattle out to
graze near the farm.
mareessissukko vt. to spy.
mareesukko vt. to study.
maareessukko vi. to spend the evening.
mare'ukko vi. to shout.
marfe'e n. needle.
marichcho Pl: maruwwa (??). n. 1) what? 2) ??
(thing ?). [Status: check meaning!]
marifa [Status: check spelling - marfe'e (?)] n.
needle. From: Arab.
markaba Pl: markabbuwwa. n. 1) ship.
2) boat. From: Amh.
markaba awwonsaancho [Status: check
entry form & meaning] np. pilot.
markaphphi baxaano [Status: check entry
form & meaning] np. crew.
marmaalaata n. jam. From: Ital. marmellata.
maro [Status: check entry form - probl. not
necessary!] n (?). going.
maaro'i balla np. 1) dusk. [Status: check ee
and lit. transl. - maaro'ukko, not marukko!!]
2) afternoon.
maaro'o n. 1) dusk. 2) evening. [Status: check
meaning!]
maaro'ukko vi. to become evening.
Maarsa n. Mars.
maruchcho pron (Inter-). what.
marukko vi. to go.
maarukko vt. to forgive. From: Amh.
maruwwa np. What is it? Morph: mah luwwa.
marza Pl: marzuwwa (??). n. 1) poison. 2) type
of ensete.
maas xigo np. mass number. From: Engl.
maasa Pl: maassuwwa. n. 1) field. 2) arable
land. From: Amh.
masaabe'e Pl: masaabe'uwwa. n. drawer.
masakkarukko vi. to testify. From: Amh.
masakkukko vt. to guide.
masakkukko [Status: check spelling - was:
massakkukko] vt. to pull. [Status: check
meaning !! Same entry as "to guide"]
massala name. Masqal feast. [Status: check
precise meaning and bw]
masalaala Pl: masalaalluwwa. n. ladder.
masana n. type of tree. [Status: check precise
meaning]
massa'ukko vt. [Status: BEN ??? of massukko ?]
1) to take away. 2) to haul away. 3) to carry
away.
Mase'e n. Apr 9 - May 8.
maasseta Pl: maassettuwwa. [Status: check
entry form - was: maseeta] n. bridesmaid.
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maasse'ukko vt. 1) to bless. 2) to dedicate. 3) to
add sth.
masgiida Pl: masgiidduwwa. n. mosque.
massi n. 1) mass, a lot. 2) disturbance.
masina n. ??
maasinqo'o n. masanko.
maassiisukko vt. to make sb. to be blessed [i.e.
to bless?]. Morph: CAUS 1 of maassukko.
maskoota Pl: maskoottuwwa. n. 1) window.
2) pane (of glass).
Masqala name. M㤳ke㪠feast.
masqala Pl: masqalluwwa. n. cross.
Masmasa name. Masmas.
masmasa n. a kind of ensete.
masmasichcho [Status: check entry form - HED:
masmasa] n. 1) from Masmas. 2) type of
ensete.
maasso n. 1) praising. 2) blessing.
masooba Pl: masoobbuwwa. n. small table made
from grass. From: Amh.
masokkichcho Pl: maso'o. n. enemy.
mastaaboota Pl: mastaaboottuwwa. n.
1) mirror. 2) pane (of glass). From: Amh.
massukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of marukko.
1) to take. 2) to let go. [Status: check
meaning !]
mash kolla np. ??
Maasha name. Maasha. [Status: check ee]
maasha adj / n ? 1) polite. 2) courteous.
3) modest. 4) affable.
mashsha'a Pl: mashsha'uwwa. n. knife for
cutting ensete.
maashaalla n (?). kindness. [Status: check
meaning] 2)
— adj. polite. 3) pleasant.
mashara n. female.
masharamukko vi. Morph: PASS of
masharukko. 1) to be split. 2) to be fat.
masharukko vt. 1) to break off. 2) to split. 3) to
tear into two parts. 4) to tear down.
mashika'ukko vt. to cause. [Status: check
meaning; really infinitive?]
mashikko'o n. a kind of clothe for girls.
maashiina n. machine. From: Engl.
maashisukko vi/vt (?). Morph: CAUS 1 of
maashukko. 1) to be needy. 2) to make
docile.
mashka'a n. reason.
mashka'a kuroo edansaano np. causative
conjunction.
mashka'aa mishaa np. cause and effect.
mashka'i [Status: short form of
mashka'oomim??; Abraham suggests the
entry MASHKA'A, Noun, ("reason"?)] part
(?). because of.
mashka'ihukko [Status: check entry form] vt.
to cause.
mashka'im amma'nnisoohane [Status:
check entry form and meaning] np.
justification.
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mashka'inne [Status: check entry form - CASE]
n. 1) in case. 2) if.
mashka'oomim part (?). 1) therefore.
2) because of.
mashka'ukko vi. 1) to give a reason. 2) to
cause. [Status: check meaning]
maashoom bee'ane np. impolite.
maashukko vi. 1) to wish. 2) to be docile. 3) to
be eager, to be earnest. [Status: check
meaning! Abraham - "to be kind"]
mat ammanenne [Status: check entry form]
np. 1) at the same time. 2) simultaneous.
mat anga np. half part.
mat hagar habiillo [Status: check entry form]
np. uniform.
mat hagara np. identical.
mat issukko vp. to gather.
mat kaakuma [Status: check entry - kaakuma
only ?] num. one million.
mat kollo np. half portion. [Status: check
meaning !!]
mat kuma num. one thousand.
mat qasa np. type of disease. [Status: check
meaning]
mat mat np (adv ?). 1) some. 2) one by one.
mat mat ammane [Status: check entry form /
meaning] np. seldom.
mat mato np. 1) one by one. 2) some. 3) several.
mat oobbo np. one handful.
mat xuf karva np. simple closed curve.
maataba Pl: maatabbuwwa. n. 1) seal. 2) stamp.
mataagge num. once. [Status: check meaning!]
mataqqa adj. single.
mataqukko vi. to turn out well.
mataalo'o n. 1) property of one. 2) identity
property. [Status: check meaning !!]
matamaxxi hamaaro'o np. homogenous
mixture.
matandar aggishshi mare'e np.
quotation mark.
matandar sagara np. single word.
matandara n. 1) singular. 2) single. [Status:
check meaning]
matarasha Pl: matarashshuwwa. n. tool to
carry dung.
mattay n. tax.
mattay wixa'aancho np. tax collector.
matayya adj. busy.
mataayyi fikkaannisaano np.
factorization.
matayyi xigo np. odd number.
matayyisukko vt. to make lonely. Morph:
CAUS 1 of matayyukko.
matayyukko vi. 1) to be scattered. 2) to be
lonely. 3) to be busy.
matcaalli xophe'e np (?). frog-like leap.
[Status: check meaning]
mateb Pl: matebbuwwa. n. collar conferred at
Orthodox baptisms. From: Amh.
maate'e 1) n. soldier. 2)
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— adv / adj (?). many (in number). [Status:
check meaning / ps]
matem pron. 1) somebody. 2) something.
matem ihukko vp. whatever it might be.
matemaaggem part (?). at one time.
mateencho n. scar (e.g. of burn). From: KIRB
419.
maatera n. matter. From: Engl.
maateeriyaala n. material. From: Engl.
mateeyya n. 1) organization. 2) union.
mateeyyooma n. 1) unity. 2) communion.
3) fellowship. 4) togetherness.
mateeyyukko vt. to organize.
matfenqo'o n. moncot.
matfira n. uniform.
matgatte n. 1) village. 2) overnight.
matichcho adj. singular.
matihimma adj. combined.
matinka part (?). (all) together.
matissukko vt. Morph: * mato. 1) to combine.
2) to unite.
Maatiwoosa name. Matthew.
matkolli awwano'o np. implication.
matqaxa adj. some.
matmine n. unit place.
mato num. 1) one. 2) similar.
mato lamiinse num. one half (1/2).
matooma n. oneness.
matome [Status: check entry form & ps] adj. the
same.
mattooti beyyo hundam [Status: check
spelling - mattootti ...? Abraham feels better
about: HUNDEM BEYYONE] np. wherever.
matseeta Pl: matseettuwwa. n. magazine. From:
Amh.
Mattu name. Mattu. [Status: check ee and entry]
maaxa n. 1) marsh. 2) swamp.
maxaafa Pl: maxaaffuwwa. n. book. From:
single Amh.
maaxaqqa Pl: maaxaqquwwa. n. 1) riddle.
2) puzzle. 3) confidence. [Status: check
meaning] 4)
— adv (?). in private.
maxaqamaano n. reactant.
maxaqenna n. fireplace.
maxaqisukko vt. to tame. Morph: CAUS 1 of
maxaqukko.
maxaqukko vi. to be accustomed.
prime maaxamma adj. 1) hidden. 2) in secret.
maaxamaa egerukko vp. to lie in wait.
maaxamukko vi. Morph: PASS/MED of
maaxukko. 1) to be hidden. 2) to hide
(oneself).
maxana n. pack animal.
maaxancha n. being hidden.
maxxaara Pl: maxxaalluwwa. n. 1) finger.
2) toe.
maxaraqa n. matter.
maxaramukko vi. to be bared. Morph: PASS
of maxarukko. [Status: check meaning]
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maaxaareechcho n. 1) thief. 2) a cow which
eats cloth.
maaxaare'e n. type of animal. [Status: check
meaning !!]
maaxaare'ukko vi. to be a thief.
maxarsukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
maxarukko (?). 1) to cut branches. 2) to
prune.
maxarukko [Status: check whether this should
be 1 or 2 entries (maxxarukko / maxarukko)]
vt. 1) to take off (e.g. clothes). 2) to dismantle
completely. 3) to disgrace. 4) to degradate.
5) to uncover. 6) to reveal. [Status: check sn
5f (HCD maxarukko; sn 1 maxxarukko)]
maxassukko vt. to peel (e.g. orange).
maaxaten adv. by chance.
maxxe'e adj. 1) sharp. 2) pointed.
maaxo'o n. secret.
maxukko vt. to pick.
maxxukko vt. 1) to collect. 2) to hide. [Status:
check the meaning!]
maaxukko vt. to hide.
mayyakka adj. sensitive to the opinions of others.
[Status: check precise meaning]
maayila n. mile. From: Engl.
mayyimda'e [Status: should this entry be
grouped under MAYYIMMA?] part ? What
does it mean?, What is it? check meaning!!)
maayito kondora np. mitochondria.
maayitoosisa n. mitosis.
maykirooskoppa n. microscope.
mayyukko vt (?). to mean.
maazana n. beam. From: Amh.
mazzanukko vt. to measure. From: Amh.
mazaaro'o n. collection.
mazaarukko vt. to pack neatly.
Maaze'e [Status: check entry form - Mase'e ??]
name. Apr 9 - May 8.
mazmuura Pl: mazmuulluwwa. n. song. From:
Amh. [Status: hymn ?]
mazmuuraancho Pl: mazmuuraano. n. singer.
-me suff. EMPHASIS.
meco'o Pl: meco'uwwa. n. 1) stem of the ensete
plant. 2) ensete leaf stem.
meeda'a Pl: meeda'uwwa. n. field. From: Amh.
meddeeramukko vi. to conceite. Morph:
PASS/REFL of meddeerukko.
meddeerancha n. 1) conceit. 2) carrying a
heavy thing. [Status: check meaning]
megaafoona Pl: megaafoonnuwwa. [Status:
check spelling - BV (alt): meegaafoon)] n.
1) loud-speaker. 2) amplifier. From: Gr.
[Status: check meaning]
meegaara n. a kind of tree.
meeggara Pl: meeggalluwwa. n. 1) roof.
2) ceiling.
megegaancho Pl: megegaano. n. convalescent.
megeggaato n. convalescence.
megegukko vi. to convalesce.
me'ichalhaqa [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n. thorn
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mettetta
apple, thorn weed, jimson weed (USA).
mekke'aancho Pl: mekke'aano. adj. 1) envious.
2) jealous.
meellaam hada np. 1) numerous. 2) crowded.
[Status: check meaning]
meellaamo adj. ??
melqeeqqa n. semen.
melmellukko vi. to be talkative.
meneraala [Status: check spelling (Textbook:
meneralla)] n. mineral.
me'nme'nnukko vi. to be without sufficient
force (child). [Status: check precise meaning]
Meentaammo name. Meentaammo.
meenti adila Variant: meentichchi adilatte.
[Status: check va] np. queen.
meenti moochchichcho [Status: check
entry - moochchichcho only?] n. 1) polecat.
2) marten.
meenti shamiisa [Status: check
spelling - shamiiza ?] np. blouse.
meentichchi aduuncho [Status: put under
entry aduuncho?] np. female cat.
meentichcho Pl: meento. n. Morph: fem.
1) woman. 2) wife. 3) female.
meentichcho annanni ihaakko vp. to get
divorced.
meentichcho annanni ihukko vp. to
divorce.
meentichcho hollaakko vp. to get divorced.
meentichcho hollukko vp. to divorce.
meentichcho maasee'ukko vp. to divorce
one's wife.
meentoommano Pl: meentoommannuwwa.
[Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n. vagina.
meenxo'o n. hook (for lamp).
mee'o [Status: check entry form - Nom: mee'i
(BV)?] pron. 1) how many. 2) how much.
meer garukko vp. 1) to be impure. 2) to be
defiled. 3) to be cheap (of price).
meer xora np. ??
meera Pl: meelluwwa. n. 1) market. 2) value.
3) price. [Status: check sn 2f (HCD) !]
mereero'o n. ensete food. [Status: check
meaning]
meerkure'e n. mercury.
meesaana Pl: meesaannuwwa. n. 1) mattock.
2) axe.
Meskerem name. Sept 9 - Oct 10. From: Amh.
Meeshigida [Status: check entry ! (cf. masgiida:
mosque)] name. Sunday. From: Arab.
masjiid. [Status: check meaning]
meeshukko vt. to smooth a clay wall.
meeta Pl: meettuwwa. n. 1) flat timber for
scratching the ensete stem. 2) scraping board
used in harvesting ensete.
meetaaboolizima n. metabolism.
meetaafeeza n. metaphase.
meetaalooyida n. metalloid.
meetaamorfoosis n. metamorphosis.
mettetta adj. 1) huge. 2) large. 3) bulky. 4) gross.
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5) voluminous (body). mikechcha n (?). moving.

meeti'l qaanqa np. metric system.
meetir kuuba np. metre cubic.
meetira n. metre.
meetiriiqqi qooxo'o np. metric unit.
meetirsekonda [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] np.
metre per second.
metoku'lla n. application.
meto'o n. 1) purpose. 2) problem. 3) matter.
4) suffering.
meto'o ku'llaancho Pl: meto'o ku'llaano. np.
applicant.
meto'o ku'llukko vp. to apply.
mexxada n. knife.
mexeqenna Pl: mexeqennuwwa. n. 1) cooker
stones. 2) (small) Ethiopian stool. [Status:
check meaning against mexeqena "instrument
for preparing injeera" !!!] 3) container (??),
used for coffee etc. [Status: check meaning!!
See picture in Alemayehu, June 7;
Alemayehu, June 7 (sn 2f) - mexxeqena]
mexereeda n. ??
meexxi beyyo np. best quality of the flesh of the
ensete leaves. [Status: check meaning]
meexxi lugumo np. bread from meexxi beyyo.
[Status: check meaning]
mexxo'o adj. 1) only one. 2) lonely.
mewwa n. type of plant.
meeyoosisa n. meiosis.
mezere'e n. type of basket.
micciirukko vt. to insert forcefully.
miccukko vi. 1) to be concerned for sb. 2) to
show concern for sb. [Status: check meaning;
Abraham doesn't know this one]
michcha n. draft.
michchigukko vt. 1) to make skinny. 2) to make
thin.
midachcha n. 1) fireplace. 2) stove. 3) furnace.
midaadmidaado [Status: 2 or 1 words ?] n.
1) adjacent. 2) side by side.
midaado Pl: midaadduwwa. n. 1) rib(s). [Status:
check meaning - EGH: GOAT ribs; WHS:
upper long rips] 2) side. [Status: only of the
body?] 3) breadth, width.
midaado caraqa np. thin.
midaado haraara adj. wide.
midaado xuqqa np. narrow.
middamukko v. ??
midaaxxi angilluwwa np. adjacent angles.
midaaxxi ido np. lateral surface.
midaaxxukko vi. 1) to emaciate. 2) to be
skinny. 3) to be poor.
mididdaato n. pride.
mididaa'ukko vt. to make sb. to be relaxed.
mididukko vi. 1) to stretch (body). 2) to conceite
boastfully. [Status: check meaning]
midija Pl: midijjuwwa. n. cooking place. From:
Amh.
migira Morph: singl. only. n. 1) thick plaiting
reed. 2) grass for basket-work.
mikkeesukko vt. Morph: CAUS of mikkukko
(?). 1) to make/let sb. move. 2) to shake.
mikke'ukko vi. to move.
mikkira n. 1) place where a cultural dance is
performed. 2) stage of tribune.
mikmikaato n. 1) movement. 2) motion.
mikmikaaxxi enerje'e np. kinetic energy.
mikmikoo amaxxa np. motive wealth. [Status:
check sense]
mikmikoo foochcha'a np. insects. Morph:
foochcha'a comes from foore "soul".
mikmikoo foraamo Pl: mikmikoo
foramuwwa. np. animals.
mikmikoo luwwa np. property.
mikmikoo soko'i haayyite np. animal
kingdom.
mikmikukko vi. 1) to move back and forth. 2) to
shake.
miq yoo soko'o np. vertebrate.
miqakko'i darasagna [Status: check entry
form] np. check.
miqaamo adj. 1) good (of a person). 2) bony.
miqbee'i soko'o np. invertrebrate.
miqe Pl: miqqeewwa. n. 1) bone. 2) pay.
miqe heekkeesukko vp. to mention a dead
person.
miqeessukko vt. to touch.
miqiica n. bone cancer.
miqilto'o n. ??
miqisiisukko vt. to have sb. make paid. Morph:
CAUS II of miqukko.
miqisukko vt. to make sb. pay. Morph: CAUS 1
of miqukko.
miiqisukko vt. to disappoint. Morph: CAUS 1 of
miiqukko.
miqo'aamo [Status: check entry] adj. leprous.
miqoda adj (?). 1) emeciated. [Status: check
meaning] 2) deprecate.
miqo'o n. payment.
miqo'ukko vi. to be ill with leprosy.
miqukko vt. 1) to pay. 2) to pay back.
miiqukko vi. to be disappointed.
milaaco n. razor.
miiliigiraama [Status: check spelling - was:
miliigrama] n. miligram.
miliimeetra n. milimetre.
miliyoona n. million.
miimma n. 1) front. 2) frontage. 3) frontier.
mi'n abaroosa np. 1) household. 2) extended
family.
mi'n ama np. wife.
mi'n ama bee'ane [Status: check
spelling - Marqos had: minama bee'etane] np.
widower.
mi'n anna n. husband.
mi'n anni bee'etane np. widow.
mi'n beeto np. my boy. [Status: check meaning]
mi'n beetooma np. concubine.
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mi'n manna np. 1) family. 2) domestic family.
3) servants.
mi'n muuta np. 1) furniture. 2) utensil.
mi'n seera np. house rules.
minaadaba n. 1) people. 2) community, society.
3) nation.
minaadaba awwaadaancho [Status: check
entry form] np. civil servant.
minaadaba bikkoohane [Status: check entry
form] np. popular.
minaadaphphi atoorachcha [Status: check
entry form] np. address.
minaadaphphi xigo [Status: check entry
form] np. population.
minaadaphphi wolabbano np. human
rights.
minaamo adj. 1) married. 2) set up (house
keeping).
minaane adj. ??
minanni [Status: check entry form and meaning]
adv. perhaps.
mine Pl: minneewwa. n. 1) house. 2) room.
3) sub-lineage.
miine Pl: miinnuwwa. n. 1) forehead. 2) face.
[Status: check meaning]
miine danaamo np. a successful person.
[Status: check meaning!]
mine issukko vp (vt). to marry. [Status: is it used
for both men and women ??]
mine mine np. 1) in all families. 2) in all houses.
mine mu'uti wonshukko vp. to furnish.
mingatto'o vi. to marry (of woman).
mi'ni [Status: check spelling - AT: mine] n. roof
of the house.
ministeechcho n. minister.
minizaare'e n. change (money to be returned).
From: Amh.
miinjaancho Pl: minjaano. adj (?). frugal.
miinjukko vt. 1) to economize. 2) to save.
miinqeesukko vt. 1) to brush (teeth).
miinqeeshshaancho Pl: miinqeeshshaano.
[Status: check spelling - BV:
minqeeshshancho] n. tooth brush.
minqinqina n. type of animal.
Miinsamo name. Miinsamo (man's name).
miinsamukko vi. to be strongly against sb.
Morph: PASS/MED of miinsukko ?
miinsi angilluwwa np. vertically opposite
angles.
miinsi inqe np. incisor.
miraana n. ploughing object. [Status: check
precise meaning]
mirca'i xaaba'a np. campaign. From: Amh.
mirgo§o Pl: mirgo'uwwa. n. 1) ox. 2) bull.
[Status: check meaning!] 3) older male calf.
mirmukko vt. 1) to wish. 2) to wick (unfulfilled
desire). [Status: check meaning]
mirta Pl: mirtuwwa. n. product. From: Amh.
mirtanfisukko v. ??
mirti Pl: mirtuwwa. [Status: check
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Miyazya
spelling - mirta ?] n. sample. From: Amh.
misa n. 1) trophy. 2) booty.
misikki'l woraqata np. certificate.
misikkira Pl: misikkilluwwa. n. witness. From:
Amh.
misikkirukko vt. to testify. From: Amh.
misi'l qooroma np. arts.
misila n. 1) picture. 2) diagram.
misilukko vt. 1) to draw. 2) to sketch. 3) to
construct.
mismaara n. nail. From: Amh. ?
mish ciinso'o np. juice.
miish inqe [Status: check spelling - AT: miinsi
inqe] np. incisor tooth.
Misha name. Misha.
misha Pl: mishshuwwa (??). n. Morph: singl.
mishichcho. 1) fruit. 2) product. 3) result.
4) seed. [Status: check meaning] 5) bloom,
blossom. [Status: check meaning !!]
misha misha np. 1) fruit. 2) result. 3) product.
mishiq yukko vp (vi). to smile.
mishiqukko vi. to smile.
mishinsha n. fetish relic. [Status: check precise
meaning]
mishira n. lentils.
mishiraachcha n. 1) good news. 2) gospel.
3) congratulations. [Status: check meaning]
4) hurray!
mishissaamo adj. attractive.
mishisimma [Status: check entry - Infinitive ...]
n. beauty.
mishiso adj. attractive.
mishisoobee'ane [Status: check entry form
(NEG)] adj. unpleasant.
mishisoohane [Status: entry? - Positive?] adj.
very nice.
mishisooyyo [Status: check entry form and ps] v
(??). nonsense.
mishisukko vi/vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of mishukko.
1) to like. 2) to be attractive. 3) to charm.
mishukko vi/vt (?). 1) to be ripe (of fruit). 2) to
bear fruit. 3) to be kind. 4) to pity.
mitte'e n. 1) swallow (for food). 2) unfined
(maize, etc.).
mixaado Variant: mixaada. [Status: check va
(HCD) - EGH: mitaada] n. 1) plate on which
injera is prepared. From: Amh ? 2) griddle.
mixaancho Pl: mixaano. n. 1) sb. who desires.
2) sb. who aspires.
mixano n. 1) desire. 2) wish.
mixxeechcho adj. skilled.
mixxeellano n. 1) skill. 2) wide experience.
mixisukko vt. to make sb. eager. Morph: CAUS 1
of mixukko.
mixmixo'o [Status: check entry - EPN, EGH:
mixmixa] n. 1) bird's eye chili. 2) small
pepper.
mixukko vt. 1) to desire. 2) to long. 3) to wish.
4) to like.
Miyazya name. Apr 9 - May 5. From: Amh.
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Miizaan name. Miizaan. [Status: check ee]
miizaana n. measure. From: Amh. [Status:
check meaning]
mo'aqqaancho Pl: mo'aqqaano. [Status:
check spelling - moo'aqqaancho ?] n. glass.
moo'amoohane adj. visible.
moo'amoo'isa n. view.
moo'amukko vi. Morph: PASS of moo'ukko.
1) to appear. 2) to be located.
moo'aancho Pl: moo'aano. n. 1) evil eye.
2) tester (tool). 3) watcher. 4) observer.
moce'e adj. immature.
moocinaancho Pl: moocinaano. n. tool to
remove unused part of ensete food. [Status:
check meaning]
mocoloqa adj. ugly (white).
moochcha n. 1) fat in the intestine. 2) seeing.
3) observing. 4) beast of prey. [Status: check
meaning !]
moochchichcho Pl: moochcho. [Status: check
pl. What's the equivalent of the adj "wild"?]
n. 1) wilderness. 2) forest animal. 3) cruel
(person), merciless (person), brutal (person).
moodda n. style. From: Ital. moda. [Status:
check meaning]
moofara Pl: moofalluwwa. n. type of plow.
From: Amh.
mogaalla adj. 1) cruel. 2) hurting. [Status: check
meaning - mogaalla: "selfish"] 3) miser.
4) greedy one.
mogge'e n. 1) molar. 2) a bone melly grown
tooth. [Status: check meaning]
mogola n. a disease that causes weakness.
mogolamma adj. 1) tired. 2) weak.
3) incompetent.
mogolamaancho Pl: mogolamaano. n. sb.
who is very weak.
mogolamukko vi. Morph: PASS of mogolukko.
1) to be weak. 2) to be very tired.
mogolancha n. being too tiresome. [Status:
check meaning]
mogole'e n. thigh biceps.
moggo'o Pl: moggo'uwwa. n. 1) mame sake.
[Status: check meaning] 2) molar.
mogukko vi. 1) to be very cruel. 2) to hurt.
-mohii suff. CONDITIONAL.
moho'o n. 1) crack (in dishes). 2) broken dishes.
moo'isukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of moo'ukko.
1) to show. 2) to point.
moo'ishsha n. application.
moje'e n. type of ensete.
mojooyya n. Mojooyya (festival). [Status: check
meaning etc.]
mookkara Pl: mookkalluwwa. n. test.
mokoqosha n. clay dish for feeding small
children.
mokkukko vi. to be strong.
mooqqa Pl: mooqquwwa. [Status: check
spelling] n. 1) porridge. 2) mash made from
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ensete starch. [Status: check meaning]
mooqqaqqichcho n. anxiety owl. [Status: check
meaning]
moqooqa adj. 1) crooked. 2) bent.
moqonta Pl: moqontuwwa. [Status: check entry
form - HCD 293: maqonta] n. ankle.
mooqukko vi. 1) to be sensitive. 2) to shout.
3) to be aggressive. From: Amh.
moollama n. Morph: fem; * moolli ama.
1) mistress. 2) mother/female head of the
(extended) family.
moollanna Morph: * moolli anna. n. 1) Lord.
2) father/head of the (extended) family.
Moollaanni hurbaata n. Holy communion.
mo'le n. type.
moolli seera np. community law.
moollo Pl: moolluwwa. n. 1) clan. [Status: check
meaning (was: tribe)] 2) lineage. 3) close
relative.
mollocukko vi. to be delirious.
molokiila n. molecule.
moloxukko vi. to look suddenly.
mollug Pl: mollugguwwa. n. bull. [Status:
synonym with moora?]
moonnichcho n. sb. who did not kill a person.
mono'i atooma np. mono atomic.
monomiyaal term np. monomial term.
mono'o adj. mono.
monoppoola n. monopoly.
monoppoolista n. monopolist.
moo'obee'ane [Status: check entry form] adj.
blind.
mo'oqaancho Pl: mo'oqaancho. [Status: check
entry form - mo'aqaancho ?] n. mirror, glass.
[Status: Abraham couldn't confirm this
meaning]
mora Pl: molluwwa. n. type of ensete shoot.
moora Pl: moolluwwa. n. 1) bull (for breeding).
2) older calf. [Status: check meaning !]
3) elected king. 4) strong (person). 5) type of
folk song.
moorada Pl: mooradduwwa. [Status: check
spelling - EGH: morada] n. file.
mooradukko vt. to file. From: Amh.
moraara n. hook of the plough.
moore'e n. 1) commander. 2) monitor.
moorfiima n. morpheme.
Moorishees name. Mauritius.
Morooko'o name. Morocco.
morota Variant: moritcha. Pl: morottuwwa.
[Status: check va] n. helper of traditional
Hadiyya priest.
Moorsuuxo name. Moorsuuxo.
moosir hidi'l kitaba np. Old Testament.
moosira adj. old (of things).
moosirukko vi. 1) to be(come) old. 2) to grow
old.
Mosoro'o Variant: Masqala (?). name.
September 11 - October 10.
mosholla adj. curved.
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moote'e adj. big.
motor sayikila [Status: check entry form] np.
motorcycle. From: Engl.
motora Pl: motolluwwa. [Status: check entry
form] n. motor. From: Engl.
moxxoogga adj. 1) shapeless. 2) void.
moxxoqos n. very small dish.
moo'ukko vt. 1) to see. 2) to look at. 3) to visit.
4) to belong to.
mooyye'e n. mortar.
mooyye'e cupha n. pestle.
moozaayka n. a kind of drawing. [Status: check
meaning (mosaic ?)]
muucama adj. short. [Status: check meaning!!
Abraham: if sth. has lost its exact / appropiate
size]
mucucca n. cal. [Status: check meaning !]
mucukko vi. to wash one's mouth. [Status: check
meaning]
muccura adj. 1) clean. 2) pure. 3) neat. 4) holy.
5) righteous. [Status: check meaning; seems
to be less common than keesamma]
muccurooma n. cleaniness.
muccurukko vi. to be clean.
muccussukko vt. to make clean. Morph: CAUS
1 of muccurukko.
muddamukko vi. to be embarrassed. Morph:
PASS of muddukko.
muudamukko vi. to be peeled off. Morph:
PASS of muudukko.
mude'ukko vt. 1) to suck. 2) to steal.
muudukko vt. to peel off.
muga n. 1) club. 2) stick.
mugga n. 1) shock. 2) fright. 3) fear.
muggaraja [Status: spelling - maggaraja?] n.
curtain. From: Amh.
muggisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of muggukko.
1) to surprise. 2) to startle. 3) to frighten. 4) to
terrify. 5) to absorb. [Status: check meaning
(HED: make absorbed)]
mugugaa'ukko vt. to throw.
muggukko vi. 1) to be shocked. [Status: check
ACT/PASS] 2) to be surprised. 3) to get a
fright.
muguunga n. short club.
mujja n. tall weed grass.
muke'e n. type of traditional medicine against
stomachache.
mukke'e n. nickname for young ox. [Status:
check precise meaning]
mukmukukko vi. to fidge. [Status: check
meaning (HED: fidgeted)]
mukuro'o n. 1) reasoning. 2) trouble.
muqqa adj. neutral.
muuqqa Pl: muuqquwwa. n. mash made from
ensete starch.
muqima n (?). alarm. [Status: Abraham doesn't
know this meaning]
muquchchi kompaawunda np.
compound.
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muransukko
muquchcho adj. neutral.
muquchchukko vi. 1) to be neutral. 2) to be
alone.
muquqaancho Pl: muquqaano. n. wheel.
muquqaa'ukko vi. to move in round.
muqureeda n. stick used for roasting coffee or
kollo.
mu'la n. wound (from cutting). Morph: from
murimma, 'cutting'. [Status: check
meaning - Abraham cannot confirm this one,
rather points to MARA]
mu'llaaguta adj (n?). hesitant.
mullam adv. only.
mullatte n / adj (?). individual.
mullattem adv. 1) alone. 2) only.
muleh odim [Status: check entry form] np.
besides.
mulleka n / pron (?). other. Morph: ACC.
mulleessa'a n. eunuch. Morph: * murukko.
mulli adj. another.
mulli keeno np (?). etc.
mulukaa'ukko vi. to change the place (from
view). [Status: check meaning]
mulukkiyya n. a kind of cabbage.
mu'llukko vi. 1) to decide. 2) to cut oneself. 3) to
quench (thirst).
mulukukko vi. 1) to hide. 2) to change the place.
[Status: check meaning!]
muuma n. jungle.
muuncana Pl: muuncannuwwa. n. 1) thin
rope. 2) cable.
muncukko [Status: check spelling !] vt. to spin
(cotton).
muuncukko vt. 1) to plait (a rope). 2) to twist
between palms. [Status: check meaning]
munduura n. oval shape.
munduurukko vi. to take an oval shape.
muunja n. design.
muunsiisukko vt. 1) to make sb. shout. 2) to
make sb./sth. roar. [Status: check meaning]
munxuruusa adj. 1) beautiful. 2) handsome.
3) good-looking.
muunukko vi. 1) to crow (of cock). 2) to roar.
3) to howl. 4) to growl. 5) to moo. 6) to shout.
munuu'na Pl: munuu'nnuwwa. n. rolled up
middle leaf of ensete.
munuu'nna n. ?? [Status: check meaning]
mununnaato n. monologue.
munuu'nno'o n. ensete tree trunk.
mununukko vi. 1) to grumble. 2) to murmur.
3) to mumble.
mu'o n. ??
muraa higoo googo [Status: check entry
form] np. crossroad.
muramma n. decision.
muramo n. section.
muramukko vi. to be cut. Morph: PASS of
murukko.
neutral muraancho Pl: muraano. n. scissors.
muransukko vt. to mutilate.
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muraasichcho adj. 1) harmful. 2) inimical. murukko (?).

murato Pl: murattuwwa. n. 1) group. 2) decision. musmaara Pl: musmaalluwwa. n. nail. From:
3) sickle. [Status: check meaning !] Amh.
muraatukko vt. to castrate. musmusukko vi. to be shy.
muraxxi sawwite np. conception. musukko vi. to be defect.
mure n. harvest. musuusa n. string.
mure Variant: muri. [Status: check va (WHS)] n. musuusukko vt ? to take a pinch.
kidney. musha n. wart.
mure'e n. weakness. mushsha n. gland.
muri qunxukko vp. to arrive mushshukko vi. 1) to scorch. [Status: check
suddenly/unexpectedly. meaning (HED: was scorched)] 2) to clot.
murqa Variant: muqa. n. beard of grain. mushuushaancho n. pliers.
murqaamo adj. full of beard. mushushukko vt. to scratch (of cat).
murqukko [Status: check spelling - was: mushuushukko vt. to pinch (a person). [Status:
murxukko] vi. 1) to be cooked enough. 2) to check meaning]
be ripe. muta n. 1) seedling. 2) bodkin. 3) awl for basket
murquuna adj ? ?? work.
murquyyaato n. 1) fight. 2) enmity. mutaa'n haayyite np. plant kingdom.
muro n. kidney. mutaano n. plants.
muro'o n. 1) penalty. 2) starchy, scrathed stem mutaanta n. panties.
mear (?) the scratcher. [Status: check mutukko vi. 1) to sprout. 2) to germinate. 3) to
meaning] come out (of earth). 4) to appear. [Status:
muro'ukko vt. to punish. check meaning] 5) to grow. [Status: check
murte'akka'a issimma [Status: check entry meaning]
form] vp. intentional. mutura adj. 1) sharp (of knife). 2) pointed.
murte'aalla adj. brave. muturukko vi. to be sharp.
murte'e 1) adj. brave. [Status: check ps (HED mutussukko vt. to sharpen (wood, stake).
ge: BE brave)] 2) Morph: CAUS 1 of muturukko.
— n. a social organisation. [Status: check muuxxi mine np. store room.
meaning] muxmuxukko vt. 1) to twitch impatiently. 2) to
murte'ukko vt. to decide. desire. 3) to long for.
muruga adj. 1) bare. 2) barren. muxukko vt. to suck.
murugisukko vt. to make sb. sheare. Morph: muxulluqa n. thief.
CAUS 1 of murugukko. muxura adj. 1) bare. 2) without leaves.
murugukko 1) vt. to sheare. 2) muxurukko vi. to be shaded. [Status: check
— vi. to become bare. meaning ! (ACT / PASS)]
murukko vt. 1) to cut. 2) to decide. 3) to reap. mu'uta Variant: muuta. n. 1) things. 2) goods,
4) to cross (a river). property. 3) furniture. 4) dowry. 5) tool.
musa adj (n ?). defect. [Status: check ps !] mu'uxxi mine np. store.
musaam orachcho np. defect body. muuyyala n. product of flea. [Status: meaning ?]
musaamo adj. 1) flawed. 2) spotted (stain). muuza Variant: muuze'e. Pl: muuzzuwwa. n.
3) defectful. banana. From: from Amh.
Muse'e name. Moses. muuziiqa n. music.
mussiisukko vt. to make cut. Morph: CAUS 1of

N - n
-n suff. 1) in. 2) with. 3) on.
-na suff. DATIVE / BENEFACTIVE.
na'a n. eagerness.
naca adj. 1) slim. 2) thin. 3) lean (meat). 4) weak.
naacancha n. 1) chat. 2) offending.
naacaancho Pl: naacaano. n. chatter.
nacci shunkurti [Status: check entry form] np.
garlic. From: Amh.
nacisukko vt. to make sb. to infect. Morph:
CAUS 1 of nacukko.
naaco n. 1) insult (by saying to sb. that he/she
cannot do sth.). 2) joke.
naacoohane adj. humorous.
nacukko vi. 1) to lose weight. 2) to emaciate.
3) to be thin.
naacukko vi. 1) to offend by saying to sb. that
he/she cannot do sth. 2) to joke.
nache'isukko vt. to infect. Morph: CAUS 1 of
nache'ukko.
nache'ukko vi (vt ?). to be infected. [Status:
check precise meaning - SCW: to infect]
naachchichcho Pl: nachcha. n. 1) crocodile.
2) cruel (thing/person).
naachukko vt. 1) to ridicule. 2) to mock.

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nadda n. 1) coral. 2) small pearl.
nadadukko vi. 1) to be angry. 2) to become
furious. 3) to be vexed. From: Amh. [Status:
check meaning]
nadajja n. shock.
-na'e suff. 1) VERBAL NOUN. 2) because, since.
nafa n. entrance.
nafara n / adj (?). 1) doorway. 2) area in front of
the house. 3) vicinity. 4) field. [Status: check
sn 3f] 5) gate. 6) pass. [Status: check sn 5f]
naafxa'i motora [Status: check entry form] np.
diesel motor. From: Amh. / Engl.
naggaadee Pl: naggaadee'uwwa. n. trader.
From: Amh.
nagaade'e n. big coloured glass bead.
nagaariita n. kettle drum.
naggukko vi. to beat (of pulse).
Nahaase'e name. Aug 7 - Sept 5. From: Amh.
-na'i suff. RECIPROKE.
naajiba adj. ??
naajubba adj / n ? ??
nakkamukko vi. Morph: PASS/REFL of
nakkukko ? 1) to contact. 2) to be nervous.
nakkancha n. being touched.
nakkanchi iibba np. conduction.
nakkansukko vt. to feel.
nakkukko vt. 1) to touch. 2) to reach. 3) to affect.
4) to press.
naaqqaro'o n. component of green pepper and
spices mixed with butter.
naqqasaancho Pl: naqqasaano. n. 1) witness.
2) preacher.
naqqasiisukko vt. to have sb. testify. Morph:
CAUS 1 of naqqasukko.
naqqasishsha n. 1) convincing reason. 2) fact.
naqqasukko vi. 1) to testify. 2) to witness.
naqaasha n. witness.
naqaashamukko vi. to be certified by witness.
Morph: PASS of naqaashukko.
naqaashukko vi. to testify.
naqukko vt. 1) to beat. 2) to fuck.
namu'llukko vt. to reach (a desired thing).
[Status: check precise meaning]
namura n. over (excessive).
nannimma n. mud (for wall). [Status: check ps]
nannisukko vt. to stack. Morph: CAUS 1 of
nannukko. [Status: check meaning]
Naanno'o name. Naanno'o.
naara n. 1) pile. 2) stack (grain). HCD 295 (sn 2))
naarukko vt. 1) to heap. 2) to pile up. 3) to stack
(grain).
naasa n. enemies. Morph: transnum.
naasaala n. nasal cavity.
Naase'e name. Aug 7 - Sept 5.
naasichcho [Status: check spelling - was:
nasichcho] adj. 1) harmful. 2) serious. 3) bad.
naasha Pl: naashshuwwa. n. 1) bracelet. 2) brass.
3) bangle (worn on forearm).
natter Pl: nattelluwwa. n. 1) copper bar.
2) exchange value.
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naatraara n. wormwood. [Status: used as
medicine ??]
naxa adj. detailed.
naxala n. traditional cloth for ladies.
na'ukko vi. to become eager.
naavigeeshiina n. navigation.
naaytiriik asiida np. nitric acid.
-ne maqire [Status: check entry - maqire (+
DAT) ?] part. together with.
nech interj. interjection to call mane animals.
neftenna Pl: neftennuwwa. n. holder of a rifle.
From: Amh. n㥴㭹nya.
neegaraancho n. winner (in argument).
neegarukko Variant: heegarukko. [Status:
check va (WHS)] vi/vt (?). 1) to win in
argument. 2) to convict sb. (in court).
neegaativ [Status: check spelling - AT:
neegaativa] adj. negative.
neegaativ intijelluwwa np. negative integers.
neegaativ lasaanchi bee xigo np. negative
infinitive.
nektaara n. nectar.
-nemi suff. also.
Neeppittiyuuna name. Neptun.
nerva n. nerve.
neese pron. we (ACC) (NOM ?).
neetta [Status: entry necessary ??] n. net. From:
Engl.
neetti xulbe'e np. volleyball.
netsanato n. freedom. From: Amh ?
netshira n. net-venation. [Status: check meaning]
Newutoon meetira np. Newton metre.
Newutoona n. Newton.
neeyyato n. hope.
neeyyato hoogisukko vp. to disappoint.
neeyyato issukko vp. to hope. [Status: check
translation]
neeyyato murukko vp. to discourage.
neeyyato yukko vp. to have (certainly) hope.
neeyyatooga adj. hopeless.
neeyyatukko vi. to hope.
ni pron. our.
-nni suff. in.
nii'aamo n (* adj). 1) farter. 2) coward.
nibirata Pl: nibirattuwwa. n. property.
nifixa n. swell.
nifixukko vi. to swell.
nigga n. 1) root. 2) tendon. 3) vein. 4) vessel.
5) origin.
nigaga [Status: 2 or 1 words?] pron. ourselves.
niggaamo adj. full of roots.
niggamukko vi. to try sth. without enough force.
Morph: PASS/REFL of niggukko ?
nihaannane pron. sth. of ours.
-nnihe suff. YES/NO QUESTION MARKER.
nikootiina n. nicotine.
nikuleesa n. nucleus.
niqaame n. hawk.
niina pron. (to) us (DAT).
niinne'e n. 1) baby. 2) infant. 3) child.
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niinniinsi pron (GEN). from us.
nii'o n. fart.
niiroona n. neuron.
nituroona n. neutron.
nii'ukko vi. 1) to fart. 2) to break wind.
nogoroga n. 1) nagging. 2) pestering. 3) arguing.
Noorza n. North.
noota'a n. musical notation.
nottora n. 1) pole to tie cows. 2) group.
noovilli gaasa np. noble gas. [Status: check
meaning]
-nsi Variant: -nse. suff. from.
nuuga n. peanut.
nugula adj. useless.
nugulukko vi. to be useless.
nunnura n. nagging.
nunnurancha n. nagging.
O - o
-o suff. common for male names.
oo pron. that.
oo keen pron. those.
oob aphphisukko vp (vt). to slap. Morph:
CAUS 1 of oob aphphukko.
oobba n. 1) sole (of a foot). 2) track. 3) palm (of
one's hand).
oobaana n. grass.
oobaanukko vi. to be grassy.
obodayukko vi. 1) to coax. 2) to entreat.
obogana Pl: obogannuwwa. n. skin eczema.
obbola n. 1) boast. 2) feeling too much at home.
obbolaancho n. 1) boaster. 2) sb. who feels too
much at home.
obbolukko vi. 1) to boast. 2) to be boastful.
oobo'o n. cupped handsful.
oobboro n. palm of hand.
obtiyuus angila np. obtuse angle.
ochcho Pl: ochchuwwa. n. 1) jar (used for
milking cows). 2) milk pan.
od kannii illage np. earlier, before.
oda Pl: odduwwa. [Status: check spelling] n.
hump. [Status: check precise meaning]
odda n. 1) hair of animals. 2) wool.
oda'a Pl: oda'uwwa. n. 1) fig tree (wild).
2) sycamore.
oda'i misha np. fig (fruit).
oddaamo adj. hairy, covered with hair.
odeechcho n. type of fruit tree. [Status: check
meaning]
oddiiqichcho n. black caterpillar.
odim part. 1) again. 2) too. 3) also.
ododim part / adv (?). again and again.
oodo'i n. place.
oddomachcho n. the entire body.
oodo'o n. treshing floor.
offoolla adj (v ??). too little. [Status: check ps]
offoollaancho Pl: offoollaano. n / adj (?).
[Status: check ps / meaning] 1) little. 2) not
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nunnuraancho Pl: nunnuraano. n. sb. who is
nagging (i.e. nagger ??).
nunnurukko vi. to nag.
nuura n. 1) attractiveness. 2) favour, goodness.
[Status: check meaning]
nuraalla adj. splendid.
Nuuraamo name. Nuuraamo (man's name).
nuuraamo adj. attractive.
nuurukko vi. 1) to be attractive. 2) to succeed.
3) to turn out well.
nuussancha n. being beautified.
nuussaancho Pl: nuussaano. n. beautifier.
nuussukko vt. to make attractive.
nu'uuda [Status: check spelling - was: nu'uda]
adj. 1) rare. 2) scant. 3) precious.
sufficient.
offoollukko vi. to decline in size.
ogara [Status: check spelling - underlined by AT]
n. scab.
oogata n. judgement.
oogatamukko vi. to be judged. Morph: PASS
of oogatukko. [Status: check meaning (i.e.
sentenced ?)]
oogataancho Pl: oogataano. n. judge.
oogatisukko vt. to have sb. judge (in one's
favor). Morph: CAUS 1 of oogatukko.
[Status: check meaning (HED: was decided
his favour)]
oogato'o n. judgment.
oogato'o higisukko vp. to sentence.
oogatukko vt. to judge.
oogaxxamaancho Pl: oogaxxamaano. n. sb.
who brings his case to the court.
oogaxxamsukko vt. to arbitrate. Morph:
CAUS 1 of oogaxxamukko.
oogaxxi mine np. court.
ogaxxukko vi. to debate.
oggeera n. 1) bat. 2) sharp stick.
ogeeshsha n. traditional doctor. [Status: check
precise meaning]
ogo'l giraafa [Status: check spelling - was: ogo'l
graafa] np. line graph.
ogo'l gudisansa np. linear equation.
ogo'l tako'uwwa np. collinear points.
ogora n. 1) line. 2) row. 3) order, structure.
4) system. 5) place. [Status: check this
meaning; Abraham doesn't know it]
ogora amadukko vp. to arrange.
ogora axisansimma [Status: check entry
form] np. arrangement.
ogora baxukko vp. to draw a line. [Status: 1 or
2 words ?]
ogora fissaancho np. ruler.
ogorammi qaasho'o np. ordered hair.
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ogoraamisa adj / adv. orderly. form !!] suff. 1) before. 2) without.

ogoraamo adj. 1) decent. 2) logical. ona adj. empty.
ogoranne uullukko vp. to stand in a queue. oona'a vp (?). there he/it is.
ogorsaancho Pl: ogorsaano. n. ruler. onama n. tree (certain kind of).
ogorsukko vt. to make a line. Morph: CAUS 1 oniya n. type of ensete.
of ogorukko. onjooro'o np. blackberry.
-ohan suff. COMPARATIVE. onkokkamcha n. carrying awkwardly.
oohim pron. 1) these. [Status: check meaning] onkokkamukko vi. to carry akwardly. Morph:
2) that one. PASS/REFL of onkokkukko ?
oo'ina [Status: check spelling] n. type of ensete. onkolo'o n. container.
ojgod n. cheese pot. onkorkocukko vi. 1) to roll (of ball). 2) to
ook DemPron. that one. wallow.
okkayichcho n. badger (certain kind of). onkoroolla Variant: donqoroolla. adj.
okeen [Status: check spelling ookkeen ??] pron. 1) rounded. 2) spherical.
those ones. onkoroollaancho Pl: onkoroollaano. n. sb.
ookkeen pron. those. who rolls.
ookki pron. that (one ?). From: HCD 297. [Status: onkoroollisaancho Pl: onkoroollisaano. n. sb.
check precise meaning] who makes roll (i.e., roller ?).
ookkii kukii pron. that and this. onkoroollisukko vt. to roll. Morph: CAUS 1 of
okkoda'e v (?). there he is. onkoroollukko.
okota n ? ?? onkoroollukko vi. to roll.
oksaayida n. oxide. onno'i [Status: check spelling; Abraham couldn't
oksijiina n. oxygen. confirm it] n. disorder.
oksijiinaam xiiga np. oxygenated blood. onsoodo Morph: * om soodo. Variant: omsoodo.
oktaagoona n. octagon. n. the day after tomorrow.
o'l mu'uta np. weapon. ontaa'lle num. five times.
oo'l tuuna [Status: 2 or 1 words] np. termites' ontayye num. fifty.
house. ontika Variant: onte'e. num. fifth.
ollakkichcho Pl: olla'a. n. 1) neighbour. 2) (pl.) onto num. five.
surrounding. 3) (pl.) village, settlement. ora Pl: olluwwa. n. 1) war. 2) battle. 3) fight.
O'lami ooso np. O'lam clan. 4) quarrel. 5) argument. [Status: check
olla'ooma n. neighbourhood. meaning of sn 4f]
olla'ukko vi. 1) to be neighbours. 2) to be close. oora Morph: pl. tantum. n. termites.
Ollawwa name. Ollawwa. ora tuuna np. manure heap.
olbo'o n. 1) bracelet (for ankle). 2) armband. ora'a n. dung.
o'lli'o'lla n. cockroach. ora'a hogukko vp. to dig dung.
oloola n. 1) a type of fig tree. 2) a type of fig tree. orachchi iibba np. 1) body temperature.
oo'mma n. stability. 2) fever.
omachcho Pl: omadda. n. 1) skin. 2) hide. orachchi itoolla np. itching. [Status: enter
omalukko vi. to dry (of wound). itimma as sep. entry? meaning?]
omara 1) n. wound. 2) orachchi ku'llukko vp. to become a leper.
— adj. sore. orachchi xoxxoollishsha np. physical
omarukko vi/vt. 1) to pierce. 2) to stab. 3) to training.
wound. [Status: check ACT/PASS (HED: orachcho n. body (of animal and human beings).
Pass)] oorada n. type of ensete.
omba n. ancient clothing leather. oraamo adj. troublesome.
oomba n. animal skin. oramoohane n. 1) fighter. 2) warrior.
oomballa [Status: check spelling] n. the day oramukko vi. Morph: MED of orukko ? 1) to
before yesterday. Morph: * oom balla ?? fight. 2) to go to war.
[Status: check mr] oratuuna adj. 1) overlaped. 2) concurrent.
-ome suff. DEFINITENESS, fem. [Status: check ora'ukko vi. to defecate.
meaning; corr. -om (masc)] orba'a n. 1) distress. 2) embarassment.
oo'mmixxi seera np. fixed rule. 3) difficulty. 4) hardship.
oo'mmixxukko vi. to be settled. orbachcha n. 1) stress. 2) worry. 3) disturbance.
omnivoresa n. omnivores. oorbiita n. orbit.
omoro n. a type of basil. orcho'o n. 1) clay. 2) coffee grounds.
omoro'o Pl: omoro'uwwa. n. medicinal herb. ordineeta n. ordinate.
omoyyo [Status: check spelling: - oommoyyo] oreebaancho Pl: oreebaano. [Status: check
part (?). no. [Status: check ps: suffix ?] entry form - or eebaancho?] n. sb. who likes
-oo'n Variant: -on. [Status: check spelling / entry war.

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Oreebo name. Oreebo (man's name).
oreebo n. 1) war creator. 2) problem maker.
oreebukko vi /vt ? to declare war. Morph: * ora
eebukko ??
oreeta n. dung (of cows). Morph: singl. only.
oreeta issimma vp. to fertilize.
oreetukko vi. to produce dung (of cows).
orgaan sono'o np. organ system.
orgaana n. 1) organ (of body). 2) organ (music
instrument).
orgaaneelsa n. organelles.
orgaanizima n. organism.
Orooba Variant: Rooba. [Status: check va
(WHS)] name. Wednesday. From: Amh.
orodo n. 1) stable pen. 2) room in the house for
sheep and goats.
orokkichcho Pl: oro'o. [Status: check entry
form - singl. or trans. (NOT both ...)] n. wild
dog (certain kind of).
Orooma name. Romans.
oroombasa n. rhombus.
Oro'o name. Wednesday. From: Amh.
oro'o n. jackal. [Status: check meaning]
orophphe'e [Status: check spelling; Abraham
prefers: OROPHILLA as better Hadiyya; cf.
also airoplanin ..] n. aeroplane. From: via
Amh ??
osachcha n. laughter.
oosaame Pl: oosaammuwwa. n. eagle.
osarukko Variant: ushaar-. [Status: two "S"?;
WHS 141 - check!] vi. 1) to laugh. 2) to laugh
at.
osassiisoohane adj. funny.
ooso n. children. Morph: pl. of beeto "son".
oosoommano n. childhood.
oosoomma'nnukko vi. to behave like a child.
P - p
Pagumen name. Sept 6 - 10/11. From: Amh.
palminarii arteere'e np. pulmonary artery.
pante'e n. pants.
paappaayya n. papaya.
paaraboola n. parabola.
paaralal adj. parallel.
paaralal qinxite np. parallel folding.
paaralal laagguwwa np. parallel rays.
paaralal vektelluwwa np. parallel vectors.
paaralala [Status: check spelling here (an in
compounds) - AT: paaralaala] n. parallel.
paaralalo giraam [Status: 2 or 1 word ?] np.
parallelogram.
paarasayita n. parasite.
pasta'a n. pasta. From: from Ital.
pensiliina n. penicillin.
pentaagoona n. pentagon.
pepsiina n. pepsin.
peereeda n. period (in chemistry and school).
From: Engl.
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pilee'n gaxa
osossola [Status: check entry form] adj. healthy.
ostiroojiina n. estrogen.
ooshshichcho n. child. Morph: singl. of ooso.
oot DemPron. that one.
otta adj. dry.
oota Pl: oottuwwa. n. fence.
ootamma adj. round.
ootte pron. that (fem.).
otti [Status: check entry form - ootte ??] pron.
that one.
ootisukko vt. to have sb. fence. Morph: CAUS 1
of ootukko.
ootissukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of ootukko.
[Status: check spelling !!] 1) to fence sth. in.
2) to round sth. down.
ootoro [Status: check spelling - orig. ooxoro] n.
courtyard. Morph: * ooxxi woron ?
otosaaxxi ammane [Status: check entry form]
np. liturgy. [Status: check meaning, lit. "time
of worship"]
otossukko vi. 1) to worship. 2) to adore. From:
Amh.
otoota n. 1) a sort of fence. 2) protection.
otottola adj. lumsy.
otootukko vt. to fence (in order to protect).
ootukko [Status: orig. oox- (cf. oota, 'fence')] vi.
to be round.
ootukko vt. to fence.
ooxxoro n. enclosure.
oovaaleeshina n. ovaluation.
oovaare'e n. ovary.
oovidakta n. oviduct.
ooviyuula n. ovule.
ooyya n. yes.
peeriskooppa n. periscope. From: Engl.
peerooksaayida n. peroxide. From: Engl.
perpendikulaar ihaa np. perpendiculary.
perpendikulaara n. perpendicular. From: Engl.
perpendikularooma [Status: check
spelling - AT: perpendikulaarooma] n.
perpendicularity.
persenta n. percent. From: Engl. (Lat.).
persitaalisisa n. peristalsis. From: Gr.
peetaala n. petal.
peetirooliyeema n. petroleum. From: Gr./Lat.
pilaaneeta n. planet. From: Engl.
pilaastiida n. plastid.
pilaastiika Pl: pilaastiikkuwwa. [Status: check
spelling - was: pilastika] n. plastic tarpauline.
From: Engl.
pilaatiniyeema n. platinum.
pilaazma n. plasma.
pilee'n gaxa [Status: check spelling - was:
pileegaxa] np. plane region.
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pilee'n ido np. plane surface. piyaano'o n. piano.

pilee'n misila np. plane figure. poola n. pole. From: Engl.
pileena n. plane. pooligoona n. polygon.
pileetleeta n. platelet. polineeshiina n. pollination. From: Engl.
piluumela n. phulumul. pooliisa [Status: check entry form] n. police.
piraamiida n. pyramid. From: Engl.
piriinsippila Pl: piriinsippilluwwa. [Status: pooliise'e n. policy.
entry necessary ??] n. principle. From: Engl. pooliisichcho [Status: check entry form] n.
pirobileema Pl: pirobileemmuwwa. [Status: policeman. From: Engl.
entry necessary ??] n. problem. From: Engl. polotika n. politics. From: Engl. (Gr.).
piroofeez n. prophase. posferesa n. phosphorous.
pirogiraama [Status: check spelling - was posta mine np. post office.
pro ....] n. programme. From: Engl. poosta saaxina [Status: check entry form] np.
pirojesteeroona [Status: check spelling - was Post office box. From: Engl./Amh.
pro ...] n. progesterone. poosta'aa [Status: check spelling !!] n. post,
piroporshinaal adj. proportional. From: Engl. envelope.
pirotesta'i haayyite np. protesta kingdom. pooshuleet [Status: check spelling !] n.
[Status: check meaning !] postulate. From: Engl. (Lat.).
pirotiraakteera n. protractor. potaasiyeem haaydroxida np. potassium
pirootoona n. proton. hydroxide.
pirotopilaazma n. protoplasm. potaasiyeema n. potassium.
pirotozo'o [Status: check spelling, was poozaatiiva adj. positive.
pirotozo'a] n. protozoon. pulumeela n. plumul.
pirtiyuma n. pritium. Puluuto'o name. Pluto.
pistila n. pistil. puuppa'a n. pupa.
piitaaliina n. pytalin.
pitutaare'i mushsha np. pituitary gland.

Ph - ph
Pheexxena [Status: check spelling - Pheenxena] Philaaxoos name. Pilate.
name. Pontius.
Pheexiroos name. Peter.

R - r
raadeeshiina n. radiation. From: Engl.
raadikila n. radicle. From: Engl.
raadiyeesa n. radius. From: Engl.
raadoona n. radon.
raktaangil adj. rectangle.
ramata n. embers. From: Amh ?
raashim n. basic needs, survival. From: via ??
raashinaa'l xigo np. rational number.
rebidiyeema n. rubidium.
redo'o Pl: redo'uwwa. [Status: check entry
form - erado'o ? reedo'o ?] n. radio. From:
Engl.
reedo'o n. radio.
reedo'onne higisukko vp. broadcast (on radio).
REDUPLIKATION [Nouns] syntax. each.
refileks angila np. reflex angle.
rektama Pl: rektammuwwa. n. rectum.
rengeeja Pl: rengeejjuwwa. n. rain guage.
reeniina n. rennin.
reenja Pl: reenjuwwa. n. range.
reptayila Pl: reptayilluwwa. n. reptile. From:
Engl.
resipirookaala adj. reciprocal.
reesho'o Pl: reesho'uwwa. n. ration.
retta n. drink made from sorghum.
ribosoma Pl: ribosommuwwa. n. ribosome.
rifilekshiina Pl: rifilekshiinnuwwa. n.
reflection. From: Engl. (Lat.).
rifo [Status: va of irifo'o ?] n. gift.
rijid [Status: entry necessary ??] adj. rigid. From:
Engl.
rikeetsa n. rickets.
riippoorta Pl: riippoortuwwa. n. report. From:
Engl. (Lat.).
ritima adj. ritardando.
riiversa adj. reverse. From: Engl.
rorukko vi. 1) to be better. 2) to be preferable.
ruuz n. rice. Morph: singl. only. From: Amh.

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S - s
-s suff. like. sagachcho edaancho np. sound speaker.
Sa'a name. last day in Xiriire. [Status: check meaning (megaphone ?)]
saa'aancho Pl: saa'aano. n. adulterer, sagad dillukko vp. to descend.
adulteress. sagada n. 1) downhill. 2) descent.
sa'aata Pl: sa'aattuwwa. n. 1) hour. 2) watch. sagadukko vi. 1) to bow. 2) to be steep. 3) to
From: Amh. slope. 4) to pray (bowing down).
sa'aaxxi duuha'a np. clock-wise direction. saga'l baxxancha np. parts of word/speech.
sa'aa'ukko [Status: check entry saga'l doona np. dictionary.
form - sa'ukko ?] vi. to be still. saga'l fikkaanna np. inflection.
saba adj. refusing. [Status: check ps / meaning saga'l kitaabo'o np. dictation.
(HED: refuser)] saga'l sire'e np. derivation.
sababo n. 1) pretext. 2) pretense. 3) reason. saga'l usha np. oral literature.
sabamcha n. 1) hatred. 2) unfriendliness. saga'llane [Status: check entry form] adj (n!).
sabbaamo adj. fat. oral.
sabassa n. exageration. sagalluwwa n. vocabulary.
sabassukko vi. to exagerate. sagannatta Pl: sagannattuwwa. n. balcony.
sabbata n. belt of cloth. sagar xee'isimma [Status: check entry form]
sabimmanne sallafukko vp. to march. np. melody. [Status: check precise
sabisukko vt. to disgust. Morph: CAUS 1 of meaning - sound sweetening??]
sabukko. sagara Variant: saga. Pl: sagalluwwa. [Status:
saboobee'ane adj. 1) liberal. 2) passive. check va (WHS)] n. 1) word. 2) voice.
sabo'o n. 1) refusal. 2) resistance. 3) language. [Status: check meaning!]
sabrago n. ?? sagara aagimma np. 1) guarantee. 2) warranty.
sabraato n. giving some money or food to sagara aagukko [Status: check entry form] vp.
mourners. [Status: check precise to engage.
meaning - substitute ?] sagara fissukko vp. to sound.
sabukko vi/vt. 1) to refuse. 2) to dislike. 3) to sagara geejjisaancho np. amplifier.
hate. 4) to reject. 5) to be unable. [Status: sagara geejjisukko [Status: check entry form]
check meaning] vp. to bang.
sabbukko vi. to be fat. sagara higisaancho [Status: check entry
sabuutta n. termite. form] np. microphone.
sad ki'isukko vp. 1) to mention. 2) to call. sagara la'isukko [Status: check entry form]
sadda n. 1) reed. 2) couch grass. 3) a kind of grass. vp. to signify.
sadaada adj. with a high forehead. sagara uwwukko [Status: check entry form]
sadaamo adj. famous. vp. to vote.
sade num. thirty. sagukko vt. 1) to sound (the horn). 2) to blow
sadde n. famous person. (the horn).
sadeentayye num. eighty. Sahaara'a name. Sahara.
sadeenti balla np. week. sahina n. 1) dish. 2) serving plate.
sadeento num. eight. sakaanukko v. ??
sado n. 1) fame. 2) good biography. Sakkatiite Variant: Yakkatiite. name. February
saddukko vi. to have clean / light grass. [Status: 8 - March 9. From: Amh. Y㪫atit.
check meaning; Abraham says: "to rebuke"!] saqalukko vt. 1) to hang (against sth.). 2) to
saadukko vt. to appreciate. crucify. From: Amh.
saffara Pl: saffalluwwa. n. 1) town. 2) camp. sa'l mine np. kitchen.
From: Amh ? sallachcha n. computing.
safarukko vi. to camp. From: Amh. salalo n. white cheese. Morph: singl. only.
safeeda n. around footed basket of woven straw salalsukko vt (?). to prepare cheese. Morph:
serving as a table on which food is placed. CAUS 1 of salalukko (?) / * salalo.
[Status: check precise meaning] sallallukko [Status: check entry form - was
saafura n. breakfast in coffee ceremony. sallallimma] n / v (?). to spy.
sagachcha'i bu'ana np. vocal cord. salamat n. greeting. From: Arab.
sagachcha'i sire'e np. allophone. salaat balla [Status: check entry form and
sagachchi shumo'o np. allophone. meaning!!] np. noon.
sagachchi xiyyaachcho np. pitch. salaxa Pl: salaxxuwwa. [Status: check entry
sagachcho n. 1) sound. 2) phoneme. form - salaaxa ?] n. salad. From: Engl.

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salaaxa n. lettuce. From: Engl salad (Ital ?).
salaxxanimma n / v (?). course.
salla'ukko vt. to compute.
saleeda Pl: saleedduwwa. n. board.
saleena n. a mat made from palm leaves.
salfa Pl: salfuwwa. n. 1) line. 2) queue.
salfeerik assida np. sulphuric acid.
saa'llichcha n. sitting on back of equins. [Status:
check meaning - riding ?]
saa'llisukko vt. to help sb. to mount a horse.
Morph: CAUS 1 of saa'llukko.
saaloona Pl: saaloonnuwwa. n. living-room.
From: cf. Ital. salone.
sa'llukko [Status: check entry form (* sarukko)]
vt. to bake (bread).
saa'llukko vt. Morph: rel to saarukko? 1) to
mount an animal. 2) to ride.
-sam suff. 1) like. 2) as.
sam gud balla np. noon.
sam gudo [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n. noon.
sammaagga n. type of disease.
saamaltenyees gudinsasa np. simultaneous
equation.
saamba jabbo np. lung disease. From: Amh.
(1st word).
sambaca n. serious headache.
sambaliixa n. a long thick grass (used for
roofing).
Sambatta Variant: Sanbatta. name. Sunday.
From: Amh. (cf. Engl. Sabbath).
Sameeni n. North. From: Amh.
saamenti n. week. From: Amh.
samfo n. large basket (used to winnow or measure
grains).
sammi guda np. straight ahead.
sammo n. top of one's head. [Status: check
precise meaning]
saamo n. 1) chance. 2) luck. 3) fate. [Status:
check meaning (WHS: saama)]
saamuna Pl: saamunnuwwa. n. soap. From:
Amh. ?
sa'n afo'o np. nostril.
san baca np. type of disease.
sa'n sagachcho np. nasal.
Sanna Variant: Sanno. [Status: check va
(HCD)] name. Monday.
sanna n. 1) period. 2) season.
sanada Pl: sanadduwwa. n. document.
sanamadukko vt. to force.
sananna Pl: sanannuwwa. n. bamboo basket.
sandaaba n. grey hair (of cow).
sane n. 1) nose. 2) edge. 3) snout.
sane amadukko vp. 1) to touch the nose. 2) to
take sth. by force.
Sane'e name. June 8 - July 7. From: Amh.
sanfugukko vt. to annoy.
sanga'a n. ox for slaughter.
sangaqoro Pl: snagaqolluwwa. [Status: 1 or 2
words] n. subordinate of a landlord.
sangissukko vt. 1) to cut all wrong. 2) to geld
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sarukko
(an animal). [Status: check meaning (WHS
"verschneiden")]
sanguduudukko vi. 1) to be ill. 2) to be sick.
sanguugga [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n.
nosebleed.
sanguugge'ukko [Status: 2 or 1 words ?] vi. to
bleed (of nose).
sanguuggukko [Status: check entry - HED:
sanguugge'ukko] vi. to bleed from nose.
saankaala n. 1) restriction (of equins). 2) dire.
[Status: check meaning]
saankaalukko vt. to hobble.
saanqa n. 1) board. 2) door. From: Amh.
sanqasukko vi. 1) to mock. 2) to allow.
sanqeemanna n. ??
sanqura n. disease that wounds the nose.
Sanno'o name. Monday. From: Amh.
sansaleta n. 1) chain. 2) shackles. From: Amh.
saanta Pl: saantuwwa. n. week.
santiba n. ten Cent (of ETB).
santima n. ten Cent (of ETB).
saantima n. Cent.
saantimeetira Pl: saantimeetilluwwa. [Status:
check entry form - BV: sentimeetira] n.
centimetre.
saantina saantina np. weekly.
sanxe'e Pl: sanxe'uwwa. n. knife.
sanxuuxukko vt. to suckle the blood of goats or
sheep (of animal).
sappara n. type of ensete.
sapilimenteere'e angilluwwa np.
supplementary angles.
sappirofaayita n. sapirphyte.
sarakkam mine np. kitchen.
saramma [Status: check entry form!] adj.
1) cooked. 2) boiled.
saraancho Pl: saraano. n. cook.
sarata n. 1) sorghum. 2) millet.
saraata Pl: saraattuwwa. n. hair. [Status: check
meaning (HED had: haire)]
saarayya n. research.
saarayyaancho Pl: saarayyaano. n. 1) tester
(tool). 2) researcher. 3) inspector.
saarayyi Pl: saarayyuwwa. [Status: check entry
form - saarayya ?] n. thesis.
saarayyukko vt. 1) to research. 2) to test.
sareba'asa adj. 1) careless. 2) thoughtless.
3) indolent.
sarekichcho Pl: saro. n. dog. [Status: check
meaning !!]
sareewwaana n. 1) trousers. [Status: check
meaning (HED: hero's trousers)] 2) loincloth
(of men).
sareewaanaamo Variant: sure'aamo. adj (n?).
sb. who wears trousers (i.e. man).
saro n. cooking.
saarokkichcho n. gazelle.
Saro'o name. Saro'o.
sarukko vt. 1) to cook (by boiling). 2) to bake.
3) to fry. 4) to roast. 5) to make sth.
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comfortable. 6) to do sth. [Status: check
meaning]
sas annanni sasmidaado np. scalene triangle.
sas baado num (np). triple.
sas suume num (np). 1) triple. 2) three parts.
saassaa'l miqe np. vertrebra (of back).
sassaaro [Status: check spelling - saassaaro ?] n.
1) rib(s). 2) upper part of the spine.
saassaaro n. 1) spine. 2) backbone. 3) vertebra.
sasgud sasmidaado np. equilateral triangle.
sasimi mati np. triune.
sassiisaancho Pl: sassiisaano. n. one who
makes sb. cook.
sassiixxukko vt. to make sth. cooked (i.e.
cook ?).
sasqafa num. triplet.
sasmidaad piiriizima np. triangular prism.
sasmidaado n. triangle.
saso num. three.
saatalaayita n. satellite.
sattamotane n. female cook.
saataancho n. 1) maligerer. [Status: check
meaning] 2) sb. who causes injury.
sattaaswo adj. thick.
saate'e n. a type of tree used at Meskel.
Saaterna n. Saturn.
satto n/adj (?). 1) stomach. 2) thick.
saato n. 1) injury. 2) accident.
sattukko vi. to be big-bellied (of pot, etc.).
saxxaancho Pl: saxxaano. n. sb. who regrets.
saxxane num. third (ordinal).
saxxanga num. third (fraction). Morph: * saxxi
anga.
saaxara Pl: saaxalluwwa. n. ..... dish (made
from bamboo). [Status: check meaning]
saxbaqite n. night. Morph: * saxxi baqite.
[Status: lit. "third ...."]
saxxi maarage np. in two years. [Status: check
meaning - lit. "third year"]
saxxi suume num (np). third part.
saaxina Pl: saaxinnuwwa. n. box.
saxxisukko vt. to repent. Morph: CAUS 1 of
saxxukko. [Status: check meaning (HED:
was ...)]
saxxo n. regret.
saxxukko vi/vt. 1) to regret. 2) to be sad.
saaxxukko vt. to injure.
sa'ukko vi. 1) to be quiet. 2) to be reserved.
saa'ukko vi/vt ?? 1) to commit adultery. 2) to ride.
[Status: check meaning - confused with
saa'llukko?]
sawwaa issukko vp. to deliberate.
sawwaa'isukko vt. 1) to make/let sb. think.
2) to remind.
sawwakko bee'ane [Status: check entry
form - sawwakkobee'i maalallato ?] np.
surprise.
sawwamoohane adj. understandable.
sawwissukko vt. to remind. Morph: CAUS 1 of
sawwukko.
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sawwit amadukko vp. to have an idea.
sawwite Pl: sawwittuwwa. n. 1) thought.
2) idea. 3) opinion. 4) thinking.
sawwite hincaa'ukko vp. 1) to propose. 2) to
suggest.
sawwite kurimma vp. commentary.
sawwite murukko vp. to determine.
sawwite uwwimma [Status: check entry
form] np. reaction.
sawwititte [Status: check entry form !!
sawwite ?] n. 1) opinion. 2) point of view.
3) idea. 4) mind.
sawwixxeka afukko [Status: check entry
form] vp. to achieve.
sawwixxi kitaaba np. notebook.
saawwo Pl: saawwuwwa. n. 1) peer. 2) partner.
3) companion. 4) best-man (at wedding).
[Status: check meaning]
Sawwooro name. Sawwooro.
sawwukko vt. 1) to think. 2) to remember. 3) to
have an opinion.
Sawuz Giir Giichchi name. Southern Nations
and People.
Sawuza [Status: entry necessary ??] n. South.
From: Engl.
saayya Pl: laro. [Status: check spelling:] n. adult
cow. Morph: fem.
saayinsa n. science.
saayinsane [Status: check entry form] adj / n ?
scientific.
sechcho Pl: sechchuwwa. n. 1) hive. 2) granary,
grain store. From: EGH 340.
sedeemukko vi. 1) to snore. 2) to wrinkle. 3) to
frown (the forehead).
segmenta n. segment.
sego n. rose (kind of -). [Status: check meaning]
seego'o n. type of edible shoot.
sekaanta n. secant.
sekonda n. second.
sektera n. sector.
seqqenna wereegga np. ??
sellechchi mare'e np. calculation sign. [Status:
check meaning]
selle'ukko vt. 1) to calculate. 2) to select.
selulessa n. cellulose.
seemma n. 1) tubic with red colour on its edge.
2) blanket. [Status: check meaning !!]
senna n. a type of tree.
senbete [Status: check entry form] n. Sunday
meeting at tabot. From: Amh.
seendanaancho Pl: seendanaano. n. sb. who
lives luxuriously.
seendancha n. luxury.
seendanukko vi. to live luxuriously.
senneettano n. hair dressing.
senneetichcho n. 1) hair-dresser. 2) barber.
senneetukko vt. 1) to dress (of hair). 2) to
barber.
seenkamma adj. beautiful.
seenkamaancho Pl: seenkamaano. n. sb. who
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makes oneself beautiful.
seenkamukko vi. to make oneself beautiful.
Morph: REFL of seenkukko.
seenkancha n. beautifying. [Status: HED had:
making beautiful]
seenkaancho Pl: seenkaano. n. sb. who
beautifies.
seenkukko vt. to beautify. [Status: check
meaning (HED: make beautiful)]
se'nno'o n. food drill. [Status: check meaning]
sentaaksa n. syntax. From: Engl. (Gr.).
seenxe'e [Status: check spelling - was: senxe'e]
n. pocket knife.
see'ola [Status: check spelling - Abraham prefers
SI'OLA] n. hell. From: Amh. (Hebr.).
seeppaala n. speal. [Status: check meaning]
seer iiqukko [Status: check entry form] vp. to
violate (the law).
seera n. 1) law. 2) rule. 3) culture. 4) co-op aid
group, help organization.
seera fissukko vp. to rule.
seera lachchi mancho np. 1) attorney.
2) lawyer.
seeraam fir wixxite np. proper subset.
seeram sibriixa np. proper fraction.
seeraam xigo np. ordinal number.
seeramma adj. 1) forbidden. 2) restricted.
seeraamo adj. 1) lawful. 2) disciplined.
seraata n. 1) custom. 2) tradition. From: Amh.
seerbee'i sibriixa np. improper fraction.
serebillema n. cerebellum.
serebrama n. cerebrum.
seretenna Pl: seretennuwwa. n. 1) worker.
2) tradesman. From: Amh serat㭹nya.
seerukko vt. 1) to regulate. 2) to forbid. 3) to
restrict.
seet iskuweera np. set-square.
seeta n. sister-in-law. [Status: check meaning;
Abraham says: "sorcerer"!]
seete'aalla adj. decorative. [Status: check
meaning (decorated ?)]
seete'ukko vt. to decorate.
seexaamoosa n. nice food (after getting rid of a
tape worm).
siibbamo'o n. milk cows.
sibaaraancho Pl: sibaaraano. n. hungry
(person).
sibaaro n / adj (?). [Status: check ps] 1) hunger.
2) starvation. 3) famine.
sibaarukko vi. 1) to be hungry.
— adv (?). 2) quickly.
sibriiq losixxuwwa np. miscellaneous
exercises.
sibriiq mare'e np. sign of union.
sibriiqa adj. mixed.
sibriiqukko vt. to mix.
sibriixa n. fraction.
sibriixukko vi. to split up.
sica'ina [Status: check entry form] n. cow in
advanced stage of pregnancy.
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siqqo
siichchama n. milk cow. Morph: sgl.
siichchukko vi. 1) to be wet. 2) to be moist.
siidakko'i bira [Status: check entry form] np.
cash.
Siidaama name. Sidama.
siidamcha n. 1) discovery. 2) present. [Status:
check entry form and meaning! (adj?)]
siidamimma n / v (?). presence.
siidamubee'ane hosimma [Status: check
entry form!] np (?). absence.
siidamukko vi. Morph: PASS of siidukko. 1) to
be founded. [Status: check meaning
[misunderstanding - found?]] 2) to originate.
3) to occur.
siidisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of siidukko. 1) to
show. 2) to help to see.
siidukko vt/vi. 1) to find. 2) to get, to obtain. 3) to
see. [Status: check meaning] 4) to be
wealthy.
siifa adj. sharp.
sifila Pl: sifilluwwa. n. best man.
siifisaancho n. sb. (sth.) who sharpens.
siifisukko vt. to sharpen (knife). Morph: CAUS 1
of siifukko.
sifo'i kina np. vulcanic rock.
sifukko vi. to suite. [Status: check meaning]
siifukko vi. to be sharp.
sigga n. cold.
siggaakkoohane adj. cold.
siggaalla adj. cold (of food ?).
siggaalli ayya'l qooxo'o np. cold climatic
zone.
siigeeda n. type of tree. [Status: check meaning]
sigillukko vt. to mourn a dead person.
sigireechcho Pl: sigire'e. n. guinea fowl.
siggisaancho Pl: siggisaano. n. refrigerator.
siggisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of siggukko.
1) to cool. 2) to leave off.
siggixxukko vt. 1) to cool down. 2) to shelter.
siggukko vi. 1) to be(come) cool. 2) to be(come)
cold. 3) to be calm. 4) to be normal.
sijaara n. cigarette.
sik interj. interjection to drive dogs away.
sikka Pl: sikkuwwa. n. staff.
sikkechcha n. supporting.
sikke'ukko vt. to support.
sikitammi lamga'nna np. bound morpheme.
sikitammi somo'o np. bound morpheme.
sikitammi xum sagara np. 1) subordinate
clause. 2) dependent clause.
sikitamukko vi. Morph: PASS of sikitukko.
1) to be adopted. 2) to take shelter. 3) to
depend.
sikitancha n. associating.
sikitukko vt. 1) to mingle. 2) to make dependent.
sikko n. 1) a stick to support. 2) dust. [Status:
check meaning]
siqqo [Status: check entry form - (cf. sikko; AT:
suqqo (bad that is prob. confused with Engl.
"sick")] n. stick.
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si'l amala [Status: check entry form] np.
conservative.
silabala n. syllable.
siilabila n. syllable.
sillaaja n. leather puch. [Status: check meaning]
si'llan ihaakkoo seera [Status: check entry
form] np. formula.
si'llanne [Status: check entry form (CASE)] adj.
primary.
silekkichcho n. 1) falcon. 2) hawk.
3) sparrowhawk. [Status: check meaning of
sn 2f]
silekkichcho [Status: check entry form - was:
sulokkichcho] n. 1) wolf. 2) marten.
3) wildcat. [Status: check
meaning - falcon ??]
silliqamubee'ane [Status: check entry form]
adj. coarse.
silliqamukko vi. to be fine (e.g. powder). Morph:
PASS of silliqukko.
silliqqaato n. 1) sprain. 2) wrench.
silliqo'o n. sth. finely ground.
silliqukko vt. 1) to grind finely. 2) to sprain. 3) to
give pain (i.e. hurt ?). 4) to sway. [Status:
check meaning (HED also: dance priestly;
i.e., to swirl ??]
silindera [Status: check spelling - silindeera ?] n.
cylinder.
silindeera n. cylinder. From: Engl.
silixxanne n. civilization.
silivara n. silver. From: Engl.
silka Pl: silkuwwa. n. telephone. From: Amh.
silka dawwolukko vp. to call (on telephone).
From: Amh.
sim fincimma vp. first transplanting of ensete.
sima Pl: simmuwwa. n. 1) ensete tree 1st stage.
2) seedling (of ensete plant). 3) buds of the
ensete plant. [Status: diff. to budo'o ?]
siimmaro'o n. a kind of cabbage.
simeetire'e n. symetry.
simeetire'i aksisa np. axis of symmetry.
simeetire'i misilluwwa np. symetrical figures.
simiminnato Pl: simiminnattuwwa.
agreement.
simminto'o n. cement.
sii'n mardardare'e [Status: check entry form]
np. cabinet.
sii'n mine np. bamboo basket to store coffee
cups.
sina n. silk. Morph: singl. only. From: Arab.
-sina suff. 1) in order that. 2) so that.
siina Pl: siinnuwwa. n. cup.
siina dissakkam mine np. bamboo basket to
store coffee cups.
sinabala n. translation.
sinabalukko vt. to translate.
sinnaara n. tares. [Status: check meaning]
sine'e n. small cup.
sine'e disaancho Pl: sine'e disaano. np. saucer
for coffee ceremony. [Status: check
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meaning - does it mean "tray"?]
siniqa n. type of disease. [Status: check precise
meaning]
sininaa'ukko vi. 1) to leak. 2) to make to flow.
[Status: check meaning]
sinqa n. provisions.
sinqixa Pl: sinqixxuwwa. n. bamboo mat.
sinoodooso Pl: sinoodoossuwwa. n. Synod,
Synod office. From: Engl. (Gr.).
sinsinne'e n. love for time being. [Status: check
meaning]
sinxichcho n. heel.
sinxira Pl: sinxilluwwa. n. 1) splinter. 2) sliver of
wood.
sinzira n. span of hand.
siphiphphira n. a wooden splinter.
siphiphphirukko vt. to splint (wood).
sir bi'aakkoohane [Status: check entry form]
np. complicated. [Status: check lit. meaning]
sira adv (?). 1) early. 2) at the very beginning.
siira adj/n (?). 1) pregnant (of woman).
2) pregnancy.
sira'a n. 1) offering (to God). 2) tax.
sira'iilla n. 1) murderer. 2) assassin.
sirbamma adj. beautiful.
sirbamukko vi. to make oneself beautiful.
Morph: PASS of sirbukko ??
sirbancha n. being beautiful. [Status: check
meaning (HED: to be ...)]
sire'e n. 1) seed. 2) genesis.
sire'i binnite np. seed dispersal.
sire'ukko vi. 1) to be multiplied. [Status: check
ACT / PASS] 2) to exceed. 3) to become
many.
siriinsem [Status: check entry form - CASE] n.
basically.
siirukko vi. 1) to be pregnant. 2) to conceive.
siissa Pl: siissuwwa. n. bamboo tool for scraping
ensete, made of bamboo.
siise'e n. type of disease that wounds horse legs.
[Status: check meaning]
sisqeela n. type of ensete.
n. siso arash np. land from which one third tax has
to be paid. From: Amh.
siita n. type of crude drink. [Status: check for
meaning]
sitaachcha n. being insatiabel (of maize).
[Status: check meaning]
sitteqophpha n. chicken pox.
sitettaancho Pl: sitettaano. n. 1) noose.
2) slipknot.
sititaancho n. sb. who delays.
sitittaato n. 1) stretching. [Status: check
meaning] 2) relaxation.
sititaa'ukko vi. 1) to stretch. 2) to relax.
sititukko vi. 1) to be extended. 2) to be stretched.
3) to delay.
siitto'o vi (3s.f). to be pregnant (of woman).
Morph: Inf siirimma / siitto'ukko. [Status:
check which is the Infinitive]
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sitriika adj. cetric.
sixxonna n. rat.
siixo'o n. income.
siixo'ol [Status: check entry form (siixo'o ?)] n.
cash.
sixoota n. 1) gift. 2) present. From: Amh.
siixxukko [Status: check spelling / meaning] vt.
1) to find. 2) to acquire. 3) to earn.
siiviksa n. civics. From: Engl.
siyya'a n. procedure.
siiyukko n. to cry like a child.
sku'er meetira [Status: check entry
form - which measurement is common in
Hadiyya?] np. square meter. From: Engl.
soodda adj. stative. [Status: check ps (HED: n)]
soodanna n. Morph: * soodo anna ? 1) dawn.
2) daybreak.
soodaraaro n. time early in the morning.
soodiyeem haydirooksaayida np. sodium
hydro-oxide.
soodo n. Morph: Gen: sooxxi. 1) tomorrow.
2) morning.
Sooddo'o name. Sooddo'o. [Status: check ee]
soodukko vi. 1) to dawn. 2) to break (of
morning). [Status: check meaning! (WHS:
sodukko)] 3) to be good time.
soofa n. a neck adornment made from wire, worn
by women whose husband has killed (an
enemy).
soofa'a Pl: soofa'uwwa. n. sofa. From: Engl.
soft n. toilet paper. From: via Amh. from Engl.
sogamma adj. advised.
sogamukko vi. to be advised. Morph: PASS of
sogukko.
sogaancho Pl: sogaano. n. adviser.
sogansukko vt. to advise. Morph: CAUS 1 of
saganukko. [Status: check precise meaning]
sooge n. type of ensete.
sogita'n mine [Status: check entry form] np.
parliament.
sogitano n. advice.
sogitano aa'oohane [Status: check entry
form] np. client.
sogukko vt. 1) to advise. 2) to counsel. 3) to
encourage.
sookeeta Pl: sookeettuwwa. n. electric socket.
From: Engl.
sokolago n. heredity.
soko'o Pl: soko'uwwa. n. animal.
soqqancha n. 1) consultation. 2) conference.
sooqidaam wo'o n. 1) salty water. 2) briny.
sooqido n. salt.
so'l anga num (np). one fortieth (1/40).
soo'l suume [Status: check entry form] np.
quarter.
so'llane num. fortieth (40th).
soo'llane num. fourth (4th).
soolleessa n. figurative speech.
solleessammi gixo'o np. figure-like poem.
[Status: check meaning (HED: figure live
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poem)]
sooliixxi misila [Status: check entry form - AT:
sooliixxil] np. solid figure. From: Engl. (1st
word).
soommanaancho Pl: soommanaano. n. sb.
who is fasting.
soommano n. fasting. [Status: check precise
meaning]
soommanukko vi. to fast.
soombe'e n. pulmonic plague (of cows). From:
Amh. ?
somo'o Pl: somo'uwwa. n. affix.
somsoma Pl: somsommuwwa. n. canter.
soomu Variant: soommano. [Status: check ps of
va - part pl] n. fasting.
somukko vt. 1) to join. 2) to connect.
sono'aam qaasho'o np. ordered pair.
sono'o n. 1) order. 2) logic.
so'o n. barley. Morph: singl. only.
soor buudo [Status: entry necessary ?] n. animal
with four horns.
soor midaado np. quadrilateral.
soranga num. fourty times, forty parts.
sore num. forty. From: WHS 172.
sorgasa n. snot illness of animals. [Status: check
meaning !]
soorgud soorimidaado [Status: 2 or 3
words ?] np. rhombus.
soorisa [Status: check spelling; Alemayehu
(VSD) had SORESA, "mat"] n. fine mat
(made from ensete plant).
sorqophpha n. a disease that infects the palatal.
[Status: check precise meaning]
Sooro name. sub-group of Hadiyya.
sooro 1) num. four. 2) chance. 3) lot. [Status:
check meaning of sn 2f]
sooro gassa np. type of cow disease. [Status:
check meaning]
sorooba n. investigation.
soroobaancho Pl: soroobaano. n.
1) investigator. 2) searcher.
soroobisukko vt. to survey. Morph: CAUS 1 of
soroobukko.
soroobukko vt. 1) to make the bees go away from
the honey. 2) to pay attention to sth. 3) to
memorise. 4) to investigate. 5) to search.
[Status: check meaning - only from bees
(THS)?]
soro'o n. small bowl made from grass (used for
kollo and to measure grains).
soroophphi woraqata [Status: check entry
form] np. thesis.
sooroora adj. 1) unlucky. 2) unfortunate. [Status:
check meaning]
sorukko vt. to perform in a funeral ceremony.
sooshaaliizima n. socialism. From: Engl.
sotte'e n. ??
soote'e n. unproberly covered house.
sotira n. a kind of plant that kills goats. [Status:
check precise meaning]
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soottukko vi. 1) to think for tomorrow, to plan.
[Status: check this meaning!!!] 2) to be noisy.
[Status: check meaning!!]
Sooyyaama name. Sooyyaama. [Status: check
ee]
spoonja Pl: spoonjuwwa. [Status: check entry
form] n. sponge. From: Engl.
subura n. pieces.
suburissukko vt. to break into small pieces.
Morph: CAUS 1 of suburukko. [Status:
contracted to subussukko ?]
suburukko vi. to be broken into pieces.
subussukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
suburukko ?? 1) to break into pieces. 2) to
crash.
suudo n / name (?). 1) demon of possession.
2) sacrificial feast of that demon of
possession.
suufa n. 1) sunflower. 2) wool.
suffura n. 1) backbite. 2) theft. [Status: check
meaning] 3) accumulation.
suffuraancho Pl: suffuraano. n. 1) sb. who is
backbiting. 2) sb. who is gossiping. 3) thief.
suffurukko vt. 1) to backbite. 2) to steal. 3) to
accumulate.
suga n. satiety.
sugga adj. skinny.
suuga n. hunting.
suugaancho Pl: suugaano. n. 1) hunter.
2) wanderer. [Status: check meaning (HED:
wonderer)]
sugudeechcho adj. too big.
sugukko vi. to be thankful.
suugukko vi. to hunt.
sujaara Pl: sujaalluwwa. n. cigarette.
sujaara agoohane np. smoker.
sujaara xanqisaancho np. cigarette lighter.
sukkaar dinnichcho np. sweet potato.
sukkaara n. sugar.
sukkumukko vt. to pound.
sukkunukko [Status: check
spelling - underlined by AT] vt. to weed.
sukureesa n. sucrase.
sukuroosa n. sucrose. [Status: check meaning]
suqqa n. 1) butress. 2) arm. [Status: check
meaning]
suuqa Pl: suuqquwwa. n. shop. From: Amh.
suqadiyya adj. 1) thin. 2) slender. 3) tenuous.
4) weak.
suqqo'aamo adj. sick of pneumonia. [Status:
check meaning]
suqqo'o n. 1) tuberculosis. 2) coughing. [Status:
check meaning; Abraham doesn't know this]
3) tubic (tunic ?) weaved by weaver as
blanket. 4) thread.
suqqukko vt. 1) to spin. 2) to loosen sth. by
beating (e.g. cotton).
suquxa n. decoration.
suquxukko vt. 1) to arrange in rows. 2) to
arrange in order. [Status: check precise
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meaning]
sulla Pl: sulluwwa. n. Morph: * suldo ? 1) clan.
2) tribe.
su'la n. type of bread used for brewing beer.
sulcho n. genet. [Status: check meaning]
sulli daanna Pl: sulli daannuwwa. [Status:
check spelling] np. clan chief. [Status: check
meaning (clan ?)]
sullo Pl: sulluwwa. n. 1) ethnic group. 2) clan.
sulso'o n. qitfu (raw). Morph: singl. only.
sultuuttaancho Pl: sultuuttaano. n. sb. who is
growing emeciated. [Status: check meaning]
suu'm mancho np. 1) close friend. 2) lover.
[Status: check meaning ...]
suu'm saayya np. the only cow given for sb.
suu'm sono'o np. grammar.
suu'm xa'mmichcha np. 1) oral question.
2) interview.
suum woccukko vp. to speak a language.
summa Pl: summuwwa. n. 1) name. 2) noun.
From: Amh.
summa bikke np. pronoun.
summa caakkisaancho np. adjective.
summa fissukko vp (vt). to name. Morph:
CAUS 1 of summa firukko.
summaqqamamukko vi. to honour each other.
Morph: PASS/REFL of summaqqamukko ?
Sumaale'e name. Somalia.
suumam diisukko vp (vt). 1) to astonish. 2) to
interview. 3) to make silent.
summamma Pl: summammuwwa. n. superior
offical.
summamaancho Pl: summamaano. n.
candidate for rank.
summamukko vi. Morph: PASS of summukko.
1) to be appointed. 2) to become famous.
summaancho Pl: summaano. n. sb. who is
appointed to promote.
suu'mmane [Status: check entry form - suuma?]
n. oral.
suumbaca Pl: suumbaccuwwa. [Status: 1 or 2
words ?] n. mother tongue.
suumbacukko vi. to start to speak.
suume Pl: suummuwwa. n. 1) mouth. 2) lips.
2) language.
suume uwwukko vp. to curse.
summiqaxanne [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] adv.
immediately.
summisukko vt. to name. Morph: CAUS 1 of
summukko.
sumlanda Pl: sunlanduwwa. n. adhort. [Status:
check meaning] 2) cloak. [Status: check
meaning]
sumudukko vi. 1) to give a prize to sb. 2) to give
a present to sb.
summukko vt. 1) to promote. 2) to give rank.
sumune'e n. 25 cent (coin).
suncho Pl: sunchuwwa. n. leather string.
sunkurutta Pl: sunkuruttuwwa. [Status: check
entry form - shunkurutta?] n. onion.
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suunqukko vt. to kiss. suusa Pl: suussuwwa. n. 1) cloth. 2) old garment.

sunqura Pl: sunqulluwwa. n. little house. 3) rag.
suphe dara np. early morning. sussuugukko vt. to search for.
suura n. a type of grass. susuqukko vi. to fall down.
surata n. snuff. susumukko vi. to knock oneself (on sth.).
sure'e Pl: sure'uwwa. n. 1) modern pants. susunsukko vt. to bump sb. Morph: CAUS 1 of
2) modern trousers. susumukko.
surguca n. 1) exhaustion. 2) fatigue. suttalla n. red maize.
3) feebleness. suttaa'ukko vt. to plant.
surgucukko vi. 1) to be weak. 2) to be failing. sute'e adj. 1) ill. 2) sick.
3) to concern oneself with. [Status: check sutte'ukko vt. to put feathers into the hair.
meaning] suuto n. 1) loin. 2) lower part of the spine.
Surixxi cebba name. Rift Valley. suto'o n. epithet.
surquna n. 1) lawsuit. 2) litigation. suuxaancho Pl: suuxaano. n. 1) sb. who is
3) controversy. wealing. 2) sb. who is weak.
surqunaancho Pl: surqunaano. n. 1) litigant. suuxe adj. bitter. [Status: check meaning;
2) campaigner. [Status: check meaning] Abraham cannot confirm this one]
suro Pl: sulluwwa. n. 1) navel. 2) middle. suuxiinchaamo adj. with tapeworm (of a
surugucukko vt. to exhaust. person).
surukko vt. to pass through. suuxiincho n. tapeworm.
suurukko vi. 1) to become strong. 2) to become suuxo n. bitter leaves. [Status: check
useful. meaning - adj (cf. suuxe - bitter)?]
suruulla adj. 1) secret. 2) insidious. suxxubulla n. ??
suruullaancho Pl: suruullaano. n. 1) schemer. suxxukko vt / vi (??). 1) to save. 2) to keep aside.
2) sycophant. 3) to become ill.
suruullukko vi. 1) to creep. 2) to slip through.
suus xulbe'e np. a ball made of cloth.

Sh - sh
sha'a n. 1) ?? [Status: check meaning - FLRC:
light] 2) reproductive organ (male & female).
shabbadiina n. ??
shabba'llukko vi. to become confused. Morph:
MED of shabbaramukko. [Status: check
meaning]
shabara n. 1) rash (of milk). 2) cream (formed on
milk).
shabbaramukko vi. to be rebellious.
shabbarissukko vt. to stir up sb. Morph: CAUS
I of shabbarukko.
shabarukko vi. 1) to leaven. 2) to pickle. 3) to
coagulate (milk).
shabbassiisukko vt. to stir up sb. Morph:
CAUS 2 of shabbarukko.
shabula n. 1) wild oat. 2) newly flowering grain.
shachche'e n. maize which reaches maturity for
the first time. [Status: check
meaning - reaches maturity only once ...]
shaafa n. 1) delta. 2) decayed. [Status: check
meanings] 3) grass.
shaffadukko v. ??
shaaffatukko vi. to be outraged. From: Amh.
shafaxa n. rubber.
shafe'e Pl: shafe'uwwa. n. 1) ring to support the
(coffee) pot. 2) ring around the ensete
fermentation pit.
shafino'o n. upper part of ensete.
shafshafaa'ukko vt. to shake.
shafukko vi. 1) to be rough (of lake). 2) to be
turbulent (of air). 3) to be upset (of stomach).
shaafukko vi. to become fertile.
shaagga Pl: shaagguwwa. n. unclear voice.
shaaggukko vi. to speak with unclear voice.
shahida Pl: shahidduwwa. n. sexual organ
(male or female).
sha'issukko vt. to light sth.
Shakka name. Shakka. [Status: check ee]
shakakukko vi. 1) to walk too slowly. 2) to
delay.
shakka'lla adj. foolish.
shaqax suuqa [Status: check entry form] np.
groceries. From: Amh.
shaqe'e adj. long (of horn of oxen).
shaqqukko vt. Morph: ??? of shukko ?? 1) to
kill. 2) to murder. 3) to abuse. 4) to injure.
[Status: check meaning]
shaaqukko vt. 1) to admonish. 2) to scold. 3) to
rebuke. 4) to reprimand.
sha'l gixo'o np. chant poem.
Shaala name. Lake Shala.
shalaga adj. not serious.
shallago'i hayyo'o np. mathematician.
shallago'i sagara np. mathematical term.
shallago'i yanna np. mathematical statement.
shalagooma n. being not serious.
shallago'o n. mathematics.
shalagukko vi. 1) to be not serious. 2) to be silly.

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shallagukko vi. to calculate.
Shalaqo'o name. Shalaqo'o.
shalaqo'o n. food made from pea powder.
shalalukko vi. to walk slowly.
shallamukko vt. to reward. Morph:
PASS/REFL of shallukko ?
shalo'o Pl: shalo'uwwa. n. thread (esp. weaving).
shallukko vt. 1) to touch smoothly. 2) to beseech.
3) to entreat. 4) to implore. [Status: check
meaning of sn 2-4]
sham gasso np. declined.
shama 1) adj. spoiled. [Status: check ps]
2) rotten. 3) musty. 4) fertile. 5) declined. 6)
— n. decay. [Status: check entry and
meaning - was: shamoo - And what's the
corresponding VERB ??]
shama itaano [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] np.
saprophyts.
sha'mma'a n. 1) soak. 2) rot. 3) spoil. [Status:
check meaning]
shaama⦡ Pl: shaama'uwwa. n. candle. From:
Amh.
shambalala adj / n (?). 1) abundance.
2) quantity. 3) totality. [Status: check
meaning] 4) more than sufficient.
sha'mmeessa [Status: check spelling - was:
sha'meessa] n. Morph: singl. only. 1) sour
butter. 2) sourness.
sha'mmeessukko [Status: check spelling - was:
sha'meessukko] vi. 1) to keep (butter) for a
long time. 2) to be sour (in taste).
shaa'mmeeta n. type of drink (prepared with
barley).
shamiiza Pl: shamiizzuwwa. n. shirt. From: Frz.
"chemise".
shaamo n. 1) lot. 2) luck. 3) fatality (of money).
[Status: check meaning]
shamu quunqa np. rotted eggs.
shamukko vi. Morph: verbal. of shama. 1) to rot.
2) to decay. 3) to be spoiled. 4) to be fertile
(of soil). 5) to decline.
shaa'mmukko vi. 1) to have chances. [Status:
check meaning (HED: be chanceful)] 2) to
turn out well.
shanna n. killing.
shaana n. cabbage. Morph: singl. only.
shanbalalukko vi. 1) to be more than
sufficient. 2) to be superfluous.
shaanqillichcho Pl: shaanqilla. n. negro.
shaano'i shengee'lla [Status: check entry
form - 2nd word underlined by AT] np. green
algae.
shaano'i uulla [Status: check entry form] np.
meadow.
shaano'o adj. 1) green. 2) brown.
shaanxa fooqukko vp. to hold open.
shaanxa'a Pl: shaanxa'uwwa. n. suitcase.
Shapa name. Shapa.
shapha Pl: shaphphuwwa. n. 1) wedge.
2) marshy area (impassable).
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Shaphpha name. Shaphpha. [Status: check ee]
shaphshaphukko vt. to shake.
shaara n. Morph: singl. only. 1) dirty water.
2) water with residues. [Status: check
meaning]
shara'a Pl: shara'uwwa. n. sack.
sharada [Status: corresponding
verb - sharimma ?] n. 1) sharing. [Status:
check meaning - Abraham says: "stage"]
2) quotient.
sharakaa'ukko vt. 1) to cut loose. 2) to clip.
3) to amputate. 4) to slice.
sharalle'e adj. ??
shararaa'ukko vt. 1) to whip. 2) to lash.
shararoo luwwa [Status: entry necessary ?] np.
material that flows smoothly.
shararukko vi. to flow smoothly.
shararyoo luchcho np. ??
sharganukko vt. 1) to remove (esp. weeds). 2) to
clear (esp. weeds).
sharimma n / inf (?). teasing song.
sharkayukko vi. 1) to go away. 2) to depart. 3) to
leave.
sharo n. boast(ing).
sharoommo n. game of insults. [Status: check ps
/ entry form - was sharommo]
sharukko vi/vt. 1) to boast. 2) to threaten. 3) to
chant.
shaarukko vi. 1) to be dirty (of water). 2) to
sedimented (of water). 3) to chase.
shaarukko vt. 1) to remove sb. from office. 2) to
relieve sb. of his duties. From: Amh. [Status:
check meaning - comp. to other entry
shaarukko]
shaash n. scarf.
shasha n. type of grass. [Status: check meaning]
shaashsha n. 1) gauze. 2) muslin. 3) kerchief
(worn on the head).
shashshara n. 1) sand. 2) gravel.
Shaashshiga Variant: Shaashshige. n. 1) Apr 9
- May 8. 2) Easter. [Status: check meaning]
Shaashoogo name. sub-group of Hadiyya.
shatadanna n. type of ensete.
shataatanna Pl: shataatannuwwa. n. type of
container made from soil.
shatte'e [Status: check spelling - EGH: shaxe] n.
a kind of ensete.
shaate'e Pl: shaate'uwwa. n. 1) big clay dish.
2) container (esp. pot).
shattuura [Status: check spelling - was:
shattura] adj. with straight horn (of animal).
shaxe [Status: check spelling - shatte'e ??] n. type
of ensete.
Shawwa name. Addis Ababa.
shawwa adj. slender.
shawara n. type of ensete.
shawra [Status: check spelling - EGH shaura] n.
type of ensete.
shawrada [Status: check spelling / entry - EGH:
shaurada] n. type of ensete.
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shaaye Variant: shaahe. [Status: check va] n.
tea. Morph: singl. only. From: Amh.
shaayoo luchcho np. cataract.
shebeleela adj. tiny.
sheefanukko [Status: check entry - AT:
shaffanukko] vt. to cover.
sheefe'e Pl: sheefe'uwwa. n. 1) race. 2) root.
sheeffukko vi. 1) to get angry. 2) to be indignant.
shekeleela adj. 1) lean. 2) skinny.
shekellukko vi. to be thin.
shekkeere'e n. Morph: singl. only. 1) malaria.
2) yellow fever.
sheeqqara adj / n. fulfilled. [Status: check
meaning / ps]
sheeqqarukko vt. 1) to organize. 2) to structure.
shela Pl: shelluwwa. [Status: check
spelling - was: sheela] n. shell. From: Engl.
sheelatisukko vt. to make sb. to take off.
Morph: CAUS 1 of sheelatukko.
sheelato n. 1) thief. 2) swindler. 3) cheater.
sheelatukko vt. to take off (esp. one's clothes).
sheelaxxukko vi. 1) to escape. 2) to break out.
3) to slip from the hand.
sheleke'e Variant: sherekke; sherekka. [Status:
check entry form - HED shereqa] n. type of
ensete.
shelilat n. songs praising a person.
sheello Pl: sheelluwwa. n. penis.
shee'lukko [Status: check
spelling - shee'llukko ?] vt. 1) to deliver. 2) to
hand over. [Status: check meaning]
sheemmanekkichcho Pl: sheemmaane'e.
[Status: check entry form - THS:
shammaanekichcho] n. weaver. From: Amh.
sheemmaata n. Morph: pl. 1) weavers.
2) association.
sheemmaatichcho n. member of
association.
sheemmaatukko vt (?). to weave.
sheme'e n. miniature.
shene'e n. 1) appetite. 2) feeling.
shene'ukko vt. 1) to abhor. 2) to refuse.
shenka adj. weak.
shenqeella n. algae.
shereqa n. a kind of ensete.
sheerimaamo adj. 1) having a tail. 2) fast.
3) promiscuous (person). 4) prostitute.
sheerimo n. 1) tail (esp. of sheep). 2) penis.
From: Kambaata.
sheeshaabbisukko [Status: check
spelling - was: sheeshaabisukko] vt. to make
sb. haber. Morph: CAUS 1 of
sheeshaabbukko. [Status: check meaning]
sheeshaabbukko [Status: check spelling - was:
sheeshaabukko] vi (??). to haber. [Status:
check meaning - GG Kurzwarengesch㥴 ...]
shesho n. cat's tail (plant).
shetta adj. weak.
sheetatimma n / v (?). disarmament.
shettukko vi. 1) to be weak. 2) to be powerless.
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shiiliisaancho
Sheexaancho n. devil.
Sheexaano [Status: check entry form - pl ?] n.
an evil river demon. [Status: check meaning
(Satan ?) - EGH devil]
shibbira n. 1) tumult. 2) revolt. [Status: check
meaning,]
shibo'o n. wire. From: Amh.
shibte n. ??
shibukko vt. to delay.
shichchibinnaa'ukko [Status: 1 or 2 words ?]
vt. 1) to finish. 2) to kill one by one. 3) to
exhaust. [Status: check meaning]
shifa n. 1) shrub. 2) churn. 3) cream. [Status: check
meaning] 4) woods. 5) forest.
shifita n. 1) measles. 2) chicken-pox.
shifta Pl: shiftuwwa. n. robber. From: Amh.
shifukko vt. 1) to shrub. 2) to churn. 3) to skim
sth.
shigidamukko vi. to be in contact. Morph:
PASS of shigidukko.
shigidukko vt. to rub.
shigig yukko vp (vt). 1) to dislike. 2) to hate.
shigigaa'oolla [Status: check spelling] adj.
boring.
shigiggaato n. 1) hatred. 2) disliking.
shigigaa'ukko vi/vt. 1) to be rough. 2) to
disgust. 3) to disturb.
shigigukko vi. 1) to dislike. 2) to be boring.
[Status: check meaning !]
shigguxa n. 1) gun. 2) pistol.
shiiha 1) adj. lame. 2) paralysed. 3)
— n. cripple.
shiihisukko vt. to make sb. lame. Morph: CAUS
1 of shiihukko.
shiihooma n. paralysis.
shiihukko Variant: siihukko. [Status: check va
an (HCD)] vi. 1) to be/become paralysed. 2) to
be lame.
shikka n. 1) snare. 2) trap. 3) stick. 4) staff.
5) grass for basketwork.
shikke'ukko vi. to lean (on sth.).
shikkiikkukko vi. 1) to walk clumsily. 2) to be
dragged.
shikshikaato n. friction.
shikshikukko vi. to be in friction.
shikkukko vi. 1) to be angry. 2) to cry.
shiqa adv. near.
shiqa'issukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
shiiqaa'ukko. 1) to bring into line. 2) to
raise.
shiqaa'ukko vi. 1) to get close. 2) to approach.
shiqqeen giphixxi mare'e np. semicolon.
shiqqeena adj. senior.
shiqukko vt/vi. 1) to upgrade. 2) to move away.
3) to go past sth. 4) to step aside.
shiila 1) n. solution. 2)
— adj. lean, skinny. [Status: check
meaning !]
shilinka Pl: shilinkuwwa. n. 50 cent (coin).
shiiliisaancho Pl: shiiliisaano. n. solvent.
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shillo n. part of body. [Status: check meaning]
shiilukko vi. to dissolve.
shimagliyes [Status: check entry form &
spelling] n. elders. From: Amh.
shimbura n. chick-peas.
shiimo ihukko vp. to exterminate.
shiimo'o n. 1) boiled beans. 2) boiled peas.
3) boiled chick peas. [Status: check meaning
(things can be grouped together ...)]
4) cooked wheat [or other grain].
shimshimmaato n. culture dance.
shimshimmukko vi. to dance.
shi'nna n. 1) carrion. 2) carcass.
shiina [Status: check entry form - was: shiininne]
n. side. [Status: check meaning - was:
throughside, dont be happen]
shiinnaatamcha n. reconciliation.
shiinnatamoohane adj. suitable.
shiinnaatamukko vi. Morph: PASS/MED of
shiinnaatukko. 1) to agree. 2) to reconcile.
shiinnaatanse n. matching.
shiinnaatimma hoogukko vp. to protest.
shiinnaato n. reconciliation.
shiinnaatoohane adj. appropriate.
shiinnaatukko [Status: check
spelling - SHINATIMMA ? (Abraham at
other occasion)] vi. 1) to match. 2) to agree.
shiincaara Pl: shiincaalluwwa. n. 1) arrow.
2) splinter.
shiine Pl: shiinnuwwa. n. 1) cheek. 2) edge.
3) corner. 4) vicinity. 5) neighbourhood.
[Status: check meaning of sn 4f (WHS:
shine'e)]
shine'aga adj. disgusting.
shine'ukko vt. to find sth./sb. disgusting.
shiingechcha n. touching (with one's back).
shiinge'ukko vt. to touch with one's back.
shiingo'i ogora np. tangent line.
shiingo'o n. touching (with one's back).
shiinja n. direction.
shinkifa n / adj ? foreskin.
shiinqa n. tuberculosis.
shiinsha n. 1) charcoal. 2) soot. 3) coal.
4) roasted grain flour (going to be mixed with
water and butter). From: Amh ?? [Status:
check meaning]
shiinshaancho Pl: shiinshaano. n. 1) cleaning
(person). 2) cleaning (material). 3) duster.
shiinsho'ukko vt. to turn to charcoal.
shiinshukko vt. 1) to clean. 2) to brush. 3) to
sweep. 4) to wipe. 5) to cancel. [Status: check
meaning]
shi'nnukko vi. 1) to smell (of meat, butter). 2) to
become wealthy.
shipte n ? ??
shir nigga np. branched root.
shira adj. many. [Status: check meaning]
shiraffire Variant: shirafara. n. type of ensete.
shirga'a n. object.
shirgifa Pl: shirgiffuwwa. n. coarse.
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shiro n. part of flesh. [Status: check meaning]
shirshirukko vt. to hike.
shirxapho n. fibrous root. [Status: check
meaning (comma missing?)]
shiisha adj. sour.
shiishaalla adj. sour.
shishira n. 1) leprosy. 2) water squeezed out
from insaara. [Status: check meaning]
shishiraancho Pl: shishiraano. n. leper.
shishirukko vi. to be a leper.
shisho'o n. a type of dock-weed. [Status: check
meaning ! (mill. ferruginea seems to be
bilewuhaqa (Amh. brora or birbira)]
shiisho'o n. 1) discontent. 2) resentment.
3) displeasure.
shiishukko vi. 1) to be(come) sour. [Status:
check meaning (to be sour in taste ?)] 2) to
dissatisfy.
shitto'o n. 1) perfume. 2) odour.
shiyukko n. to limp.
sho'a adj. loose.
sho'aalla adj. loose.
shobamma adj. sharp.
shobaancho n. 1) sharpener. 2) sb. who sharpens.
3) carpenter.
shobisukko vt. to make sb. sharpen. Morph:
CAUS 1 of shobukko. [Status: check
meaning (to sharpen?)]
shobukko vt. 1) to sharpen (wood, stake). 2) to
peel a tree. 3) to process wood.
shoobbukko vt. 1) to coax. 2) to entreat.
[Status: check meaning]
shocha'a [Status: check entry - was: shoca,
"weak" (Alemayehu, Prov)] n. food taken to
funeral house.
shoodira Pl: shoodilluwwa. n. stick with pointed
metal end.
shoga n. 1) branch. 2) fringe. 3) tassel. 4) broom
made from millet.
shoohane adj. murderer.
shooho'o Pl: shooho'uwwa. n. 1) floor.
2) threshing floor.
sho'isukko vt. to loosen. Morph: CAUS 1 of
sho'ukko.
sho'ixxa adj. 1) slacken. 2) soft.
shokka n / adj (?). [Status: check ps] 1) burning.
2) strong (thing ?). [Status: check meaning
(HED fast strong)]
shooka n. fallow land.
shokkiisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
shookkukko. 1) to burn. 2) to burn the mouth
(food).
shokookisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
shokookukko. 1) to shear. 2) to cut the
bottom.
shokole'e n. foreskin.
shokota n. forskin (for temporary in rainy time).
[Status: check meaning !!]
shokukko vt. to wind sth.
shokkukko 1) vt. to burn. 2)
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— vi. to be irritated. 3) to be angry. 3) stripping of.

shola 1) adj. squinting. [Status: check meaning] shoshshoodukko vi. to hurry.
2) shoshshogukko vt. 1) to grind. 2) to remove
— n. forest. [Status: check meaning] peel.
sholaate n. squinting. shoote'e Pl: shoote'uwwa. n. cultural pot for
sholle'aalla adj. 1) easy. 2) light (of weight). urine.
3) with little dignity. 4) simple. shooto'aamo adj. 1) basic. 2) fundamental.
sholle'aalla karva np. simple path. shooto'amukko vi. to be based on. Morph:
sholle'aalli ifiisammi (xufammi) np. PASS f shooto'ukko?
simple closed path. shooto'i haxara np. basic mark.
shollechcha n. 1) lack of honour. 2) lack of shooto'o Pl: shooto'uwwa. n. 1) base.
dignity. [Status: check meaning] 2) foundation.
shole'ukko vi. to squint. shooto'ukko vt. to make the basement.
sholle'ukko vi. 1) to be easy. 2) to be light. 3) to shoottukko vi. to get up quickly.
be degraded. 4) to be solved. [Status: check sho'ukko vi. 1) to be loose. 2) to be unstressed.
meaning] shuba n. summit/peak/top of centre pole of house.
sholliisukko Variant: sholleesukko. [Status: shuca adj. hair-like.
check va (WHS)] vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of shucukko vi. to become like hair. [Status: check
sholle'ukko. 1) to make light. 2) to simplify. meaning]
3) to solve. 4) to relieve. [Status: check shudaqqa Pl: shudaqquwwa. n. 1) comb.
meaning] 2) hairpin.
sholliishsha Pl: sholliishshuwwa. n. solution. shudaama Variant: shudaamo. n. top/outer part
Morph: * shollisukko ? / * Engl. of a cultural house's pole.
sholliishshi wixxite np. solution set. shufa n. cinnamon.
shololooq uulichcha np. 1) stant. 2) lateral shufaamo n. cereal.
height. shufur quuxo [Status: check entry form] np.
shololooqa adj. 1) inclined. 2) diagonal. under no circumstances.
3) oblique. shufura n. 1) dirt, waste. 2) kindling.
shololooqooma adj. being oblique. 3) firewood. 4) cells. From: Amh. [Status:
shololooqukko vi. 1) to be inclined. 2) to be check meaning - bacteria? parasites? or even
oblique. others?]
shooma n. hunger. Morph: singl. only. shufuraancho Pl: shufuraano. n. 1) sick
shooma qaxxukko vp. to eat a snack. person. 2) useless person.
shoommanna n. irrigation canal. shufurukko vi. 1) to be sick. 2) to be useless.
shomba n. pubic hair. Morph: singl. only. shugguxa n. pistle.
shomboqo'o [Status: check entry: shukka'a Pl: shukka'uwwa. n. fork.
WHS - shomboko, EPN - shombaqo] n. shukko vt. Morph: 2.s shititto. 1) to kill. 2) to
Morph: singl. only. 1) giant reed. 2) type of slay. 3) to murder.
bamboo. [Status: check meaning] shuku'lla n. hoof.
shoomoora Pl: shoomoolluwwa. n. 1) snack. shukkurukko vi. 1) to cajole a ball. 2) to delay.
2) quick meal. shuuqa adj. 1) thin. 2) emeciated. [Status: check
shoomukko vi. to become hungry. meaning]
Shone name. Shone. shuqoota n. 1) fenugreek (plant). [Status: check
shonkoora Pl: shonkoolluwwa. n. sugar cane. entry form - was: shiqota] 2) a kind of spice.
shonqobaato n. 1) leaving. 2) departing. shuqu'n qaraare np. weed killer.
3) going. shuquna n. weeds.
Shonqolla name. Shonkola. shuqunaancho n. sb. who weeds.
sho'oo adj. unstressed. shuqunukko vt. 1) to weed. 2) to correct.
shoppa Pl: shoppuwwa. n. armpit. shuqunnukko vi. 1) to be envious. 2) to be
shopite n. 1) elevation. 2) height. 3) hill. jealous. [Status: check meanings]
shopoohane adj. sweet. shulla adj. slow.
shopukko vi. to be sweet. shullita n. way through.
shophe'e Pl: shophe'uwwa. n. swamp. shullucaa'ukko vt. 1) to drive out. 2) to
shophukko vi/vt (?). to climb. divorce. 3) to disjoin. 4) to desert. [Status:
shora Pl: sholluwwa. n. penis (of young men). check meanings]
shorbo'o n. soup. shullucukko vi. to be driven out.
shoro'ixxa n. 1) remembering. 2) recalling. shulluudo n. 1) thigh. 2) lap.
3) being aware. shulluk sagachcho np. fricative.
shoro'ixxukko vi. to tremble with fear. shu'm afo'o np. 1) urethra. 2) out of goal.
shoroora n. 1) skimming off. 2) shedding. shu'm mine np. toilet house.

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shu'm tefo np. anus. compound.

shuma n. urine. shurite n. 1) slide. 2) skide.
shuuma n. arm. shuro n. 1) eyebrow. 2) eyelash. [Status: check
shumagichcho Pl: shumage. n. 1) rabbit. meaning]
2) hare. shuuro n. 1) shouting. [Status: check meaning]
shu'mmaata n. time out. 2) loudness.
shumbura n. chick-pea. shuurola Pl: shuurolluwwa. n. chick.
shume'ukko vi. to urinate. shuro'o Pl: shuro'uwwa. n. pea. From: Amh ?
shumiica n. gonorrhea. shurubba n. hair style.
shumo'o Pl: shumo'uwwa. [Status: check shurubba dadukko vp (vi). to plait hair.
spelling - underlined by AT] n. 1) offspring. shurucaa'ukko vt. 1) to divorce. 2) to desert.
2) lineage. 3) generation. 3) to leave. [Status: check meaning]
shumura n. showing respect for idoota cow. shurukko vi. 1) to slide. 2) to glide. 3) to slip.
shuunfa n. 1) garden cress. [Status: entry was shuurukko vi. 1) to shout. 2) to scream.
orig. - shunfi] 2) type of medicinal plant. shurukukko vi. 1) to escape. 2) to break out.
[Status: check meaning] 3) to slip from the hand. [Status: check
shunkeqichcho n. hornbill (bird). meanings]
shunkurukko vi. 1) to limp. 2) to be lame. shuusiisukko vi. to crack (of whip).
shunkurutta Variant: shinkurutta. [Status: shuusha n. 1) appetite. 2) sense.
check va (HCD)] n. onion. shuushjora n. Morph: * .... jora ? 1) despise.
shura n. 1) eyelid. 2) eyelash. [Status: check 2) loathe. 3) abhor.
precise meaning (which one ?)] shuusho'o n. suppurate. [Status: check meaning
shuura Pl: shuulluwwa. n. scream. (HED: suppvrato)]
shuraaba [Status: check entry - Marqos: shuxxukko vt. 1) to put in. 2) to stick in. [Status:
shuraabo] n. 1) sweater. 2) mantle, coat. check meaning]
[Status: check meaning - Abraham doesn't shuya adv. just.
know this one!] shuuyya Pl: shuuyyuwwa. n. wooden post.
shuraaba baxukko vp. to knit. shuuyyisukko vt. 1) to finish. 2) to terminate.
shurayyeencho Pl: shurayyeeno. n. slide. 3) to end.
[Status: check meaning] shuuyyukko vi. 1) to become non-fiberous after
shure'e n. slide. cutting (esp. of ensete). 2) to disappear.
shuure'e Pl: shuure'uwwa. n. entrance door of a

T - t
ta det. this (fem.ACC).
taa pron. YOU, fem (VOC).
tabaabbarimma n / v (?). cooperation. From:
Amh.
tabaabbarukko vi. to cooperate. From: Amh.
taabo n. few days.
taceequkko vt. to disappoint.
tachammaa'ukko vt. 1) to hit. 2) to beat.
tacharammaa'ukko vt. to hit suddenly.
tachekaasukko vt. 1) to hold sth. against sb.
2) to hold a grudge against sb. 3) to not
forget.
taachcho'o n. hand span.
tachchukko vi. to comment.
tadukko vt. to repair. [Status: check meaning;
script: Tadesse - * repair; Abraham cannot
confirm this meaning]
tafaafuraancho n. lisper.
tafaafurukko vi. 1) to stutter. 2) to lisp.
tafaana n. ??
tafotafaato n. having a narrow escape. [Status:
check meaning]
taftafaancho Pl: taftafaano. [Status: check
spelling - was: tafitafaancho] n. sb. who is
avaricious.
taftafukko [Status: check spelling - was:
tafitafukko] vi. to be avaricious. [Status:
check meaning]
tafukko vt. 1) to touch (slightly). 2) to give sb. a
tap.
Taahisaasa Variant: Xisaasa. name. Dec 10 -
Jan 8. From: Amh.
takaa'ukko [Status: check spelling !] vt. 1) to
drop. 2) to discard. 3) to add a little. [Status:
check meaning and relationship with
takkaa'ukko]
takkaa'ukko vt. 1) to drop. 2) to add a little.
3) to leave. 4) to die. 5) to throw away.
[Status: check meaning]
taakke'aancho Pl: taakke'aano. n. traveller.
taakkechcha n. walking.
taakke'ukko vi. 1) to walk. 2) to journey. 3) to
move. 3) to die.
taakkiisaancho Pl: taakkiisaano. n. sb. who
makes sb./sth. walk.
taakkissukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
taakke'ukko. 1) to let sb. go. 2) to move sth.
takite n. 1) drip. 2) drop.

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takixxi sono'o np. punctuation.
taklil n. wedding in Orthodox church. From:
Amh.
taakko n. 1) walk. 2) journey.
tako'i koordineettuwwa np. coordinates of a
point.
tako'o n. 1) dot. 2) point.
taakko'o n. span of hand.
takkosukko vt. to shoot a gun.
taakse'e Pl: taakse'uwwa. n. taxi. From: Engl.
taktaka n. drop.
taktakaachcha n. dripping.
taktakaaxxi mare'e np. dot.
taktakaa'ukko vt. to drop continuously.
taktakukko vt. to drop continuously. [Status:
check meaning and difference with
taktakaa'ukko !]
takukko [Status: check spelling (HED:
takkukko)] vi. 1) to drip. 2) to drop. [Status:
check meaning (only n enlisted)]
taqaawwomukko vt. 1) to contradict. 2) to
refuse. From: Amh.
taqeebalukko vt. to admire.
taqibaabba'imma n / v (?). cooperation.
taqibaabba'ukko vi. to cooperate.
taqoxaaxxarukko vt. to regulate.
talalukko vi. 1) to become clean. 2) to become
clear.
talba n. flax.
talfa Pl: talfuwwa. n. 1) metall piece. 2) exchange
value.
talila Pl: talilluwwa. n. ceremony after giving
birth of cow.
taliila adj. foolish.
taliilukko vi. to be foolish.
taama'a [Status: check entry form] adj. tame.
taamachcha n. adaption.
tamache'e Variant: tabachcha. Pl:
tamache'uwwa. [Status: check va (EGH)] n.
knife (with wooden handle).
tamaarukko vt. to learn. From: Amh.
tamaassukko vt. to teach. From: Amh.
taama'ukko vi. 1) to accustom. 2) to adapt.
tambaa'a n. tobacco.
tambakasa n. commotion.
tambaaxuuxukko vi. to curse. Morph: *
tamba'i xuuxukko.
tameena n. wish.
tameenukko vt. to wish.
tamo'i mu'uta np. teaching aids.
tamo'o n. 1) wish. 2) support.
tamukko vt. 1) to support. 2) to help.
ta'mmukko vt. to assist. [Status: check meaning;
Abraham cannot confirm this one]
tamuna n. 1) coin. 2) Cent.
-ta'n suff. if.
taa'nna adv. 1) little. 2) few.
tanneense [Status: check spelling] pron (Gen).
from this one.
tani Variant: ta'ni. [Status: check spelling / va]
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tefi
adv. 1) if. 2) if only. [Status: check meaning]
taa'nnichcho adj. very little.
taanjeenta Pl: taanjeentuwwa. [Status: check
spelling - was: taanjenta] n. tangent. From:
Engl. (Lat.).
tanko'o n. 1) violence. 2) disturbance.
taaphana adj. comfortable.
taaphansukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
taaphanukko. 1) to make suitable. 2) to set
in order.
taaphanukko vi. 1) to be suitable. 2) to be
comfortable. 3) it is possible that.
taara n. amulet.
taare'aalla adj. 1) fast. 2) quick.
tarechcha n. passing from one to another
(disease). [Status: check
meaning - infecting ?]
taarechcha n. hitting the target.
taare'ukko vi. 1) to be fast. 2) to be quick. 3) to
be aimed at. [Status: check ACT / PASS &
meaning (HED additionally: got target)]
tarja§ooma n. night-blindness.
tarja'ukko vi. to be blind.
tartaraa'ukko vi. 1) to stagge. 2) to reel.
[Status: check meanings]
tartarukko vi. 1) to stagger. 2) to stumble.
tarxa adj. unaware.
tarxukko vi. to be unaware.
tarumoro'ane [Status: check spelling - EGH
tarumoroane] n. chisel.
Tasaasa n. Dec 10 - Jan 8.
tasbada n. hope.
tasbada yukko vp (vi). to hope.
tasfo'o n. alms.
tashaa'oohane adj. cosy.
tashaa'ukko vt (vi?). 1) to charm. 2) to amuse.
3) to attract. 4) to please. 5) to be glad.
[Status: check meaning (sn 4f)]
tashissukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of tashukko.
1) to please. 2) to make sb. happy.
tashite n. pleasure. [Status: check meaning
(HED: be pleasant)]
tashokkichcho n. scorpion.
tashukko vi. to be pleased.
tat pron. that (fem.ACC).
tataba n. 1) shelter. 2) cover.
tawukko [Status: check entry form (WHS: tau-)]
vi. to be able.
taayaaliina n. ptyalin.
taayiroksiina n. thyroxin.
taayirooyida n. thyroid.
taaypa n. typewriter. From: Engl.
tazkar n. commemorative ceremony. From:
Amh. [Status: check precise meaning]
-te suff. FEMININE.
-tte suff. COPULA.
te ... te conj (?). either ... or.
teeda'a n. 1) disgrace. 2) dishonor. 3) humiliation.
tefedukko vi. to collaborate.
tefi n. type of tree.
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tefo n. 1) hip(s). 2) buttocks. 3) anus. timtimaa'ukko vi. 1) to stagger. 2) to reel. 3) to

tehukko vt. 1) to get engaged. 2) to trust.
te'im part. or.
tekkeetta Pl: tekkeettuwwa. n. ticket. From:
Engl.
teeknolooje'e n. technology.
telefoona Pl: telefoonnuwwa. n. telephone.
From: Engl.
telegraama Pl: telegraammuwwa. n. telegram.
From: cf. Ital. ?
teleskoopa Pl: teleskooppuwwa. n. telescope.
televiizhina Pl: televiizhinnuwwa. [Status:
check entry form - BV: televejiina] n.
television. From: via Amh.
teloofeeza n. telophase.
tembela Pl: tembelluwwa. n. stamp. From:
Amh.
tembira Pl: tembilluwwa. [Status: check
spelling] n. envelope. From: Amh. ?
te'mmesa adj. 1) huge. 2) large. 3) bulky.
temper mare'e np. scale. From: Amh.
tempileeta Pl: tempileettuwwa. n. template.
From: Engl.
tennichcho n. fly.
tensa adj. 1) great (of monkey). [Status: check
meaning] 2) big.
tensukko vi. to be huge. Morph: * ??? (CAUS 1
of tenukko ???).
teeppa Pl: teeppuwwa. n. tape-recorder.
teephukko vi. 1) to pretend. 2) to pretend to hit.
3) to excell.
terfa Pl: terfuwwa. n. profit. From: Amh.
terfissukko vt. to win. Morph: * terfa. From:
Amh.
termoomeetira n. thermometer. From: Engl.
termosfilaaska [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n.
thermosflask. From: Engl.
teesta [Status: entry necessary ??] n. testa. From:
Engl. [Status: check meaning]
testestiroona n. testesterone.
testesukko vi. to canter.
tii interj. ??
tibbekkichcho Pl: tibbe'e (transn.). n. bear.
tichchita Pl: tichchittuwwa. n. comment.
tiga adj. huge and fat. [Status: 2 ges?]
tigukko vi. to slide (esp. of land).
tigula n. reconciliation of blood guilt. [Status:
check precise meaning]
tikaayyichcho Pl: tikaayya (trans.). [Status:
check entry form] n. flies.
tikki'nnichcho n. orbit.
tiko'o n. 1) a kind of fly. 2) a kind of play.
ti'llukko vt. to comb. Morph: REFL.
tima n. 1) a piece of [food ?]. 2) one quarter of sth.
timaakollo [Status: 2 or 1 words] num. three
fourth (3/4).
timaatima Pl: timaatimmuwwa. n. tomato.
timtim n. headgear of Orthodox priests. From:
Amh.
timtimaato n. confusion.
look everywhere.
timtimukko vi. 1) to tremble. 2) to lose balance.
3) to stager.
tinkiraayya n. malice.
tinkiraayyamma adj. twisted.
tinkiraayyamukko vi. to be entangled. Morph:
PASS of tinkiraayyukko.
tinkiraayyaancho Pl: tinkiraayyaano. n.
1) twister. 2) malicious (person).
tinkiraayyukko vt. 1) to entangle. 2) to twist.
tiir jora np. a poor thought.
tiraafiika n. traffic.
tiraafiiqqi caakka [Status: check entry form]
np. traffic light.
tirafiqqi mare'e [Status: check entry form] np.
traffic sign.
tiraafiiqqi sha'a [Status: check entry form] np.
traffic light.
tiraakiya n. trachea.
tiiraamo adj. wise.
tiramukko vi. to be translated. Morph: PASS of
tirukko ?
tiraancho Pl: tiraano. [Status: spelling?
Abraham suggests: TIRAANCHO - "sb. who
is thinking"] n. wrench.
tiraancho karaancho Pl: tiraanoo karaanoo.
np (?). screw driver.
tiraansiileeshina [Status: entry necessary ??]
n. translation. From: Engl.
tiraansiversaala n. transversal. From: Engl.
(Lat.).
tirapiiziyeema n. trapezium.
tirat bee'ane np. undefined.
tiraatira baximma np / vp (?). performance.
tirato n. 1) meaning. 2) translation. 3) edition.
4) releasing.
tirax kitaaba [Status: check entry form and
spelling] np. dictionary.
tiraaypeensiina n. trypsin.
tire adj. loose.
tire saahina [Status: check spelling; was:
tresahe] np. big dish.
tire saana np. tray (kind of). [Status: check
meaning and spelling (was tiret sahina)!!]
tirfa Pl: tirfuwwa. n. profit. From: Amh.
tirfisoohane adj. economic.
tirfukko vi. 1) to remain. 2) to be left over;. 3) to
be profitable. From: Amh.
tiriqqaato n. 1) heart beat. 2) pulse.
tiriqukko vi. to beat (of heart). [Status: check
meaning (HED: to pulse)]
tiriiliyyoona num. trillion (1,000,000,000,000).
tiirinne [Status: check entry form] n. by heart.
tiiro n. 1) idea. 2) brain. [Status: check meaning,
Abraham cannot confirm this one - thinking?
mind? thought?]
tiironne amadukko vp. to retain.
tirsho n. mash.
tirukko vt. 1) to release, to untie. 2) to unload.

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3) to comb. 4) to warm up. 5) to translate.
tiirukko vt. 1) to remember. 2) to recall.
tisbe Pl: tisbuwwa. n. Islamic rosary. From:
Amh. ? [Status: check precise meaning]
tisiisa n. ransom.
tissiisaancho Pl: tissiisaano. [Status: check
entry form and spelling - tiissiisaancho?] n.
interpreter.
tiissiiso'o Pl: tiissiiso'uwwa. n. notebook.
tisisukko vt. to make sb. to release sb. / sth.
Morph: CAUS 1 of tisukko.
tiissiisukko vt. to remind. Morph: CAUS 1 of
tiissukko (or CAUS 2 or tiirukko ?).
tissiishsha n. 1) driving out. 2) separation.
3) disjoining. [Status: check meanings]
tiissiishsha n. 1) notice. 2) rememberance.
tiissiishshi dabtara np. notebook.
tishita Pl: tishittuwwa. n. hole (of milk pot).
tisho'o n. tissue.
tittira n. ??
tiyoore'e n. theory.
to'achcha n. jealousy.
to'achchoohane adj. jealous.
to'achchukko vi. 1) to be jealous. 2) to be
envious.
to'aqoxaxxarukko vt. to control.
to'atukko vt. 1) to throw away. 2) to hurl.
tochchi laaga np. terminal ray.
tochchi tako'o np. terminal point.
tochisukko vi. to go away (of relative).
tochchisukko vt. to isolate. Morph: CAUS 1 of
tochchukko.
tochcho Pl: tochchuwwa. n. 1) edge. 2) border.
3)
— (adv ??)). out. [Status: check meaning
(Marqos only)] 4) corner. [Status: check
meaning]
tochcho yokko [Status: check entry
form !! - necessary ??] vp (adj). to be/stand at
the edge of sth.
tokko'i mato np. the only one.
tokko'o adv (?). only.
tokkosaancho Pl: tokkosaano. n. 1) iron.
2) gunman. [Status: check meaning !!!]
tokukko vi. 1) to drip. 2) to close one's eyes.
tokkukko vt. to drink at once.
toqqancha n. agreement.
tooqaancho Pl: tooqaano. n. supporter.
toqqukko vi. to come to an agreement.
tola adj. talkative.
tollamukko vi. Morph: PASS of tollukko. 1) to
conceite. [Status: check meaning (HED:
coneite)] 2) to be stretched.
tollaancho Pl: tollaano. n. stretcher.
tollollukko vt. to refuse.
tollukko vt. 1) to stretch. 2) to frighten. [Status:
check meaning (HED: frighted)]
tombora Pl: tombolluwwa. n. bundle of
brushwood.
tommi hiincho [Status: check entry
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tuffatamukko
form - which is the measurement Hadiyya
use?] np. decade.
tommi malaayye num. power of ten.
tommiinsi mine num. tenth (1/10).
tommo num. ten.
tommoo lamo num. twelve.
tommoo mato num. eleven.
tommooma [Status: check spelling - was:
tomooma] n. decade.
tommonoonto n / adv (?). two weeks. Morph: *
tommo onto.
tomtoomma Morph: * tommo (ten [fingers])?
Pl: tomtoommuwwa. n. fist.
toona Pl: toonnuwwa. n. ton.
toonna n. irritating smell.
tonqay Pl: tonqayyuwwa. n. 1) sorcerer.
2) shamanic priest. From: Amh.
toonsa n. type of medical plant. [Status: check
meaning]
tontomma Pl: tontommuwwa. n. fist.
tontommissukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
tontommukko. 1) to cause sb. to clench his
fist. 2) to cause sb. to bang sth. with his fist.
tontommukko vi/vt. 1) to clench one's fist. 2) to
bang sth. with one's fist.
toonnukko vi. to burn (due to lack of water).
Tophphe'e name. Ethiopia.
tophphi interj. interjection to make a horse
gallop.
toore'e Pl: toore'uwwa. n. 1) small village.
2) social class.
tosa n. expiry.
toosa n. type of medical plant. [Status: check
meaning]
tosukko vi. 1) to expire. 2) to be aged [of eatable
things?].
traansporta n. transportation. From: Engl. (Lat.).
tsiggeerada n. rose. From: Amh.
tu DemAdj. this.
tu keen [Status: check entry form - was: tu teen]
np. these (fem).
tu'achcha adj. 1) jealous. 2) envious. 3) zealous.
tu'achchimma [Status: check entry form ?] n / v
(?). jealousy.
tuuba Pl: tuubbuwwa. [Status: check
spelling - underlined by TA] n. 1) pile.
2) stack.
tuubamukko vi. Morph: PASS of tuubukko.
1) to be boastful. 2) to be heaped.
tubo'o n. 1) hose. [Status: check meaning - was:
tubbo'i afo'o] 2) tube. From: Engl.
tuubukko vt. 1) to pile up. 2) to heap. 3) to stack
(grain).
tuchchuchcha n. ??
tuude'ukko vi. to be unconscious.
tufa Pl: tuffuwwa. n. 1) dregs (of drinks).
2) grounds (of coffee).
tuffatamukko vt. Morph: PASS/MED of
tuffatukko. 1) to dispise. 2) to look down
upon.
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tuffataancha n. dispise.
tufite n. 1) saliva. 2) sputum.
tufukko [Status: check spelling - tuffukko ?] vt.
to spit.
tuffukko vt. to spit.
tuhukko Variant: tuyukko. [Status: check
spelling / entry - tufukko] vi. to spit.
tukaana n. 1) bug. 2) bedbug.
tukaa'ukko vt. to flock.
tukite n. flocking.
tukuchcho n. cork. [Status: check meaning
(WHS: Stophen - i.e. Stopfen ?)]
tuuqa Pl: tuuqquwwa. n. buttress.
tuuqukko vt. 1) to push up. 2) to support.
tuullaalla adj. shy.
tuulle n. 1) shame. 2) disgrace. 3) humiliation.
tululaa'ukko vt. to roll.
tululukko vi. to be rolled.
tuma n. garlic.
tu'mma adj. 1) narrow. 2) tight.
tumaaleessa n. 1) castrated sheep. 2) castrated
goat.
tu'mmamukko vi. to be crowded. Morph:
PASS of tu'mmukko.
tu'mmancha n. being crowded.
tumaancho Pl: tumaano. n. blacksmith.
tu'mmisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
tu'mmukko. 1) to molest. 2) to nag.
tu'mtu'mmaato n. 1) missing the way.
2) missing the target. [Status: check
meaning]
tu'mtu'mmaa'ukko vt. to cause to reapproach.
[Status: check meaning]
tu'mtu'mmukko vi. to say words of throat.
[Status: check meaning !!!]
tumukko vt. 1) to pound. 2) to hammer. 3) to
forge. 4) to crash. 5) to beat. 6) to castrate.
7) to complete. 8) to achieve. From:
Kambaata.
tumunga n. ??
tuuna Pl: tuunnuwwa. [Status: check entry form
/ spelling - there is another tuuna "illiterate
person" (HED)] n. 1) heap. 2) pile.
tuuna Pl: tuunnuwwa. [Status:
spelling - was: tuna] n. 1) lazy person.
2) illiterate person.
tunga Pl: tunguwwa. n. 1) end. 2) stop.
tungaamo adj. 1) terminating. 2) ending.
3) finite.
tungeesaancho Pl: tungeesaano. n. sponger.
tungeesukko vt. 1) to sponge. 2) to crounge.
tungeeshsha n. sponging.
tungi bee deesimaala np. non terminating
decimal.
tungi bee wixxite n. infinite set.
tungibee'ane n. infinity.
tungisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of tungukko.
1) to terminate. 2) to finish. 3) to come to
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tuttuchchukko
decision, to reach the last chance. [Status:
check meaning of sn 3]
tungukko vi. to be terminated.
tunku'lla Pl: tunku'lluwwa. n. elbow.
tuunsiisukko vt. to darken. Morph: CAUS 1 of
tuunsukko.
tuunso n. Morph: singl. only. 1) darkness.
2) infinity.
tunsukko [Status: check entry (was tuunsukko)]
vt. to skim (milk).
tuunsukko vi. to be(come) dark. Morph: *
tuunso (n).
tunnukko vi. to go from house to house to get
food.
tuphano'o Pl: tuphano'uwwa. n. 1) stopper.
2) cover.
tuphukko vt. to plug.
tura n. Morph: singl. only. 1) last milk. 2) cow
whose milk is nearly stopping. [Status: check
precise meaning]
tuura Pl: tuulluwwa. n. shameful man. Morph:
related to tuurimma, "to shame sb.".
tuuraancho Pl: tuuraano. n. shy person.
tuurista Pl: tuuristuwwa. n. tourist. From:
Engl.
tuuriizma [Status: check spelling - was:
tuurizma] n. tourism. Morph: singl. only.
From: Engl.
turshukko vi. 1) to be demolished. 2) to be
broken up. [Status: check ACT / PASS]
turukko vi. to nearly stop giving milk.
tuurukko vi/vt (?). Morph: * tuullee. 1) to be
ashamed. [Status: cf HCD s.v. shy, be --]
2) to shame sb., to humiliate. [Status: check
ACT / PASS !!]
turusse'ukko vt. to ashame.
tussaa'ukko vi. 1) to fart. 2) to break wind.
tuussiisa adj (?). embarrassed.
tuussisoo gadishsha np. reproach.
tuussiisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 (2?) of
tuurukko. 1) to put sb. to shame. 2) to
embarass.
tussukko vi. 1) to fart. 2) to break wind.
check tusumukko vi. to knock oneself.
tusunsukko vt. to knock sb. (with sth.). Morph:
CAUS 1 of tusumukko.
tushshe'e Pl: tushshe'uwwa. n. biting fly.
[Status: check precise meaning]
tushekkichcho n. big red ant. [Status: check
meaning (cf. tushshe'e)]
tut pron. this (fem.).
tuuta n. Morph: singl. only. 1) group
membership. 2) dense forest.
tute [Status: check entry form] det. this (for girls).
tuutichcho n. 1) member. 2) element.
tuttuchchukko vt. to infect.
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xa'a adj. 1) depleted. 2) not full.
xaa'a n. type of plant.
xabala n. mineral water.
xabano n. 1) cheek. 2) river side, bank.
xabansimma n. [Status: check ps (infin.?)]
1) slap. [Status: slaping] 2) box on the ears.
xabansukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
xabanukko. 1) to slap. 2) to box sb.'s ear.
xabbasukko vt. to fry.
xabbaa§ukko vt. 1) to adjust. 2) to straighten
up.
xabbe'i angila np. right angle.
xabbe'i sas midaado n. right angle [triangle].
[Status: check meaning (sc. triangle ?)]
xabbeen angila np. straight angle.
xabbeen wonshaancho np. supplementary.
xabbeena 1) n. direction. 2)
— adj. straight. 3) upright. [Status: check
meaning]
xabbeena wonshaan angilluwwa np.
supplementary angles.
xabbeenukko vt. to straighten up.
xabbimma [Status: check entry form - gada'i
xabbimma ?] n. success.
xabbite adj. 1) direct. 2) straight.
xabo n. 1) quarrel. 2) fight. 3) conflict. 4) strife.
xabbo'i koona np. right cone.
xabbo'i piraamiida np. right pyramid.
xabbo'i woca np. right statement.
xabboom bee'i ogora np. curved line.
xabbo'o adj. 1) right. 2) straight.
xaboota n. lamb.
xabshaana adj. 1) without relief. 2) unrelieved.
[Status: check meanings]
xabbukko vi. 1) to be straight. 2) to be upright.
3) to be adjusted. 4) to carve. [Status: check
meaning]
xabullaa'ukko vt. to smack.
xabbuxa Pl: xabbuxxuwwa; xabbuttuwwa.
[Status: check va (EGH)] n. back (made from
ensete fibre). [Status: check meaning - WHS:
sack made from skin]
xaacca Pl: xaaccuwwa. n. bundle.
xaachchaanchi xaachchaanchi np. first
comers come first.
xaachchaancho Pl: xaachchaano. n. greedy
(person).
xada'a name. Saturday.
xadamukko vt. to forget. Morph: PASS of
xadukko.
xadukko vt. to forget.
xaadukko vt. 1) to contain. 2) to dismiss.
xaa'eela Pl: xaa'eelluwwa. n. pitch.
xafa n. type of ensete food.
xafanna n. 1) demon. 2) evil. 3) type of disease.
xaafe'e n. Morph: singl. only. 1) millet. 2) t'eef.
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xaliila
From: Amh.
xaafe'e bura np. straw from Teef.
xafenja Pl: xafenjuwwa. n. rifle. From: Amh.
xaafukko vt. to write. From: Amh.
xaggaggaachcha n. 1) making line. 2) showing
direction.
xaggaggaa'ukko vt. 1) to make sth. clear. 2) to
make sth. straight forward.
xaggaggi sagara np. dennotation.
xaggaggukko vi. to be straightened.
xaga'llukko vt. 1) to strangle. 2) to suffocate.
3) to choke.
xagarukko vt. 1) to strangle. 2) to hang up (sb.).
3) to choke.
xa'imeja n. emmer (wheat). Morph: singl. only.
xa'isamaancho Pl: xa'isamaano. n. minued.
[Status: check meaning]
xa'isaancho Pl: xa'isaano. n. subtraction.
xa'isukko vt. to subtract. Morph: CAUS 1 of
xa'ukko.
xa'ishsha Pl: xa'ishshuwwa. n. subtraction.
xajja n. tejji.
xajjokkichcho Pl: xajjo'aano. n. sb. who has
the evil eye.
xaqafa n. sweat. Morph: singl. only.
xaqafisukko vt. to sweat.
xaqafukko vi. to sweat.
xaqasha Pl: xaqashshuwwa. n. 1) stool (of
wood). 2) stool (faeces) test. [Status: check
meaning]
xaqilaay ministeechcho np. Prime Minister.
xaa'l midachcha [Status: check entry form]
np. grill. [Status: check lit. meaning]
xalla n. Morph: singl. only. 1) T'ella. 2) beer (made
from grain). From: Amh.
xallaqqa n. evidence.
xalala adj. only.
xaalalaancho Pl: xaalalaano. n. sb. who daubs.
xalalisoolla adj. boring.
xallaalsukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
xallaallukko. 1) to let slip. 2) to throw
(down).
xallaalukko vt. to slip.
xaalalukko vt. 1) to daub. [Status: check
meaning] 2) to paint.
xale dis Pl: xale disuwwa. [Status: check
spelling - Alemayehu, June 7: xale dista] n.
saucepan. [Status: check meaning - Abraham
doesn't know this term]
xale'e part. only.
xale'i ... ihoo'ne part. not only ... but also.
xaliga adj. strong.
xaliigukko vi. to be strong.
xaliil lamga'nna np. morph.
xaliil sagachcho np. phoneme.
xaliila adj. 1) clean. 2) refined.
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xaliilukko vi. 1) to be cleaned. 2) to be refined.
Xaaliyaana name. Italy.
xaaloota Pl: xaaloottuwwa. n. prayer. From:
Amh; Amh. [Status: check spelling!!]
xaalooxxi mine np. church (building). From:
Amh. (1st word).
xama n. part of honey. [Status: check meaning]
xaama adj. 1) powdered. 2) finely broken.
[Status: check meanings ...]
xammaqamukko [Status: check entry
form - PASS necessary ?] vi. to be baptized.
Morph: PASS of xammaqukko. From:
Amh.
xammaqancha n. baptism.
xammaqukko vt. to baptize. From: Amh.
xammammaa'ukko vt. 1) to hold. 2) to seize.
3) to reserve.
xa'mmamcha n. responsibility.
xa'mmamukko vi. to haggle. Morph:
MED/PASS of xa'mmukko.
xa'mmansukko vt. to collect information.
Morph: CAUS 1 of xa'mmamukko (?).
xambayukko vi. to be broken.
xambi kitaabcho [Status: check spelling (bch)
and entry form - Textbook: xambi kitaaba]
np. 1) newspaper. 2) information.
xambi kitaabonne [Status: check entry form]
np. editorial.
xambisukko vt. to call. Morph: CAUS 1 of
xambukko.
xambo Pl: xambuwwa. n. 1) news, information.
2) sound.
xambo kitaabaancho np. journalist.
xambokitabcho n. news. Morph: * xambo
kitabcho. [Status: check meaning - written
news, in TV, radio ??]
xa'mmichcha Pl: xa'mmichchuwwa. n.
question.
xa'mmichchaa dabachchaa np. interview.
xa'mmichchaam xuunsammi woca
np. interogative sentence.
xa'mmichchi mare'e np. question mark.
xa'mmichchinnee dabachchinnee
hayimaanoota losisimma [Status:
check entry form - paraphrasis ...] np.
catechism.
xammukko vt. 1) to hold. 2) to embrace. 3) to
hang.
xa'mmukko vt. Morph: * xadmukko ? 1) to
ask. 2) to visit.
xaamukko vi. to break into powder. [Status:
check meaning]
xa'nna 1) adj. patient. 2) philosophy. [Status:
check meaning]
xanamimma [Status: Abraham prefers the entry
XANAMMOOHANE] adj (?). possible.
xanamoobee'ane adj (?). impossible.
xanamukko vi. to be able. Morph: PASS of
xanukko.
xanamuta'n conj / v (?). rather. [Status: check
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xaasbeel ogora
entry form]
xanato n. 1) ability. 2) patience.
xanqa Pl: xanquwwa. n. 1) reason. 2) cause.
xanqeessissukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
xanqinsukko. 1) to make wet. 2) to give
compensation.
xanqinsukko vi. 1) to become wet. 2) to receive
help. 3) to receive compensation.
xanqisukko vt. 1) to light. 2) to ignite. 3) to scald
(by water or steam).
xanqo'o Pl: xanqo'uwwa. n. 1) fertilized egg.
2) blazing fire. 3) parasite.
xanqukko vi. 1) to start to burn. 2) to catch fire.
3) to flame. 4) to give light. 5) to start. 6) to
be conceived. [Status: check meaning of sn
5f]
xanoohane adj. able.
xaansaancho Pl: xaansaano. n. 1) sb. who
breaks. 2) sb. who fractures. 3) sb. who
makes chunks. [Status: check meaning]
xansiisukko vt. 1) to enable. 2) to make possible.
xaansukko vi. to crash. Morph: CAUS 1 of
xaamukko.
xanxa'n suume np. vulva.
xanxa'n yabura np. labia.
xanxano Pl: xanxannuwwa. n. vagina.
xanxanukko vt. to make flat.
xanukko vi. 1) to be able to. 2) can.
xa'nnukko vt. 1) to tolerate. 2) to endure.
xapho Pl: xaphphuwwa. [Status: check
entry - xapha (EGH)] n. root. [Status: check
meaning - only of ensete (EGH)?]
xaar bashe'e np. iron pan.
xaar oksaayda np. metalic oxide.
xaara n. 1) iron (metal). 2) metal. 3) tool.
xaraaba Pl: xaraabbuwwa. n. 1) hew. 2) carve.
3) board. 4) plank. [Status: check meaning]
xarakkichcho Pl: xara'a. n. 1) python. [Status:
check if also other "large snake" (HED)]
2) large snake. 3) dragon.
xaraancho Pl: xaraano. n. sb. who clears.
xaraphpheez carqa [Status: check entry
form] np. tablecloth.
xaraphpheez habiillo [Status: check entry
form] np. tablecloth.
xaraphpheez saaxina [Status: check entry
form] np. drawer.
xaraphpheez xulbe'e np. table-tennis.
xaraphpheeza Pl: xaraphpheezzuwwa. n.
1) table. 2) desk.
xararaa'ukko vt. to break. [Status: check
meaning - was: to make to be broken]
xarbe'e Pl: xarbe'uwwa. n. big drum. From:
Kambaata; Leemo.
xarmuusa Pl: xarmuussuwwa. n. bottle. From:
Amh ?
xaaroombee oksaayda np. non-metalic oxide.
xarukko vt. to clear.
xassa [Status: xassuwwa] n. prohibition.
xaasbeel ogora np. diagonal line.
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xaasbeela Pl: xaasbeelluwwa. n. short-cut.
xaasbeelukko vt. 1) to do sth. without order.
2) to say sth. without order.
xasbo'aancho Pl: xasbo'aano. n. ??
xasbo'o n ? ??
xassukko vt. to check.
xashayukko vt / vi ? 1) to burst. 2) to blow up.
3) to ignite. 4) to pop open. [Status: check
meaning]
xasho'o n. unstability due to poverty.
xaaxxa adj. ready.
xaxamukko vt. 1) to twine. 2) to hang.
xaaxamukko vi. 1) to be entwined. 2) to cling to
(of child).
xaaxansukko vt. 1) to wrap. 2) to twine.
xaaxximma n. [Status: check ps - infin.?]
1) tying sth. with a rope so that it cannot be
released easily. 2) organisation.
xaaxxite Pl: xaaxxittuwwa. n. organization.
xaaxukko vt. 1) to bundle. 2) to roll. 3) to wrap.
4) to cover.
xaaxxukko vi. 1) to be ready. 2) to get ready.
xa'ukko vi/vt (?). 1) to diminish. [Status: check
ACT /PASS] 2) to be depleted. 3) to lose
weight. 4) to be not enough. 5) to be cracked.
[Status: check meaning (ACT / PASS)] 6) to
go. [Status: check meaning !]
xawziiza n. ??
xee'aalla adj. 1) expensive. 2) sweet. 3) delicious.
4) dear. [Status: check meaning]
xeebaancho Pl: xeebaano. n. sb. who is
over-talkative. [Status: check meaning]
xeebeesukko vt. to make chattered. [Status:
check meaning !!]
xeebe'ukkane adj. thirsty.
xeebe'ukko vi. 1) to be thirsty. 2) to be
unsatisfied. 3) to chatter.
xeebisa n. thirst.
xeebo n. 1) thirst. 2) chatter. [Status: check
meaning]
xeebomu'llukko vi. to be content.
xeechcha n. 1) expensiveness. 2) sweetness.
xe'e Pl: xe'uwwa. n. stinging nettle.
xeffo'o Pl: xeffo'uwwa. n. bread roll made from
ensete.
xeehancha n. to get engaged to a gentleman.
xeehaancho Pl: xeehaano. n. fiance.
xeehisaancho Pl: xeehisaano. n. sb. who
makes so. to get engaged.
xeehisukko vt. to cause sb. to get engaged.
Morph: CAUS 1 of xeehukko.
xeeho Pl: xeehuwwa. n. discurs.
xeehukko vt. 1) to get engaged. 2) to affiance.
2) to be eloquent.
xee'isaancho Pl: xee'isaano. n. 1) sweetener.
2) sb. who makes it expensive.
xee'isukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of xee'ukko.
1) to make expensive. 2) to sweeten.
xee'ishsha n. 1) making expensive. 2) making
sweet.
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xiiga keennaancho
xellukko vi. 1) to catch fire. 2) to burn.
xemmengukko vi. to cling.
xee'n edeechcha [Status: check entry form] np.
raincoat.
xee'n koota [Status: check entry form] np.
raincoat.
xeena n. rain. Morph: singl. only.
xee'na Pl: xee'nuwwa. n. 1) flavor. 2) taste.
xeenaamo adj. rainy.
xeeneebe n. ibis. [Status: check meaning - WHS
had: dragonfly (German: Libelle)]
xenqo'o n. mistletoe.
xee'nno'o n. rain water.
xeephukko vi. 1) to be inclined to do sth. 2) to
try. 3) to raise a hand (in order to thank or
against sb.).
xettukko vt. 1) to exceed. 2) to surpass. 3) to
squat.
xee'ukko vi. 1) to be expensive. 2) to be sweet.
3) to taste good.
xiba fissukko vp (vt). to explain the atrocity.
Morph: CAUS 1 of xiba firukko.
xibamma [Status: check spelling !] adj. hidden.
xibbaamo adj. owning (at least) one hundred
cows and oxen.
xibancha n. being hidden. [Status: check ACT /
PASS]
xiibancha n. 1) pushing ahead. 2) pressing.
3) shoving one another. [Status: check
meaning]
xibaancho Pl: xibaano. n. sb. who hides.
xiibaancho Pl: xiibaano. n. sb. who pushes.
xibaassa n. 1) asking to recognize. 2) asking to
know. [Status: check meaning]
xibbe num. hundred.
xibbi mine np. hundreds' place.
xibbi sibriiqa num (np). 1) a number greater
than one hundred. 2) a large number.
xibbiinse n. percent.
xibo n. act of hiding.
xibsa n. lamp chops. From: Amh.
xibukko vi. to hide.
xibbukko vi. to own (at least) one hundred cows
and oxen.
xiibukko vt. to push.
xidda Pl: xidduwwa. n. mourning.
xiddaancho Pl: xiddaano. n. 1) bereaved. 2) the
one to suffer.
xiddukko Variant: xeddukko. [Status: check va
(WHS)] vi. 1) to mourn (a death). 2) to moan.
[Status: check meaning]
xiffe'e n. slap.
xifisaancho Pl: xifisaano. n. sb. who closes.
xiffukko vi. to be swollen.
xiig fissukko vp. to practise blood vendetta.
xiiga n. blood. Morph: singl. only.
xiiga ganichcho np. 1) unruly. [Status: check
meaning] 2) mischievous. 3) trouble maker.
xiiga keennaancho [Status: check entry form]
np. blood test.
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xiiga keenato [Status: check entry form] np.
blood test.
xigamukko vi. Morph: PASS of xigukko. 1) to
be counted. 2) to be considered.
xigancha Variant: xigamcha. n. 1) being counted.
[Status: check meaning - counting ?] 2) being
considered.
xigaancho Pl: xigaano. n. denominator.
xiigaansha n. the rain at Meskel.
xiigeesukko vt. to make bleed.
xiigeeshsha n. bleeding. Morph: singl. only.
[Status: check meaning (making bleeding ?)]
xiige'ukko vi. to bleed.
xigo Pl: xigguwwa. n. 1) number. 3) numeral.
xigo marajja'a baxo [Status: check entry
form] np. statistics.
xigukko vt. to count.
xiggukko [Status: xigukko ?] vt. 1) to gather.
2) to pick up. 3) to summarize.
xii'isukko vt. to singe. Morph: CAUS 1 of
xii'ukko. [Status: check meaning]
xiikkamukko vt. to fatten. Morph:
PASS/REFL of xiikkukko ?
xiikko'o adj. fattened.
xiiqqamaancho Pl: xiiqqamaano. n.
competitor.
xiiqqamukko [Status: check
spelling - underlined by AT] vi. to compete
with each other. Morph: PASS/REFL of
xiiqqukko.
xiiqqancha n. competition.
xiiqqane adj. neutral.
xiqe'e Pl: xiqe'uwa. n. hoe.
xiiqqi aadora np. 1) bloodstained diarrhea.
2) amoeba.
xiqqi bikkancho np. numerals.
xiiqqi do'o np. blood circulation.
xiiqqi dunancha np. haemorrhag. [Status:
check meaning (haemorrhoe ?)]
xiqqi fidala np. digit.
xiqqi laaga np. a ray with numbers.
xiqqi malaayye np. 1) exponent. 2) index.
xiqqi mine np. number place.
xiqqi ogora np. number place.
Xiqinte Variant: Xiqimte. name. October 11 -
November 9.
xiiqqo Pl: xiiqquwwa. n. 1) bragging.
2) boasting. [Status: check meaning (stem
enlisted as: to compete with each other)]
xiiqoota n. fermented ensete starch of low
quality. Morph: singl. only.
xilla [Status: check entry (xillaalla ?)] adj. deep.
xiilla n. posture of check. [Status: check
meaning]
xilla baa'isoohane np. critical.
xilafa'a n. type of disease caused by demons.
[Status: check meaning]
xilafa'ukko vi. 1) to be infected. 2) to be sour.
xillaal kichchechcha [Status: check entry
form] np. grief.
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xillaalla 1) adj. deep. 2)
— n. depth. [Status: check ps; meaning]
xillaalli baalle np. underworld.
xillaalli bare [Status: are bare and BAALLE
variant forms with the same meaning? Inother
words - should there be only one entry
xillaalli bare OR xillaalli baalle?] np. 1) deep
hole. 2) hell, reign of the death.
xillaalli sawwite np. philosophy.
xillaallooma n. depth.
xillukko vt. to deepen. [Status: check meaning
(be deep ?)]
ximbiiphphukko vt. to close the eyes. Morph:
* ximbiifukko.
ximira n. hard wood. [Status: check meaning]
ximiriira adj. very stayed. [Status: check
meaning]
Ximqata name. Epiphany.
xinaqasa n. type of disease.
xinda Pl: xinduwwa. n. a pair.
xiniina Pl: xiniinnuwwa. n. 1) evil thing. 2) evil
situation.
xiniinsakka'a moo'ukko [Status: check entry
form] vp. to concentrate.
xiniinsukko vt. to gaze. Morph: CAUS 1 of
xiniinukko.
xinqa'a Pl: xinqa'uwwa. n. 1) small lanze.
2) small spear.
xinno'o Pl: xinno'uwwa. n. 1) ball. 2) ball game.
xinsisa adj. black (as charcoal).
xinta Pl: xintuwwa. n. beginning.
xintaancho Pl: xintaano. n. beginner.
xinti sawwite np. concept.
xintukko vt. to begin.
xinxa Pl: xinxuwwa. n. roof peak.
xiinxalaancho Pl: xiinxalaano. n. greedy
person.
xinxa'llukko Variant: xinxaallukko. [Status:
check va (WHS)] vt. to watch sb. secretly.
[Status: check meaning]
xiinxichcho n. type of disease caused by demons.
[Status: check meaning]
xir hundam np (conj). 1) as often. 2) every time.
xiraaxire'e n. 1) grain. 2) meals. From: Amh.
xire Pl: xilluwwa. n. 1) moment. 2) moment.
[Status: check meaning (HCD: xir)]
xire'i adj. tender.
xiribba Pl: xiribbuwwa. 1) n. stake. 2) peg.
3) wedge. 4)
— adj. strong.
Xirire Variant: Xira. name. January 9 - February
7. From: Amh Xerr.
xirqa Pl: xirquwwa. n. stake.
xissaancho Pl: xissaano. n. 1) sick person.
2) diseased person. 3) patient.
Xisaasa Variant: Tasaasa. name. December 10 -
January 8.
xissiisukko vt. to feel pain. Morph: CAUS 1 of
xissukko.
xissiixxaancho Pl: xissiixxaano. n. sympathizer.
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xissiixxukko vi. to sympathize.
xisso Pl: xissuwwa. n. 1) sickness. 2) illness (not
very serious). 3) disease. 4) pain. [Status:
check meaning]
xissukko vi. Morph: * xisso (n). 1) to be sick.
2) to have pain. 3) to sicken. [Status: check
meaning ...]
xishshaa moo'ukko [Status: check entry
form] vp. to fix on.
xishshaa'ukko vt. 1) to tighten. 2) to reinforce.
3) to fortify. 4) to grind finely.
xishimmukko vi. to be extinguished. [Status:
check ACT / PASS]
xishshite n. firmness.
xishixa Pl: xishixxuwwa. n. spout.
xishshoohane n. 1) finely ground flour. 2) dust.
xishshukko vi/vt. 1) to be tight. 2) to watch. 3) to
look after (e.g. house).
xita n. fume.
xix [Status: check entry form] n. cotton. From:
Amh.
xixxiba Pl: xixxibbuwwa. n. level.
xixxibaancho Pl: xixxibaano. n. sb./sth. that
levels.
xixxibukko vt. to level.
xiixiixukko vi. to go here and there.
xiixo'o Pl: xiixo'uwwa. n. bud.
xiixxo'o n. ??
xiixukko vi. to vegetate. [Status: check meaning]
xii'ukko vi. to dry (of wood).
xiyya Pl: xiyyuwwa. n. arrow.
xiyya'a adj. pitch.
xiyya'ooma n. being gifted with a thin pitch.
xiyyaaro Pl: xiyyaalluwwa. n. tune.
xiyya'ukko vt. to pitch.
xiyyiita Pl: xiyyiittuwwa. n. cartridge.
xooda Pl: xoodduwwa. n. torch.
xoggila adj. impudent.
xoggilukko vi. to be impudent.
xoo'isaancho Pl: xoo'isaano. n. 1) switch. 2) sb.
who puts off.
xoo'isukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of xoo'ukko.
1) to extinguish. 2) to put off (esp. fire/light).
3) to spoil sth. 4) to refuse to give milk (of
cow).
xokka n. type of disease.
xoqa n. a type of cow disease.
xooqa Pl: xooqquwwa. n. outbreak.
xoqqe'e Pl: xoqqe'uwwa. n. bamboo basket.
xooqisaancho Pl: xooqisaano. n. sb. who
causes sth. to explode.
xooqisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of xooqukko.
1) to make burst. 2) to make explode. 3) to
break open.
xooqoo sagachcho np. explosive (sound).
xoqolamukko vi. Morph: PASS of xoqolukko.
1) to be up-rooted. 2) to be abandoned.
xoqolancha n. up-rooting.
xoqolukko vt. 1) to up-root. 2) to pry. 3) to
lever.
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xoxxoollukko
xooqukko vi. 1) to burst. 2) to explode. 3) to
blow up. 4) to break up.
Xoo'm tira name. Easter.
xomaaxe name. one of the names of God.
xombayyaato n. break.
xomboloosa adj. problematic.
xombora Pl: xombolluwwa. n. torch.
xonfukko vt. to light (a candle).
xoonsa Pl: xoonsuwwa. n. creeper.
xoonta Pl: xoontuwwa. n. a type of beetle.
[Status: check precise meaning]
xoontalukko vi. to doubt.
xophe'e n. jumping. Morph: singl. only.
xophite Pl: xophittuwwa. n. jump.
xophxophukko vi. to jump again and again.
[Status: check meaning; Marqos had "running
slowly"]
xophukko vi. to jump.
xorbe'e Variant: xulbe'e. n. ball.
xoreexxancha n. competition.
xoreexo'o n. 1) contest. 2) competition.
3) campaign.
xorqe'e Pl: xorqe'uwwa. n. a ploughman's whip.
xoroqa adj. drilled.
xoroqukko vi. 1) to be drilled. 2) to be
punctured.
xoroora n. type of ensete.
xorosha Pl: xoroshshuwwa. n. unleavened
maize bread.
xorto'o n. attention.
xorto'ukko vt. 1) to memorize. 2) to remember.
xorukko vt. 1) to escape. 2) to overcome. 3) to
overtake.
xoosa n. thyme.
xossiisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of xoossukko.
1) to cause/help to escape. 2) to remove.
xossiishsha Pl: xossiishsuwwa. n. help to
escape.
xoosxomboloosa Pl: xoosxomboloossuwwa.
[Status: check spelling (sx)] n. sth. ignored.
2) sth. left.
xoosukko [Status: check entry - Abraham prefers
XO'ISIMMA] vt. 1) to exchange. 2) to
substitute. [Status: check the meaning]
xoxa n. 1) gain. 2) extra.
xooxa Pl: xooxxuwwa. n. cause.
xoxanqa Pl: xoxanquwwa. n. blazing.
xoxisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of xoxukko (or *
x-NOUN ?). 1) to tattoo. 2) to make the voice
of a gun.
xoxishsha n. 1) profit. 2) excess. [Status: check
meaning] 3) business.
xoxxoolla adj. 1) mature. 2) physically
developed.
xoxxoollishsha Pl: xoxxoollishshuwwa. n.
exercise.
xoxxoollishshi mancho [Status: check entry
form] np. sportsman.
xoxxoollukko vi. 1) to become strong. 2) to
become firm. [Status: check other meanings
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(become fast / clever)]
xoxukko vi. 1) to crack. 2) to make a cracking
sound.
xoo'ukko vi. 1) to vanish. 2) to be extinguished.
3) to run out of sth. 4) to dry up (esp. of cows
and spring).
xuuba'llukko vt. to repeat.
xubuluqaa'ukko vt. to mobilize sth. into water.
[Status: check meaning !!]
xubuluqukko vi. 1) to swim. 2) to remain under
water. [Status: check meaning - to dive ?]
xuuchcha n. labour pains.
xuda Pl: xudduwwa. n. 1) creeper. 2) tendril.
3) vine. [Status: check meaning !] 4) a type
of liana.
xufa Pl: xuffuwwa. n. door.
xufamma adj. closed.
xufamchi aalo'o np. closure property. [Status: 2
ge ?]
xufammi karva np. closed curve.
xufammi woca np. closed proposition.
xufamukko vi. to be closed. Morph: PASS of
xufukko.
xufancha n. closure. [Status: closing ?]
xufisukko vt. to make close. Morph: CAUS 1 of
xufukko. [Status: HED: make to be closed ..]
xufukko vt. 1) to close (with lid). 2) to shut (e.g.
door, window). 3) to measure. 4) to issue sb.
sth.
xuu'isaancho n. trouble maker.
xuu'isukko vi. to be restless. Morph: CAUS 1 of
xuu'ukko (?). [Status: check meaning
(Should xuu'ukko (2) and xuu'isukko change
the ges ? check POS / CAUS / cf.
xuu'isaancho]
xuqqa adj. narrow.
xuqqamsukko vt. to make crowded. Morph:
CAUS 1 of xuqqamukko (?).
xuqqi googo np. lane.
xuqqisaancho n. nipple.
xuqqukko vi. to be narrow.
xuqurummukko vi. 1) to dive. 2) to get in.
xuqqussukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
xuqqukko. 1) to make narrow. 2) to constrict.
xullaa'ukko vt. 1) to throw down. 2) to discard.
3) to kill. 4) to murder.
xulbe'e Variant: xorbe'e. n. ball.
xulbukko vt. to beat.
xuu'llo'o vi (3f). to be in labour (of woman giving
birth). Morph: Inf. xuu'llimma.
xullukko vt. 1) to fell. 2) to kill. 3) to murder.
xulumukko vi. 1) to be brankrupt. 2) to be broke.
xum adj. gathered. [Status: check ps and meaning]
xum saga'l kichcha np. starting word of a
sentence.
xum sagara np. phrase.
xum sawwite np. 1) composition. 2) essay.
xumma 1) n. peace. 2) fertility (of land). [Status:
check meaning] 3) well-being. 4)
— adj. healthy. 5)
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— interj. hello.
xummaancho Pl: xummano (?). n. 1) peaceful
(person). 2) saint, Christian. 3) good person.
xummat assee'ukko vp. to send greetings.
xummaataa'ukko vi. 1) to say goodbye. 2) to
leave.
xummaatisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
xummaatukko. 1) to greet. 2) to say
goodbye. [Status: check meaning!]
xummaatixxancha [Status: check
entry - Abraham prefers: xummaatixxancho,
"a greeting person"] n. greeting.
xummaato [Status: check spelling - was:
xummato] n. greeting.
xummaato asse'ukko vp. to send greetings.
xummaato hincaa'ukko vp. to greet.
xummaato uwwukko vp. to greet.
xummaaxxi asso np. letter of greeting.
xummi gare vp. Good evening.
xummi gattaa vp. Good morning.
xummi hose vp. Good-bye.
xumuga n. ??
xummukko vi. 1) to be peaceful. 2) to be fine.
3) to spend the day.
xummussissukko vt. to let sb. spend the day.
Morph: CAUS 2 of xummukko.
xuunsamma adj. gathered.
xuunsammi woca np. sentence.
xuunsamukko vi. to be gathered. Morph: PASS
of xuunsukko.
xuunsukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of xuunukko
(??). 1) to gather. 2) to assemble. 3) to
accumulate. 4) to summarize.
xuunxo'o Pl: xuunxo'uwwa. n. 1) jar for
milking. 2) clay jar for butter.
xunxuumme Pl: xunxuummuwwa. n. 1) calf
(of leg). 2) shin (bone). 3) leg. [Status: check
precise meaning (s. above)]
xuu'o'o [Status: check entry form! n: xuuhcha] vi.
Morph: 3f. 1) to be in labour. 2) to cause
restlessness.
xura n. 1) dirt (of body, clothing). 2) menstruation.
xura'a n. 1) toes. [Status: prob. toe NAILS ?
Above, XURANQI was transl. as "toe"]
2) claw.
xuraamo adj. dirty.
xuranqa Variant: xura'a. [Status: check va
(HCD)] n. 1) fingernail. From: Amh ?
2) claw. 3) nail. [Status: check meaning !]
4) toe. [Status: check meaning !]
xuranqaamo adj. 1) with a long finger nail.
2) thief.
xuurata n. pension.
xuurata firukko vp. to retire.
xurbee'ane adj. exacting. [Status: check nt]
xurqayye'e n. large whip.
xurqayukko vt. to whip.
xuro n. dirt.
xurukko vi. 1) to be dirty. 2) to be impure.
xurullisukko vt. Morph: CAUS I of
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xurullukko. 1) to finish. 2) to end. 3) to
complete. 4) to consume.
xurullukko vi. 1) to end. 2) to be over.
xurumba n. long trumpet.
xurumbulla n. trumpet. From: Amh.
xuruuro'o Pl: xuruuro'uwwa. n. 1) bread roll
made from ensete. 2) unleavened ensete
bread.
xussiisukko vt. to make dirty. Morph: CAUS of
xurukko.
xussukko vt. 1) to harden. [Status: check
meaning] 2) to become partially dry.
xuxxaa moo'ukko [Status: check entry form]
vp. to stare at.
xuuxamukko vi. to sink. Morph: PASS/MED of
U - u
ubba n. 1) profit. 2) abundance.
ubbekkachcha n. struggle.
ubukko vi. 1) to fall (down). 2) to be
superfluous. 3) to mug sb. 4) to attack sb.
[Status: check meaning of sn 2-4 (WHS:
UBBUKKO)]
ubbuusisukko vt. to cause to drop. Morph:
CAUS 1 of ubbuusukko.
ubbuusukko vt. 1) to drop. 2) to throw. 3) to
uproot. 4) to yield a profit. [Status: check
meaning]
ubbuuxxancha n. wrestle.
uddeello'o n. ??
udma'a n. 1) field. 2) desert.
udma'ukko vi. to be inhabited.
ududda n. mucus.
ududdaamo adj. full of mucus.
ududdukko vi. to leak (esp. of mucus).
uduna Pl: udunnuwwa. n. party.
udurgufa adj. 1) fat. 2) thick. 3) stout.
ufa'ukko vi. to blow (on fire).
uffeqacca n. hand to mouth. [Status: check
meaning]
ufeesancha n. 1) being winnowed.
2) devastation.
ufeesukko vt. 1) to winnow. 2) to blow out
(grain). 3) to purify (e.g. water).
ufukko vt. 1) to blow air (with mouth). 2) to blow
(on fire).
uggaata n. 1) ghee. [Status: check meaning]
2) whey. 3) milkless butter and cheese.
uguda Variant: ugudo. Pl: ugudduwwa. n.
1) holiday. 2) feast.
uguxxi balla np. holiday.
Uhud name. Sunday. From: Amh.
ujubba Pl: ujubbuwwa. n. sacrificial tree.
[Status: check precise meaning]
-ukkaarem suff. 1) although. 2) but.
uquxo n. bottle shaped container used for
milking.
uul suuxo np. wild herb.
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uulli uumo'o
xuuxukko.
xuuxaancho Pl: xuuxaano. n. 1) plunger.
[Status: check meaning] 2) sb. who uses a
straw to drink, sb. who drinks sth. up to the
end.
xuxe'e adj. very small.
xuuxe'e n. puppy.
xuuxukko vt. 1) to swallow. 2) to gulp. 3) to
absorb. 4) to suck.
xuuxullichcho n. puppy.
xuxxuxxukko vi. 1) to be refused. 2) to curt.
3) to be flat. [Status: check meanings]
xuwwaada n. 1) clay. [Status: check meaning]
2) pottery. 3) earthen ware.
uulla n. 1) earth. 2) country, land. 3) plot of land.
4) area. 5) planet.
uulla daadeesoohane [Status: check entry
form] np. tourist. [Status: check lit. meaning]
ulaaga n. type of plant. [Status: check meaning]
uullamado [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n. equator.
uullamaxxa [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n. natural
resources.
uullamukko vi/vt (?). to oppose. Morph: PASS
of uullukko ?
uullanne [Status: check entry form & mr - was:
uullani] adv (?). Morph: * uulhani. 1) down
to the earth. 2) reaching to the ground.
3) native.
uulbeeto [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n. citizen.
ule'e n. grainstack.
ule'ukko vt. to heap up.
uulguuncho n. dwarf.
uulli itukko vp. 1) to use the land properly. 2) not
to grow (of grain).
uulli kaarta'a [Status: check entry form] np.
map.
uulli kobi'l kollo [Status: 2 or 3 words ?] np.
hemisphere.
uulli kobi'lla [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n. globe.
uulli kulula np. rotation.
uulli qaaphphi suume [Status: 2 or 3
words ?] np. national language.
uulli la'ookko vp. ?? [Status: check meaning]
uulli lommancho np. 1) elder. 2) leader.
uulli misila [Status: 1 or 2 words ? (uulli
misila ?)] n. map.
uulli mura n. crack.
uulli sulcho [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n. genet.
uulli sheephite np.
— n. earthquake.
uulli tochcho [Status: check entry form] np.
1) harbour. 2) port. [Status: check lit.
meaning]
uulli uumo'o np. nature of the earth. Morph:
singl. only.
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uullichcha n. height.
uullichchi giraafa np. bar graph.
uullichchi haxara np. vertical mark.
uullichchi kitaaba np. calligraphy.
uullichchi saaxina np. 1) cabinet. 2) wardrobe.
ulicho n. insect (certain kind of).
uullina mat ballanne np. once upon a time.
[Status: check lit. translation]
uullisukko [Status: check entry form] vt.
Morph: CAUS 1 of urukko (???) ('to
leave'). 1) to stop (tr.). 2) to make cease. 3) to
make stop. [Status: check meaning]
uullisukko vt. to stand (up). Morph: CAUS 1 of
uullukko.
uullishsha n. stop.
uullishshi mare'e np. full stop.
uullixxa n. stand.
uullixxamukko [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] vi. to
defend. Morph: PASS/MED of
uullixxukko ?
uullixxukko vt. 1) to erect. 2) to raise. 3) to put
an end. [Status: check meaning]
uulqaaphpha [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n / adj
(?). nation-wide.
uulqoocca [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n. earth shape.
uulmeeggaro'o [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n.
latitude.
uulmura [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n. ?? [Status:
check meaning]
uultikki'nno'o [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n. axis.
uulxinta [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n. pole.
uullukko vi. 1) to stand (up). 2) to cease. 3) to
stop. 4) to take place.
u'llumma Pl: u'llummuwwa. n. 1) door.
[Status: check precise meaning (Marqos:
FRONT door; HLG: BIG door)] 2) doorway.
3) outdoors. 4) outside, in front of the house.
[Status: check sn 4 (se of sn 3?)] 5) entrance.
umba'ada adj. 1) nacked. 2) nude. 3) bare.
umba'adukko vt. to undress.
umbu'lla n. Morph: singl. only. 1) fog. 2) cloud.
umbullaam adj. foggy.
umbu'llukko vi. to be foggy.
uumo'i dano np. natural beauty.
uumo'o Pl: uumo'uwwa. n. 1) shape. 2) natural.
[Status: check meaning]
uumukko vi. to act well.
umura Pl: umulluwwa. n. 1) age. 2) life.
3) usefulness.
umuraamo adj. useful.
Umuro name. Umuro.
u'nna Pl: u'nnuwwa. n. suffering.
u'nnamaancho adj. anxious.
u'nnamukko vi. to suffer. Morph: PASS/REFL
of u'nnukko ?
u'nnancha n. 1) stress. 2) worry. 3) concern.
4) disturbance.
u'nni bee'an ihukko vp. to abandon.
u'nnisukko vt. to suffer. Morph: CAUS 1 of
u'nnukko. [Status: check meaning - "to make
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suffer" ?]
uunjama n. type of ensete.
uunjisukko vt. to drop. Morph: CAUS 1 of
uunjukko.
uunjukko vt. 1) to leave. 2) to drop. 3) to lose.
4) to miss. 5) to lack. 6) to escape.
unkulal Pl: unkulalluwwa. [Status: check
entry !!] n. egg. From: Amh. [Status: check
meaning]
unkurubba n. type of edible plant. [Status:
check meaning]
uunqa Pl: uunquwwa. n. vomit (of children).
uunqe'ukko vt. 1) to bring up. [Status: check
meaning (i.e., to vomit ?)] 2) to vomit a small
amount (of children).
unqulla adj. fallen.
uunxataancho Pl: uunxataano. n. 1) beggar.
2) petitioner.
uunxato Pl: uunxattuwwa. n. 1) prayer.
2) request. 3) begging.
uunxisaancho Pl: uunxisaano. n. beggar.
uunxisukko vt. to make sb. beg. Morph: CAUS 1
of uunxukko.
uunxukko vi. 1) to beg. 2) to ask for sth. 3) to
pray.
uraa marukko vp. to leave sb.
uraa xa'ukko vp. to leave sb.
uraaga Pl: uraagguwwa. n. 1) heroic (person).
2) killer. 3) honour. [Status: check
meaning !] 4) trophy taken from a killed
person.
urancha [Status: relation to urato ?] n. Morph:
singl. only. 1) forgiveness. 2) mercy.
Uraanniisa name. Uranus.
uransukko vt. to arbitrate. Morph: CAUS 1 of
uramukko.
urato n. Morph: singl. only. 1) compassion.
[Status: check meaning; Abraham cannot
confirm this one] 2) pardon, forgiveness.
3) mercy.
urimma n. mercy. [Status: check ps (Inf ?)]
urimmi hige! interj. Excuse me!
urjuja n. small rain. [Status: check meaning]
urko'o Pl: urko'uwwa. n. hair-style.
uro n. part of our body. [Status: check meaning]
uruba adj. choked narrow. [Status: check
meaning !!]
urubammi sagachcho np. stop.
urubukko Variant: urussukko. vi. to be choked.
[Status: check meaning (HED: choked
narrow)] 2) to mouth badly. [Status: check
meaning !!!!]
urukko vt. 1) to leave. 2) to stay away. 3) to not
carry out. 4) to give up sth. 5) to forgive.
6) quickly. Morph: When second part of a
serial verb construction. [Status: check for
accurate translation]
urullichcho Pl: urulla. n. leech.
urungichcho n. worm.
usa Pl: ussuwwa. n. 1) rope. 2) light. [Status:
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ussiisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of ussukko. 1) to
make sb. leave sth. 2) to make sb. to stay
away. 3) to make sb. to give up sth.
uskrus n. type of ensete.
usula Pl: usulluwwa. n. manner.
ussullaancho [Status: check spelling - was:
ussulaancho] n. 1) naughty (person).
2) restless (person). [Status: check meaning
(reckless ?)]
ussullukko vi. to be naughty.
usha n. heritage.
ushsha interj. interjection to halt horses from
gallopping.
ushaame n. 1) araqe. 2) ethanol.
ushaassissoohhani adj. ridiculous.
ushaassissukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
ushaassukko. 1) to make a fool of sb. 2) to
ridicule.
ushe'amukko vi. 1) to drive by. 2) to pass.
ushe'aancho n. driver.
ushe'isukko vt. to give dowry. Morph: CAUS 1
of ushe'ukko.
ushe'ishsha n. animals given as dowry.
usheexxato Pl: usheexxattuwwa. n. 1) rest.
2) break. 3) chapter.
usheexxato hoogimma [Status: check entry
form] np. restlessness.
usheexxaxxi ammane np. vacation.
usheexxaxxi beyyo [Status: check entry form]
np. accommodation.
usheexxisaancho Pl: usheexxisaano. n. helper.
V - v
vaakihuula Pl: vaakihuulluwwa. n. vacuole.
vaalaansa n. valence. Morph: sg. only. From:
Lat.
vaasdefereensa n. vasdeferens. Morph: sg.
only. [Status: check meaning ...]
vaayiresa Pl: vaayiressuwwa. n. virus. From:
Engl.
vektera Pl: vektelluwwa. n. vector.
velama Pl: velammuwwa. n. velum. From: Lat.
[Status: check meaning - was: velm]
W - w
Waa'a Pl: waa'uwwa. n. 1) God. 2) sky.
Waa'a uunxaxxi mine np. church.
Waa'a uwwona vp (interj). thanks.
Waa'a weeshukko vp. to curse.
wacogirara n. a type of acacia tree.
waachcha n. 1) swimming. 2) many. 3) plenty.
[Status: check meaning 2f]
Waachchamo name. Hossana.
waachchaancho Pl: waachchaano. n. swimmer.
waachchukko vi. to swim.
Waadda name. Waadda.
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usheexxisobee'ane adj (?). unrest.
usheexxisukko vt. to help. Morph: CAUS 1 of
usheexxukko.
usheexxo Pl: usheexxuwwa ? [Status: check
spelling and meanings - cf. other entries with
the stem ush- // Abraham cannot confirm this
meaning; suggests usheexxaxi beyyo] n.
resting place.
usheexxukko vi. 1) to rest. 2) to land. 3) to die.
ushe'ukko vt. Morph: cf. ishee'ukko. 1) to drive
(car, animals). 2) to flock.
Utta name (place). Utta.
utta n. thorn. Morph: singul. uttichcho. [Status:
check meaning - EGH thorn bush]
utuba Pl: utubbuwwa. n. central wooden pole (of
a house).
uuxa n. ensete. Morph: sg. only ?
uxukko vt. to beautify.
uwwa Pl: uwwuwwa. n. vomit.
uwwamaakkoo luwwa np. Morph: pl.
tantum ?? 1) present. 2) gift.
uwwancha n. gift.
uwwe'ukko vi. to vomit.
uwwichcha [Status: check entry form!] n. gift.
Morph: sg. only ?
uwwiisukko vi. Morph: CAUS 1 of uwwukko.
1) to vomit. 2) to be sick.
uwwukko vt. 1) to give. 2) to bear. 3) to vomit.
[Status: check meaning]
-uyyi suff. 1) while. 2) when. 3) whenever.
veendiyeema n. vanadium. Morph: singl. only.
[Status: check meaning - was: vandium]
vengaara n. vengar.
ventirika Pl: ventirikkuwwa. n. ventricle.
Veenuusa n. Venus.
verteksa Pl: verteksuwwa. n. vertex. From: Lat.
veeyina Pl: veeyinnuwwa. n. vein. From: Engl.
viille'e n. villi.
viitaamiina Pl: viitaamiinnuwwa. n. vitamin.
wadammukko v. ??
waadamuuncho [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n.
rainbow.
wadaro'o Pl: wadaro'uwwa. [Status: check
spelling - underlined by AT] n. heavy rope.
waadaata n. type of pottery object. [Status:
check meaning]
Wadeloo name. one of the names of God.
wadesa n. a type of sandpaper tree.
waagga n. cereal disease.
wageeshsha Pl: wageeshshuwwa. n. traditional
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doctor.
waaggukko vi. to rust (of plant).
waa'i banqa np. lightning.
waa'i damuuncho np. rainbow.
Waa'i galaxxamona vp (interj.). thanks be to
God.
Waa'i gereechcho np. type of plant. [Status:
check meaning]
waa'i guugo np. lightning.
waa'i lugumo np. horizon.
waa'i mancho np. 1) magician. 2) wizard.
3) priest. 4) believer.
Waa'i mine np. house of God.
waa'i moora np. sacrificial bull.
waaja n. wax.
waajiba n. ??
waajjo'o n. 1) white sorghum. 2) white millet.
waajjo'o sarata Variant: woogaamo sarata.
[Status: check va (WHS)] np. white millet.
Waaka name. Waaka. [Status: check ee]
waaka n. greed.
wakasha n. false/Ethiopian cardamom.
waakataancho Pl: waakataano. n. greedy
(person).
waakkatisa n. degradation.
waakkatisukko vt. to degrade. Morph: CAUS 1
of waakkatukko.
waakatukko vi. to be greedy. [Status: check
meaning !]
waakkatukko vi. to be degraded. [Status: check
ACT / PASS]
waaqaabuuta Pl: waaqaabuuttuwwa. [Status:
check form !!] n. Morph: * waa'a .... ?
[Status: rel. with "blacksmith" ?] 1) space.
2) universe.
waaqaabuuxxi orachcho np. heavenly bodies.
waqqaccichcho Pl: waaqqaacca. [Status:
check spelling - HED: woqqaaccichcho] n.
blacksmith.
waqarukko vt. to pound in mortar.
wa'lla Pl: wa'lluwwa. n. young calf. [Status: pl.
of ??]
waamma n. 1) grave. 2) graveyard. 3) funeral.
waameeta [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n. wives of
one husband. Morph: * ???
waameeta sabukko vp. to contradict.
waammi bare np. grave.
waammi beyyo np. cemetery.
waammi ogora [Status: check entry form] np.
funeral.
waammisukko vt. to have sb. bury so. Morph:
CAUS 1 of waammukko.
waammishsha [Status: check entry form] n.
funeral service.
waammukko vt. 1) to bury. 2) to entomb.
waanca'a Pl: waanca'uwwa. n. cup (made of
horn).
waancha n. tanner.
waanchichcho n. leather smoother.
waandiida n. indication of pregnancy.
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waangaancho Pl: waangaano. n. greedy
(person).
wangara n. rye.
waangukko vi. to be greedy.
waanjiba n. ??
waanjibatte adj. sb. who is pregnant for the first
time.
waankechcha n. 1) humbling (of ox).
2) muttering. 3) complaint (of ox). [Status:
check meaning]
waanke'ukko vi. to cry loudly.
waanki baara np. young ox.
waankiisukko vt. to make sb. cry loudly.
Morph: CAUS 1 of waankukko.
waanko n. 1) humbling. 2) shouting.
3) muttering. [Status: check meanings!]
wara n. red-hotpoker tree, coral tree.
Waaraa name. Waaraa.
waraa waraa vp. to come down. [Status: lit. "he
came again and again"]
waaraancho Pl: waaraano. n. sb. who is not
native.
wardimama n. coriander.
wardiyya n. guard. Morph: singl.
wardiyyichcho. From: from Amh.
waardiyyuwwi [Status: check entry
form - wardiyya?] n. blouse. [Status: check
meaning]
waare'e n. watching the cows from 1 to 8
o'clock. [Status: check meaning]
waaroo ammane np. future.
waaroo hiincho np. next year.
waaroo maarage np. next year.
waarukko vi. to come.
waas atakaana np. food prepared from ensete.
waas ciinsimma vp. to squeeze ensete starch.
waas illaancho np. colander for ensete.
waas kitimma vp. to remove fibre from ensete
(starch). [Status: check meaning]
waas murimma vp. to cut ensete.
waasa Variant: li'aalli waasa. Pl: ??? n. 1) baked
ensete food. 2) food.
waassarukko vi. to cook ensete bread. Morph: *
waasa sarukko.
waasi qumuzo'o np. food prepared from ensete.
waaso shuma np. stool (excrement).
waashara n. ??
waashima adj. 1) with white and red colour (of a
cow). 2) white colour with black spots.
waataanna n. calf.
waataancho Pl: wo'lla. [Status: check pl !!] n.
young calf (up to one month).
waataanmaara [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n. veal.
wato n. rough cinnamon bark.
waato'o n. type of grass / weed. [Status: check
meaning]
waaxa n. team of plough oxen.
waaxamukko vt. 1) to hide. 2) to conceal.
waaxiige n. sparrow. Morph: * ??
waaxukko vt. 1) to hide. 2) to conceal. 3) to hold
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back. 4) to swallow. 5) to engulf. 6) to take
medicine. 7) to absorp. [Status: check
meanings !! (1-3; 4-7)]
way part (?). or. From: Amh.
way ... way conj (?). either ... or. From: Amh.
waaybeeqqa adj. 1) careless. 2) courageous.
[Status: check meaning]
waaybeeqqooma n. carelessness.
waym part / conj (??). or. From: Amh.
wee'a Pl: wee'uwwa. [Status: check entry - singl.
wee'ichcho] n. 1) young cow (before having
given birth). 2) calf.
weddeeshsha n. 1) wanza tree. 2) a type of tree.
weeddo'o n. 1) joke. 2) fun. 3) wit. 4) humour.
we'e n. type of ensete.
wee'ichcho Pl: wee'a. n. 1) young calf.
2) sucking calf.
wejweeja n. ??
weejweeja n. ??
welleella adj. beautiful.
welleellaancho Pl: welleellaano. n. sth. that is
curved.
welleellukko vi. to be curved.
wengereellichcho Pl: wengereella. n. 1) fox.
2) jackal.
weenqa adj. 1) thin. 2) tiny. 3) emaciated.
weera n. type of tree. [Status: check meaning]
weerada n. turf.
weerara n. invasion.
weeraraa qassimma [Status: check entry
form] np. attack.
weerarukko vi/vt. 1) to run fast. 2) to invade.
3) to transmit.
wereegga n. beauty.
wereeggaalla adj. beautiful.
wereeggisukko vt. to make up.
wereeggukko vr. 1) to beautify oneself. 2) to
belittle. [Status: check ACT / PASS]
weergaanje n. giraffe.
wees buuya np. ensete leaf.
wees dugimma [Status: check
spelling - underlined by AT] vp. to harvest
ensete.
wees kaasimma vp. to transplant ensete.
wees uulla np. highland. [Status: check meaning]
wees waasa Variant: waasa. [Status: check entry
form] np. flesh from the ensete sheath
(normal quality).
wees wor abuullimma vp. to turn the soil of
the ensete garden.
wees wor shunqunimma vp. to weed the
ensete garden.
wees woro np. ensete garden.
weesa Pl: weesma. [Status: check pl !] n. ensete
plant. Morph: singul. weesichcho.
wesaase n. ensete bread.
weeso waasa'a np. ensete bread.
weeshamaancho Pl: weeshamaano. n.
defendant.
weeshaancho Pl: weeshaano. n. 1) accuser.
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wiliqixansukko
2) numerator.
weeshano n. 1) call. 2) charge of accusation.
wesheenshukko vi. to be reddish.
weeshisaancho Pl: weeshisaano. n. sb. who
lets so. call.
weeshisukko vt. 1) to accuse. 2) to suit. 3) to
complain.
weeshishsha n. accusation.
weeshukko vt. 1) to call. 2) to shout (for sb.).
3) to accuse. 4) to invite. [Status: check
meaning]
wexeexichcho n. marmot.
weexukko vt. 1) to press. 2) to push around. 3) to
throw down. 4) to throw away.
weyyakka Pl: weyyakkuwwa. n. 1) blanket.
2) clothes.
weyyakka dadukko vp. to weave.
wica adj. 1) thin. 2) small.
wicaangiira adj. 1) minor. 2) diminutive. 3) tiny.
wicisukko vt. to split. Morph: CAUS 1 of
wicukko.
wicooma [Status: check entry form] n. tiny.
wicukko vi. to be thin.
wiidda Pl: wiidduwwa. n. spirit of deceased
person.
widdansukko [Status: check entry form] vt. to
let sb. camp. Morph: CAUS 1 of
widdamukko.
widiinda adj. 1) black. 2) dark. 3) negro.
wiigamcha n. 1) being chased away. 2) being
sent away.
wiigamukko vi. Morph: PASS of wiigukko.
1) to be chased away. 2) to be sent away.
wiigukko vt/vi (?). 1) to chase away. 2) to run
away. [Status: check meaning: make sb./sth.
run away ?]
wijjaachcha n. taking far away.
wijjaa'ukko vt. to take far away.
wijjo'o n. 1) gathering of milk or butter according
to a group agreement. 2) milk exchanging
relationship. [Status: check meaning]
wijjukko vi. to go far away.
wikkarukko vi. to chat.
wiiqqukko vi. 1) to make haste. 2) to go faster.
3) to be brisk.
wi'l seera np. 1) funeral rules. 2) funeral
association.
wilaqixaancho n. zigzagging.
wilaqixukko vt. to make zigzag.
wi'llaancho Pl: wi'llaano. n. mourner.
wilawilo [Status: 1 or 2 words?] n. day before
Masqal.
wilaawiloota n. type of insect found on water.
[Status: check meaning]
wilicaa'ukko vt. 1) to stare at. 2) to pop out (of
eyes).
wiligo n ? ??
wiliqixa n. twisting.
wiliqixansukko vt. to make sth. twisted.
Morph: CAUS 1 of wiliqamukko.
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wiliqixukko vt. to twist.
wi'llishsha n. performing during mourning.
wi'llishaancho Pl: wi'lishaano. n. sb. who
performs during mourning. [Status: check
meaning !!]
wi'llishimma n. type of folk song.
wi'llishukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of wi'llukko.
1) to cause to cry. 2) to cause to weep.
wi'llo n. 1) mourning. 2) bewailing (of the dead).
wi'llukko vi. 1) to cry (e.g. baby). 2) to weep.
3) to mourn.
wilwilukko vi. 1) to hesitate. 2) to be undecided.
wincililukko Variant: wincellukko. [Status:
check va (WHS)] vi. to swing back and forth.
winco'o Variant: wincililo'o. n. pendulum.
windiveena n. wind-fan. From: Engl.
winxo'o adj. 1) a small amount. 2) a little bit.
winziro'o n. pipe.
wira Variant: wila. n. pair.
wirginnaancho n. sb. who entangles.
wirginneessaancho n. one who entangles.
wirginneesukko vi. 1) to entangle fastly. 2) to
intrigue. [Status: check meaning]
wirginno'aancho n. 1) schemer. 2) sb. who
intrigues.
wirginno'o n. plait.
wirginoo'ukko vt. 1) to plait. 2) to braid.
wirginnukko vt. 1) to entangle. 2) to twist.
wiriibo'o n ? ??
wiriichcho n. 1) hamlet. 2) neighborhood.
3) villager. [Status: check meanings]
wirijjo'ancha n. being tender. [Status: check
meaning !]
wirijjo'o n / adj (?). tender, action. [Status: check
ps / meanings !!!]
wirijjo'ukko vi. to be tender. [Status: check
meaning !]
wiriira Variant: wuriira. [Status: check va
(HCD)] n. 1) smoke. 2) fume.
wiriraa'ukko vt. to throw away.
wiriissaancho n. smoker.
wiriissukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of wirukko (?).
1) to smoke. 2) to fire. [Status: check
meaning (to burn ?)]
wissiira adj / n ? ??
wiisooranna adj (?). too cold.
wish inqe np. the first back tooth. Morph: *
wishichcho.
wishama [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n. mother of
many children. Morph: fem.
wishshi interj. interjection to trouble others.
[Status: check meaning - lit. "dog"! (swear
word - Schimpfwort)]
wishichcho Variant: washichcho; wusha. Pl:
wisha. [Status: check va (HCD); check va
(WHS)] n. dog.
wishinqe Pl: wishinquwwa. [Status: 1 or 2
words ?] n. canine tooth.
wishmigira n. a kind of grass.
wisho'o n. 1) swing. 2) trapeze.
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wiisho'o Pl: wiisho'uwwa. n. windstorm.
[Status: just: storm ?]
wittara adv (?). 1) beside the house. 2) outside the
house.
witiriichcho n. most distant place. [Status:
check meaning (HED: farthest distance)]
wiitwiit n ? ??
wiixa n. Morph: singl. only. 1) thick hard grass
(used for plaiting). 2) type of grass.
wixxaa'isukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
wixxaa'ukko. 1) to make assemble. 2) to
have sb. collect.
wixxaa'ukko [Status: check
spelling - wixxa'imma ?] vt. Morph: *
wixxukko. 1) to gather. 2) to collect. 3) to
store.
wixe'e adj. 1) precise. 2) cautious. 3) careful.
4) swift. [Status: check meaning]
wixxeesukko vt. Morph: CAUS I of wixxukko.
1) to gather. 2) to assemble. 3) to harvest (of
cereals).
wiixinqa n. sb. who eats like a hyena. [Status:
check meaning]
wixinte n. cereals.
wixisukko vt. to make sow. Morph: CAUS 1 of
wixukko.
wixxite Pl: wixxittuwwa. n. 1) assembly.
2) meeting. 3) crowd. 4) congregation.
wixo Pl: wixxuwwa. n. 1) seed. 2) grain. 3) cereal.
wixukko vt. 1) to sow. 2) to seed. [Status:
meaning ?] 3) to disperse.
wixxukko vi/vt (?). 1) to gather (people). 2) to
assemble. 3) to collect.
woba'a n. malaria.
woba'i muuna [Status: check entry form!] np.
bee humming.
wobare Pl: woballuwwa. [Status: 1 or 2
words ??] n. 1) well. 2) ditch.
wobaxa n. 1) washing a woman in child bed.
[Status: check meaning - was: washing the
born bed women] 2) herbal water.
wobila adj. blue.
wobiila [Status: check entry form - wobila: blue?]
n ? ??
wobbite n. 1) inclination. 2) tendency.
wobbo shoohane np. a very rare predator.
wobbukko vi. to incline.
woca Variant: waca. Pl: woccuwwa. [Status:
check va (HCD)] n. speech.
wocamaancho Pl: wocamaano. n. quarrelsome
(person).
wocamukko Variant: wacamukko. [Status:
check va (HCD)] vi. Morph: MED/PASS of
wocukko. 1) to quarrel. 2) to be angry. 3) to
hate. [Status: check meaning !!]
wocancha n. Morph: * worukko. 1) argument.
2) quarrel.
wocaancho Pl: wocaano. n. speaker.
wocansukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
wocanukko. 1) to cause to quarrel. 2) to
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annoy sb.
wocarata n. type of ensete.
woce'e Pl: woce'uwwa. n. expense.
wocisukko [Status: check spelling - HLG:
wocissukko] vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of
wocukko. 1) to let other people talk (to each
other). 2) to talk to.
wocita Pl: wocittuwa. n. clay container adorned
with shells. From: Orom. ????
woco'o Pl: woco'uwwa. n. small roost to lay
eggs.
wocukko Variant: wacukko. [Status: check va
(HCD)] vi. 1) to talk. 2) to say. 3) to speak (a
language).
wocwoca n. type of sheep disease. [Status: check
meaning]
wochera n. type of ensete.
woda Pl: wodduwwa. n. upper arm.
woda'a Variant: wodda. [Status: check spelling /
entry form] dem. this. Morph: fem. [Status:
check meaning!]
wodda'i [Status: Check spelling - was woda'i]
pron. that.
wodala Pl: wodalluwwa. n. 1) a big and strong
donkey. 2) jackass.
woddalla n. 1) last day. 2) that day. [Status:
check meaning]
wodaamo adj. 1) powerful. 2) very strong.
woda'n fonqa n. type of sheep disease. [Status:
check meaning !!]
wodan qee'llo np. suspenseful.
woda'n mancho [Status: check spelling - HED
1 word] np. bossom friend.
wodanaamo adj. with gastric problems (of a
person). [Status: check meaning (gastric ??)]
woda'nnane [Status: check entry form - Not
Abs...] n. genuine.
wodano Variant: wadano. Pl: wodannuwwa.
[Status: check va (HCD)] n. 1) heart.
2) thinking.
wodano wo'mmima np. confidence.
wodo'o n. herd (of cows).
wodukko vi. 1) to be powerful. 2) to be very
strong.
wodunukko vt (vi ??). 1) to circumcise. [Status:
only of boys ?] 2) to flow.
wo'eera n. olive.
wofco mine np. mill.
woffukko vi. to be cool.
woga Pl: wogguwwa. n. 1) tradition. 2) custom.
3) culture.
wogafechcha [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n. water
pressure.
wogana Pl: wogannuwwa. n. festival of
counting one's one hundred and more cattle.
woganukko vi. to show that one has one hundred
and more cattle.
wogla n / adj ? ??
wohaa likka [Status: check entry form!!] np.
level. From: Amh.
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wohe'e Pl: wohe'uwwa. n. bean.
wohina Pl: wohinnuwwa. n. prison.
wo'i bare np. well.
wo'i boomba'a np. 1) tap. 2) faucet.
wo'i dilloo booye'e [Status: check entry form]
np. ditch.
wo'i diishsha np. wasp. [Status: check entry /
meaning - Abraham cannot confirm this one]
wo'i harachcho np. big clay container for
water.
wo'i ifiishshaancho np. 1) tap. 2) faucet.
wo'i qalama [Status: check entry form] np. ink.
wo'i moora np. 1) wave. 2) storm.
wo'i shuma np. urine.
wo'i waachcha [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n.
swimming (in water).
wo'i wo'mmimma [Status: check entry form]
np. 1) high water. 2) flood.
wo'i wushisho [Status: check entry form - THS
has wu'isho (without preceding wo'i)] np.
waterfall.
wojagira 1) adj. brave. 2) valiant. 3) courageous.
4)
— n. hero.
wokakkaancho Pl: wokakkaano. adj.
conservative.
wokalo'o n ? ??
wokkalukko vi. to represent. From: Amh.
wokkaashsha Pl: wokkaashshuwwa. n. spices.
wokashekkichcho n. dragonfly.
woqqaaccichcho Variant: woqqaacekichcho.
Pl: woqqaacca. [Status: check va (WHS)] n.
blacksmith.
woqasimma n / v (?). criticism.
woqomba n. ??
wolla Pl: wolluwwa. n. wooden hundle for
clearing weed. [Status: check spelling &
meaning]
wo'lla n. calf (of young cow). [Status: check
precise meaning]
wolab n. honorific title. [Status: check precise
meaning - "free person" only?]
wolaba adj. 1) free (of men and women).
2) waterish.
wolabbano n. freedom.
wolabichcho n. 1) free person. 2) gentleman.
wolaganna n. 1) disobedience. 2) refusal.
wolagannaancho Pl: wolagannaano. n. 1) sb.
who is disobedient. 2) sb. who refracts.
[Status: check meaning]
wolagannukko vi. 1) to disobey. 2) to refuse.
wolaphphi garaadda np. free man.
Wolayitta name. Wolaytta.
woldimaama Variant: wordimaama. [Status:
check va] n. spices. Morph: singl. only.
Wolleebaamo name. a very strong spirit of
possession.
Woole'e name. 1) a spirit of possession.
2) sacrificial feast of that spirit.
wollicho n. large snake. [Status: check precise
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wollisaancho Pl: wollisaano. n. checker.
wollisukko vt. Morph: CAUS 1 of wollukko.
1) to check. 2) to count.
wollishsha n. checking.
woliyye n. Islamic medium.
wolqo'aamo adj. infirm.
wolqo'o adj ? 1) infirm. 2) feeble.
woloqooqo'o n. bay.
wollukko vt. to swallow.
wo'llukko vi. 1) to return. 2) to be strong. 3) to be
tough. [Status: check meanings!]
wolyama Pl: wolyammuwwa. n. sacrificial feast
for Wolyani (a spirit of possession).
Wolyani name. a strong spirit of possession.
Morph: The same as Wolleebaamo ?
wo'm caakkishsha [Status: check entry form]
np. description.
wo'm eddechcha [Status: check entry form]
np. suit.
wo'm xigo [Status: 2 or 1 words ?] np. whole
number.
wo'mma 1) adj. full. 2) filled. 3) even. 4)
— n. traditional drink. [Status: check
meaning]
wo'mmaa'ukko [Status: check entry form !!
(wo'mmukko ?)] vt. to fulfil. [Status: a
prophecy or also other "items"? OR: to be full
(of sth.)?]
Womba name. Womba. From: Engl. "womb".
[Status: check that deriviation]
wombachcho [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n. holder
of the See. From: Kamb. woma "king".
wombara Pl: womballuwwa. n. chair. From:
Amh.
wo'mmukko vi. 1) to be(come) full of. 2) to be
filled. [Status: check meaning ! (several xv in
HED 459]
won beeto np. first-born child. From: Amh. wana
(1st word).
wona adj / n. 1) elder. 1b) first born. 2) main,
capital. [Status: See punctuation in series of
nouns ...]
wonnaade'e [Status: check entry form - was:
wonnade'e] n. a kind of ensete.
wonana n. hole to put ensete food. [Status:
check meaning]
wonnanna Pl: wonnannuwwa. n. Morph: *
wonni anna ? 1) wooden bar. 2) shaft (of
plough). 3) digging stick. 4) hoe.
wonannado n. 1) seeking milk. 2) staying
without milk for long time. [Status: check
meaning]
wonnanni heeda np. hoe with metal point.
wonata n. weevil.
wonatukko vt. to damage grain (of weevil).
wonbara Pl: wonballuwwa. n. chair. From:
Amh.
woncite n. 1) inclination. 2) tendency.
wonciwoncukko vi. to wave.
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woncukko vi. 1) to incline. 2) to slant.
wondaro'o n. ??
wondimaama Variant: wodimaama. n.
coriander.
wongaara Pl: wongaalluwwa. n. bract of ensete
bloom.
wonge'e n. type of cabbage.
wongeela Pl: wongeelluwwa. [Status: check
entry form - wengeela?] n. gospel. From:
Amh.
wongira Variant: wongera. Pl: wongilluwwa.
[Status: check va (WHS)] n. 1) bowl.
2) hallow wooden container. 3) boat.
wonjalana Pl: wonjalannuwwa. n. criminal.
From: Amh.
wonsho'o Pl: wonsho'uwwa. n. 1) filtering
material. 2) complement.
wonshukko Variant: wanshukko. [Status: check
va (HCD)] vt. Morph: CAUS I of
wo'mmukko. 1) to fill. 2) to complete. 3) to
accomplish. 4) to fulfil.
wonziro'o Pl: wonziro'uwwa. n. 1) gutter.
2) spout (of roof).
wo'o n. water. Morph: singl. only.
wo'o waachcha [Status: check entry form] np.
duck.
wora'a n. a type of tree. [Status: check precise
meaning]
woraaba adj. 1) redish (of cows). 2) brown.
worada Pl: woradduwwa. n. district
(administrative). From: Amh.
woraaddano n. adolescence. [Status: check
meaning (pl of woraadichcho ?)]
woraadichcho Variant: waraadichcho. Pl:
woraada. [Status: check va (HCD)] adj
(n ?). 1) adolescent. 2) young man.
3) bridegroom. [Status: check meaning]
woraadukko vi. to be an adolescent.
worag gixo'o np. poetry.
worag kitaabo'o np. loose writing.
worag qananaato np. prose.
woraga n. layman.
woraqa n. chaff.
woraqaallichcho n. scorpion.
woraqata Pl: woraqattuwa. n. sheet (of paper).
From: Amh.
woranto n. tweezers.
woraaphphi ellawwa np. brown coloured.
worassukko vt. to take away.
woree n. 1) rumour. 2) message. From: Amh.
woreegga [Status: check entry - underlined by
AT] adj/n. 1) arrogant. 2) an adorned woman.
woretta n. hostility. Morph: singl. only; *
woshsha.
wori amadukko vp. to suppress. [Status: check
meaning]
Woriiqa'a name. 1) a mighty spirit of possession.
2) sacrificial feast for that spirit. 3) ancestor
spirit.
worinne nakka np. inscribed.
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worinne nakki angila np. inscribed angle.
worinnenakki dutmidaado np. inscribed
polygon.
worqa Variant: warqa. [Status: check va
(HCD)] n. 1) gold. 2) ensete. From: Amh.
worqi bukkaancho np. gold smith.
woro Variant: waro. [Status: check va (HCD)]
part. 1) inside. 2) in. 3) interior. 4) under.
5) through.
woro la'ukko vp. to examine.
woro moo'isukko vp (vt). to examine. Morph:
CAUS 1 of woro moo'ukko. [Status: check
difference with woro la'ukko (to take an
exam ??)]
woro yoo luwwa [Status: check entry form]
np. contents.
woro'l angila np. interior angle.
woro'l eddechcha [Status: check entry form]
np. underwear.
woronn- prefix. in. [Status: check ps]
woroon part. 1) under. 2) low.
Woroo'n [Status: check spelling] n. South.
woroo'n kollo [Status: check entry form] np.
south.
woroo'n lugummo [Status: check entry form]
np. 1) bottom. 2) lower.
woroo'n shooto'o np. lower base.
woronne n [LOC]. 1) inside. 2) underneath.
woronne ammadukko [Status: check entry
form] vt. to contain.
woronne fooshshe'ukko vp. to inhale.
wororo part. 1) interior (of a house). 2) in.
woroyye n. a kind of Maskel play. [Status:
dance ?]
worsawwite n. concept.
worukko Morph: * wodukko ? Variant:
warukko. [Status: check va (HCD)] vt. 1) to
bring. 2) to get. 3) to find. 4) to put. [Status:
check meaning of sn 2-4]
worukko vt. Morph: * woro. 1) to send back.
2) to turn away. 3) to drive sb. away.
worwaatisukko vt. to make importunate.
Morph: CAUS 1 of worwaatukko. [Status:
check meaning]
worwaatishsha n. 1) making to beg. 2) plea.
[Status: check precise meaning]
worwaato n. 1) begging. 2) entreaty. 3) plea.
worwaatukko vi. to importune. [Status: check
meaning ! (to be importunate ?)]
wossa n. conversation.
woosa aa'ukko [Status: check spelling
(woshsha ?)] vp (vt). to borrow (a thing).
wossanukko vt. to decide.
wossisukko [Status: check entry form - was:
wasisukko] vt. to long for. Morph: CAUS 1
of wossukko.
wossiisukko vt. to cause sb. to bring. Morph:
CAUS 1 of wossukko (worukko ?).
wossiyya n. 1) east. [Status: check meaning
(testament ?)] 2) will.
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wotachcho
wosqunnukko vi. to be restless.
wosso'llimi ogora [Status: enter under "ogora"?
cf. verb ?] np. recreational facilites. [Status:
check meaning - Abraham prefers: "ways of
feeling at home"]
wossoo'llukko vi. Morph: REFL of
wossoorukko. 1) to joke gently. 2) to cheat.
3) to talk. [Status: check meaning]
wossorukko [Status: check entry form - HED:
wossoorukko?] vi. to talk. Morph: cf.
worukko. [Status: check meaning (also: to
have a good time ?)]
wossoorukko vt. 1) to play with. 2) to cheat.
wossukko vi. 1) to feel lonely, to feel homesick.
2) to talk, to chat. [Status: check meaning]
wosh interj. interjection to command cows to ....
[Status: check meaning]
woshsha Pl: woshshuwwa. n. Morph: *
worukko. 1) gossip. 2) speech. 3) news.
4) case. 5) matter. 6) thing, incident. 7) affair.
8) section. 9) sentence, statement. [Status:
check meaning ...] 10) word. [Status: check
meaning]
woshsha dabarukko vp (vt). to answer.
woshsha ebukko vt. to create trouble for sb.
woshsha kurukko vp (vt). to tell sth.
woshsha la'isukko vp (vt). to let sb. know sth.
woshsha madukko vp (vt). to proceed with sth.
woshsha murukko vp (vt). to decide sth.
woshsha urukko Variant: washsha urukko.
[Status: check va (HCD)] vp (vt). 1) to
forgive. 2) to pardon.
woshaabbano uwwukko vt. to designate.
woshaabichcho Pl: woshaaba. n. 1) tribal
chief. 2) judge in traditional structures.
[Status: check precise meaning]
woshaada Pl: woshaadduwwa. n. 1) trap.
2) snare.
woshamada n. type of ensete.
woshshaamo adj. nosy.
woshshanna n. arbiter. Morph: * woshsha
anna.
woshshi bikke np. 1) with indifference.
2) crudely. 3) so-so. [Status: check meanings]
woshshi dabachcha np. answer.
woshshi duuha'a np. 1) meaning of sth.
2) sense of sth.
woshshi ihukkaarem np (conj). but.
woshshi (iina) aaggukko vp (vt). to
understand.
woshshi luda n. trace of sth. [Status: check
meaning !]
woshshi nigga np. the origin of sth.
wosho'o n. ??
woshshukko vi (?). 1) to carry on sth. [Status:
check meaning] 2) to argue with sb. 3) to
bring a lawsuit against sb.
wotachcho Variant: watachcho. Pl: wotara.
[Status: check va (HCD)] n. young of
animals. [Status: check meaning - Abraham
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wottaddachcho n. soldier.
wottaaddalluwwa [Status: check entry form
(pl)] n. troops.
wotambarada n. ??
Woto'o name. March 10 - April 8.
wox mine np. kitchen. From: Amh.
woxa Variant: waxa. Pl: woxxuwwa. [Status:
check va (HCD)] n. 1) sauce (prepared with
red pepper). 2) w㷼. From: Amh.
woxabaca Pl: woxabaccuwwa. n. rod.
woxxara Variant: woxxalla. Pl: woxxalluwwa.
[Status: check va (WHS)] n. pup. From:
Amh.
wowwoqaancho Pl: wowwoqaano. n. abuser.
wowwoqukko vt. to abuse.
woyaaqukko [Status: check entry form] vt. to ...
cloth. [Status: check meaning]
woyi'n diqaasa np. wine.
woyi'n mine [Status: check entry form] np.
prison.
woyi'n misha np. grape.
woyina dega np. middle altitude. From: Amh.
woyrerukko vi. to go to war.
woywonara [Status: check spelling - EGH
Y - y
yabaagukko vi. to seek protection.
yabo n. protection. Morph: singl. only.
yabo uwwukko [Status: check entry form] vp.
to trust.
yabu'l sagachcha'a np. bilabials.
yabu'llanee inqi sagachcho np. labiodentals.
yabura Pl: yabulluwwa. n. lower lip.
yabuwwukko vt. to give sth. to be protected.
yafalaala adj. very wide.
yafalaalukko vi. to be (very) wide.
yagoore'e Pl: yagoore'uwwa. n. velum.
yagoore'i sagara np. velars.
yakaa'ukko vi. 1) to try. 2) to need great effort.
yakite Pl: yakittuwwa. n. 1) trial. 2) experiment.
yako'aare v (?). for the sake of.
yakko'o n ? 1) say. 2) name. [Status: check
meanings]
yakukko vi. 1) to try. 2) to attempt. 3) to test.
yaqiima adj. real.
yaqiina adj. sure.
Yaaqoob name. Jacob.
yaala n. shame. Morph: singl. only.
yamaa weeshamoohane [Status: check entry
form] vp. so-called.
yamamcha n. 1) agreement. 2) treaty.
yamamukko vi. Morph: PASS/REFL of
yamukko ?? 1) to agree. 2) to make a treety.
yambarshe'e Pl: yambarshe'uwwa. n.
1) catapult. 2) slingshot. [Status: check
meaning]
yame'e adj. large in mass.
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yemmukko
woiwonara] n. type of ensete.
wudda [Status: entry necessary ?] adj.
1) expensive. 2) costly. 3) dear. From: Amh.
Wu'eetichcho name. Friday.
wuh yukko vp. to bark (dog).
wullanchukko vi. Morph: * wullukko +
hanchukko. 1) to step on sth. 2) to be on the
spot. [Status: check meaning !]
wule'e Pl: wule'uwwa. n. haystack. Morph: cf.
ule'ukko.
wule'ukko vt. to hang up sth.
wullissukko [Status: check entry - ullissukko ?]
vt. to put up sth. Morph: CAUS 1 of
wullukko. [Status: check meaning]
wuriichcho Variant: wiriira. n. smoke.
wuriirukko Variant: wiriirukko. vi. to smoke.
wurwuraa'ukko vt. to turn sth. this way and
that way. [Status: check meaning]
wurwurukko vi. 1) to hesitate. 2) to be
undecided.
wussaane higisukko vp. to sentence.
wushukko [Status: check entry - underlined by
AT] vi. to understand.
wuxxeeta n. grades (in exam). From: Amh.
yame'i ihukko vp (vi). to be large in mass.
yanna Pl: yannuwwa. n. saying.
yanna sabo np. 1) refusal. 2) curt. 3) flat.
[Status: check meanings]
yaance'e Pl: yaance'uwwa. n. type of cloth put
on donkeys.
yaansiisa n. 1) squash. 2) big pumpkin.
yattattukko v. ??
yatte'e adj. 1) huge. 2) big. 3) large.
ya'ukko vi. to call. [Status: check
meaning! - Abraham prefers: "to be
gathered"]
yaayyamma adj. isolated.
yaayyamukko vi. to be isolated. Morph: PASS
of yaayyukko.
yaayyisukko vt. to make isolated (i.e., isolate ?).
Morph: CAUS 1 of yaayyukko. [Status:
check precise meaning]
yaayyukko vt. 1) to isolate. 2) to expel.
yee interj. hello.
yegeetta Pl: yegeettuwwa. n. 1) compensation.
2) help.
yegeetta uwwukko vp (vt). 1) to compensate.
2) to help up sb.
yegeettukko vt. 1) to compensate. 2) to help up
sb.
Yem name. Yem.
yemmaancho Pl: yemmaano. n. 1) swear.
2) curse.
yemmukko vt. 1) to repair. 2) to maintain. 3) to
curse. [Status: check meanings]
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yerite adj. 1) little (of rain). 2) few (of people).
Yesuus name. Jesus.
Yesuus kichchi ugudo [Status: check entry
form] np. Passion.
Yesuus qaranchi ugudo [Status: check entry
form] np. Christmas.
yigibaagna Pl: yigibaagnuwwa. n. appeal.
From: Amh.
yirukko vi. to become rainy. [Status: check
meaning (to rain ?)]
-yyo suff. NEGATION, stative (copula).
yoohom conj. yet.
yoohome conj (?). yet.
yoohosha n (?). whole day. [Status: check
meaning and entry - Abraham prefers "balli
hoshsha"]
yoo'isa adv. as in.
yoo'isame dabarukko [Status: check entry
form] vp. to imitate.
yookki hurbaax hagara [Status: check entry
Z - z
zahima Pl: zahimmuwwa. [Status: check
spelling - Abraham prefers: ZAAYIMMA] n.
[Status: check ps - infin. ?] 1) talkative man.
2) talking much without stopping.
zaaqite Pl: zaaqittuwwa. n. wandering.
zaaqukko vi. to wander.
zammaraancho Pl: zammaraano. n. singer.
From: Amh.
zammarukko vi (vt?). to sing. From: Amh.
zambiila Pl: zambiilluwwa. n. bag. From: Amh.
zamunukko vi. to babble.
zanga Pl: zanguwwa. n. staff. From: Amh.
zaanxila Variant: jaanxila. Pl: zaanxilluwwa. n.
umbrella.
zappo n. splitted part of tree. [Status: check
meaning]
zar n. type of possessive spirit. From: Amh.
zarafamu mu'uta np. loot. From: Amh.
zaraa'mma Pl: zaraa'mmuwwa. n. bridge.
From: Amh.
zaraaro'o Pl: zaraaro'uwwa. n. seasonal flower
(at Meskel).
zarka n. ??
zaatukko vt. to threaten. From: Amh.
zawa'a Pl: zawa'uwwa. n. border. From: Amh. ?
zaayilema n. zylem.
zayita n. oil. From: Amh.
zebe yukko vp. to neglect. From: Amh.
zebbukko vt. to dig. From: Amh. ?
zegeella n ? ??
zeele'e Pl: zeele'uwwa. n. 1) witch doctor's stick.
2) metal shaft on staff. 3) staff. From: Amh.
[Status: check precise meaning - only witch
doctor's stick?]
zera'ma Pl: zera'muwwa. n. bridge. From:
Amh.
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zuphite
form - paraphrasis ..] np. menu.
yookko [Status: check entry (PRES) - should
probably be: yimma // Abraham prefers:
"ihimma"] vi. 1) to be. 2) to exist. [Status:
check the meaning!]
yookko'o vi. there is in place value (in
mathematics).
yora adj. grouchy.
yorukko vi. 1) to nag. 2) to complain.
yosha Pl: yoshshuwwa. n. big black pearl.
yukko [Status: check entry form!] vi. Morph:
2s: ..... 1) to be present. [Status: check
meaning! Abraham prefers: "hee'imma"] 2) to
be there.
yukko [Status: check entry form!] vi. to say.
Morph: 2s: ..... (??).
yuunversa Pl: yuunversuwwa. n. universe.
Yuuraanasa name. Uranus.
yuutirasa Pl: yuutirassuwwa. n. uterus.
zeretta Pl: zerettuwwa. n. seed.
zeerohaalata [Status: 1 or 2 words ?] n. property
of zero.
zeero'i moorfiima np. zero morpheme.
zeero'i somo'o np. collective name.
zeero'o n. zero.
zerpe Pl: zerpuwwa. n. bridge. From: Amh. ?
ziba Pl: zibbuwwa. n. gate towards cowshed.
From: Amh.
zibaachcha n. clearing.
zibaa'ukko vt. to clear.
zibukko vi. to drop (in plenty). [Status: check
meaning !]
zigiiga Pl: zigiigguwwa. n. fence.
zigiigaancho Pl: zigiigaano. n. sb. who fences.
zigiigukko vt. 1) to fence. 2) to block.
ziilla Pl: ziilluwwa. n. slug. From: Amh.
zinbaaba Pl: zinbaabbuwwa. [Status: check
entry - was: zanbaba] n. palm tree.
zinka n. zink.
ziiphpha Pl: ziiphphuwwa. n. zipper. From:
Engl.
zoobira n. a kind of ensete.
zoofaaro'o [Status: check spelling - was:
zoofaro'o] n. irrigation.
zooge n. type of ensete.
zorxayukko vi. to fall down badly.
zuu n. zoo. From: Engl.
zubbaa'ukko vt. 1) to kick. 2) to hit.
zubbe'e n. elephantiasis.
zubbe'ukko vi. to become sick with elephantiasis.
zulummaa'ukko vi. to take (sleep). [Status:
check meaning]
zulummukko vi. 1) to be sleepy. 2) to slumber.
zuu'ooloojee n. zoology.
zuphite n. an exhaustive journey.
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zuphukko vi. to walk an exhaustive and long zuuyite n. loitering. [Status: check meaning]
journey. zuuyukko vt. to loiter. [Status: check meaning]
zuuweencho n. loiter. [Status: check meaning]

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