Armored (28 page)

Tongue = Melhas
 
መልሓስ

Tooth = Asnan
 
ኣስናን

Town = Hawsi ketema
 
ዓዲ

Tsebel (holy soil assoc. with a saint, e.g. tsebel abune aregawi) = Tsebel
 
ጸበል

Tuesday = Selu
s
ሰሉስ

Uncle = Hawebo (paternal); Ako (maternal)
 
ሓቮቦይ፣ኣኮይ

Village = Geter
 
ገተር

Vinegar = Acheto
 
ኣሸቶ

Wancha = a (suwa) drinking cup
 
ዋንጫ

Water = Mai
 
ማይ

We = Nihna
 
ንሕና

Week = Semun; Weeks = Semunat
 
ሰሙን፣ሶሙናት

Weyley = interjection expressing surprise, indignation

Where = Ebe
y
ኣበይ

Where are you going? = Nabey tikeyd aleki/a?
 
ናበ
ይ
ቲከ
ዲ
ኣለ
ኺ/
ኻ

Where are you? = Abey aleki
?
ኣቨ
ይ
አለኻ

Where have you been? = Abey tsenikhi?
 
ኣቨ
ይ
ጸንሕካ

White = tsaed
a
ጸዓዳ

Wish, I W. you = Minyo
t
ምኒዮት

Wishes, Good = Senay minyot!
 
ሰና
ይ
ምኒዮት

Wolf = Tekul
a
ተኹላ

Woman = Sebeyti
 
ሰበይቲ

Win,
You = MiEwat. 
 
ምእዋት

Work = Sira
h
ስራሕ

Work, How is? = Sirah kemey alo?
 
ስራ
ሕ
ከመ
ይ
ኣሎ

World = Ale
m
ዓለም

Year = amet; Years = ameta
t
ዓመት፣ዓመታት

Yes = ewe, u-w
e
እቨ

Yesterday = Timal
i
ትማሊ

Yesterday, The day before = Bkdmi timali
 
በክድ
ሚ
ትማሊ

Zone = Zob
a
ዞባ

Zuria (hooded dress as worn by women ) = Zuri
a
ዙሪያ