Hamer-Banna Dictionary — ET

vocative of aarák

hippopotamus

masculine of áaɗe

to hide

to be sick

to be wounded

wound

disease

maternal aunt

alternative form of aaká

plural of aaká

plural of áaka

feminine of aaká

feminine of áaka

hospital

private clinic

vocative of aaká

arm, hand

alternative form of aan

to see

eye

blind person

face

eyelash

genitive of áapi

pupil

mouth

lip

maternal uncle

to hide

alternative form of ábi

another

leaf

hunt

passive of aɗá

birth

that

fence

newborn kid or calf

I don't know

fence

pregnant

to break

goat or sheep hide

large intestine

Abyssinian ground hornbill

early

joke

doctor

plural of ákimi

feminine of ákimi

alternative form of ákimi

to guard

whip

Sansevieria erythraeae

parsí beer mixed with honey

knife

second wife

to dream

breast

oblique of amí ("breast")

nipple

friend

to laugh

Euphorbia candelabrum

day before yesterday

last year

day before yesterday

stuff

male

three days ago

termite

bee

to descend

masculine of aan

girl

to unfold

to be unfolded

clothes

to enter

introduction

hartebeest

moon

acacia tree with yellow mimosa flowers

to wear, put on

to be inserted

dry sorghum or corn

to insult

a kind of silverish metal bracelet

to make, do

passive of ashká (“to do, make”)

slope

tooth

red ochre mixed with butter

big tooth

teacher

to burn

tongue

soybean

fermented sorghum

lark

to be broken

spokesman

no

Jinka

cooking stone

chicken

dawn

armpit

to be brought

to tease

cooked blood mixed with milk and eaten as porridge

pelvis, loin

alternative form of barjó

thank you

river

hunter

bifurcation

bald

bread

field

a kind of tree used for timber

arrow with a metal point

Banna people

spear

bull's penis

please

to fall

to sprout

Grewia mollis (plant species)

to be drunk

millet

to be dry

short rainy season

fate

to make drunk

young

to exceed

to be exceeded, won, or tired

to carry

lover

to make someone carry

to cook

to be cooked

to fermentate

to sweat

to cause to sweat

alternative form of bázi

debt

river

to bring, carry

bond friend

to snort

clapper

in front of

first

after, later

to cause to inform

a drop

alternative form of birré

stirring stick

to stop raining

glass container

ceremonial skin strip

before

in front of

alternative form of birré

birr

only

body

ritual leader

to bark

trousers

ten

to be dry

container used to collect milk

to dig a hole for water

carved stick with a rounded end

to scratch

corn

Boorana

spotted and white-patched coat pattern (of cattle)

red ochre

headrest

headrest (for old people)

decorated headrest

pumpkin

valley

yogurt-like milk

drought

space

to boil

lie

structure supporting a beehive on a tree

to open

to be taken out

to cause to take out

Nyangatom people

coffee

knee

morning

to be hot

to be boiled

back

beard

beard

up there

on

upper lip

upper teeth

food

comb

to fall

edible mushroom

seed

to think

negative imperative: do not

young person

pond

to jump

egg

splash (sound of object falling into water)

kidney

problem

down

under

lower lip

lower teeth

to clap

root

to load

to cast the evil eye on someone

evil eye

pygmy falcon

sky

airplane

green

spotted white coat pattern

nightjar

always

always

to make someone load

rotten

blade

dew

to sharpen

white

small ant

bile

rattle of a goat hoof

smoke

to be choked

to jump over

to make somebody wash clothes

to wash clothes

to exist, be

to be hungry

section of a field

sweet

wild animal

to be dirty

to be able

tradition, custom

tobacco

to be possible

to be able

act of taking

zebra

red-headed weaver

crash

venom

to be thirsty

red

red with white patch on head

red and white-patched

a coat pattern with red and white patches

to kill

to be killed

to cause to kill

heavy

death

side

after midnight

to grind

to be ground

like

to grind

grinding stone

to cause to kill

cow dung

foolish

to die

ashes

to steal

thief

bushy area

all

bulbul

potato

five

elephant

fifth

rain

milk container

milk churn

to sit

to collect sorghum

to sit

to put down

elder

tail

mongoose

foam

sorghum container

grave

act of going

to grab

thumb

sandals

dry log

to become fat

fat

to plant

comb (of a rooster)

to get or be used to

to stand up

to lift up a heavy load

to throw

to be thrown

to miss the target

to be angry

rope

to speak

to fall

throat

to avoid

to tie, wear

passive of ɗaxá

to be jailed

to be fastened

medicine

to know

to be known

to be known

to teach

flour

to pour

to be poured

to be shown

trapezoidal bell

wise narrative

to build a beehive

to show

bone marrow

mountain

oblique of ɗúka

waterfall

act of entering

shut up!

to separate

alternative form of edá

OK

cowhide

relative

person

mankind

to call

feminine of éedi

to cry

dead body

fresh

to be dirty

star

Jupiter

Venus

grandfather

bedbug

to scream

to be called

to go with

tears

to show

luck

insult

alternative form of éedi (‘person, man’)

relative

good forest spirit

reduced accusative of ínta

past

synonym of ɛ́na waɗénka

once upon a time

optative form of ínta

optative of íntal

to grind into a fine powder

a game similar to mancala using stones or seeds

to struggle

city

to smell good

big

Eragrostis tef; teff (plant species)

monitor lizard

market

Gabra people

to force

thin metal blade at the end of a hoe or a wosó stick

enemy

food

goldenish

to disturb, annoy, harass

to cover or seal with mud or dung

to be covered or sealed with mud or dung

wall of a hut covered with mud

to procreate

camel

ankle

threshold of a hut

wheat

iron bracelet

baboon

kind of plant used to treat a scorpion sting

generous

to bite

warthog

to grow up

very, a lot

to become old

old

bed

to answer

shoulder

ceiling beam

clan

person of high status

a type of tree that produces small berries

Daasanach

to say

to rush

wind

malaria

stingy

middle

short rainy season

to be told

molar

metalsmith

to tickle

culture

masculine of giló

thunder

vein

porcupine

to make someone say

to herd cattle

causative of gishá: to make someone herd cattle

period (of time)

to run

causative of gobá: to make someone run

way

calabash (fruit)

rope made of leather

new

reduced accusative of yáa

allative of yáa

full accusative of yáa

restrictive of yáa

Hamar people

comitative of yáa

dative of yáa

your mother

optative form of yáa

dependent of yáa

genitive of yáa

genitive of *yáal; for you also

affective of yáa

allative of ínta

full accusative of ínta

yes

restrictive of ínta

father

plural of imbá

comitative of ínta

vocative of imbá

dative of ínta

mother

my mother

vocative of indá

I

I also

dependent of ínta

genitive of ínta

genitive of íntal

affective of ínta

to start

to cause to be missing

one

car

car

town

towns

town

to be missing

window

reduced accusative of kidí

optative of kidí

optative of kidíl

allative of kidí

3rd person pronoun; he, they

he also

full accusative of kidí

with it

dependent of kidí

genitive of kidí

genitive of kidíl

alternative form of kidí

he also

affective of kidí

allative of kodí

she

she also

full accusative of kodí

with it

dative of kodí

squirrel

genitive of kodí

genitive of kodíl

alternative form of kodí

alternative form of kodíl

ball

affective of kodí

optative of kodí

optative of kodíl

reduced accusative of kodí

year

young woman

to reply

oath

change

mango

government

mango

syringe

the time of day between around 7 and 10 a.m.

head

aunt (father's sister)

fortune-teller

fortune-teller

motorbike

relative

masculine of mulɗá

relatives

feminine of mulɗá

banana

to come

water

four

houses

house

house

house

foreigner

foreigner

horse

traditional gruel beer

clever

finish

to lie

to wear

to hit

to listen

clever

forest

nape

wrinkle (of the face)

day

sunset

urine

sugar

calabash (container)

cheetah

cheetah

sunflower

masculine of sílki

telephone

to make a phone call

sugar

nail

alternative form of dámpo

to testify

alternative form of díngisha

small pond dug by hand

sickle

heart

masculine form of heart

time

feminine of wodá

allative of wodí

we

full accusative of wodí

restrictive of wodí

with it

to/for him

optative of wodí

dependent of wodí

reduced accusative of wodí

of

we

a kind of stick similar in use to a hoe

affective of wodí

to be happy

alternative form of wónna

you

allative of yedí

you

full accusative of yedí

reduced accusative of yedí

restrictive of yedí

comitative of yedí

dative of yedí

optative of yedí

dependent of yedí

genitive of yedí

you

Jesus

affective form of yedí

alternative form of yénna

to play

restrictive of kidí, kodí

to go

rope made of plant fibre

oil

spinal chord

blood

passive voice marker

adessive suffix

passive voice marker

alternative form of -aɗá

causative formant