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Most Common Gamo Words
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Essential Gamo vocabulary with pronunciation guides. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
Nouns
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| asa | person | A-sa |
| keethi | house | KE-thi |
| haatta | water | HA-tta |
| miite | food | MEE-te |
| oosso | work | OS-so |
| ogiya | road | o-GEE-ya |
| sunto | name | SOON-to |
| naata | child | NA-ta |
| aawa | father | A-wa |
| aayyoo | mother | A-yo |
| bitta | land | BIT-ta |
| mitta | tree | MIT-ta |
| palaa | river | PA-la |
| lagaa | friend | la-GA |
| qamee | night | qa-ME |
| gallase | day | gal-LA-se |
| miishi | money | MEE-shi |
| maxaafa | book | ma-KHA-fa |
| tamii | fire | TA-mi |
| saluu | sky | SA-loo |
Verbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| baa | to go | ba |
| yaa | to come | ya |
| miyya | to eat | MIY-ya |
| uyya | to drink | OOY-ya |
| iqqa | to sleep | IQ-qa |
| beiya | to see | be-I-ya |
| goda | to speak | GO-da |
| eriya | to know | e-REE-ya |
| oottiya | to work | ot-TI-ya |
| shamiya | to buy | sha-MI-ya |
| tamaariya | to learn | ta-ma-REE-ya |
| siyin | to hear | SEE-yin |
| koyiya | to want | ko-I-ya |
| wodhiya | to run | wo-DHI-ya |
| uttiya | to sit | UT-ti-ya |
| dendiya | to stand | den-DI-ya |
| maaddiya | to help | ma-DI-ya |
| immiya | to give | im-MI-ya |
| demmiya | to find | dem-MI-ya |
| ootiya | to do / make | O-ti-ya |
Adjectives
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| gitta | big | GIT-ta |
| guutho | small | GOO-tho |
| lo'o | good | lo-O |
| iita | bad | EE-ta |
| hara | new | HA-ra |
| gelaan | old | ge-LAN |
| kota | white | KO-ta |
| shoo | black | sho |
| dima | red | DEE-ma |
| daro | cold / much | DA-ro |
| shothetha | hot | sho-THE-tha |
| mela | hard | ME-la |
| goola | soft | GO-la |
| daro | many | DA-ro |
| guutho | few | GOO-tho |
| doomma | tall / long | DOM-ma |
| kima | short | KEE-ma |
| amotta | sweet | a-MOT-ta |
| wolqqama | strong | wol-QA-ma |
| lo'o nnyo | very beautiful | lo-O nnyo |
Adverbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| hachchi | now | HACH-chi |
| wontethaan | tomorrow | won-te-THAN |
| timbirethaan | yesterday | tim-bi-re-THAN |
| hagan | here | HA-gan |
| huwan | there | HOO-wan |
| kase | already | KA-se |
| ubba wode | always | UB-ba WO-de |
| daro | very much | DA-ro |
| qofaa | only | QO-fa |
| gujjo | also | GUJ-jo |
| huyya | quickly | HOOY-ya |
| dancha dancha | slowly | DAN-cha DAN-cha |
| issife | together | is-SI-fe |
| gaasuma | because | GA-soo-ma |
| hekko | if | HEK-ko |
| shin | but | shin |
| ikkonne | and / also | ik-KON-ne |
| kaseti | first | ka-SE-ti |
| hessafe | after / then | hes-SA-fe |
| qassi | again | QAS-si |