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Most Common Wolaytta Words
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Essential Wolaytta vocabulary with pronunciation guides. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
Nouns
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| asa | person | A-sa |
| keethi | house | KE-thi |
| haattai | water | HA-tai |
| mitta | food | MIT-ta |
| oosso | work | OS-so |
| ogiyaa | road / way | o-GI-ya |
| sunthai | name | SOON-thai |
| naati | child | NA-ti |
| aawa | father | A-wa |
| aayyiyo | mother | A-yi-yo |
| biittai | land / earth | BIT-tai |
| mittai | tree | MIT-tai |
| palai | river | PA-lai |
| laggai | friend | LAG-gai |
| qammii | night | QAM-mi |
| gallassi | day | gal-LAS-si |
| miishshi | money | MISH-shi |
| maxaafai | book | ma-KHA-fai |
| tamoi | fire | TA-moi |
| saloi | sky | SA-loi |
Verbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| baai | to go | ba-AI |
| yaa | to come | ya |
| miya | to eat | MI-ya |
| uya | to drink | OO-ya |
| iqqa | to sleep | IQ-qa |
| beiya | to see | be-I-ya |
| godan | to speak | GO-dan |
| 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 up | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| gita | big | GEE-ta |
| guutha | small | GOO-tha |
| lo'o | good | lo-O |
| iita | bad | EE-ta |
| hara | new | HA-ra |
| geelanchchai | old | ge-LAN-chai |
| kota | white / clean | KO-ta |
| sho'o | black | sho-O |
| dima | red | DEE-ma |
| daro | cold / much | DA-ro |
| shothetha | hot | sho-THE-tha |
| mela | hard | ME-la |
| goola | soft | GO-la |
| daro | many / very | DA-ro |
| guutha | few / a little | GOO-tha |
| doomma | tall / long | DOM-ma |
| kima | short | KEE-ma |
| amottiya | sweet | a-MOT-ti-ya |
| wolqqama | strong | wol-QA-ma |
| lo'o lo'o | beautiful | lo-O lo-O |
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 / before | KA-se |
| ubba wode | always | UB-ba WO-de |
| daro | very much | DA-ro |
| xalaala | only / alone | kha-LA-la |
| gujjaappe | also | guj-JA-ppe |
| huyya | quickly | HOOY-ya |
| lo'osi lo'osi | slowly | lo-O-si lo-O-si |
| issife | together | is-SI-fe |
| gaasuwan | because | GA-su-wan |
| hekko | if | HEK-ko |
| shin | but | shin |
| ikkonne | and / also | ik-KON-ne |
| kasetiya | first | ka-se-TI-ya |
| hessafe | then / after | hes-SA-fe |
| hegaappekka | beyond that | he-GA-ppe-kka |