Word List for Amharic

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Entry	Phonemic Representation	Transcription	English
1	kʼäddo	kʼädːo	he having drawn water
2	fällɨg	fälːɨg	searchǃ
3	bälg	bälg	be rudeǃ
4	polis	pʰolis	police
5	tʼärapʼeza	tʼärapʼeza	a table
6	kʼɨräb	kʼɨräbʰ	come closerǃ
7	sɑ̈bari	sɑ̈bʰari	a person who breaks
8	ababa	aβäβa	a flower
9	mäbrat	mäbrat	a lamp
10	bärrädä	bärrädä	it became cold
11	kʼäbɨtt	kʼäbɨtːʰ	tightenǃ
12	säbbärä	säbːärä	he broke
13	anɨbb	anɨbːʰ	readǃ
14	täklu	tʰäklu	a person's name
15	nat	natʰ	she is
16	attätä	atːʰätʰä	he gave a detailed story
17	lätʼtʼätʼä	lätʼːätʼä	he bent
18	zämäd	zämädʰ	a relative
19	kʼäddädä	kʼädːädʰä	he drew water
20	mäč	mäčʰ	when?
21	čʼäw	čʼʰäw	salt
22	naččäw	natːšäw	they are
23	näčč	nätːš	she is
24	čʼäffärä	čʼäfːärä	he danced
25	mɨlačʼ	mɨlačʼ	a razor blade
26	ačʼčʼädä	atːšʼädä	he mowed
27	ǰämmärä	ǰʰämːärä	he started
28	tʼäǰ	tʼäǰʰ	kind of alcoholic beverage
29	fäǰǰa	fädːža	he burned
30	kis	k̟is	a pocket
31	askedä	ask̟edä	he caused to go
32	kus	k̠us	chicken manure
33	koso	k̠ʰoso	kind of folk medicine
34	täkkälä	täkːʰälä	he planted
35	kʼes	k̟ʼes	a priest
36	kʼum	k̠ʼum	get upǃ Stopǃ
37	bäkʼkʼälä	bäkʼːälä	it grew
38	sännägku	sänːäkku̥	I held by the nose
39	nägäde	nägʰäde	a merchant
40	näggädä	nägːädä	he traded
41	hɨgg	hɨgːʰ	a law
42	käffätä	käfːätä	he opened
43	kʼossälä	kʼosːälä	he got wounded
44	šaš	šaš	cloth
45	mäššä	mäšːä	it became evening
46	sʼafä	sʼafä	he wrote
47	fäsʼsʼämä	fäsʼːämä	he completed, concluded
48	azzäzku	azːäsku̥	I commanded
49	tɨgäžalläš	tɨgäžalːäš	you f.sg. will buy
50	azɨžže	azɨžːe	I having commanded
51	ammänä	amːämä	he became sick
52	annäsä	anːäsä	he became small
53	gwadaːɲa	gwadäɲa	a friend
54	täɲɲa	tʰäɲːa	he slept
55	ɨrsɨwo	ɨrsɨwo˳	he (polite)
56	wällädäč	wälːädäčʰ	she gave birth
57	awwäkʼä	awːäkʼä	he knew
58	yälläm	yälːäm	no
59	läyyä	läyːä	he separated
60	alä	alä	he said
61	allä	alːä	there is
62	huneta	ɸunetʰa	being
63	rättacuh	rätːacu̥ɸ	you pl. won
64	rättahu	rätːaɸu̥	I won
65	yɨh	yɨh˳	this
66	tɨmhɨrt	tʰɨmh˳ɨrtʰ	instruction, studies
67	hakim	hakim	a doctor
68	täkus	täku̥s	shooting
69	tʼätʼtʼɨto	tʼätʼːɨtʰo̥	he having drunk