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Tigrinya — Intermediate Vocabulary

339 words

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# Word Type IPA Definition
1 ሂላላዊ Noun
2 ሃልሃልታ Noun
3 ሃብታም Adjective rich, wealthy.
4 ሃቦብላ Noun tropical cyclone (e.g. a hurricane).
5 ሃቦብላታት Noun
6 ሃገራዊ Adjective national, state.
7 ህዝባዊ Adjective popular, public, of the people.
8 ለምለም Noun, Adjective greenery, verdure, foliage.
9 ለምጻም Adjective
10 ለስላሳ Noun soft drink.
11 ለቕለቐ Verb
12 ለካቲት Noun
13 ለፍላፋ Noun, Adjective talkative, gossipy.
14 ላምባዲና Noun kerosene lamp.
15 ላስቲክ Noun elastic band.
16 ሓሙሽተ Adjective /ħamːuʃtɐ/ Equivalent to 'five': A banknote with a denomination of five units of currency.
17 ሓሙኹሽታይ Adjective
18 ሓረስታይ Noun
19 ሓርማዝ Noun Equivalent to 'elephant': A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native…
20 ሓርነት Noun independence.
21 ሓርገጽ Noun Equivalent to 'Crocodile': Any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae; (loosely) a crocodilian…
22 ሓንጎል Noun intelligence.
23 ሓወልቲ Noun Equivalent to 'statue': A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by scu…
24 ሕምባሻ Noun thick wheat flatbread.
25 ሕምብርቲ Noun
26 ሕብራዊ Adjective
27 ሕብስቲ Noun
28 ሕንዚዝ Noun Equivalent to 'Beetle': Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell…
29 መሃንድስ Noun Equivalent to 'engineer': A soldier engaged in designing or constructing military works for attack or defence, or other…
30 መልህቕ Noun
31 መልሓስ Noun
32 መልኣኽ Noun
33 መሓዙት Noun
34 መሕሰቢት Noun calculator.
35 መመርመሪ Noun test; tool used for confirming a pregnancy or an infection.
36 መመሸጥ Noun
37 መምህር Noun Equivalent to 'teacher': A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school; preceptor.
38 መርሓባ Interjection okay, all right.
39 መርበብ Noun Equivalent to 'internet': Alternative letter-case form of Internet (“the specific internet consisting of a global networ…
40 መርከብ Noun Equivalent to 'ship': A fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional, esp…
41 መርዓት Noun
42 መርዓዊ Noun bridegroom.
43 መርዛም Adjective poisonous.
44 መርፍእ Noun Equivalent to 'Needle': A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattoo…
45 መሰጕፍ Noun a wild sage, perhaps Salvia aethiopis, Salvia nilotica, or Salvia schimperi.
46 መሳልል Noun
47 መሳርሒ Noun
48 መስመር Noun Equivalent to 'ruler': A (usually rigid), flat, rectangular measuring or drawing device with graduations in units of mea…
49 መስማር Noun nail (fastener).
50 መስቀል Noun
51 መስተዋድድ Noun Equivalent to 'Preposition': Any of a class of non-inflecting words and multiword terms typically employed to connect a…
52 መስተጻምር Noun conjunction.
53 መስትያት Noun Equivalent to 'mirror': A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that…
54 መስከረ Verb to testify.
55 መስከረም Noun Meskerem (first month of the Ge'ez calendar).
56 መስጊድ Noun Equivalent to 'Mosque': A place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid.
57 መቕጠፊ Noun
58 መብረድ Noun
59 መብራህቲ Noun electric light.
60 መነጽር Noun eyeglasses; spectacles.
61 መንበር Noun Equivalent to 'chair': An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes…
62 መንከስ Noun Equivalent to 'chin': The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.
63 መንካዕ Noun Equivalent to 'Bat': Initialism of best available technology: a principle applying to regulations on limiting pollutant…
64 መንደል Noun
65 መንገዲ Noun Equivalent to 'road': A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and…
66 መንግስቲ Noun Equivalent to 'government': The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people…
67 መንፊት Noun
68 መንፍሒ Noun
69 መካይን Noun
70 መኽዘን Noun storeroom, warehouse, cellar, granary.
71 መኽደኒ Noun
72 መዓልቲ Noun
73 መዓልታዊ Adjective
74 መዓንጣ Noun intestine.
75 መዘናግዒ Noun
76 መዘወር Noun
77 መዝሓሊት Noun Equivalent to 'refrigerator': A household or commercial appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short fo…
78 መዝሙር Noun Equivalent to 'song': A former dynasty in China, reigning from the end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms to the beg…
79 መደምሰስ Noun
80 መድሃኒት Noun
81 መድፍዕ Noun Equivalent to 'Cannon': A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or…
82 መጋቢት Noun
83 መግፈፊ Noun
84 መጣበቒት Noun
85 መጽሓፍ Noun Equivalent to 'book': A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written…
86 መጽረቢ Noun sharpener.
87 መፍለስ Noun
88 መፍትሕ Noun Equivalent to 'key': A kilogram, especially of a recreational drug.
89 ሚኒስትሪ Noun ministry (of government).
90 ሚያዝያ Noun
91 ማሕረሻ Noun
92 ማሕስእ Noun
93 ማርተሎ Noun Equivalent to 'hammer': someone connected with West Ham Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
94 ማስኬራ Noun
95 ማንቲለ Noun Equivalent to 'rabbit': The fourth of the twelve-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the…
96 ማንጉስ Noun
97 ማእለያ Noun limit, cutoff.
98 ምህላው Verb
99 ምህራም Verb infinitive of ሃረመ (harämä).
100 ምህርቲ Noun harvest, crop.
101 ምህዛዝ Verb infinitive of ሃዘዘ (hazäzä).
102 ምህዳም Verb infinitive of ሃደመ (hadämä).
103 ምልቕላቕ Verb infinitive of ለቕለቐ (läx̣läx̣ä).
104 ምልጻይ Verb
105 ምልፋፍ Verb infinitive of ለፈፈ (läfäfä).
106 ምሕራድ Verb infinitive of ሓረደ (ḥarädä).
107 ምሕታም Verb infinitive of ሓተመ (ḥatämä).
108 ምሕዛን Verb infinitive of ሓዘነ (ḥazänä).
109 ምሕዝንዛን Verb to be discontented.
110 ምምራኽ Verb infinitive of መረኸ (märäxä).
111 ምምስካር Verb infinitive of መስከረ (mäskärä).
112 ምምዋት Verb infinitive of ሞተ (motä).
113 ምርኩስ Noun
114 ምርካብ Verb to meet, to find.
115 ምስላታት Noun
116 ምስሓቕ Verb infinitive of ሰሓቐ (säḥax̣ä).
117 ምስሓብ Verb infinitive of ሰሓበ (säḥabä).
118 ምስማዕ Verb to listen.
119 ምስራቓዊ Noun
120 ምስሳን Verb infinitive of ሰሰነ (säsänä).
121 ምስባር Verb infinitive of ሰበረ (säbärä).
122 ምስታይ Noun verbal noun of ሰተየ (sätäyä, “to drink”).
123 ምስትውዓል Noun understanding.
124 ምስዓም Verb infinitive of ሰዓመ (säʿamä).
125 ምሽያጥ Verb
126 ምቅልጣፍ Verb infinitive of ቀልጠፈ (ḳälṭäfä).
127 ምቕማጥ Verb
128 ምቝርምራም Verb to importune, to complain.
129 ምቝቛብ Verb infinitive of ቘቘበ (x̣ʷäx̣ʷäbä).
130 ምብሃል Verb
131 ምብላዕ Verb infinitive of በልዐ (bälʿä).
132 ምብራቓዊ Adjective
133 ምብራቕ Noun
134 ምብራኽ Verb infinitive of በረኸ (bäräxä).
135 ምብካይ Verb
136 ምብዳድ Verb infinitive of በደደ (bädädä).
137 ምትሓዝ Verb
138 ምትርጓም Verb infinitive of ተርጐመ (tärgʷämä).
139 ምንባር Verb infinitive of ነበረ (näbärä).
140 ምንጽጻር Noun comparison, contrast.
141 ምንፋቕ Verb infinitive of ነፈቐ (näfäx̣ä).
142 ምእሳር Verb infinitive of ኣሰረ (ʾasärä).
143 ምኵርኳር Verb infinitive of ኰርኰረ (kʷärkʷärä).
144 ምኽላብ Verb infinitive of ኸለበ (xäläbä).
145 ምኽታል Verb infinitive of ኸተለ (xätälä).
146 ምኽያድ Verb
147 ምውሃብ Verb
148 ምውሳኽ Verb infinitive of ወሰኸ (wäsäxä).
149 ምውሳድ Verb infinitive of ወሰደ (wäsädä).
150 ምዕራብ Noun
151 ምዕቃቕ Verb
152 ምዕጻው Verb
153 ምዝራብ Verb infinitive of ዘረበ (zäräbä).
154 ምዝዋር Verb
155 ምድራፍ Verb infinitive of ደረፈ (däräfä).
156 ምድቃስ Verb
157 ምጅማር Verb infinitive of ጀመረ (ǧämärä).
158 ምግራፍ Verb infinitive of ገረፈ (gäräfä).
159 ምግዛእ Verb
160 ምግጋይ Verb
161 ምጥርጣር Verb infinitive of ጠርጠረ (ṭärṭärä).
162 ምጥቃም Verb infinitive of ጠቐመ (ṭäx̣ämä).
163 ምጥዋቕ Verb to click on (computer).
164 ምጹጽላይ Noun
165 ምጽሓፍ Verb infinitive of ጸሓፈ (ṣäḥafä).
166 ምጽያር Verb
167 ምፅሓፍ Verb alternative spelling of ምጽሓፍ (məṣḥaf).
168 ምፍላጥ Verb infinitive of ፈለጠ (fäläṭä).
169 ምፍታው Verb
170 ምፍጻም Verb infinitive of ፈጸመ (fäṣämä).
171 ሠለስተ Adjective alternative spelling of ሰለስተ (sälästä, “three”).
172 ሰለስተ Adjective /sɐlɐstɐ/ Equivalent to 'three': A group of three individuals:threesome, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triple, triumvirate, triune…
173 ሰሙናዊ Adjective
174 ሰማንያ Adjective
175 ሰማያዊ Adjective Equivalent to 'blue': The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea; the colour midway between green and violet in the vis…
176 ሰበይቲ Noun Equivalent to 'wife': A married woman, especially in relation to her spouse.
177 ሰናፍጭ Noun mustard (plant and spice).
178 ሰንበት Noun Equivalent to 'Sunday': The first day of the week in many religious traditions, and the seventh day of the week in syste…
179 ሰኽራም Noun
180 ሰዋሂሊኛ Noun Equivalent to 'Swahili': An agglutinative language of the Bantu branch widely spoken in East Africa.
181 ሳንቡእ Noun Equivalent to 'Lung': A biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and oxygenates the blood.
182 ስሪንጋ Noun
183 ሸሞንተ Adjective /ʃɐmːontɐ/ Equivalent to 'eight': Alternative spelling of ait (island in a river).
184 ሸረሪት Noun
185 ሸውዓተ Adjective /ʃɐwʕatːɐ/ Equivalent to 'seven': A river in North Yorkshire, England that flows through Rosedale to join the Rye.
186 ሽዱሽተ Adjective
187 ሽድሽተ Adjective /ʃɨdːɨʃtɐ/ Equivalent to 'six': Abbreviation of MI6 (intelligence service).
188 ሽጉርቲ Noun
189 ቀልጠፈ Verb
190 ቀርነብ Noun Equivalent to 'Eyelash': One of the hairs which grows along the edge of eyelids.
191 ቀዳማይ Adjective Equivalent to 'first': The person or thing in the first position.
192 ቀጠልያ Adjective Equivalent to 'green': The color of grass and leaves; a primary additive color midway between yellow and blue which is e…
193 ቃፍላይ Noun /kʼaflaj/
194 ቅልጽም Noun
195 ቅንዕና Noun
196 ቅንፍዝ Noun porcupine.
197 ቈርባቦ Noun
198 በሮክቶ Adjective black and white.
199 በጣጢስ Noun
200 ባልደንጓ Noun
201 ብሃንደበት Adverb
202 ብርስን Noun
203 ብርግጽ Adverb certainly, indeed, definitely.
204 ብርጭቕ Noun watermelon.
205 ብዕራይ Noun Equivalent to 'Ox': A Chinese constellation located near Capricorn, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger…
206 ብዛዕባ Preposition
207 ቦታታት Noun
208 ተለኽፈ Verb to be infected, to be afflicted (with a sickness).
209 ተሓጸበ Verb to wash oneself.
210 ተማቐለ Verb to share with each other.
211 ተርጐመ Verb Equivalent to 'translate': In Euclidean spaces: a set of points obtained by adding a given fixed vector to each point of…
212 ተርጓሚ Noun Equivalent to 'translator': A person or thing that translates meaning from one language into another, particularly.
213 ተሰሓቢ Noun
214 ተቐርቀረ Verb to be trapped.
215 ተቐበለ Verb to receive.
216 ተኣምነ Verb to be believed.
217 ተዋሳኣይ Noun
218 ተዛራባይ Adjective talkative.
219 ተግሳጽ Noun reprimand, discipline.
220 ተጓድኢ Adjective
221 ተጠቐመ Verb
222 ተጻሕፈ Verb to be written.
223 ታሕታዋይ Adjective
224 ታኅሣሥ Noun
225 ትህርፍቲ Noun strong desire.
226 ትህኪት Noun
227 ትምባኾ Noun Equivalent to 'tobacco': Two rivers in Michigan, United States.
228 ትርንጒ Noun citron (Citrus medica).
229 ትርጓሜ Noun commentary, interpretation, explanation.
230 ትሸዓተ Adjective
231 ትሽዓተ Adjective /tɨʃʕatːɐ/ Equivalent to 'nine': To the highest degree: dressed to the nines.
232 ትንቢት Noun
233 ትንፋስ Noun
234 ትዕግሥቲ Noun
235 ትግርኛ Noun /[tɨɡrɨɲːa]/ The Tigrinya language.
236 ችኮላታ Noun Equivalent to 'chocolate': A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans.
237 ኃሙሽተ Adjective alternative spelling of ሓሙሽተ (ḥamuštä, “ five”).
238 ንሳተን Pronoun they (third-person plural feminine personal subject pronoun).
239 ንሳቶም Pronoun they (third-person plural masculine personal subject pronoun).
240 ንስኹም Pronoun you (second-person singular masculine polite personal subject pronoun).
241 ንስኽን Pronoun you (second-person singular feminine polite personal subject pronoun).
242 ንእሽቶ Adjective
243 ንጉሳዊ Noun
244 ንግሥቲ Noun
245 ንግስቲ Noun Equivalent to 'queen': Alternative letter-case form of queen (“consort or widow of a king”).
246 ንግስነት Noun
247 ንግስና Noun
248 አምዑት Noun bowels, entrails.
249 አዳጉራ Noun
250 አዳጕራ Noun
251 አፍሪቃንሰኛ Noun Equivalent to 'Afrikaans': A Germanic language descending from Dutch; the primary language of the descendants of Dutch a…
252 ኢትዮጵያ Noun Ethiopia (a country in East Africa).
253 ኣላይት Noun
254 ኣልማዝ Noun
255 ኣራንሺ Noun orange (fruit).
256 ኣርባዓ Adjective Equivalent to 'forty': A bottle (of beer) containing forty fluid ounces.
257 ኣርባዕተ Adjective /(ʔ)arbaʕtɐ/ Equivalent to 'four': The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.
258 ኣርብዓ Adjective
259 ኣስመራ Noun Asmara (the capital city of Eritrea).
260 ኣባጮጎራ Noun caterpillar.
261 ኣቮካዶ Noun Equivalent to 'Avocado': The large, usually yellowish-green or black, savory fruit of the avocado tree.
262 ኣናናስ Noun Equivalent to 'Pineapple': A tropical plant, Ananas comosus, native to South America, having thirty or more long, spined…
263 ኣንበሳ Noun
264 ኣንበጣ Noun locust, grasshopper.
265 ኣንጭዋ Noun Equivalent to 'rat': Any of the numerous members of several rodent families that usually have short limbs, a pointy snou…
266 ኣኽሊል Noun crown, diadem.
267 ኣውስትራሊያ Noun Australia (a country consisting of a main island, the island of Tasmania and other smaller islands, located in Oceania…
268 ኣውቶቡስ Noun Equivalent to 'bus': A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.
269 ኣዕዋፍ Noun
270 ኣዳጉራ Noun cowpea; beans.
271 ኣገልገልቲ Noun
272 ኣገልጋሊ Noun
273 ኣገዳሲ Adjective important.
274 ኣጻብዕ Noun Equivalent to 'finger': A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb.
275 ኣጽባዕቲ Noun
276 ኣፍንጫ Noun Equivalent to 'nose': nose (a protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell).
277 ኤርትራ Noun /ʔer(ɨ).tra/ Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea).
278 እምበቲቶ Noun
279 እስራኤል Noun Israel (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean).
280 እንስሳ Noun Equivalent to 'animal': Any member of the kingdom Animalia of multicellular organisms that are usually mobile, whose cel…
281 እንቍርዖብ Noun
282 እንቛቝሖ Noun
283 እንታይ Pronoun
284 እንጀራ Noun /ʔɨndʒɐra/ Equivalent to 'injera': A pancakelike flatbread made from fermented teff flour, a traditional food of Eritrea, Ethiopia…
285 ከንፈር Noun
286 ከዳኒቶ Noun
287 ካንጋሮ Noun
288 ካዕካዕ Noun
289 ክንድስም Noun
290 ኮሚደረ Noun
291 ኮሮናቫይረስ Noun coronavirus.
292 ኰርኰረ Verb to interrogate.
293 ወረቐት Noun Equivalent to 'paper': A sheet material typically used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container)…
294 ወተሃደር Noun Equivalent to 'soldier': A member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an enlisted member.
295 ወኻርያ Noun
296 ውቅያኖስ Noun Equivalent to 'ocean': One of the large bodies of water separating the continents.
297 ዓረብያ Noun wheelchair.
298 ዓሰርተ Adjective /ʕasːɐrtɐ/ Equivalent to 'ten': Initialism of toxic epidermal necrolysis.
299 ዓስከሬን Noun
300 ዓንደል Noun African caper (Capparis tomentosa syn. Capparis persicifolia).
301 ዓይነት Noun type or kind of (something).
302 ዓጋዜን Noun
303 ዘይዓሚቝ Noun
304 ዘፈቀዳዊ Adjective Equivalent to 'Random': A roving motion; course without definite direction; lack of rule or method; chance.
305 ደልደለ Verb to strengthen.
306 ደንጐየ Verb Equivalent to 'delay': A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivi…
307 ድንግል Noun
308 ዶክተር Noun Equivalent to 'physician': A practitioner of physic, i.e.
309 ገርህታት Adjective (Adjective).
310 ገንዘብ Noun Equivalent to 'money': A generally accepted means of exchange.
311 ግንባር Noun Equivalent to 'forehead': The part of the face above the eyebrows and below the hairline.
312 ግንቦት Noun Ginbot (ninth month of the Ge'ez calendar).
313 ጐልማሳ Adjective
314 ጕልሙስ Adjective strong, burly.
315 ጠረጴዛ Noun
316 ጠራጴዛ Noun
317 ጠርጠረ Verb
318 ጠቓሚነት Noun
319 ጠቢባን Noun
320 ጥርሙስ Noun glass (material).
321 ጥርሙዝ Noun Equivalent to 'glass': A solution stack consisting of the GemStone database and application server, Linux operating syst…
322 ጥቅምቲ Noun Tiqimt (second month of the Ge'ez calendar).
323 ጥንቃቐ Noun precaution.
324 ጥንታዊ Adjective ancient, historical, antique.
325 ጨርቃማ Noun a poor beggar.
326 ጨርቃም Noun
327 ጽላሎት Noun Equivalent to 'shadow': A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade o…
328 ጽምብላሊዕ Noun Equivalent to 'butterfly': A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity…
329 ጽሞብል Noun ceremony, ritual.
330 ፈረሰኛ Noun dragonfly.
331 ፋብሪካ Noun Equivalent to 'factory': A building or other place where manufacturing takes place.
332 ፍልስፍና Noun philosophy.
333 ፍልጠት Noun knowledge.
334 ፍርሃት Noun
335 ፍርሓት Noun
336 ፍኒስትራ Noun
337 ፓስቲቸሪያ Noun cake shop, confectioner's.
338 ፔፔሮኒ Noun
339 ፕሮጀክት Noun
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