CEFR Level
B2
Tigrinya — Upper Intermediate Vocabulary
116 words
Can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics.
| # | Word | Type | IPA | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ሃገረ ኤርትራ | Noun | Official name of Eritrea: a country in East Africa. | |
| 2 | ህቦብላ ንፋስ | Noun | A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground. | |
| 3 | ህንዳዊ ውቅያኖስ | Noun | The ocean separating Africa, southern Asia, Australia and Antarctica. | |
| 4 | ሓምሓም ርእሲ | Noun | The main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible. | |
| 5 | ሓድሽ ኪዳን | Noun | ||
| 6 | ሓጋዚ ስልጠና | Noun | A self-paced learning exercise; a lesson prepared so that a student can learn at their own speed or convenience. | |
| 7 | ሕቡራት መንግስታት | Noun | The collection of individual states of the United States of America. | |
| 8 | ሕንጥል ሕንጥሊቶ | Noun | The outermost and smallest finger of the hand, next to the ring finger, farthest from the thumb. | |
| 9 | ሕገ መንግስቲ | Noun | ||
| 10 | መራሕ ባቡር | Noun | A person trained to operate an engine. | |
| 11 | መርበብ መካን | Noun | A collection of interlinked web pages on the World Wide Web that are typically accessible from the same base URL and res… | |
| 12 | መሰል ደራሲ | Noun | The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, pictu… | |
| 13 | መንሻተቲ ጣውላ | Noun | A narrow, wooden or plastic platform mounted on pairs of wheels, on which one stands and propels oneself by pushing alon… | |
| 14 | መካነ-መቓብር | Noun | A tract of land in which the dead are buried. | |
| 15 | መዓርፎ ነፈርቲ | Noun | An airfield (an area designated for the takeoff and landing of aircraft), including one or more runways and (for commerc… | |
| 16 | መዝገበ ፍልጠት | Noun | A comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with articles (usually arranged in alphabetical… | |
| 17 | መዝገበ-ዕለት | Noun | A daily log of experiences, especially those of the writer. | |
| 18 | መጽሓፈ ትምህርቲ | Noun | A coursebook, a formal manual of instruction in a specific subject, especially one for use in schools or colleges. | |
| 19 | መጽሓፍ ቅዱስ | Noun | The Jewish holy book that was largely incorporated into the Christian Bible. | |
| 20 | ማሕበራዊ መራኸቢ | Noun | Applications or websites allowing users to share content and communicate with one another through the Internet. | |
| 21 | ማሕበራዊ መራኸቢታት | Noun | Applications or websites allowing users to share content and communicate with one another through the Internet. | |
| 22 | ማእለያ ዘይብሉ | Adjective | countless, numerous, endless, vast. | |
| 23 | ማእከላይ ምብራቕ | Noun | The geopolitical region at the intersection of Asia, Africa and Europe, comprising West Asia excluding the South Caucasu… | |
| 24 | ምሉእ ሕልና | Noun | Paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgementally. | |
| 25 | ምሉእ ንቕሓተ-ሕልና | Noun | Paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgementally. | |
| 26 | ምሉእ ኣቓልቦ | Noun | Paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgementally. | |
| 27 | ምንቅጥቃጥ መሬት | Noun | A shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults. | |
| 28 | ምዕራብ ሰሃራ | Noun | A territory and former Spanish colony in North Africa; about 70% is occupied by Morocco, which claims ownership over the… | |
| 29 | ሪፓብሊክ ቸክ | Noun | A country in Central Europe. Capital and largest city: Prague. Until 1993, part of Czechoslovakia. | |
| 30 | ሰላማዊ ውቅያኖስ | Noun | An ocean, the world's largest body of water, to the east of Asia and Australasia and to the west of the Americas. | |
| 31 | ሰማያዊ ጐምጠጥ | Noun | An edible round berry, belonging to the cowberry group (Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus), with flared crowns at the end, tha… | |
| 32 | ሰሜን መቆዶንያ | Noun | A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of North Macedonia. Capital and largest c… | |
| 33 | ሰሜን ኣሜሪካ | Noun | The continent forming the northern part of the Americas; that part east of the Pacific Ocean, west of the Atlantic Ocean… | |
| 34 | ሰሜን ኮርያ | Noun | A country in East Asia, whose territory consists of the northern part of Korea. Official name: Democratic People's Repub… | |
| 35 | ስነ ምደባ | Noun | The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms. | |
| 36 | ስነ ፍልጠት | Noun | ||
| 37 | ስዑዲ ዓረብ | Noun | A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Capital: Riyadh. | |
| 38 | ስግረ ጾተኛ | Adjective | Of a person: transgressing or not identifying with culturally conventional gender roles and categories of male or female… | |
| 39 | ስግረ ጾተኛዊት | Adjective | Of a person: transgressing or not identifying with culturally conventional gender roles and categories of male or female… | |
| 40 | ሽክና ርእሲ | Noun | The main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible. | |
| 41 | ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃ | Noun | A peninsula in East Africa, jutting into the Guardafui Channel. | |
| 42 | ቀስተ ደበና | Noun | A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air. | |
| 43 | ቀይሕ ሂላል | Noun | ||
| 44 | ቅርኒብ ዓይኒ | Noun | One of the hairs which grows along the edge of eyelids. | |
| 45 | ቅድመ ትርኢት | Noun | A facility for viewing and checking a document or photo, or changes to it, before saving or printing it. | |
| 46 | ቅጽበታዊ ምስሊ | Noun | An image of computer or smartphone screen output at a given moment in time. | |
| 47 | ቋንቋ ኣደ | Noun | The language one first learned; the language one grew up with; one's native language. | |
| 48 | በዓል ቤት | Noun | The male of a pair of animals. | |
| 49 | ቡርኪና ፋሶ | Noun | A country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta. Official name: Burkina Faso. | |
| 50 | ባልጃ ልብሲ | Noun | A large (usually rectangular) piece of luggage used for carrying clothes, and sometimes suits, when travelling. | |
| 51 | ቤተ መዘክር | Noun | A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation… | |
| 52 | ቤተ ክርስትያን | Noun | A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place. | |
| 53 | ቤተ-መንግስቲ | Noun | A large and lavishly ornate residence. | |
| 54 | ቤት ሕክምና | Noun | A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given… | |
| 55 | ቤት መግቢ | Noun | An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast… | |
| 56 | ቤት ማእሰርቲ | Noun | A place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially for long-term confinement, as of t… | |
| 57 | ቤት-ትምህርቲ | Noun | An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution. | |
| 58 | ብመንነት እተው | Verb | Credentials: the combination of a user's identification and password used to enter a computer, program, network, etc. | |
| 59 | ብመንነት ውጻእ | Verb | To exit a user account in a computer system, so that one is not recognized until signing in again. | |
| 60 | ብዓልቲ ቤት | Noun | The female of a pair of mated animals. | |
| 61 | ብዝተደጋገመ ሕቶታት | Noun | An online document containing a list of the questions most often asked about a particular subject, together with answers… | |
| 62 | ቦዝንያን ሄርዘጎቪናን | Noun | A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Official name: Bosnia and Herzegovina. Capital and largest city:… | |
| 63 | ትሪኒዳድን ቶባጎን | Noun | A country consisting of two main islands and several smaller islands in the Caribbean, off the coast of Venezuela. Offic… | |
| 64 | ትግርኛ ፊደል | Noun | A Semitic language of Eritrea and Ethiopia. It is written in the Ge'ez alphabet. | |
| 65 | ቼክ ሪፓብሊክ | Noun | A country in Central Europe. Capital and largest city: Prague. Until 1993, part of Czechoslovakia. | |
| 66 | ነዳዲ ዘይቲ | Noun | Petroleum. | |
| 67 | ኒው ዘይላንድ | Noun | A country and archipelago of Oceania, to the east of Australia. Official name: New Zealand. Capital: Wellington. | |
| 68 | ንጉሆ ሰዓት | Adverb | In the 12-hour period from midnight to noon (the first half of the day) when using the 12-hour clock. | |
| 69 | ኢንሳይክሎፐድያ | Noun | A comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with articles (usually arranged in alphabetical… | |
| 70 | ኣትላንቲካዊ ውቅያኖስ | Noun | The ocean lying between the Americas to the west and Europe and Africa to the east. | |
| 71 | ኣእካል ጥረ | Noun | The fruit or seed of leguminous plants (as peas or beans) used for food. | |
| 72 | ኣዲስ ኣበባ | Noun | The capital city of Ethiopia. | |
| 73 | ኣድጊ በረኻ | Noun | A biracial person, specifically one born to a Sub-Saharan African person and a white person. | |
| 74 | ኤል ሳልቫዶር | Noun | A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of El Salvador. | |
| 75 | ኤውሮጳዊ ሕብረት | Noun | A supranational organisation, consisting of 27 member states, created in the 1950s to bring the nations of Europe into c… | |
| 76 | እስላማዊ ኣኽራርነት | Noun | A revolutionary movement towards Islamism, with literal and traditional interpretations of their sacred texts. It is oft… | |
| 77 | እስኮትስ ጌልክኛ | Noun | The Gaelic language of Scotland, spoken primarily in the northern and western parts of the country. | |
| 78 | ከብዲ ኢድ | Noun | The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand or other primate hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of… | |
| 79 | ኩርምቲ ሓይሊ | Noun | One of the four (one upper and one lower on each side) rearmost molars in humans, which typically develop between ages 1… | |
| 80 | ኩነታት ኣየር | Noun | The short-term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud… | |
| 81 | ኩክ ደሴቶች | Noun | An archipelago and self-governing country in Oceania, in free association with New Zealand. | |
| 82 | ኩዕሶ እግሪ | Noun | Association football, also called soccer: a game in which two teams each contend to get a round ball into the other team… | |
| 83 | ክኢላ ሕጊ | Noun | ||
| 84 | ኮንሶል ቪድዮ | Noun | A dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games, especially in accompaniment with a television. | |
| 85 | ወረቐት መንነት | Noun | A card or badge showing the official identity of the bearer. | |
| 86 | ውልቀ ነገር | Noun | A distinct physical object. | |
| 87 | ዎላይታ ሶዶ | Noun | The capital city of Wolaita, Ethiopia. | |
| 88 | ዓሰርተ ሓሙሽተ | Adjective | Equivalent to 'fifteen': An Irish traybake made with crushed digestive biscuits, marshmallows and glacé cherries combine… | |
| 89 | ዓሰርተ ሓደ | Adjective | The cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Represented as 11 in Arabic digits. | |
| 90 | ዓሰርተ ሰለስተ | Adjective | The cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen: ten and three. | |
| 91 | ዓሰርተ ሸሞንተ | Adjective | The cardinal number occurring after seventeen and before nineteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVIII and in Arabic… | |
| 92 | ዓሰርተ ሸውዓተ | Adjective | The cardinal number occurring after sixteen and before eighteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVII and in Arabic num… | |
| 93 | ዓሰርተ ሽድሽተ | Adjective | The cardinal number occurring after fifteen and before seventeen, represented in Arabic numerals as 16 and in Roman nume… | |
| 94 | ዓሰርተ ትሽዓተ | Adjective | The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numer… | |
| 95 | ዓሰርተ ኣርባዕተ | Adjective | The cardinal number occurring after thirteen and before fifteen. | |
| 96 | ዓሰርተ ክልተ | Adjective | The cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Arabic numerals as 12 and in Roman numera… | |
| 97 | ዓሳ ነባሪ | Noun | Any one of numerous large marine mammals comprising an informal group within infraorder Cetacea that usually excludes do… | |
| 98 | ዓባይ ዓባይቶ | Noun | The shortest and thickest digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to to… | |
| 99 | ዓውደ ፍልጠት | Noun | ||
| 100 | ዓጽሚ ምዕጕርቲ | Noun | ||
| 101 | ዕልዋ መንግስቲ | Noun | The sudden overthrow of a government, differing from a revolution by being carried out by a small group of people who re… | |
| 102 | ይሁዳ ኣስቆሮታዊ | Noun | One of the twelve disciples of Jesus in the New Testament, who betrayed Jesus into the hands of the chief priests for 30… | |
| 103 | ደርሆ ማይ | Noun | An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet. | |
| 104 | ደቡብ ኣመሪካ | Noun | The continent forming the southern part of the Americas; east of the Pacific Ocean, west of the Atlantic Ocean, south of… | |
| 105 | ደቡብ ኣፍሪቃ | Noun | A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of South Africa. Capitals: Pretoria, Cape Town, and Bloemfontein. | |
| 106 | ድሕር ሰዒት | Adverb | In the 12-hour period from noon to midnight (the latter half of the day) when using the 12-hour clock. | |
| 107 | ግብረ ሕቡእ | Noun | Sexual stimulation of one's genitalia or other erotic regions, often to the point of orgasm. | |
| 108 | ግብረ ሰዶመኛ | Noun | A person who is sexually attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex. | |
| 109 | ግብረ ሰዶመኛዊት | Noun | A person who is sexually attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex. | |
| 110 | ግዜ ዋሕዚ | Noun | The times of the day when traffic jams are commonplace, due mainly to people commuting to or from work. | |
| 111 | ጭቕጭቕ ትራፊክ | Noun | A situation in which road traffic accumulates until it is stationary or very slow. | |
| 112 | ጸሊም ጐምጠጥ | Noun | The soft fruit borne by this shrub, formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets. | |
| 113 | ጸላም ከብዲ | Noun | A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible fo… | |
| 114 | ጽቕጥቅጥ ትራፊክ | Noun | A situation in which road traffic accumulates until it is stationary or very slow. | |
| 115 | ጾታዊ ርክብ | Noun | Sexual activity, usually sexual intercourse unless preceded by a modifier. | |
| 116 | ፍርቂ ለይቲ | Noun | Twelve o'clock at night exactly. |