Wolayteg*na Words List

Our beautiful kids are from the Wolayta region of Ethiopia. I have been trying to write down all of the words they share with me in their first language, W*olaytegna. I know they are going to forget this language, but I hope this list of words will be a treasure to them later in their life. I am not totally sure of the accuracy of all the words (they have been given to me by a 5 year-old and a 2 year-old)...but I have done my very best to write them phonetically, the way they are shared with me. Here is the most current list of words...Enjoy!!!

Baby bottle: too-toowa

Backpack: burr-sa

Banana: moo-zia

Belt: Ka-ba-two-a

Biscuit: ba-boo-a

Breasts: tan-tia

Brush: ma-ba-ta-rrreeya

Bulldozer: dol-za-rrreeya

Cane: due-la

Car: boo-leta
Christmas: upaysa maskala

Coffee: too-key-ya

Coffee cups: seenya

Coffee Pot: jaw-ba-na

Cow: miza

Curtain: maun-ga-re-jo

Daddy: Detty

Dog: ooosha

Door: ka-dia

Eat: im-pim-pedia

Egg: ooo-cooo-laudeeya

Finger: koosh-ee-ya

Fire: tama

Floor: sa-ha

Flower: a-bo-ba

Go: ba

God: ya-soo-sa

Grandma: Talo

Hair: hoof-ia

Hair accessories: Bo-se-na

Hair wrap: sha-sheeya

House: go-ja-met

Hug: ish-shur-roo-roo-do

Hut: ga-ta-reeya

Injera (bread): wa-tia

Lettuce: saun-ta

light: marrd-bat

Lime: lo-meeya

Lion: g-a-m-ouw-a

Mango: maun-gua

Meat: a-shoe-a

Medicine: tal-eeya
Merry Christmas: Hashu-Upaysa-maskala-saro-gatis

Milk: ma-ta

Mirror: mos-co-teeya

Mommy: yee-brra

Money (paper): birr-a

Money (coins): santa-mee-ya

Moon: again-eeya

Mouse: e-che-dee-ya

Onion: shon-ghool-teeya

Orange: boo-too-kan-eeya

Pants: sue-rrrreee-ah

Police: polic-eeya

Green pepper (hot): bum-ba-reeya

Poopoo: kaka

Private part (boy): new-neeya

Private part (girl): oo-choo-do-wa

Roof: ko-kor-oof-ia

Sheep: dole-sa

Shirt: shir-ree-ya

Shoe: cha-ma

Sit down: coo-chi-bel

Skirt: goo-deeya

Sky: sa-loo-wa

Sleep/bed: tain-ya

Soda: la-sla-sa

Snake: showsa

Stuffed animals/princesses: oo-shoon-goo-loo-tia

Television: tel-be-jean-ya

Tomato: tam-a-teem-ee-ya

Tree: ya-cha

Toys: ma-cho-ta

Umbrella: zan-tel-a

Underwear: gi-ta

Water: hata

Wheel: go-ma

Wood: mee-ta

1: ista

2: na-ah

3: heza

4: oi-da

5: echessa

6: oo-soup-ena

7: la-poona

8: hos-poona

9: uh-duf-ena

10: tama