Gwama-English-Amharic Dictionary

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Gwama-English-Amharic
Dictionary

Gwama-English-Amharic
Dictionary
First Edition
ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT
This document contains data written in Gwama[kmq]. For more
information about this language, visit
http://www.ethnologue.com/language/kmq.
Gwama-English-Amharic Dictionary
First Edition

This dictionary is a product of the Benishangul-Gumuz
Language Development Project, which is a joint project
between:
Education Bureau, Bureau of Culture & Tourism,
Benishangul-Gumuz National Regional State, P.O. Box 64,
Assosa, and
SIL Ethiopia, P.O. Box 2576, Addis Ababa

English title: Gwama-English-Amharic Dictionary
Language: Gwama, spoken in Ethiopia and
Sudan
Type of book: Trial dictionary
Year of publication: 2015/2008 ዓ.ም.
Number of copies: 300
Table of Contents

Introduction .........................….................................................4
Acknowledgements.........….......................................................5
Gwama–English–Amharic………….............................…...........7
Amharic–Gwama………….................................…………........70
English–Gwama………..............….........................................115

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Introduction
The entries found in this dictionary represent a portion of the
words collected during a two week Rapid Word Collection
(RWC) workshop held in Assosa in November of 2014. The
Gwama entries first list the headword, which can be one word
or multiple words, followed by source language information,
followed by abbreviated grammatical information in italics. The
following abbreviations are used:
n noun adv adverb
num numeral pro pronoun
v verb dem demonstrative
adj adjective prep preposition
If a word has multiple senses, a sense number ( 1) ) will appear
between the headword and the grammatical information. The
English definition and Amharic definition complete the entry.
Some entries do not have grammatical information included
because they are long phrases which are comprised of multiple
grammatical categories.

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For Amharic-Gwama the order is headword, grammatical
information and Gwama definition. For English-Gwama entries
the order is headword, Gwama definition, grammatical
information and reference.
Example Gwama-English-Amharic entry:
headword – (source language) – (sense number) – grammatical
information – English definition – Amharic definition
Example Amharic-Gwama entry:
headword – grammatical information – Gwama definition
Example English-Gwama entry:
headword – Gwama definition – grammatical information –
reference English definition from Gwama-English-Amharic

Acknowledgements
This dictionary has been been made possible through the effort
of many people. The initial word collection phase was
completed during a Rapid Word Collection workshop over a two
week period in November of 2014.
RWC workshop participants: Nasralla Mustafa, Sadik Habte,
Wandimu Zeleke, Giregna Tesfa, Yakob Ttawul, Bekama
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Jiregna, Sadik Ulan, Elias Sabi, Zariya Bashir, Somale Pogi,
Mikael Siber, Abdualem Matahir, Uman Bashir, Ganale
Shangela, Rimate Qintser, Mehamed Belekir and Kerse Miskin
Typists: Alemtsehay Lemessa and David Ford
Amharic help: Melese Miretu and Gashew Mola
Organizer: Anne-Christie Hellenthal
RWC workshop leader: Kevin Warfel
Editors: Asadik Habte, Bekama Jiregna, Nasralla Mustafa, Sadik
Ulan, Giregna Tesfa, Sumale Pogi, Mengistu Mulat,
Anne-Christie Hellenthal and Justin Goldberg
Finally, this dictionary has been made possible because of the
partnership of The Benishangul-Gumuz National Regional State
Education Bureau and Culture Bureau along with SIL Ethiopia.
Funds were provided by the Norwegian Mission Society (NMS).
Without the support, interest and encouragement of these
partners, this project would not be possible. The completion of
this dictionary is a demonstration of the strength found in
cooperative effort. Each contribution has been integral to
reaching this achievement.
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a ttɨpɨl
Gwama-English-Amharic
A a
a bʉn pro their የነሱ a mɨnɨ pro our (including
a dapp pro her የሷ the hearer) የኛ (ያዳማጭም)
a de pro his የሱ a na pro my የኔ
a didish adj new አዲስ a naya adj many ብዙ
a dule adj modern ዘመናዊ a paŋ v be not there የለም
a kama (kama) adv a paŋgo be not there የለም
yesterday ተላንትና a pɨpaŋ n thing that doesn't
a kamusu adv after exist የሌለ
yesterday ከትላንት ወዲያ a pɨpash adj leftover;
a ke pro your ያንተ; ያንቺ remaining የተረፈ
a kʉm pro your (plural) a shibishi adj
የናንተ understandable የሚረዱት
(የሚገባ)
a kkasa adj another ሌላ
a shishi adj sharp ሹል
a kkɨkkatt adj soft; smooth
ለስላሳ a shɨshaya adj beautiful
ቆንጆ (የሚያምር)
a kkɨkkɨŋɨ adj fragile ተሰባሪ
a tab pwaŋa adj logical
a kkukkopp adj smell bad;
መልካም አሰተሳሰብ
stinky መጥፎ ሽታ
a takkɨ adj tasteless ጣዕም
a ma pro our (excluding the
የለሽ
hearer) የኛ (ያድማጭ
አይደለም) a tutu adj tall ረጃጅም
a ttɨpɨl adj narrow ጠባብ
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a ttɨttɨbɨ ata swaya
a ttɨttɨbɨ adj difficult an n menstruation የወር አበባ
አስቸጋሪ andure n cat ድመት
a waŋgɨ adj poor ድሃ angar n bed አልጋ
a ziziŋ adj green አረንጓዴ ansa n gold ወርቅ
abar v measure ለካ antt n fire እሳት
adal v improve ተሻሻለ ap v 1) fix; repair አስተካከለ;
ade n belonging የግል አደሰ 2) maintain ጠገነ 3)
alaŋ n wiper (made of hide) care for ተንከባከበ
አለንጋ apa n uncle; mother's
albenɨ n sickle ማጭድ brother አጎት (የእናት
ወንድም)
algada n plate (wood made)
መመገቢያ እቃ (ከእንጨት apɨ n fruit ፍሬ
የተሰራ) asan n gourd ቅል
algipa n shirt ሸሚዝ asilama n Islam እስላም
alhadʉm n finger ring የጣት ash v 1) plant ተከለ 2) sow
ቀለበት ዘራ 3) bury ቀበረ
alɨtɨ ttwa arabi n holiday ash sit n burial ceremony
በዓል ስርአተ ቀብር
almʉzʉ ttwa gozom n ashambɨ sham adj
banana ሙዝ important አስፈላጊ
alsaliya n local beer ata 1) v count ቆጠረ 2) v read
የተጠመቀ ጠላ አነበበ 3) n number ቁጥር 4)
aman 1) n faith እምነት 2) adj n passage; piece of
honesty ታማኝ writing ምንባብ
amana ttwa arabi v bring a ata n medicine መድሃኒት
message መልእክት አደረሰ ata sit kkoro medicine to
amattish v 1) bad smell cure evil eye የቡዳ መድሃነት
ሸተተ (መጥፎ ሽታ) 2) peeld ata swaya local medicine;
fruit, grain የተላጠ ፍሬ፥ዘር medicine from a tree
amʉmʉn n dream ሕልም ባህላዊ መድሃኒት
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