Suri Baale Dictionary-01

112 Pages·2013·0.57 MB·English

Dadaba Dhugunogiy Surichɛn ko
Aranjachɛn ko Gɔlachɛn
ሱሪኛ- እንግሊዝኛ- አማርኛ
መዝገበ ቃላት
Suri-Amharic-English/English-Suri
Dictionary
Suri-English-Amharic Dictionary. 3rd edition. 2013. 400 copies.
Michael Bryant, Kite Siralugu.
Introduction
This Suri-Amharic-English/English-Suri Dictionary contains around 1400 Suri words
which are organized in alphabetical order and includes mainly the words describing
the lifestyle, traditions etc. of the Suri people. It is hoped that this dictionary will be
helpful for many people: those of any age who are learning about the Suri language
and culture; for anyone doing translation from or into the Suri language; and for the
Suri themselves who may desire to learn Amharic or English.
Any improvements and suggestions would be appreciated.
Suri Translation Project
P.O. Box 2576
Addis Ababa
Acknowledgments
The Suri Translation Project is a project of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane
Yesus in cooperation with SIL Ethiopia. We want to thank the many Suri speakers
who helped us with the editing of the dictionary. Some of them were Daniel Bambu,
Bargola Dera, Gergere Siralugu, Aribhoroy Bhoshobarke, Barlusa Olekurɔbhatɔ,
Bargola Lemudigir and Bardima Bhukolu. We also thank Dawit Adi-Burji and
Mengistu Mulat who helped us with the Amharic definitions; Angela Roundy and the
Suri students (Barshota, Bardasay, Barkabari, Bargute and others) who collected over
fifty plant samples for botanical analysis and identification.
The Suri language is spoken by the Suri people in the Southern Nations, Nationalities
and Peoples Regional State, in the Surma Wereda of the Bench-Maji Zone. Most of
the people are located in the Kibish and Tulge valleys. The number of speakers is
approximately 27,000 according to the 2007 census.
Abbreviations
adj – Ajective n - Noun
adv – Adverb num – Numeral
conj – Conjunction pl – Plural
det – Determiner poss – Possessive pronoun
excl – exclusive pro – Pronoun
incl – inclusive sg – Singular
interj – Interjection v – Verb
Words written in upper case (EUPHORBIACEAE) are Latin names
© 2012 SIL International®.
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A a
a - (v) - ነው - is (to be) anyanɛyɔ1 - (v) - መድከም -
afraid (to be)
achoy - (n) - የዛፍ ዓይነት -
tree species anyanɛyɔ2 - (v) - መፈራት -
weak (to be)
age - (pro) - እኛ፤ እኔ(ማከበር) -
we (polite for one person) anyanyogi - (n) - ፈሪ -
fearful person
ahi - (n) - ዕቃ - thing; stuff
anye - (pro) - እኔ - I; me
ahuyɔ - (v) - መጥባት - suck
(breast) aranjay - (n) - ፈረንጅ -
foreigner
ajɛyɔ - (v) - መስጠት - give
archumay - (n) - ከመዳብ የሠራ
algay - (n) - አልጋ - bed
ይጆሮ ጌጥ - earrings
ali halɛ - (adv) - በኋላ - after (copper earrings in top of
female's ears)
alley1 - (n) - በርጩማ፤ ወምበር
- stool, chair ari - (n) - ሳንጋ - steer
alley2 - (n) - ጠረጴዛ - table arku - (n) - እረፍት፤ እሑድ፤
በዓል፤ ሳምንት - Sunday (a
alubtay - (n) - ዳስ ቤት -
day without work; has come
small house
to represent week)
ambɔ - (v) - መብላት - eat artɔ - (v) - መጮኸ - shout;
angiytɔ - (v) - መንከስ - bite yell
anjoy - (n) - ዘምባባ - doum asanayɔ1 - (v) - ማመንዘር -
palm commit adultery
asanayɔ 6
ashuy - (n) - ዋንዛ - tree
species
asanayɔ2 - (v) - ከጓዴኛ ጋር
መወያየት - together with aw - (n) - የመጀመሪያ ልጅ፤
smb (to be) የበኩር ልጅ - eldest child
ashay - (n) - የልጅ ልጅ - awreni - (adj) - ሙቀት - hot
grandchild; descendant
awsɔ - (v) - ማረፍ - rest
ayu - (n) - ሥጋ - meat
B b
ba - (n) - መሬት - dirt; land balangi - (n) - የእሕል ቆጥ -
storage (upper grain storage
baba - (n) - አባት - father
part of a house)
badhungay - (n) - የዛፍ ዓይነት
balay - (n) - አንጎል - brain
- tree species (with edible
fruit) balday - (n) - አዲስ ጨረቃ -
period of time (when the
bagay - (n) - ወተት መያዣ
moon starts growing until it
ከእንጨት የተሠራ - milk
becomes full)
container
balesi - (n) - የዚልማሙ ሰው -
bahɔlɔng - (n) - ምንም - zero
Baale people (Tirmag name
(this word is used in a game
for the Kacipo-Balesi people)
when your balls cannot make
around to your opponent's balyay - (n) - የሳር ዓይነት -
side) cattail plant
balagaray - (n) - ጠላት - banasɔ - (v) - መነሳት፤ ተነስቶ
enemy መቆም - stand
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banduy - (n) - ጥድ - juniper bari - (n) - ሽማግሌ - old man
tree (the next step up from rori)
bangadhi - (n) - ኩይሳ - barwadhoy - (n) - የወፍ ዓይነት
termite mound - nightjar bird species
bangɛy1 - (n) - ኩሬ - pond; basɔ - (v) - መዳን - healed
swamp (to be); alive; well
bangɛy2 - (n) - ሚንጭ - bawuray - (n) - የእንጨት ድንች
spring of water - cassava Manihot esculenta
EUPHORBIACEAE (arrow
bangka - (n) - ገጀራ -
root)
machete
bay - (adv) - በታች፤ ከታች -
bar - (n) - ሌሊት - night
under, around, down
bara - (n) - የኮሶ ትል -
bayay - (n) - የዛፍ ዓይነት -
tapeworm
acacia tree species (dark
barabaray - (n) - በርበሬ - red barked acacia with small
bean pods)
hot pepper
barari1 - (adj) - ኃይልኛ - bayoy - (n) - የስኳር ድንች -
yam
powerful (in a spiritual way)
barari2 - (adj) – የሚመር - baysi1 - (adj) - ጠፈፍያለ -
partially dried out
strong taste
barcha - (n) - ዳጉሣ - millet baysi2 - (n) - ጎበዝ ሰው -
clever person
bardhuchinya - (n) - ቦላሌ
ሱሪ - pants baysi3 - (n) - ብልጥ - firm
(mud, tila, etc)
bare - (adv) - ትላንትና -
bayuwi - (n) - ድንች -
yesterday
potatoes
bele 8
bele - (n) - መላጣ - bald spot bokoy - (n) - የዛፍ ውሃ - tree
sap
bere - (adv) - ዱሮ - long ago
bolisay - (n) - አሸናፊነትን
bɛ - (n) - ድንጋይ - stone
አማሳየት በዛፍ ላይ የሚደረግ
bɛkay - (n) - ጓደኛ - friend ምልክት - victory markings
bɛnay - (n) - ብዕር - pen (on a tree making by a
champion stick fighter)
bɛr - (n) - ጦር - spear
bolku - (n) - ጉድጓድ - hole in
bɛrgu1 - (n) - ወራት - lunation the ground; pit
bɛrgu2 - (n) - ወር - month bolli - (n) - ጉሎ - castor
bɛrtɔ - (v) - መለቀም፤ መምረጥ - bean tree Ricinus communis
EUPHORNIACEAE
choose; pick out
bollongi - (n) - ጉንጭ - cheek
bi - (n) - ላም - cow
bolo - (adj) - ነጠብጠብ ያለበት
binjogi - (n) - የድንጋይ ዓይነት
መልክ ለእንስሳት - spot;
- reddish flint-type rock;
spotted
laterite (sharp rock used to
cut meat) bolobogotoy - (n) - የዛፍ
birgi - (n) - ከእንጨት የተሠራ ዓይነት - tree species
Strychnos innocua
የከንፈር ጌጥ - wooden
LOGANIACEAE
lip-plate
bolobongguy - (n) - ጌሾ -
biri - (n) - ብር - birr
tree/plant
birni - (n) - እሾክ - thorn
bolokonguy - (n) - ከዝሆን
bohe - (n) - ኮብራ እባብ - ጥርስ የተሠራ ትልቅ ጥሩንባ -
cobra elephant tusk horn
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boloy - (n) - የቅርብ ጎረቤቶች bu - (adj) - ትልቅ - large; big
ተሰብስበው እሳት አንድደው
budhtɔ - (v) - ወደ ኋላ ለማየት -
ምግብ የሚመገቡበት ሥፍራ -
look back
fire area (enclosed by wood
of rocks where people from buga - (n) - ጅብ - hyena
different houses can come
buluku - (n) - ብርድ ልብስ -
together to talk and/or eat)
blanket
bolu - (n) - የራስ ጀርባ - nape
bunay - (n) - ቡና - coffee
borkodhi - (n) - የዛፍ ዓይነት -
bunjalay - (n) - ሙጄሌ - sand
falcon's claw acacia tree
flea
Acacia polyacantha
FABACEAE (small with bur - (n) - አመድ - ash
thorns)
burakandi - (n) - የዛፍ ዓይነት
bortoy - (n) - የሾላ ፍሬ - fruit
- tree species (used for
of shamushi (after it is
cleaning teeth)
ripe)
burcho - (n) - በደንብ ያልተሠራ
boytɔ1 - (v) - መጮህ - bark ሙቅ ገንፎ - porridge (that
boytɔ2 - (v) - መንሸራሸር - go has chunks in it)
for a walk busi - (n) - የእግር መገጣጠሚያ -
bɔnggɔray - (n) - አደንጓሬ - joint just below the knee
beans busiyɔ - (v) - መመንጠር - cut
bɔrɔtɔ - (v) - መዝለል - jump busoy - (n) - ቡዳ (ለሴቶች) -
bɔrtɔ - (n) - ከትናንት ወዲያ - curse (curse used only by
females)
day before yesterday
bɔytɔ - (v) - መንቀል - pull buti - (n) - ኖራ ድንጋይ - rock
flour from soft rocks
out; pull off
butogi 10
butogi - (n) - ውሸታም - liar buy - (adj) - ሽልምልሜ - white
legs and black body
butomo - (n) - ውሸት - false;
lie
Bh bh
bhadhtɔ - (v) - ብልጭታ bharinɛyɔ - (v) - መገናኘት
(ለመብረቅ) - strike መተላለፍ - meet in passing
(for lightning)
bharoy - (n) - ልጥ - bark for
bhaktɔ - (v) - መኖር - live; tying (could also be specific
dwell type of bush).
bhalal - (n) - ትኩሳት፤ ወባ - bharriytɔ - (v) - መንቀጥቀጥ -
fever shiver
bhalayay - (adj) - ቡራቡሬ bhaseni1 - (adv) - ቀላል - easy
ለከብድ - spots on back bhaseni2 - (adj) - ርካሽ -
only (small sizes) cheap
bhallay - (n) - ፍሬው የሚበላ bhayaktɔ - (v) - መብላት - eat
የሐረግ ዓይነት - vine species
bhe - (n) - ቦታ - place;
Tylosema fassoglensis
FABACEAE (with edible portion
seeds found in pods)
bhelley - (n) - ከሌሊቱ 10
bhallogi - (n) - ቅጠል - leaf ሰዓት ገደማ - around 4 am.
bhanydɔ - (v) - መማጸን - bhey - (n) - መጥረቢያ፤ ፋስ -
plead (hand motions are axe
involved)