dáa

Compare Wolaytta daaná (“to be”); from Proto-Omotic [Term?].

ɔɔnɛ́te éedi dáane.

Dímekati dáade.

Kínka dáan daidí.


deesá

head

deesá (causative deesisá, passive deesaɗá)


yiʔá

ʔínta ʔɔɔnɛ́dar dayiʔé.

Gɛshɔ̂ waakí shanshánna ɠɛ́tte laii kinyiʔénka, kodí agárra ɛ́ɛnana qánte aafó giidí.

When the husband went very far to herd and sell the cattle, from that moment she sent a message to the man.


qansá

Fayá hayáise qansé!

Yáa qansidu?


ɓulá

báashano ɓulidíne


cʼurá

to jump over an object without touching it


ɗaxá

kɛ́da aizɛ́ɗan ɗaxáko ɗaxaɗé


ɗaxaɗá

kɛ́da aizɛ́ɗan ɗaxáko ɗaxaɗé


aaɗimɓá

Seemingly a passive derivation in -ɓá from an unattested root *aaɗ-im-.

qáski aaɗimɓáisaxa


aashá

ɛ́ɛnaɗan kodí aashidí


aajaɗá

naasâ intɛ́ aajaɗidíne


aajimɓá

[ʔaːdʒimɓá̤]


aisá

ayá (“to be broken”) + -sá (“causative”)

af

causative of ayá (“to be broken”): to break


apaɗá

passive of apá (“to unfold; stretch, spread”)


bashaɗá

passive of bashá (“to exceed”): to be exceeded, won; to be tired


baskisá

causative of baská: to make someone carry


baxaɗá

passive of baxá: to be cooked; (of food) to be prepared


ɓóde

yiʔá ɓóde!

(postpositive) negative imperative: do not


cʼushpá

causative of cʼuubá: to make somebody wash clothes


wozaɗá

ínta kátti wozaɗidíne


eepá

Compare eepí (“dead body; coffin, funeral”).


eshká

marlémbar ɔ́ra yin eshkáɓ


gamá

to procreate (of both humans and animals)