mana

From Proto-Cushitic *min- (“house, to build”). Cognates include Burji mina, Hadiyya mine and Sidamo mine.


ilma

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Somali ilmo (“child(ren)”).


luka

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Burji lukka, Hadiyya lokko and Sidamo lekka.


a

The first letter of the Oromo alphabet, written in the Latin script.


loon

From Proto-Cushitic, from Proto-Afroasiatic. Cognates include Hadiyya laro, Saho laa, Afar láa, Somali lo', Boon loy, Burji láli, Gedeo lalo, Awngi əllwa, Blin ləwi, Xamtanga ləwa, Iraqw slee, Kw'adza hleko and Maay hliŋé.


buna

From Amharic ቡና (buna). Cognates include Afar buna and Sidamo buna.


gaala

An old borrowing into East Cushitic (compare Somali gèel, Afar gáala), from an undetermined Semitic language.


harka

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Khonso harkaa.


ija

From *ila, from Proto-Cushitic *ʔil-. Cognates include Hadiyya ille, Sidamo ille and Somali il.


galata

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Hadiyya galata and Sidamo galata.


jaldeesii

Ammoo jaldeesii hindabsanne kinniisaa dabsate.

But the baboon did not win, the bees won.


bishaan

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Arbore biče and Somali biyo.

aannan (milk)
Aannan jaal'ata. He likes milk. (object)
Aannan kun cicciteera. This milk has curdled. (subject)
bishaan (water)
Bishaan dhugi. Drink water. (object)

2001, The Journal of Oromo Studies, volumes 8-9, page 82:


afaan

From Proto-Cushitic *ʔaf-/*yaf-. Cognate with Beja [script needed] (yēf), Somali af and Afar af.


obboleessa

/ɔbːɔleːsːɐ/


aʼa

(Afaan Oromo) painful voice of sharp pain.


somba

From Proto-Cushitic *sonb- ~ *sonp-. Cognates include Sidamo shambo and Somali sambab, Iraqw hhuumpa.


ollaa

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Burji olla, Hadiyya ollaʼa, Kambaata ollo and Sidamo ollaa.


bofa

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Khonso pofa.


simbirroo

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Afar kimbiro and Somali shimbir.


lafee

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Afar lafa, Rendille laf, Saho lafa and Somali laf.


harree

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Burji harre, Hadiyya haalla, Kambaata harreta and Sidamo harre.


dibbee

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Burji dimba, Hadiyya dibbeʼe and Sidamo dibbe.


jilba

From Proto-Cushitic *gʷilb-/*gulb-. Cognates include Afar gulub, Hadiyya gurubbo, Sidamo guluphpho and Somali jilib.


tulluu

From Proto-Cushitic *tul-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *tVl- (“hill”).


funyaan

From Proto-Cushitic *ʔisŋʷ-. Cognates include Afar san, Somali san and Saho san.


dhagaa

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Afar xaa, Iraqw tlaa, Somali dhagax and Saho dhaa.


ilkaan

From Proto-Cushitic *ʔiɬkʷ-. Cognates include Afar iko, Burji irka, Kambaata inke, Saho iko, Somali ilig and Sidamo hinko ('teeth').


qurxummii

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Afar kullum, Sidamo qilximme, Somali kaluun.


diina

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Hadiyya diina'a and Sidamo diina.


bilbila

→ Burji: bilbilaa

→ Sidamo: bilbila

Related to Amharic ቢልቢላ (bilbila, “bell”), Harari ቢልቢላ (bilbila, “earring”).


irbaata

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Hadiyya hurbaata (“meal”) and Sidamo hurbaate (“dinner”).


antuuta

Possibly cognate with Qimant yínci, Blin ʔənšəwa, Xamtanga ənšəwa.


saamunaa

cog

Arabic صَابُونَة (ṣābūna)


waraana

From Afán Oromó/ waraanuu (“to pierce by sth.”)


duumessa

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Kambaata dumeesa and Sidamo dumeesa.


adurree

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Hadiyya aduncho, Kambaata adanchu and Sidamo adurichcho.


qawwee

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Sidamo qawwe.


tiruu

From Proto-Cushitic *tir-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *tǐr-. Cognates with Afar tiro.


guuchii

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Afar goroyya, Somali gorayo and Saho gooriya.


hoolaa

→ Amharic: ሆላ (hola)


poomii

Borrowed from Amharic, from French pomme.


adaadaa

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Hadiyya ada, Kambaata ada and Sidamo ada.


boorsaa

Likely borrowed from Italian borsa (“bag”).


areeda

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Hadiyya haareedda and Sidamo ereeda.


naacha

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Hadiyya naachcha and Sidamo nachcha.


hirqinfuu

From Proto-Cushitic, of onomatopoeic origin. Cognates include Kambaata hiqqe and Sidamo heqqo.


gowwaa

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Hadiyya qawwa and Sidamo gowwa.


sibiilaa

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Khonso sipla and Sidamo siwila.


boraatii

Possibly from Proto-Cushitic, compare Sidamo barko.


kinniinii

Ultimately from French quinine (“quinine”).


mammaaksa

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Sidamo mammaasha.


lubbuu

From Proto-Cushitic *lubb- (“heart, soul”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *lib- (“heart”). Cognates include Afar lùbbi, Khonso luppoota, Rendille rubey, El Molo rupaiʔ, Burji lubbóo.


ulee

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Afar ilo and Somali ul.


fincaan

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Khonso sindhaa.


madaa

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Burji mada, Hadiyya mada and Sidamo mada.


daakiyyee

head

daakiyyee (plural daakiyyeewwan, short form dákiýé)

daakiyyeewwan (plural)
dákiýé (short-form)

From Afán Oromó daakuu (“to swim in water”).

An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.


daldala

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Hadiyya daddaro and Sidamo daddal- (“to trade”).


malaa

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Hadiyya mara and Somali malax.


waaqa

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Hadiyya waa'a.


kooraa

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Hadiyya koora and Somali kooraa.


gaangee

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Burji gaangee and Sidamo gaango.


hinaaffii

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Sidamo hinaaso.


naafa

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Sidamo naafichcho.