Afaan Oromoo

imaluu

to travel

imaltuu

traveler

deemuu

to go/walk

kara deemtuu

has negative connotation

galma

hall (adarash)

galma Abbaa Gadaa

seat of Abba Gadaa (from Ali Birra song)

sagantaa imala

travel program

daawwattota

visitors

kutachuu/murachuu

to book tickets

qabachuu

to book hotels

waraqaa eenyuummaa

ID card

waraqaa dhaloota

birth certificate

waammachuu

to call (use for taxis)

baafachuu

to obtain (use for ID)

dhaquu

to go

mana ciisichaa

bed room/hotel room

ba’eera

for being discharged from hospital

ba’aa

suitcase; anything that’s heavy

haafuura baafachuu/galfachuu

to take a breath

ukkaamamaa

suffocating (like small space, confined)

namatu baay’ata

crowded

naga-qabeessa

peaceful (dictionary definition)

haawataa

exciting

gaggabuu

desperate?

yoo rabii

hopefully

namootaa beekamoo

personalities (as in famous people)

siyaasa

politics

haawaasummaa

social

gumaachuu

to contribute (could be money)

mirga dhalaa nama

human rights

mirga haawaassummaa/walqixxummaa

civil rights

qabsoo karaa nagaa

peaceful resistance

qabsoo karaa lolaa

violent resistance

riphee lolaa

guerilla fighting (riphee means hiding)

kutannoo/murannoo

with determination

kaaba

north

kibba

south

lixa

west

baha

east

ammayyaa

modern

dagatame

forgotten

malatoo raajeffannoo

exclamation mark

raajii

surprise /unheard of (in the sense prophecy)

haayu

scholar

miseensa

member

gurumuu

union

qorannoo

study/research

hundeessaa

to establish/found

gaggeessaa

to lead

xiinsammuu

psychology

xiinxaluu

to think

ijaaramu

to build

hidhachuu

to arm

bulchuu

to lead

hamaa na gottee

to make someone look bad (hamaa means evil/bad)

walaloo

poem

filachuu

preference (to elect also)

kanan naaf wayaa

this works for me

fayadamuu

to use

gaddi

grief

garaan naraafame

to feel bad for someone

garaan nariifatee

to be sad?

si dhukkuba?

are you sick?

xuruurfachuu

to weep

boola haa galuu

go to hell

du’ii jedhi mee

swear (like swear on your life)

sobduu

liar

itti nagarsiisaa

to show someone (when you’re mad and trying to stand up to someone?)