Oromo — top 268 words
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Sources: Mixed sources — 268 rows · 2 sources · no MT recorded
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| # | Oromo | English |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hi / How are you? | |
| 2 | Good morning | |
| 3 | Peace / health | |
| 4 | Well / good | |
| 5 | Thank you | |
| 6 | Yes | |
| 7 | No | |
| 8 | Please | |
| 9 | Goodbye | |
| 10 | I | |
| 11 | you (sg.) | |
| 12 | he | |
| 13 | she | |
| 14 | we | |
| 15 | you (pl.) | |
| 16 | they | |
| 17 | water | |
| 18 | food | |
| 19 | house | |
| 20 | person | |
| 21 | truth | |
| 22 | new | |
| 23 | lake | |
| 24 | bad | |
| 25 | highland | |
| 26 | one | |
| 27 | two | |
| 28 | three | |
| 29 | four | |
| 30 | five | |
| 31 | six | |
| 32 | seven | |
| 33 | eight | |
| 34 | nine | |
| 35 | ten | |
| 36 | hello | |
| 37 | man | |
| 38 | woman | |
| 39 | girl | |
| 40 | baby, infant | |
| 41 | friend | |
| 42 | guest | |
| 43 | neighbour | |
| 44 | mother | |
| 45 | father | |
| 46 | brother | |
| 47 | sister | |
| 48 | son | |
| 49 | wife | |
| 50 | grandmother | |
| 51 | grandfather | |
| 52 | uncle (maternal) | |
| 53 | paternal aunt | |
| 54 | family | |
| 55 | twin | |
| 56 | we | |
| 57 | six | |
| 58 | twenty | |
| 59 | thirty | |
| 60 | thousand | |
| 61 | body | |
| 62 | head | |
| 63 | face | |
| 64 | eye | |
| 65 | ear | |
| 66 | nose | |
| 67 | mouth | |
| 68 | tooth | |
| 69 | tongue | |
| 70 | lip | |
| 71 | neck | |
| 72 | arm | |
| 73 | hand | |
| 74 | finger | |
| 75 | stomach | |
| 76 | abdomen, belly, stomach | |
| 77 | leg | |
| 78 | knee | |
| 79 | foot | |
| 80 | skin, leather | |
| 81 | blood | |
| 82 | heart | |
| 83 | liver | |
| 84 | milk | |
| 85 | meat | |
| 86 | fish | |
| 87 | egg | |
| 88 | salt | |
| 89 | sugar | |
| 90 | honey | |
| 91 | rice | |
| 92 | corn, maize | |
| 93 | potato (Coleus edulis) | |
| 94 | banana | |
| 95 | apple | |
| 96 | fruit | |
| 97 | coffee | |
| 98 | beer | |
| 99 | peanut | |
| 100 | cat | |
| 101 | cow | |
| 102 | ox | |
| 103 | calf (young animal) | |
| 104 | goat | |
| 105 | sheep | |
| 106 | hog, pig, swine | |
| 107 | horse | |
| 108 | donkey | |
| 109 | rooster | |
| 110 | bird | |
| 111 | rat | |
| 112 | buffalo | |
| 113 | giraffe | |
| 114 | zebra | |
| 115 | rhinoceros | |
| 116 | crocodile | |
| 117 | baboon | |
| 118 | snake | |
| 119 | frog | |
| 120 | turtle | |
| 121 | bee | |
| 122 | ant | |
| 123 | butterfly | |
| 124 | wolf | |
| 125 | owl | |
| 126 | sun | |
| 127 | moon | |
| 128 | star | |
| 129 | sky | |
| 130 | cloud | |
| 131 | rain | |
| 132 | hurricane, storm, wind | |
| 133 | thunder | |
| 134 | lightning | |
| 135 | fire | |
| 136 | smoke (of fire) | |
| 137 | land, ground | |
| 138 | soil | |
| 139 | sand | |
| 140 | stone | |
| 141 | mountain | |
| 142 | hill | |
| 143 | valley | |
| 144 | river | |
| 145 | lake | |
| 146 | ocean, sea, lake | |
| 147 | ice | |
| 148 | tree | |
| 149 | forest, jungle | |
| 150 | grass | |
| 151 | flower | |
| 152 | root | |
| 153 | field | |
| 154 | garden | |
| 155 | road | |
| 156 | world | |
| 157 | darkness | |
| 158 | shadow | |
| 159 | door, gate | |
| 160 | window | |
| 161 | bed | |
| 162 | plate | |
| 163 | spoon | |
| 164 | knife | |
| 165 | clothes | |
| 166 | shoe | |
| 167 | money | |
| 168 | ship, boat | |
| 169 | airplane | |
| 170 | spear | |
| 171 | axe, hatchet | |
| 172 | drum | |
| 173 | rope | |
| 174 | needle | |
| 175 | broom | |
| 176 | village | |
| 177 | city, town, village | |
| 178 | country, nation | |
| 179 | shop, store | |
| 180 | school | |
| 181 | bridge | |
| 182 | prison | |
| 183 | time | |
| 184 | night | |
| 185 | morning | |
| 186 | month | |
| 187 | year | |
| 188 | hour | |
| 189 | red | |
| 190 | black | |
| 191 | white | |
| 192 | gray | |
| 193 | long | |
| 194 | short | |
| 195 | old | |
| 196 | heavy | |
| 197 | empty | |
| 198 | strong | |
| 199 | sweet | |
| 200 | narrow, tight | |
| 201 | thick | |
| 202 | thin | |
| 203 | easy | |
| 204 | dead, deceased | |
| 205 | to go | |
| 206 | to eat | |
| 207 | to drink | |
| 208 | to sit | |
| 209 | to run | |
| 210 | to jump | |
| 211 | to swim | |
| 212 | to see | |
| 213 | to hear | |
| 214 | to ask, inquire | |
| 215 | to think | |
| 216 | to understand | |
| 217 | to learn | |
| 218 | to write | |
| 219 | to count | |
| 220 | to want, desire, wish | |
| 221 | to love, like | |
| 222 | to give | |
| 223 | to bring | |
| 224 | to buy | |
| 225 | to sell | |
| 226 | to pay | |
| 227 | to work, labor | |
| 228 | To sing | |
| 229 | to dance | |
| 230 | to laugh | |
| 231 | to smile, grin | |
| 232 | to open | |
| 233 | to start, begin | |
| 234 | to help, aid | |
| 235 | to find | |
| 236 | to launder, wash clothes | |
| 237 | to build | |
| 238 | to cut | |
| 239 | to throw | |
| 240 | to pull, drag | |
| 241 | to push | |
| 242 | to put, place | |
| 243 | to die | |
| 244 | to live | |
| 245 | to pour | |
| 246 | to send | |
| 247 | to steal | |
| 248 | to fight | |
| 249 | to bite | |
| 250 | to touch, contact | |
| 251 | to show, indicate | |
| 252 | to follow | |
| 253 | to win | |
| 254 | to try, attempt | |
| 255 | to remember | |
| 256 | to wear | |
| 257 | to sew | |
| 258 | to hunt | |
| 259 | name | |
| 260 | word | |
| 261 | song | |
| 262 | question | |
| 263 | life | |
| 264 | death | |
| 265 | war | |
| 266 | god | |
| 267 | dream | |
| 268 | law |