Word origins

• watA Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia, especially those in Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia.
• rasAn Ethiopian king or prince.
• maoThe ma'oma'o, Gymnomyza samoensis, a large passerine bird native to Samoa.
• toraSynonym of tora hartebeest.
• tanaThe banxring or tree shrew.
• birrStrength, vigor, energy.
• ambaA characteristic landform in Ethiopia: a steep-sided, flat-topped mountain, often the site of a settlement.
• AdemA surname from Amharic.
• TayeA male given name.
• fanoA non-singular complete algebraic variety whose anticanonical bundle is ample.
• RastafariA Rastafarian.
• totaA kind of monkey, the grivet or waag.
• tejA type of honey wine or mead from Ethiopia and Eritrea typically served in a specialized glass vessel known as a berele.
• negusA drink made of wine, often port, mixed with hot water, oranges or lemons, spices and sugar.
• DestaA surname from Amharic.
• teffA love grass, Eragrostis tef, with small seeds, grown as a cereal and for forage in Ethiopia and parts of Arabia.
• dergA dragon.
• tellaA traditional beer from Ethiopia and Eritrea, brewed from various grains.
• BekeleA surname from Amharic.
• HaderaA surname from Amharic.
• GebremedhinA surname from Amharic.
• waliaThe ibex Capra walie
• LalibelaA town in Ethiopia, in the North Wollo Zone of the Amhara Region.
• GondarA city and woreda in Ethiopia.
• woredaAn administrative division of Ethiopia, managed by a local government.
• RastafarianismA religion that emerged in Jamaica in the 1930s out of biblical prophecy and rising black aspirations.
• shotelAn Abyssinian curved blade similar to the scimitar.
• HailuA surname from Amharic.
• KebedeA surname from Amharic.
• TesfayeA surname from Amharic.
• MesfinA surname from Amharic.
• AssefaA surname from Amharic.
• AbbayThe name of the upper reaches of the Blue Nile in Ethiopia.
• abishfenugreek seeds
• absitFormal permission to be away from a college for the greater part of the day or more.
• abunaThe Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church.
• Addis AbabaThe capital city of Ethiopia.
• AlemuA surname from Amharic.
• ashkokoThe hyrax.
• awazeA spicy sauce or paste, made with chili peppers and usually reddish in colour, used in Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisine.
• azmariAn entertainer who sings and plays traditional string instruments of the Ethiopian highlands.
• begenaA type of lyre of Ethiopian and Eritrean origin with a rectangular soundbox and ten strings, which is played with a plectrum.
• beisaA species of antelope from East Africa (Oryx beisa, East African oryx)
• berbereA spice mixture, usually consisting of chili peppers, garlic, ginger, basil, and other spices, which is used in Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisine.
• bereleA flask-like glass vessel with a bulbous body and a narrow neck typically used for serving tej.
• BezabehA surname from Amharic.
• cuberowSynonym of Ethiopian wolf.
• dimbilalcoriander
• Erta AleA continuously active basaltic shield volcano in the Afar Region of northeastern Ethiopia.
• eskistaA folk dance of the Amhara people of Ethiopia characterized by intense shoulder, chest, and neck movement.
• GebremariamA surname from Amharic.
• geladaAny of species Theropithecus gelada of Old World monkeys, distinguished from baboons by the bright patch of skin on their chests.
• GetachewA surname from Amharic.
• HabteA surname from Amharic.
• jebenaA kind of coffee pot used in Ethiopia, Eritrea and eastern Sudan.
• kebeleThe smallest administrative unit of Ethiopia, contained within a woreda.
• KifleA surname from Amharic.
• kitfoA traditional Ethiopian dish of minced raw beef marinated in spices and clarified butter.
• kosereta species of flowering plant (Lippia abyssinica)
• koussoAn Ethiopian rosaceous tree whose flowers were used as a vermifuge, of species Hagenia abyssinica.
• masenqoA single-stringed bowed lute commonly used by Ethiopian azmaris.
• MekonnenA surname from Amharic.
• MengeshaA surname from Amharic.
• menzumaA style of Muslim devotional music among some Ethiopians.
• mitmitaAn orange-red spice mixture, usually consisting of chili peppers, cardamom, cloves and salt (and sometimes additional spices), which is used in Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisine.
• MulugetaA surname from Amharic.
• netelaa handmade scarf-like two-layered cloth made of cotton worn by Ethiopian and Eritrean women
• qenetA kind of secular musical scale developed by the Amhara ethnic group of Ethiopia.
• santimA subunit of Latvian currency. 100 santims equal a lat.
• SeyoumA surname from Amharic.
• ShiferawA surname from Amharic.
• TedlaA surname from Amharic.
• TeferaA surname from Amharic.
• TeshomeA surname from Amharic.
• TessemaA surname from Amharic.
• TselemtA woreda in Ethiopia.
• turumbaAn Ethiopian curved brass bugle blown to summon community gatherings and make public announcements.
• WoldemariamA surname from Amharic.
• WorkuA surname from Amharic.
• wottA hearty Ethiopian or Eritrean stew.
• zimbAn Ethiopian horsefly of the genus Pangonius, destructive to livestock.