ሰባት ቤት ጉራጌ
Sebat Bet Gurage
Afro-Asiatic (Semitic, Ethiopian, Gurage)
Sebat Bet Gurage (literally "Seven Houses Gurage" — a macrolanguage covering the western Gurage cluster of seven mutually intelligible varieties: Chaha, Ezha, Inor, Endegegn, Gumer, Geta, Muher) is an Ethiopian Semitic language of southwestern Ethiopia. The Gurage people are renowned across Ethiopia as merchants and entrepreneurs and have a distinctive ensete-based agricultural cuisine. Sebat Bet Gurage is the most documented Gurage variety thanks to Hetzron's (1972) classic work on Ethiopian Semitic.
Where it is spoken
20 core words in Sebat Bet Gurage
Water
ሞዬ
/moje/
Fire
እሳት
/ɨsat/
Sun
ፀሐይ
/tsʼɛhaj/
Moon
ጨረቃ
/t͡ʃʼɛɾɛkʼa/
Mother
ኤንም
/enɨm/
Father
አባ
/aba/
Eat
ወቸ
/wɛt͡ʃɛ/
Drink
ሰታ
/sɛta/
Love
ፍቅር
/fɨkʼɨr/
Heart
ልብ
/lɨb/
Tree
ዛፍ
/zaf/
House
ቤት
/bet/
Dog
ውሻ
/wɨʃa/
Cat
ድመት
/dɨmɛt/
Hand
እጅ
/ɨd͡ʒ/
Eye
አይን
/ajn/
Hello
እንደምን
/ɨndɛmɨn/
Thank you
ኣምስከነለንት
/amɨskɛnɛlɛnt/
One
አት
/at/
Good
ሞጨ
/mot͡ʃɛ/
Sources
Words compared
Compared with related Afro-Asiatic (Semitic, Ethiopian, Gurage) languages
| Meaning | Sebat Bet Gurage | Amharic | Tigre | Tigrinya | Ge'ez | Mandaic | Hebrew |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water | ሞዬ /moje/ | ውሃ /wɨha/ | ማይ /maj/ | ማይ /maj/ | ማይ /maːj/ | ࡌࡉࡀ /mia/ | מים /majim/ |
| Fire | እሳት /ɨsat/ | እሳት /ɨssat/ | እሳት /ʔəssat/ | ሓዊ /ħawi/ | እሳት /ʔəsaːt/ | ࡍࡅࡓࡀ /nura/ | אש /eʃ/ |
| Sun | ፀሐይ /tsʼɛhaj/ | ፀሐይ /tsʼɛhaj/ | ጸሓይ /tsʼəħaj/ | ጸሓይ /tsʼəħaj/ | ፀሐይ /sˤaħaj/ | ࡔࡀࡌࡔࡀ /ʃamʃa/ | שמש /ʃemeʃ/ |
| Moon | ጨረቃ /t͡ʃʼɛɾɛkʼa/ | ጨረቃ /t͡ʃʼɛɾɛkʼa/ | ወርሕ /waɾəħ/ | ወርሒ /wərħi/ | ወርኅ /warχ/ | ࡎࡉࡓࡀ /sira/ | ירח /jaˈʁeaχ/ |
| Mother | ኤንም /enɨm/ | እናት /ɨnnat/ | እሞ /ʔəmmo/ | ኣደ /ʔaddə/ | እም /ʔəmm/ | ࡀࡌࡀ /ama/ | אמא /ima/ |
| Father | አባ /aba/ | አባት /abbat/ | አቦ /ʔabbo/ | ኣቦ /ʔabbo/ | አብ /ʔab/ | ࡀࡁࡀ /aba/ | אבא /aba/ |
| Eat | ወቸ /wɛt͡ʃɛ/ | መብላት /mɛblat/ | በልዐ /balʕa/ | ምብላዕ /mɨblaʕ/ | በልዐ /balʕa/ | ࡀࡊࡀࡋ /akal/ | לאכול /leχol/ |
| Drink | ሰታ /sɛta/ | መጠጣት /mɛtʼɛtʼːat/ | ሰትየ /satja/ | ምስታይ /mɨstaj/ | ሰትየ /satja/ | ࡔࡕࡀ /ʃta/ | לשתות /liʃtot/ |
| Love | ፍቅር /fɨkʼɨr/ | ፍቅር /fɨkʼɨr/ | ፍቅሪ /fəqʼri/ | ፍቕሪ /fɨqʼɾi/ | አፍቀረ /ʔafqara/ | ࡓࡅࡄࡌࡀ /ɾuhma/ | אהבה /ahava/ |
| Heart | ልብ /lɨb/ | ልብ /lɨbb/ | ልቢ /ləbbi/ | ልቢ /lɨbbi/ | ልብ /ləbb/ | ࡋࡉࡁࡀ /liba/ | לב /lev/ |
| Tree | ዛፍ /zaf/ | ዛፍ /zaf/ | ዕጨይ /ʕətʃʼaj/ | ኦም /ʔom/ | ዕፅ /ʕasˤ/ | ࡀࡊࡀࡍࡀ /akana/ | עץ /et͡s/ |
| House | ቤት /bet/ | ቤት /bet/ | ቤት /beːt/ | ገዛ /ɡəza/ | ቤት /beːt/ | ࡁࡉࡕࡀ /bita/ | בית /bajit/ |
| Dog | ውሻ /wɨʃa/ | ውሻ /wɨʃʃa/ | ከልብ /kalb/ | ከልቢ /kəlbi/ | ከልብ /kalb/ | ࡊࡀࡋࡁࡀ /kalba/ | כלב /kelev/ |
| Cat | ድመት /dɨmɛt/ | ድመት /dɨmmɛt/ | ድሙ /dəmmu/ | ድሙ /dɨmmu/ | ድሙ /dəmmu/ | ࡔࡅࡍࡀࡓࡀ /ʃunara/ | חתול /χatul/ |
| Hand | እጅ /ɨd͡ʒ/ | እጅ /ɨd͡ʒː/ | እድ /ʔəd/ | ኢድ /ʔid/ | እድ /ʔəd/ | ࡏࡃࡀ /ʔida/ | יד /jad/ |
| Eye | አይን /ajn/ | ዓይን /ajn/ | ዐይን /ʕajn/ | ዓይኒ /ʕajni/ | ዐይን /ʕajn/ | ࡏࡉࡍࡀ /ʔina/ | עין /ajin/ |
| Hello | እንደምን /ɨndɛmɨn/ | ሰላም /sɛlam/ | ሰላም /salaːm/ | ሰላም /səlam/ | ሰላም /salaːm/ | ࡔࡋࡀࡌࡀ /ʃlama/ | שלום /ʃalom/ |
| Thank you | ኣምስከነለንት /amɨskɛnɛlɛnt/ | አመሰግናለሁ /amɛsɛɡɡɨnallɛhu/ | የቀንየለይ /jəqanjəlej/ | የቐንየለይ /jɨqʼɨnjɨlɨj/ | ምስጋና /məsɡaːnaː/ | ࡈࡀࡁࡅࡕࡀ /ʈabuta/ | תודה /toda/ |
| One | አት /at/ | አንድ /and/ | ሓዲ /ħadi/ | ሓደ /ħadə/ | አሐዱ /ʔaħadu/ | ࡄࡀࡃ /had/ | אחד /eχad/ |
| Good | ሞጨ /mot͡ʃɛ/ | ጥሩ /tʼɨru/ | ጽቡቕ /tsʼəbbuqʼ/ | ጽቡቕ /tsʼɨbuqʼ/ | ሠናይ /sanaːj/ | ࡈࡀࡁࡀ /tˤaba/ | טוב /tov/ |
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