Vowels & Consonants

These pages contain words from written Amarigna and Tigrigna going back 5100 years ago in Gebts. In order to help you read the ancient words, I have placed next to them the fidel spelling, the pronunciation, and the meaning.

Additionally, to help you better understand how to read the ancient written words, use the fidel as your guide, since fidel is a direct descendant of the ancient, as shown below.

While the written characters shown below accurate, different spellings can use other related characters. Also, there were typos, written words that were misspelled, as there are today even in the most professional writing.

Lastly, each letter is derived from the word containing it, in the same way you might say, “a” as in “apple” or “z” as in “zebra.”

Vowels

ጥንብ አንሣ tənəbə anəsa - vulture (noun)

እጅ əj – hand, arm (verb)

አደገ adägä - grow (verb)

Consonants

ሖደደ hodädä - designated land or estate as hudad (noun)

ማዋል mawal - to dedicate (verb)

ማዋል mawal - to invest (verb)

እምስ əms - female genital (noun)

ወራ wära - chat (verb)

ቀለሰ qäläsä - bend someone or something over (verb)

አሸሸ ashäshä - to drive away, to send away, hide (verb)

ቁልቁለት qulqulät - downhill (noun)

ባት bat - calf of leg (noun)

ወንበር wänbär - chair (noun)

ተቀበለ täqäbälä - accept, receive (noun)

ቦርጭ borch - belly (noun)

ወንዝ wänz - river (noun)

ጭንብል chənəbələ mask, crown (noun)

አካል akal - body, member (noun)

ውኃ wəea - water (noun)

ወጣት wätat - adolescent (noun)

ዝግ zəgə - closed (adj.)

ወደ wädä - toward ( prep.)

ግመል gəmälə camel (noun)

ውጥረት wətərätə - tension (noun)

አጨ achä - be engaged to marry (verb)

ፀሐይ tsähäy - sun (noun)

ፋቅ faq - brush (noun)