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Food and Beverages Vocabulary in Afar

🤗 Assalaamu qaleykum! Afar learners,

➡ In today's lesson you will learn some useful vocabulary related to "Food, Eating and Drinking" in Afar, the language of Afar people mainly living in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti.

Happy learning!

Don't hesitate to look into these other pages after completing this lesson: Days of the Week, Family, House & Transport.

maqo, ma'o - food

English	Afar af
lunch	satqa-kalo
breakfast	miidi-kalo, qeero-kalo
fasting	soom
dinner, supper	af-xago, diraaru
hunger	luwá [N], satqá [S]
I am thirsty	bakaariyya
thirst	bákar
taste	támu

Cutlery

English	Afar af
spoon	maklaq, maaká
plate	sacani [AR]
knife small knife	gilé gileytá
fork	sadan
bottle	kaarat, karaarat
cup	kaaqunta
drinking glass	figgáan
wooden cup	katħó

maqub - drink, beverage

English	Afar af
ɖámu	juice
lée	water
kámri [Arab.], gocoy	beer
shaahí [Arab.]	tea
búna [Arab.]	coffee
ħán angúħħan	milk mother's milk

spices and condiments

English	Afar af
yoghurt	wasiil
clarified butter	súbaħ
thyme	saqdaara
cooking oil	sálid
fenugreek	culbata
cumin	kammun
coriander	kudbara, geed adari
nigella, black caraway	cabbasooda
cardamom	heel
salt	'asbo
black pepper	filfil
meat	hadoyta, cadoyta / cado
egg	nala
pasta noodles	basta
flour	burri
bread traditional bread	furun mufe gaqammo/ga'ammo

dessert

English	Afar af
cake	keki
cream	mutuk
biscuit	buskut
ice cream	iskirìim
sugar	sokkar
honey	malaba
scales	keeɖé / keeɖá
candy / candies	karamellá / karamellaalí
cheap	rakiisi [Arab.], ɖóħti

Other Lessons

• Seasons
• Drinks
• Nature and Environment
• House
• Months of the Year
• Vegetables
• Family
• Transport
• Clothes