5S Aradom kebele - nai.uu.se · kob (qob) (A) Hebrew-type skull-cap, worn by priests, monks, nuns ?? Kob (Qôb), ../.. [+ x] a town Qôb was mentioned in medieval time HEC35 Kob (Cob)

kob (qob) (A) Hebrew-type skull-cap, worn by priests,

monks, nuns

?? Kob (Qôb), ../.. [+ x]

a town Qôb was mentioned in medieval time

HEC35 Kob (Cob) 11/37 [+ WO]

HEL33 Kob kebele (Qob ..) 12/38 [Ad]

in north-west Bugna wereda; area 8,518 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

koba (qoba) (A,O,Gurage) ensete plant, Ensete ventricosum;

also (A) Agauria salicifolia;

koba (O) 1. yellow; koobaa 2. cupping horn, device to draw blood

for therapeutic blood-letting, qobaa 3.alone, special

GDM43 Koba (Coba) 0928'/3437' 1578 m 09/34 [+ n]

HEL87 Koba (K'oba, Qoba) 1233'/3904' 2175 m, 12/39 [Gz q]

west of Korem

HDM40 Koba & Hajin kebele (Qoba .. ..) 09/39 [Ad]

in north-west Angolela & Tera Asagirt wereda at its south-western

border, 21-24 km south-west of Debre Birhan; area 661 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HCL03 Koba Seddu (Coba Seddu) (area) 2789 m 06/38 [+ WO]

koba sorma, rich of ensete? sooroma (O) affluence, wealth

HCE93 Koba Sorma (Coba Sorma) (area) 2710 m 06/38 [+ WO]

HE... Koba sub-district (centre in 1964 = Mehago) 12/39 [Ad]

HCH.? Kobach, in Keja 07/36 [En]

In the 1980s centre of Haweta wereda.

HBM40 Kobadi 04/39 [WO]

kobar (Som) copper

JEP92 Kobar (Cobar) (area) 1335'/4050' 13/40 [+ WO Gz]

?? Kobara, ../.. [Mi]

a right affluent of the Birbir river in Wellega

HER36 Kobas Sazob (Cobas Sazob) (area) 12/37 [+ WO]

HEC56c Kobastal (Cobastal) 11/37 [Ch Gu]

(waterfall), see under Dib Kan

JC... Kobayo, mountain in the Ginir region 07/40 [x]

HDM50 Kobba (Cobba) (area) 09/39 [+ WO]

HEE79 Kobbe & Alamata awraja (Kobbo? ...) 11/39 [x]

(centre in 1959 = Wegel Tena)

kobbo, qobboo (O) castor shrub, Ricinus communis; qobbo (Som)

kind of oil-bearing plant with wide leaves /also Ricinus communis?/

HBM95 Kobbo (Cobbo, Gobbo) 0427'/3945' 1218 m 04/39 [+ Gz WO]

HCS18 Kobbo (Cobbo) (area), cf Kobo 07/38 [+ WO]

HDJ49 Kobbo (Cobbo) (area) 0927'/3727' 2235 m, 09/37 [18 Wa WO Gz]

(with market)

HEM43 Kobbo (K'obo, Qobo, Cobbo, Gobbo, Quabbo) 12/39 [Ro Gz q WO x]

MS: 1205'/3945' = HEM33 1455m;

Gz: 1209'/3938' = HEM44 1468 m

(centre -1956- of Raya & Kobo awraja,

in 1964 of Kobo wereda & Kobo sub-district)

There is Kobo Zuriya kebele around the settlement,

with Bowa kebele adjoining a little to the west.

Within a radius of 10 km there are at

4E two Boren kebeles

6E Gatira kebele

3SE Gedemeyo kebele

6SE Abware kebele

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5S Aradom kebele

8SW Arbet kebele

6W Gedaba kebele

6NW Ayub kebele

10NW Amaya kebele

2N Mendefera kebele

8N Golelsha kebele

8NE Rama kebele

JEA45 Kobbo (Cobbo) (high plateau) 927 m 11/40 [+ WO Gu]

HCU85 Kobde (K'obde, Qobde) 0759'/3949' 1997 m 07/39 [Gz q]

kobe k..: qobbe (Som) chill, cool of the night;

kobi, koobi, kobii (O) anthill

HEM52 Kobe kebele (Qobä ..) 12/39 [Ad]

in north-western Kobo wereda at its northern border,

15-28 km north-west of Kobbo town; area 8,149 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

GDF95 Kobecha (Cobecia, Cobeca, Cobaccia, Nunu) 09/34 [MS Ad WO Gz]

0901'/3447' 1528 m

(sub-district & its centre in 1964)

HDG74 Kobecha 0946'/3509' 1521 m, south-east of Mendi 09/35 [Gz]

?? Kobenew (on map of 1814 a place Cobbenou), 11/39? [+ 18]

south-east of lake Ashenge

GD... Kober Kober (centre in 1964 of Yaa sub-district) 09/34 [Ad]

GDM22 Kobere 0919'/3435' 1544 m, near Begi 09/34 [Gz]

kobi: kobi, koobi, kobii (O) anthill;

kobii (qobi'i) (T) cap, hat

HDC04 Kobi 0814'/3703' 1773 m 08/37 [Gz]

HDC09 Kobi 0814'/3725' 1627 m, west of Abelti 08/37 [Gz]

HDJ85 Kobi 0948'/3703' 2378 m, south of Alibo 09/37 [Gz]

HDK99 Kobi 0953'/3821' 2486 m, see under Tulu Milki 09/38 [AA Gz]

HDL91 Kobi 0957'/3834' 2080 m, 09/38 [AA Gz]

(with church), east of Tulu Milki

HCS90 Kobijo (Toulou Kobidjo) 08/08'/3733' 08/37 [x]

location south-southwest of Abelti, with two conical mountains

HEJ77 Kobla Jenda (K. Janda) (in Gondar awraja), 12/37 [Ad 20]

areas known separately in the 1600s as Qobla and Jända

kobo (O) castor shrub as above; also Gardenia lutea, a plant with

sweet-scented, short-lived yellow flowers

HBS36 Kobo (K'obo, Qobo) 0452'/3807' 1797 m, 04/38 [Gz q]

near Yabelo

HDE.. Kobo (centre in 1964 of Abu sub-district), cf Kobbo 08/38? [Ad]

HDE48 Kobo, see under Nazret 08/39 [x]

(sub-district & its centre in 1964?)

HDJ49? Kobo (Qobo, Cobbo), in southern Gudru 09/37 [+ n WO]

HDT83 Kobo (K'obo, Qobo) 1043'/3842' 2371 m 10/38 [Gz q]

HEM43 Kobo, see Kobbo

JDH38 Kobo (K'obo, Qobo, Cobbo) 0923'/4128' 2205 m, 09/41 [Gz q Ro]

(with church Medhane Alem), near Deder

HDM65 Kobo kebele (Qobo ..) 09/39 [Ad]

in northern Ankober wereda stretching to its eastern border,

9-14 km north-east of Ankobdr town; area 1,078 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HDU16 Kobo kebele (Kobo ..) 09/39 [Ad]

centrally in northern Kewet wereda, 2-7 km north-west

of Shewa Robit; area 1,971 hectares. [CSA 1994]



HD... Kobo sub-district (centre in 1964 = Har Amba) 09/39 [Ad n]

(-1964-1997-)

HEM43 Kobo wereda (Qobo ..) (-1964-1994-) 12/39 [Ad n]

(-1994-) is divided into 45 rural and 5 urban kebeles among which

Abware, Afafa, Amaya, Amze, Aradom, Aramo, Arbet, Asmela,

Awas, Ayub, Belego, Berha Maryam, Boren (two), Bowa, Gatira,

Gedaba, Gedemeyu, Golelsha, Jarota, Jemedo, Kalim, Kobe, Kobo

Zuriya, Kulkwal Amba, Legas Weyra, Lema Solela, Licho Beret, Mehago,

Mekdela, Mendefera, Mesno Kelewa, Mito, Rama, Sheway Maryam,

Tota Amba, Wacho, Wedeyu, Weremegna, Werke, Weyno Dikalo

HEM43 Kobo Zuriya kebele (Qobo .. ..), 12/39 [Ad]

surrounding Kobbo town in central northern

Kobo wereda; area 3,869 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

GDM06 Kobocha 0903'/3455' 1782 m, near code GDF96 09/34 [Gz]

?? Kobor ../.. [x]

kobota, koboota (O) lump of earth; dry dung

HDC09 Kobota 0813'/3728' 1592 m, west of Abelti 08/37 [Gz]

GD... Kobra (in Asosa awraja) 10/34? [Ad]

HEL52 Kobriya (K'obriya, Qobriya) 1213'/3841' 2465 m 12/38 [Gz q]

HDE57 Kobul (M.Cobul) (mountain area) 08/39 [+ WO]

2030 m, see under Mojo

HEC88 Kobuta, see under Bahir Dar 11/37 [n]

kocha, qochaa (O) tortoise

HCG87 Kocha (Coccia, Cocia, Coraico, Coriccia) 07/35 [+ WO Gu Gz]

0708'/3525' 958 m

/this Kocha or the next one?/

It was at the foot of Kocha, on the left-hand side of Dincha,

that the last king of Kefa and his followers were captured.

HCG96 Kocha (Coccia, Cocia) 0717'/3520' 1465 m 07/35 [+ WO Gu Gz]

JDK36 Kochara (K'och'ara, Qochara) 0921'/4304' 1795 m, 09/43 [Gz q]

east of Jijiga

koche, qoochee (O) kind of tree with very hard wood;

kochee (O) kind of food with minced meat or boiled lamb

HCR70 Koche (K'och'e, Qoche) 0754'/3640' 1524 m, 07/36 [Gz q]

north-west of Jimma

HCT56c Koche, between lake Ziway and Albaso 07/38 [x]

HEM35 Kochebi Raja (Cochebi R.) 1208'/3950' 1162 m 12/39 [+ Gz]

?? Kochele (Kechele?) (visiting postman under Jimma) ../.. [Po]

JDK50 Kocher (Goggiar, Gojjiar, Qocher) 2007/2050 m, 09/42 [LM WO Gu x]

(large village) mountain 2526 m, cf Gocher

(centre in 1964 of Grikocher sub-district)

HC... Kochere wereda (Kochore ..) 06/38 [Ad]

at some distance from Yirga Chefe in the Gedeo Zone

(-1994) is divided into 40 rural and 3 urban kebeles.

kochi, qochii (O) small market;

kocho, qochoo (O) 1. Ensete edulis, E. ventricosum; 2.wing;

(qoch'o) (A etc) porridge made from the marrow of the ensete plant,

staple food for Gurage and others who cultivate ensete;

qocho (O) bar used as door fastener

HCR42 Kochi (Coci) (small market), see under Jimma 07/36 [+ Gu]

HDD28 Kochir (Quochir) 08/38 [+ WO]

JCG37 Kochisa (Coccisa) (plain) 06/40 [+ WO Gu]

kochisu (O) to mince /meat/

HCG96 Kocho 0713'/3520'c 07/35 [x]



HC... Kochore wereda, see Kochere ..

koda (qoda) (A) raw hide, skin;

koda meret (qoda märet) (A) wide but infertile land;

koda (O) (qodaa) vessel, tool, implement, furniture;

(qooda) divide, take a share; gift

HCR16 Koda 0722'/3710' 1559 m 07/37 [Gz]

?? Koda Messa (visiting postman under Jimma) ../.. [Po]

JCR77 Kodaa Meydel (Qodaa Meidel) (area) 07/42 [+ WO]

kodad: kodadu (plural of kudo) (T) hillocks, small hills

HDU64 Kodad kebele (Qodad ..) 10/39 [Ad]

in the middle of south Gishe Rabel wereda stretching

north/south to its southern border, 21-24 km east-southeast

of Were Ilu; area 2,325 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

kodda (A) leather bottle; (O) part, portion;

koddaa (O) water-flask /of metal for soldiers/

HDC00 Kodda (Codda) (mountain) 0811'/3636 2138 m 08/36 [n WO Gz]

kode, koode (O) brother, sister, blood relation

HCS43 Kode (Code) 07/37 [+ WO]

HDM85 Kodebra 0947'/3950' 1599 m, 09/39 [Gz]

south-east of Debre Sina

JDJ34 Kodele 0920'/4200' 1917 m, west of Harar 09/42 [Gz]

HC... Kodesha wereda (centre in 1964 = Botolo Sogna) 06/37? [Ad]

HCG55c Kodika 0647'/3515'c 06/35 [x]

Village near the Gojeb river, with name given

by the local people in the 1910s.

kodo (qodo) (Kefa) small circular hut;

koddo, koddoo (O) myrtle, Myrtus communis

HCK00 Kodo (in Gemu awraja), see Wulo Kode

JDF56 Kodore (Qodore) (area) 08/44 [+ WO]

JDH07 Koe (K'o'e, Qoe) 0905'/4119' 1505 m, 09/41 [Gz q]

south-west of Deder

-- Koegu, Kwegu, Koygu, ethnic group living at Omo river at about HBP95,

are called Muguji by others

-- Koegu language, see Kwegu

HBT.. Koessa (Coessa), 05/39 [+ Mi]

mountain in Sidamo with sharp-edged conical shape

HBM04 Koeiti (Coeti) 0340'/3940' 966 m, 03/39 [n Gz]

mountain near the border of Kenya, cf Koweti

HCK09 Kofali (Cofali) (area), see under Dilla 06/38 [+ WO]

HDG.? Kofali Dilla, in Gimbi awraja? 09/35 [x]

HDT08 Kofeda (Cofeda) 09/39 [+ WO]

kofele, kofale (O) kind of tree, Albizia grandibracteata

HCD87 Kofele (Bukissa Kofale), 40 km south-west of Dilla, 06/38 [+ x]

with decorated monoliths on a hill

HCL84 Kofele (Cofole, Coffole, Kofale, Cofale, Kofali) 07/38 [Gz Po WO Gu]

(Koffale, Kofolle, Kofelle, Kaffale) 07/38 [x]

MS: 0700'/3845' = HCL73 2695 m; Gz: 0704'/3847' 2506 m

(with sub-post office), on road eastwards south of Shashemene

HDH77 Kofele (Kefole) 0945'/3623' 1872 m 09/36 [Gz]

HCL84 Kofele wereda (centre in 1964-1980s = Kofele), 07/38 [Ad]

with a state farm,

(-1994-) is divided into 92 rural and 4 urban kebeles.

HDM.? Kofeltu (with church Zeank'a Welda), 09/39? [x]

in Bulga/Kasim wereda



?? Koffe (swamp with plenty of birds) ../.. [20]

kofla (O) laughter

HDE40 Kofla (Cofla) (mountain) 0831'/3827' 3057 m 08/38 [+ Gu Gz]

HDT16 Kofna (K'ofna), see Minaaze

JEP63 Kofno (area) 13/40 [WO]

HCR99 Kofta 0804'/3730' 2115 m, 08/37 [Gz]

south-west of Abelti, near map code HCS90

koftu, qooftuu (O) hollow, having a hole

HDE77 Koftu (K'oftu, Qoftu) 0850'/3903' 2057 m, 08/39 [Gz q]

north-east of Debre Zeyt

HDL73 Koftu (K'oftu, Qoftu) 09/38 [+ Ad]

(centre in 1964 of Tulu Dimtu sub-district)

HEK41 Koga (K'oga, Qoga, Kogga, Coga) 1210'/3738' 12/37 [Gz q Ad Pa x]

(centre in 1964 of Infranz sub-district) 1832/2520 m, cf Imfiraz,

(also historically recorded), at the north-east shore of lake Tana

HES27 Koga (K'oga, Qoga) 1255'/3814' 2730 m, 12/38 [Gz q]

south-east of Deresge

HEC.. Kogar, a right tributary of the Little Abay 11/37 [Ch]

HBK52 Kogayu (G. Kogaiu) (hill) 1228 m 04/37 [+ WO]

GDF72 Kogi (Cogi, Cioghi) 0831'/3445' 1868 m 08/34 [+ Gz]

HDF73 Kogi (Cogi, Coaichi, Coicia) (mountain) 08/39 [+ Gz]

0852'/3938' 1239 m

-- Kogo, an Oromo clan in Arsi;

kogo d..: dalla, dallaa (O) fence, enclosure

GDF61 Kogo Dalla (Cogo Dalla) 0842'/3429' 904 m 08/34 [+ WO Gz]

HCF51 Kogobbe (Cogobbe, Malca Cogobbe) 05/39 [Gz WO]

0553'/3928' 1192 m

HCE97 Kogobbo (Cogobbo) 06/39 [+ WO]

JBJ92 Kogorni (Cogorni) (area) 04/41 [+ WO]

HCG84 Kogu (Cogu) 07/35 [+ WO]

HEU92 Koha, see Kwiha

HDL55 Kohiti (K'ohiti, Qohiti) 0934/3857' 2659 m, 09/38 [AA Gz q]

south-east of Fiche

HEU92 Koha, see Kwiha

JDA93 Kohodam (G. Cohodam) (area) 1019 m 08/40 [+ WO]

koina d..: dega (däga) (A) highland

HEK54 Koina Dega (area) 12/37 [WO]

koinab, title of local king among the Chako

HCG67 Koinab (area) 06/35 [x]

HCG77 Koings c. 1690 m 06/35 [x]

HCH38 Koisa, see Kosha

HDL76 Koiti (Ko'iti) 0942'/3902' 2562 m, 09/39 [AA Gz]

south-east of Fiche

HBL78 Koja (Coggia) 0416'/3911' 1196 m 04/39 [+ Gz]

HEC77 Koja Giyorgis (Codgia Gheorghis) 11/37 [+ It]

(village with church)

-- Koje, name of an Ittu tribe of eastern Oromo

HCR66 Kojello Abullu (Cogello A.), cf Kajelo.. 07/37 [+ WO]

HCS41 Kojjiro (Coggiro) 07/37 [+ WO]

kojo (O) food from ensete;

kojjo (O) the four props of a bed

HCE22 Kojoa (Kojo'a, Kojowa) 0542'/3837', 05/38 [Gz Mi]

an affluent of the Dawa in Sidamo

JCG73 Kojora (K'ojora, Qojora) 0702'/4006' 2515 m, 07/40 [Gz q]

east of Goba



kok (A) (qoq) 1. francolin; (kok) 2. peach

HEE32 Kok 1108'/3838' 2509 m 11/38 [Gz]

HDU46c Kok Fari (recorded in 1841) 10/39 [Ha]

kok wiha (qoq wiha) (A) francolin water

HDS27 Kok Wiha (K'ok' W., Qoq W.) 10/38 [Gz q]

1011'/3813' 2153 m,

above Abay on the road to Debre Markos

koka (O) qooqaa 1. voice, language; 2. ravenous hunger;

koqaa 3. cereal broth obtained after boiling porridge;

koka-u, qoqauu (O) to clear land by burning off vegetation

HDE37 Koka (K'ok'a, Qoqa, Coca) 0826/3902' 1595 m 08/39 [Gz q WO]

Coordinates would give map code HDE36

koka b..: bule (O) 1. assistant at a ceremony of sacrifice;

2. stay overnight; bulee (O) several meanings for colours;

bulee (Som) put tassels on

?? Koka Bule (visiting postman under Nazret) ../.. [Po]

koka g..: gidib (A) dam

HDE38 Koka Gidib (K'ok'a G., Qoqa G., Koka Dam) 08/39 [Gz q]

0828'/3909' (lake at 0820'/3900' extending 20 x 15 km)

HDE22 Koka Negewo, see Negewo

koka s..: siba (O) large jar for brewing tella or tej;

-- Siba is a Borana lineage

HDE37 Koka Siba (Coca Siba) (area) 08/39 [+ WO]

HDE.. Koka sub-district (centre in 1964 = Mayo) 08/39 [Ad]

kokaato a..: ale (A) to tell; alle (A) there is

JEC92 Kokaato Ale (Coccaato Ale) (area) 11/41 [+ WO]

HFF80 Kokah (K'ok'ah, Qoqah) 1422'/3925' 2592 m, 14/39 [Gz q]

north-west of Adigrat

HCR81 Kokawo (Cocauo, Kokauo) 0802'/3641' 1530 m 08/36 [+ Gz]

GCU47 Kokayeka (Cocaieca) 0736'/3459' 895 m 07/34 [+ WO Gz]

koke (Borana O) camel bell of wood;

ager (agär) (A) land, district, region

HEE18 Koke Ager 1058'/3913' 3232 m, 10/39 [Gz]

south-west of Dessie, in Albuko wereda

kokeb (kokäb) (A) star; fortune by destiny;

kokeb mesk (A) star field;

mesk (mäsk) (A) grazing land, meadow

HDL85 Kokeb Mesk 0950'/3855' 1814 m, east of Fiche 09/38 [AA Gz]

HDU85 Kokebeb kebele (Kokäbäb ..) 10/39 [Ad]

in south Antsokiya & Gemza wereda stretching

narrowly almost across the whole width of the wereda,

very near north of Majete; area 1,788 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HF... Kokel (Kokäl) (river), 14/38? [+ Pa]

in the Mereb area of north-west Ethiopia?

HEU73 Kokele 1321'/3938' 2243 m, south-east of Kwiha, 13/39 [Gz]

(with church Gebre Menfes K'idus)

HDU47c Kokfara ca. 1020'/4000', 10/40 [18 x]

at a main old north-south route

koki, kooki (O) peach tree, Prunus persica

H.... Koki (Qoki) (centre in 1964 of Alai sub-district) 10/39 [+ Ad]

HEF15 Kokiny (K'ok'iny, Qoqiny) 1057'/3947' 1718 m, 10/39 [Gz q]

south-east of Kombolcha

HDD28 Kokir 0824'/3814' 2667 m 08/38 [Gz Ad]



(centre in 1964 of Kokir Gedebano sub-district) (-1964-1997-)

HDD28 Kokir wereda 08/38 [Ad]

(-1994-) is divided into 31 rural kebeles and 1 urban.

HDD.? Kokir Gedbano & Gutazer wereda (.. Gedebano ..) 08/38? [Ad]


HEP26c Kokit (Cochit) (large village) 12/36 [n Gu]

GCT43 Kokiye (Cochie) 07/33 [+ WO]

koko, kokoo (O) vagina

HDP44 Koko (Coco, Koki) 1017'/3607' 1766/1835 m, 10/36 [Gz Ch WO Wa]

(big village with market), north of Abay river

Coordinates would give map code HDP34

kokob: qoqob (Som) barrier, boundary fence

GD... Kokob kebele ../34 [20]

located near Sudan. Kwama language is spoken there.

JBG62 Kokoba (Kokob, Cocob) 0418'/4004' 1213 m 04/40 [WO Wa Gz]

?? Kokobe /same as Kokoba?/, ../.. [Mi]

near Monissa mountain in Sidamo

?? Kokobill, ../.. [x]

village past Belfodio and near the Godaberri river

HEU00 Kokolo 1330'/3924' 2175 m 13/39 [Gz]

(with church Yohanis), near Mekele

HFE69 Kokomet (Cocomet) 1409'/3919' 1980 m 14/39 [+ Gu Gz]

HEF93 Kokono (K'ok'ono, Qoqono) 1142'/3938' 1934 m, 11/39 [Gz q]

south of Weldiya

HEF91 Kokor Amba kebele (Qoqor .. ..) 11/39 [Ad]

in southern central Guba Lafto wereda, 10-16 km

south-west of Weldiya; area 2,005 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

kokora (western O) kind of small or medium tree,

Terminalia macroptera; kokori (O) diarrhoea

HDH99 Kokoro Barra (Cocoro Barra) 09/36 [+ WO]

kokoru, qoqoruu (O) pick a bone, gnaw /at a corn cob/

HCL44 Kokosa (Kokossa, Cocossa) 0644'/3847' 2551 m 06/38 [Gz Po WO]

(visiting postman under Goba)

HCL67 Kokosa wereda, in westernmost Genale awraja 06/39 [Ad x]

(centre in 1964 = Serofeta/Serofta, in the 1980s = Kokosa)


koksa/qoqsaa, kossa/qoossaa (O) kind of cattle disease

HC... Koksa (=HCL44 Kokosa? in Genale awraja) 06/39? [Ad]

koku, koquu (O) 1. bubble; 2. growl;

koku bahar (A) lake of the peach tree?

HEJ44 Koku Bahir (Qoqu Bahr) (area) 12/37 [+ Ch]

kola, koola (O) wing; qola (O) bark, sheath, peel, pod, foreskin;

qoola (O) pelt /of goat etc/; kwolla (qwolla) (A) lowland

HDP89 Kola (area) 1780 m 10/36 [WO]

HES20 Kola (Cola) 1252'/3731' 1685 m, 12/37 [18 WO Gz]

(on map of 1868)

HEC67c Kola Abole sub-district (Qola Abolie ..) 11/37 [+ Ad]

(centre in 1964 = Merawi Maryam)

HDR86 Kola Dega Damot awraja (Qolla .., Qwälla Däga ..) 10/37 [Gz]

(centre at least 1964-1980 = Finote Selam)

1045'/3710'

kola d..: diba-a (O) lazy; diba (O) young rascal;

dibaa (O) firewood put under ashes; dibba (O) hundred

HEJ77 Kola Diba (K'ola D., Qola D., Koladiba, Kola Deba) 12/37 [Gz q Po Te]



(Kola Duba, Colloduba, Kolla Debba, Qwolla Debba) 12/37 [Mi x 20]

(K'olediba, Kolladuba, Sarua) 1225'/3719' 1881 m

(centre in 1964 of Dembiya wereda) (with sub-post office)

HES20 Kola Diba (Cola, Kolladuba, Kollo Duba) 12/37 [LM WO Gz]

1252'/3731'

kola geb..: gebre (A) slave, servant of /used mostly

in religious sense/; (Geez) to do; (O) barley, Hordeum vulgare

HFE67 Kola Gebre (K'ola G., Qola G.) 1408'/3906' 2033 m, 14/39 [Gz q]

east of Adwa

HE... Kola Gerado (.. Gärado) sub-district 11/39 [Ad]

(centre in 1964 = Dibikbeye)

HE... Kola Ibnat sub-district 11/38 [Ad]

(centre in 1964 = Kahnat Semai)

HDT75 Kola Magole kebele (Qola Magolé ..) 10/38 [Ad]

in the south-easternmost corner of Debre Sina wereda,

9-13 km east of Mekane Selam; area 1,104 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HEK.. Kola Melza sub-district 12/38 [Ad]

(centre in 1964 = Nikora Gebeya)

HEM21 Kola Muja kebele (Qola .. ..) 11/39 [Ad]

centrally in the south of Gidan wereda, adjoining

Muja settlement and extending 6 km southwards

from there; area 4,010 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

kola s..: siba, siiba (O) large jar for brewing tella or tej;

-- Siba, a Borana lineage

HFC06 Kola Siba (Cola Siba) (mountain) 13/37 [+ WO Gz]

1339'/3715' 1832 m

HE... Kola Temben wereda (Kolla Tenbien ..) 13/39? [Ad]

somewhere between Maychew and Abergele,


HES40c Kola Wegera sub-district (K. Weghera ..) 13/37 [+ Ad]

(centre in 1964 = Ajire)

HDU85 Koladi (K'oladi, Qoladi) 1052'/3949' 1519 m 10/39 [Gz q]

HEJ77 Koladiba, see Kola Diba

JCE18 Kolaffo, see Kelafo

HDP89 Kolaj, see Borebo

JDR49 Kolamale (Colamale) (area) 10/42 [+ WO]

HEK08 Kolamikre (K'olamikre, Qolamikre) 11/38 [Gz q]

1150'/3817' 2807 m, east of Debre Tabor

HDG75 Kolati, about 15 km east of Mendi 09/35 [x]

HEF32 Kolaw Mote kebele (Qolaw Moté ..) 11/39 [Ad]

in central eastern Dese Zuriya wereda at its western border,

14-18 km west-southwest of Muja; area 4,436 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HEM23 Kolayat kebele (Qolayat ..) 11/39 [Ad]

in south-easternmost Gidan wereda stretching along its

eastern border, 20 km east of Muja; area 4,436 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HEF40 Kolaye (K'olaye, Qolaye) 1115'/3921' 2504 m, 11/39 [Gz q]

north-west of Dessie

kolba (O) horn; (Som) each time, every time

HBR39 Kolba (Colba, Golba) 0450'/3725' 1219 m 04/37 [LM Gz WO Wa]

HCN.. Kolba 07/35 [n]

Place in the Mocha area having two holy 'temples'



of the local Kaficho people.

HDA88 Kolba (Colba) 0855'/3535' 1783 m 08/35 [+ WO Gz]

JCN99 Kolba (G. Colba) (area) 2027 m, cf Gara Kolba 08/40 [+ WO]

HDJ27 Kolba Maryam (church) 0915'/3715', 09/37 [Gz]

south-east of Haretu

HCK64 Kolbaye 0656'/3754' 1873 m, north-east of Soddo 06/37 [Gz]

HCP95 Kolbei (Kolbe'i) 0804'/3610' 2170 m 08/36 [Gz]

JDK42 Kolbiyo (Colbio) (area) 09/42 [+ WO]

HDD10 Kolbo (Colbo, Colba) (mountain) 08/37 [+ Gz WO]

0817'/3732' 1399 m

HDJ58 Kolbo (Colbo), see Kolobo

?? Kolcho, 05/36 [20]

a Karo village just north of Murle camp

J.... Kolcho 09/41 [x]

Oromo name of the Deréla (Deraela) water hole (Adal name)

HDF12 Koleba Maryam (church) 0819'/3934' 08/39 [Gz]

Kolech (qolech), a male personal name

HDE61 Kolecha 0845'/3833' 2083 m, south-west of Sebeta 08/38 [Gz]

HEF06 Kolegna kebele (Qolägna ..) 10/39 [Ad]

in southern Kalu (East) wereda at the middle of its southern border,

19-24 km south-southeast of Kombolcha; area 1,749 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HE... Kolel Gebread 11/37 [Ad]

(centre in 1964 of Welie Sekela sub-district)

HED32 Kolela (Kolella, Kollela, Collela) 11/37 [+ WO]

(Kolala, Corre, Densa?) (on map of 1814) 11/37 [Ch Gu]

HED32 Kolela sub-district (centre in 1964 = Keffa Abo) 11/37 [Ad]

HEF61 Kolet kebele (Kolét ..) 11/39 [Ad]

in south-eastern Ambasel wereda, 8-15 km

south-west of Wichale; area 3,587 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

kolfa (O) laugh, laughter

HDK88 Kolfe 0946'/3817' 2508 m, 09/38 [AA Gz]

south-west of Tulu Milki

kolfi (O) key; button

GD... Koli (in Kelem awraja) 08/34? [Ad]

koli, qolii (O) corn in a sheath

HDR42 Koli (Mabil, Melka Lelu) 1026'/3652' 1627 m, 10/36 [Gz Ch WO x]

in Gojjam near Abay river

-- kolito: Kollitu, a lineage of the Sabbo-Karrayyu-Basu

of the Borana people

HCS06 Kolito (K'olito), see Alaba Kulito

JBR31 Kolkol (Colcol, Colcolei) 0452'/4144' 349 m 04/41 [+ Gz]

kolkol: qolqol (Som) 1. portion, rear part of hut; 2. trickle;

qolqolee (O) grazing land made barren through over-use

JBR42 Kolkoley (Colcolei) (area) 565 m 04/41 [+ WO]

kolkwal, kulkwal, kwelkwal (qolqwal, qwälqwal) (A) cactus-

like tree, Euphorbia abyssinica, E. candelabrum

HEC67 Kolkwalma (Quolqualma) (village), 11/37 [+ It]

(with church Mikael, Oromo ruins to the east)

HFE03 Kolkwalukwe (Colqualuque) 1337'/3847' 1800 m 13/38 [+ WO Gz]

HEB45 Kolkwel (Colquel) 11/36 [+ WO]

kolla (qolla) (A) parch, roast /grain, coffee/; (O) lowland;

kwolla (qwolla) (A) lowland; kolla (Som) 1. never; 2. each time;

arsama (O) woman's leather petticoat



HEJ17 Kolla Arsima (Quola Arsima), cf Kola .. 11/37 [+ Ch]

HEJ77 Kolla Debba, see Kola Diba

HF... Kolla Geralta wereda (-1994-) 13/39 [n]

JDE52 Kollat (Collat) (area) 08/43 [+ WO]

kollati, qollati (O) collective word for berries?

HDH14c Kolli, see under Dimto 09/36 [x]

HDM55 Kollifiye (Collifie) (area), see under Ankober 09/39 [+ WO]

HEP26 Kollit (Collit) 1255'/3613' 729 m 12/36 [+ Gz]

kollo, kolloo (O) 1. pod of beans; 2. shuttle for weaving;

qolloo 3. place of worship, usually under a large tree;

kollo (qollo) (A) fried grain; (O) idol, kind of spirit in

traditional beliefs; it looks like a cock with four horns;

kolo (O) meadow, pasturage, grassland; (A) kind of large

thistle, Echinops ellenbeckii;

qollo (O), qolo (Kefa), qolle (A) local spirit, genius loci,

collo (Italian) neck, throat; qolo (Som) tribe, clan

HEE38 Kollo (Collo, Kwällo) (mountain) 11/39 [x 18 WO Gz]

1110'/3910' 2996 m, mountain peak 4300 m

MS coordinates would give map code HEE28

kollo bo.: boka (O) 1. tej of good quality; 2. blaze,

white spot on the face of animals;

boka, bokaa (O) yeast; bokka (O) rain; (A) to ferment,

be rancid

HDB47 Kollo Boka (Collo Boca) 08/36 [+ WO]

(area) 2015 m, see under Bedele

kollo bu..: bulcha, bulchaa (O) administrator /of a region/

?? Kollo Bulcha (visiting postman under Jimma) ../.. [Po]

kollo d..: dida (O) forest, camp;

didaa (O) obstinate /domestic animal/;

diida (O) from some foreign place;

didhaa (O) revenge

?? Kollo Dida (visiting postman under Gondar) ../.. [Po]

?? Kollo Guncha (visiting postman under Jimma) ../.. [Po]

HCJ88 Kollo Konta, see Kulo Konta

?? Kollo Sulaja (visiting postman under Jimma) ../.. [Po]

kolloba: collob (Som) pieces of meat preserved in ghee

HDF23 Kolloba (Colloba, Colaba) (mountain) 2469 m 08/39 [+ WO Gu]

kollu: kolu, kooluu (O) 1. wing; 2. bequest for eldest son

HCD.. Kollu, 05/38 [Mi]

river in Agere Maryam region, with tributaries originating in Magado forest

HDJ66 Kollubi, see Kistana

JDJ41 Kollubi, see Kulubi

kolma, kolmaa (O) muscle between the withers and the nape /of an animal/;

(A) (qolma) having the horns turned

JDE48 Kolmadobe (Qolmadobe) (wide area) 08/44 [+ WO]

HBS84 Kolmar Borayd (Colmar Boraidd) (mountain) 05/37 [+ WO]

HB... Kolme ../.. [20]

one of five sub-regions of the Konso region.

HBR88 Kolme (Colme), see Fasha

?? Kolo (Kalo?) (in Kefa) ../.. [18]

the Kolo market was important for gold, coffee and ivory in the 1800s

HEE38 Kolo kebele 11/39 [Ad]

in central Tenta wereda somewhat to the south and at its western border,

13-18 km south-southwest of Tenta settlement; area 2,150 hectares.

[CSA 1994]



HCU26 Koloba (Coloba) (area) 07/39 [+ WO]

H.... Koloba Borano (village) c.2400 m, 08/39? [x]

in the 1980s in Yeju wereda of Arba Gugu awraja

?? Kolobirdo, on the Mereb-Belesa front, ../.. [20]

ruled in 2002 to be Ethiopian and not Eritrean

HDG05 Kolobo 0904'/3518' 1606 m, north-west of Yubdo 09/35 [Gz]

HDH17 Kolobo 0909'/3624' 1824 m, north-west of Nekemte 09/36 [Gz]

HDJ58 Kolobo (Colbo, Kolbo) 0935'/3723' 2200, 2420 m, 09/37 [Gz WO LM]

east of Shambu

HDL03 Kolobo (Colobo, Kollobo) 0904'/3844' 2640 m, 09/38 [Gz]

north-west of Addis Abeba, in Menagesha awraja

HEF74 Kolobo kebele 11/39 [Ad]

in south-easternmost Habru wereda at its border,

13-26 km east of Wichale; area 7,870 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

?? Kologa, place at the lower Omo ../.. [n]

JCJ43 Kololey (Cololei) (area) 06/41 [+ WO]

kololo: kolulu (O) age grade in the gada and jila systems

JCR22 Kololo (Cololo, Koloto) (mountain), cf Kululu 07/41 [Gz 18 WO]

0727'/4149' 921, 1152 m

JCR24 Kololo (Cololo) 0724'/4155' 822 m 07/41 [Gz]

Coordinates would give map code JCR13

HBP33 Kolom, see Kelem

HBR88 Kolome 05/37 [20]

HDU26 Kolomiya & Imbulbul kebele 10/39 [Ad]

(Qolomiya & Embulbul ..)

in north Kewet wereda, 10-14 km north-northwest

of Shewa Robit; area 1,296 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

JCR22 Koloto, see Kololo

HDG54 Kolti (Colti), see Babo

kolu (O) 1. wing; 2. bequest, certain objects which a man

leaves to his eldest son

HCA68 Kolu (Colu, Cuollu, Kwollu) (area & small village) 05/35 [Gz WO Gu Wa]

0558'/3534' 1317 m, cf Kwollu

HCA85 Kolu (Colu) 0609'/3518' 1661 m 06/35 [+ WO Gz]

HDK26 Kolu (Duto Kullo, D. Kullu, D. Collu) 09/38 [Gz q WO AA]

(K'olu, Qolu) 0919'/3806' 2613 m

(with church Kidane Mihret at some distance to the west)

HDT00 Kolu (K'olu, Qolu) 09/38 [AA q]

JDA34 Kolu (G. Colu) (area) 08/40 [WO]

kolubi (O) garlic

JDJ31 Kolubi (G. Collubi) (area), see under Kersa 09/41 [+ WO]

JDJ41 Kolubi, see Kulubi

HDJ27 Kolva (Colva) (area) 09/37 [+ WO]

GCU03 Kom (Com) 0715'/3439' 545 m 07/34 [+ WO Gz]

koma, qoma (O) breast, bosom, stomach; qoomaa instant killing;

(A) 1. sterile /land/; 2. large tree resembling Ferula communis or F. abyssinica;

-- Koma (Coma, Komo, Hayahaya), language of the Komo or Koma who live

north of Gambela, numbering about 11,000 inside Ethiopia

HDC32 Koma (Goma, Coma, Gube Guto) 08/36 [Gz Ad WO Gu]

0827'/3652' 1828/1965/2036 m, in mountainous country

Coordinates would give map code HDC33.

Centre in 1964 of Ali Koma sub-district.

Within a radius of 10 km there are at km



5SW Boka (Boca) (mountain) 2415 m

7NE Badda Ummo (Umo) (mountain) 2122/2390 m

HDC33 Koma (Coma) (area) 08/36 [Ad WO]


HDH48 Koma (mountain) 0929'/3625' 1225 m 09/36 [Gz]

JDP03 Koma (Coma) 823 m 09/41 [+ WO]

JEB49 Koma (Coma) (area) 11/41 [+ WO]

JEP63 Koma, see Algaundi Koma

koma d..: dingay (A) stone; diinqa (O) bedroom

HED99c Koma Dinga (Coma D.) 11/38 [+ x]

HED76 Koma Fasiledes (Qoma Fasilädäs) 11/38 [+ x]

1130'/3805' 2284 m, known from the 1600s

koma k..: karra (O) 1. gate, kraal;

2. luck, wealth, fortune, destiny;

(A,T) large curved knife, kitchen knife

HCT18 Koma Karra (Coma Carra) (area) 07/39 [+ WO]

HCL84 Koma sub-district (centre in 1964 = Kofele) 07/38 [Ad]

HED76 Koma sub-district 11/38 [Ad x]

(centre in 1964 = Koma Fasiledes)

HCG55 Komaka, see Komeka

JEB68 Komami 1126'/4124' 373 m, south of Asaita 11/41 [Gz]

komar (A) lowland tree, Tamarindus indica; it has a compact

rounded crown with drooping branches that reach near to the

ground

HEP16 Komar (Comar), see Kumer

komata (qomat'a) (A) qomat'aa (O) leper; komate (O) kinds of

shrub or tree, Annona senegalensis, A. squamosa

GCM67 Komata (Comata) 0657'/3458' 1559 m 06/34 [+ WO Gz]

GCU50 Komaton (Comaton, Ucura) 0743'/3423' 494 m 07/34 [x WO Gz]

HCP03c Komba (Comba) (visiting postman under Jimma) 07/35 [Po Gu]

HEF60c Kombage (Combage), 11/39 [+ Pa]

plateau south-east of Mekdela

HDE10 Kombaro (Combaro) 08/38 [+ WO]

HDK12 Kombe 0910'/3742' 1792 m, north-west of Ambo 09/37 [Gz]

kombel (A) olive-like kind of highland tree, with edible fruit

HDK12 Kombel 09/37 [AA]

?? Kombi, ../.. [18]

reported to have had a large market in the 1880s

JEH17 Kombira (Combira) (hills & plain) 1155'/4125' 11/41 [Ne WO Gu Gz]

kombo (western O) Setaria acuta, S. plicatilis

HDG08 Kombo 0905'/3532' 1626 m, north-east of Yubdo 09/35 [Gz]

HDH28 Kombo (Combo) (area) 09/36 [+ WO]

HDD55c Kombolala (Combolala) (mountain) 2436 m 08/38 [+ Gu]

HDD45 Kombolata (Combolata) 0833'/3803' 2367 m 08/38 [+ Gz]

Given by Montandon in 1913 as HDD55c north-east of Weliso.

kombolcha (A,O) kinds of large tree, Maytenus arbutifolia,

M. ovatus, M. senegalensis, M. undatus

Kombolcha, cf Kembolcha

HCN54 Kombolcha (Kembolcha, Cambolcia) 07/35 [+ Gz]

0746'/3510' 2164 m

HDJ49 Kombolcha (Kembolcha, Kumbultsha, Combolcia) 09/37 [MS Gz 18 WO]

0932'/3730' 1969 m (with fort & church),

near map code HDJ59 and HDK50

(centre in 1964 of Gudru wereda & of Lai Ula sub-district)

HDL89 Kombolcha (Combolcia) (area) 09/39 [+ WO]



HDM80 Kombolcha (Combolcia) (area) 09/39 [+ WO]

HEF24 Kombolcha (Kembolcha, Combolcia, Cambolcia) 11/39 [MS Gz Br WO]

(Kombolsha) 1105'/3944' 1842/1915 m 11/39 [Ad]

Centre at least 1959-1980 of Kalu awraja.

With church Gebriel.

Kebeles adjoining Kombolcha are Irfo to the east,

Kedida to the south-east, Metene to the south-west,

Galesa to the west, Aba Kolba and Seyu Jantiraro

to the north.


-- Kombolcha plain in direction north-east

2E old fort, later prison

3E Ancharo kebele and settlement

6E road fork for Assab port

6E Waho (Uaho) (village, water)

7E Bosona kebele

8E Motokolo (Motocolo, Moticolo) 1879/2010/2264 m

3SE Assab (village?)

6SE Beke kebele

8SE Chorisa kebele

4S Bekimos kebele

9S Birko Debela kebele

9SW Atari Mesk kebele

10SW Maybar kebele

10SW Hara Webelo kebele

2W peak 1915 m

6W Kelina kebele

2NW Tiy Amba Jerjero kebele

5NW Bugo Giyorgis (B. Gheorghis)

8NW Dessie (town)

9NW Tita kebele

5N Inda Giyorgis (Enda Gheorgis) (church)

6N Korke kebele

7N Saramba (area)

8N Kosero kebele

10N Metero kebele

2NE Serdemo kebele

6NE Ilu kebele

8NE Garbu (area)

9NE Mukale kebele

10NE Were Beytu kebele

10NE Worra Bicho (Uorra Bisciu, Uorro Bicciu) (area)

JCP35 Kombolcha (Combolcia) 0730'/4110' 1168 m 07/41 [+ Gz]

Coordinates would give map code JCP25

JDJ45 Kombolcha (Kembolcha,, Kambolcha, Combulcia) 09/42 [MS Br WO Gu]

(Cambolcia) 0924'/4205', Gz: 0926'/4207' 2125 m 09/42 [Gz]

MS coordinates would give map code JDJ35.

At about 15 km north of Harar, with sub-post office.


10SE Gara Sarasherifa (G. Sarascerifa) 2047 m

6W Damota (village) 2096 m

10W lake, see Haramaya

9NW Awnigus (Aunugus) 667 m nearby

7N Egu (village) 2377 m

8NE Fallana (area)



10NE Gara Rabu (mountain) 2470 m

HDL89 Kombolcha & Kechech kebele (.. Qäch'äch' ..) 09/39 [Ad]

almost in north-easternmost Saya Debir & Wayu Insaro

wereda, 9-13 km north-east of Deneba; area 993 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HE... Kombolcha Metene sub-district (Kombolsha Metenie) 11/39 [+ Ad]

(centre in 1964 = Mojo Ager)

HE... Kombolcha Nechiro sub-district (Kombolsha N. ..) 11/39 [+ Ad]

(centre in 1964 = Abakulba Ager)

HDF70 Kombolcha sub-district (centre in 1964 = Arerti) 08/39 [Ad]

HEF24 Kombolcha wereda & sub-district (-1964-1997-) 11/39 [En]

or (centre in 1964 = Melkarafu)

JDJ47c An urban wereda created in the 1990s, while the capital

of the surrounding Kallu wereda was transferred to Harbu.

HDE13 Kombole 0819'/3844' 1781 m, 08/38 [Gz]

north-west of lake Ziway

HCR36 Komboloti 0731'/3708' 2198 m, east of Jimma 07/37 [Gz]

HDG44 Kombolshi (Ualteggi, Ualtegghi, Uattegghi) 09/35 [Gz]

0927'/3512' 1609 m

JDE40 Kombor (Burta Gombor) (mountain peak) 08/43 [Gz]

0833'/4326' 1272 m

?? Komborobelicho (Gombore?) (in Wellega, w school) ../.. [x]

kombosha (O) tree same as kombolcha above

HDJ91 Kombosha 0954'/3645' 1855 m 09/36 [Gz]

J.... Kombulcha, site of rock paintings 09/42? [Br]

kome, koomee (O) instep of the foot, /back of the/ heel;

komee slight grudge; qomee kind of shirt or V-shaped

leather band for saddle;

kome (qome) (A) to stand, remain stationary, be under way;

(qomä) (T) he stood

HDK93 Kome 0954'/3748' 1864 m, north of Abay river 09/37 [AA Gz]

HDK93 Kome 0957'/3747' 1305 m, north of Abay river 09/37 [AA Gz]

HCG55 Komeka (Comeca, Comaca) (mountains) 06/35 [+ Gz]

0652'/3516' 1037 m

HDL44 Komenyo (K'omenyo, Qomenyo) 09/38 [AA Gz q]

0925'/3847' 2542 m, south of Fiche

GDU51 Komesha (Ghomasha) (hill) 1423 m 10/34 [LM WO]

?? Komesha wereda ../.. [Ad]

(-1994-) is divided into 14 rural kebeles and no urban one.

komi, komii (O) jealousy, rivalry, slight grudge;

komy (Kefa) kind of shrub, Blighia unijugata

GDF82 Komi (T. Comi) (hill), see under Gidami 08/34 [WO]

HDS03c Komi (Comie) (area) 2325 m 09/37 [Ch Gu]

"a rugged crag by the roadside from Zemmi to Kork"

HCT50 Komil 0742'/3828' 1713 m, 07/38 [Gz]

north-west of lake Hora Abyata

HED83 Komisa (K'omisa, Qomisa) 1135'/3751' 2454 m 11/37 [Gz q]

komo, qomoo (O) sub-clan;

-- Komo, a small ethnic group

-- Komo language (Madiin, South Koma, Central Koma,

Hayahaya, self-name Gokwim)

HD... Komo (mountains) 09/35 [x]

?? Komo wereda ../.. [20]

or Mao-Komo Special wereda (-2003-)

JBG67 Komodo (Comodo) 0415'/4027' 785, 1006 m 04/40 [+ MS WO Gz]



?? Komona (visiting postman under Asbe Teferi) ../.. [Po]

JDA94c Komoroita (mountain) circa 0900'/4010' 09/40 [x]

south-east of Awara Melka, near Awash station

HFF54 Komoyto (Comoito) 14/39 [+ WO]

-- Komso language (Konso, Conso, Gato, Af-Kareti, Karate),

see Konso

-- (Kareti), spoken by 138,696 monolinguals according to 1998 census.

It is spoken south of lake Chamo in bend of the Sagan river.

H.... Komso wereda (Koomso ..) 05/37 [Ad]

(centre in 1964 = Bekewulie)

komto (A) place of trees;

koomtoo (O) 1. kind of tree; 2. dark brown /poor quality/ honey

HDG17 Komto, river at 0908'/3530' 09/35 [x Mi]

a left affluent of the Birbir river

HDJ00 Komto (Tulu Comto, Conto, Konto) 09/36 [Gz WO Gu]

(mountain, area with church Silase) 0906'/3638' 2250 m

HDJ00 Komto (Conto) (mountain) 0908'/3637' 1976 m, 09/36 [Gz]

see under Nekemte

HDJ.. Komto kebele (in Guto Wayu wereda),

see also under Nekemte awraja?

HDH19c Komto sub-district (centre in 1964 = Gute) 09/36 [LM Ad]

JDA35 Komtu (G. Comtu) (area) 2182 m 08/40 [+ WO]

HDC64 Komwo (Comuo) (mountain) 08/37 [+ WO]

HEE85 Kon 1137'/3856' 2860 m, near Bete Hor 11/38 [Gz]

HE... Kon (sub-post office under Dessie) 11/39 [Ad Po 20]


kon a..: abo see under abbo as first part of name

HEE87 Kon Abo (Kon'abo) 1143'/3909' 3130 m 11/39 [Gz Ad]

(centre in 1964 of Wadla Dawunt wereda)

HCJ84 Konch, see Konta, cf konk 07/36 [Pa x]

GDF64 Konchi (Conchi) (area) 2167 m 08/34 [+ WO]

HDC66 Konchi (Conci) 0843'/3709' 1612 m 08/37 [+ Gz]

HDC75 Konchi (Conci, Kontsh) (mountain) 08/37 [+ WO 18 Gz]

0851'/3704' 2402, 2777 m

There is registered the Konchi National Forest Priority Area.

HDC91 Konchi 09/36 [20]

about 22 km from Nekemte towards Addis Abeba

HEE07 Konda 1051'/3903' 3117 m, south-west of Dessie, 10/39 [Gz]

near map code HDT97

GDM.. Kondaala kebele (Qondaala ..) 09/34 [20]

in the Begi region of Beni Shangul.

Begi-Mao language is spoken there.

HDE32c Kondaltiti 08/38 [Ad]

(centre in 1964 of Midre Kebd sub-district)

HDK06 Kondaltiti (K'ondaltiti, Qondaltiti) (village & area) 09/38 [AA Gz q]

0903'/3805' 2339 m, see under Ginchi, cf Kersa & Kondaltiti

HD... Kondaltiti sub-district (-1997-) ../38 [n]

HBR42 Kondaraba (Condaraba, Gondaraba) 04/36 [+ WO Gz]

0458'/3649' 581 m

?? Kondie (Kondia), with palace in the early 1800s ../.. [x]

HDH50 Kondoba (T. Condoba) (hill) 09/35 [+ WO]

JDJ48 Kondudo (Condudo, Qondoddo, Cunduda, K'undudo) 09/42 [+ WO Gu Gz]

(mountain) 0927'/4221' 2500, 2810 m,

north-east of Harar

Coordinates would give map code JDJ46 more to the west



HEF63c Konduro (Conduro) (pass) 11/39 [+ Gu]

kone (Borana) kind of palm, Hyphaene thebaica;

kone (konä) (T) become, happen /unexpectedly/

HDB66 Kone 0841'/3617' 2001 m, west of Arjo 08/36 [Gz]

HE... Kone (in Wadla Delanta awraja) 11/39? [Ad]

HFD83 Kone (K'one, Qone, Gammi) 0852'/3940' 1247 m, 08/39 [Gz WO]

near the railway

HFD83 Kone (K'one, Qone) (crater) 0855'/3940' 1190 m, 08/39 [Gz q]

near the railway

?? Koneba wereda (in the Dallol region) ../.. [Ad]

HEJ05 Konfafela (Confafela) (on hilltop) 11/37 [+ It]

HCD77 Konga (K'onga, Qonga) 0609'/3812' 1931 m, 06/38 [Gz q]

south of Dilla

H.... Kongie (Qongie) 05/36 [+ Ad]

(centre in 1964 of Mali sub-district)

GDM.. Kongilogarakello kebele 09/34 [20]

in the Begi region of Beni Shangul


kongo: kongko, qoongqoo (O) 1. throat; 2. hunger

HCN33 Kongo (Congo) 07/35 [+ WO]

GD... Kongobeldegis kebele ../34 [20]

located near Sudan. Kwama language is spoken there.

HEC94 Kongwari (Conguari) (river valley) 11/36 [+ It]

HDK33 Konicha (village and river) 0922'/3747' 1534 m 09/37 [AA Gz]

konji: konjina (qonjina) (A) beauty;

konjo (qonjo) (A,T) beautiful, (Gondar A) young girl;

barya (A) 1. slave; 2. epilepsy; 3. kind of fish

HFD01 Konji Barya (Congi Baria, Conci B.) (hill) 13/37 [+ WO Gz]

1337'/3739'

konk, konka (A) stony area, ground over which stones are

scattered

HCF30 Konkoma, see Kontema

HDJ91 Konneji (Connegi) 2021 m 09/36 [+ WO]

kono, konno (T) kind of tree, Dichrostachys cinerea,

D. glomerata /kono is also a borrowed word for cone/;

-- Kono, name of a group of Oromo

GDE15 Kono (Kaio, Caig, Kaig, Caic, Kaich) (area) 08/34 [Gz WO]

0815'/3401' 432/436 m

Coordinates would give map code GDE16

HDD22 Kono 0822'/3745' 1694 m, north-west of Welkite 08/37 [Gz]

HDD44 Kono 0835'/3754' 2099 m, north-west of Weliso 08/37 [Gz]

HDN03 Kono (Cono, Ciono) (mountain) 09/35 [+ n]

0958'/3508' 1525 m

GDL89 Konsele (Consele) 09/34 [+ WO]

HDN.? Konsho 10/35? [Mi]

near the Yabus (or Dabus?) river in Wellega

-- Konso, name of a group of people who for centuries have

practised terracing and intensive agriculture in their steep

land, estimated at 150,000 in 1994, divided into 9 tribes

-- Konso language (Komso, Xonso), see Komso

HBR88 Konso (Conso) (area) 0515'/3729' 993 m, 05/37 [Gz WO]

west of Jarso

HBS71 Konso (Konsso) 05/37 [MS]

village about 90 km south of Arba Minch

HBS71 Konso wereda (-1995-2000-) 05/37 [n]



(centre in 1995 = Konso) special wereda around 1995

-- Konta, a sub-division of the main ethnic group Ometo

(West Sidama), cf Kulo Konta awraja

-- Konta language, a sub-dialiect of Dauro

-- Konta (old kingdom)

HCJ84 Konta (Conta, Konch) (area) 0707'/3711' 07/37 [+ WO Gz Pa]

?? Konta Special wereda (centre = Ameya), ../.. [En]

previously Illa (Ela) wereda.

Ameya lies next to Mount Damota c. 550 km west

of Awasa town.

HCS43 Konteb 0741'/3747' 2485 m, north-west of Hosaina 07/37 [Gz]

HCS51c Konteb wereda (centre in 1964 = Mirsito) 07/37 [Ad]

(-1994-) divided into 76 rural and 5 urban kebeles.

One of five weredas in Kembata awraja, from 1976

named Kambaata & Hadiyya awraja,

around 1994 changed to Mishaa wereda.

There were two sub-districts and reorganisation

in the 1990s.

HCM56c Konteh (Konteh Tullu) (mountain, steep cone) 06/39 [Ca Br]

HCF30 Kontema (Konkoma) 0547'/3918' 1828 m, 05/39 [Gz]

near map code HCE39

HCE49c Kontema sub-district (centre in 1964 = Wadera) 05/39 [MS Ad]

?? Konti 09/43 [x]

conspicuous hill at the route from the coast to Harar

HDJ00 Konto, see Komto

HCT83 Kontola (K'ont'ola, Qontola) 0759'/3843' 1648 m, 07/38 [Gz q]

at the western shore of lake Ziway

kontoma (O) very large number, "infinite";

Abba Gada kontoma are seniority positions in the gada system

HCE85 Kontoma (Contoma) 0611'/3855' 1864 m 06/38 [+ Gz]

HDE72 Kontoma (village) 08/38 [x]

HDE83 Kontoma (village) 08/38 [x]

kontor (A) Capparis spp., usually growing in dry areas;

kontr (A) kind of shrub or small tree, Maerua aethiopica

HDJ18 Kontor 0913'/3723' 2196 m, north-west of Gedo 09/37 [Gz]

HDL80 Kontore (K'ontore, Qontore) 0951'/3828' 2265 m, 09/38 [AA Gz q]

south-east of Tulu Milki, see under Gebre Guracha

-- kontosibu: Sibu, a tribe of Oromo

HDJ22 Kontosibu (Contosibu) (area) 09/36 [+ WO]

HBK57 Konye, G. (area) 04/38 [WO]

HDE20 Konyi (Cogni) 08/38 [+ WO]

konzula: konsila (qonsila) (A) consulate;

Konzula, cf Kunzila

HEJ15 Konzula (Konzla, Cansela, Conzela) 11/37 [Br MS WO]

(Kinzela, Quinzela, Chinzela) 11/37 [Br Wa Gu]

1153'/3703' 1784/1874 m

(with three churches & sub-post office)

koor (Som) 1. camel or animal bell; 2. jacket, coat;

koor- (O) boast; kor (T) pommel; (Som) top; qor (Som) timber

HEE95 Koor, cf Kor 11/38 [WO]

-- Koorete language (Amarro, Amaarro, Badittu, Nuna)

(Koyra, Koore, Kwera), spoken in the Amaro mountains

east of lake Abaya and on Gidicho island in that lake

JCK50 Koos Dulamo, see Kus Dulamo

HDU.? Koot (Coot) 10/39? [+ 18]



in Menilek's time (-1870s-) a district in Efrata province

HCP77 Koota, see Kota

koppe (O) 1. agile, nimble, swift; 2. courageous;

kopee, kophe (O) sandal, shoe, footwear;

koppo (Kefa) tobacco plant, Nicotiana tabacum

HDA97c Koppe (Coppe, Kappe, Kope) (gold mine), 08/35 [+ Gu]

see under Yubdo

?? Kopriya, in the lower Omo valley, ../.. [n]

at 20 km west of Kuchur, in Nyangatom territory.

HFF40 Kor Kor, see Korkor under Geralta churches -northern

HFE93 Kor Nebir Mikael (church) 1425'/3846', 14/38 [Gz]

north of Aksum, near Eritrea

kora, kooraa (O) 1. saddle, saddle-like hilltop; 2. stirrup;

3. limit; 4. conceit, haughtiness, pride; 5. kind of shrub or

small tree, Piliostigma thonningii; 6. outdoor meeting

usually under a large tree; qoraa (O) shaved-off spot of

unmarried girl; qooraa (O) dry;

kora, in Gedeo at about 06/38 a type of labour exchange

arrangement

GDM34 Kora 0922'/3444' 1506 m, east of Begi 09/34 [Gz]

HCS79 Kora (Koya) 0757'/3819' 2121 m, 07/38 [Gz]

west of Adami Tulu

HDC19 Kora (Cora) (area), cf Korra 08/37 [+ WO]

HDD56 Kora (K'ora, Qora) 0839'/3807' 2375 m, 08/38 [Gz q]

at the Jimma road

HDE75 Kora (Gora) 0849'/3854' 2133 m, 08/38 [Gz]

(with church Maryam)

HDE75 Kora (Gora) 0849'/3857' 2056 m, 08/38 [Gz]

between Akaki and Debre Zeyt

HDF73 Kora 0850'/3939' 1249 m, 08/39 [Gz]

mountain near Garibaldi Pass

HDK08 Kora (area), see under Welenkomi 09/38 [AA]

HDL72 Kora (mountain) 0944'/3838' 3082 m 09/38 [AA Gz]

HDT17 Kora 1003'/3907' 1685 m, cf HDT18 Korra 10/39 [Gz]

JBP86 Kora (seasonal spring) 05/41 [MS WO]

JDC50 Kora (Cora) (area) 1417 m 08/41 [+ WO]

JDG08 Kora (Cora, Khora) 0906'/4032' 1237/1285 m, 09/40 [Gz WO Gu Wa]

railway station between Awash and Mieso

JDJ59 Kora 0935'/4225' 1860 m, north-east of Harar 09/42 [Gz]

?? Kora, about 20 km north of Alamata 12/39 [n]

HDM.? Kora Ager (with church Tekle Haymanot), 09/39? [x]

in Bulga/Kasim wereda

HDT18 Kora Jema Fit kebele (.. Jäma .. ..) 10/39 [Ad]

far to the east in Lay Bet & Tach Bet wereda at its south-eastern

border, 13-18 km east of Alem Ketema; area 2,346 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HDU66 Kora Kourié, see Kara Kore

HDT17 Kora Wenchit Fit kebele 10/39 [Ad]

in central north-east Lay Bet & Tach Bet wereda stretching narrowly

to its northern border, 11-16 km east-northeast of Alem Ketema;

area 2,019 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HDA.? Kora wereda (Cooraa ..) 08/35 [x]



From 1991 one of twelve weredas in Illubabor.

HDT.. Kora wereda 10/39 [En]

within Merhabete awraja in the 1960s. During the Derg period,

Kora was divided into Lay Bet and Tach Bet weredas.

kora weredal.: Were Dale, a clan of the Arsi Oromo

HDJ23 Kora Weredale 0919'/3657' 1974 m, 09/36 [Gz]

south-west of Hareto

HCG77 Korab 06/35? [x]

HEK83 Korabba (Corabba, Coreva), see under Macha 12/37 [+ WO Ha]

HDH01c Koradulle (Coradulle) (village) 09/35 [Gu]

KCH28 Koraf 06/46 [MS]

JBT40 Korago (Corogo) (waterhole) 0457'/4324' 388 m 04/43 [Wa WO Gz]

JCD16 Korago (Corago) 05/43 [+ WO]

JCD33c Korago 05/43 [Wa]

JCL37 Korahe (Gorrahei) (plains) 06/44 [+ WO]

JCL39 Korahe (K'orahe, Qorahe, Gorahai, Gorrahei) 06/44 [+ n]

(Korshe) 0637'/4418' 474 m

JCL39 Korahe (K'orahe, Qorahe, Gorahai, Gorrahei, Gurahai) 06/44 [Gz q WO x]

(Qorrahey) 0636'/4416' 375/474 m (local centre),

near map code JCM30

HCK28 Koraja (Coragia) (area) 0634'/3819' 1861 m 06/38 [+ WO]

Coordinates would give map code HCK29

HCK48c Koraja (Coragia) (place) 0635'/3819' 06/38 [Gu Gz]

HDP12 Korak (Corac, Cerac, Chirec) (area) 10/35 [+ WO Gz]

1003'/3558' 989 m

JCG67 Korale, see Horeley

JDK53 Korale (Coralei) 09/42 [LM WO]

JDS93 Korale (area) 10/42 [WO]

koralla (O) kind of shrub or medium tree, Galiniera coffeoides;

koralti: korati (O) thorn

HDD41 Koralti (Coralti) 08/37 [+ WO]

HEM82 Koram, see Korem

HD... Koramache, see Koremash

HEL63 Koramba 2453/2577 m, cf Kuramba 12/38 [LM Gu]

HEL63 Koramba Giyorgis (Curamba Gheorghis) 12/38 [LM WO]

HCM32 Koramu (Coramu) (area) 06/39 [+ WO]

koran, qoraan (O) firewood

JEB95 Koranadle (Coranadle) 11/41 [+ WO]

JEC82 Korandadda 1048'/4149' 687 m, 10/41 [Ha Gz]

(with water, recorded in 1841)

HEF83 Korani (K'orani, Qorani) 1138'/3937' 1778 m, 11/39 [Gz q]

south of Weldiya

HFF22 Korar (K'orar, Qorar) 1345'/3938' 2233 m 13/39 [Gz q]

(with church Medhane Alem), see under Wikro

HFF30 Korar (Qorar, Auza) (with rock-hewn church), 13/39 [x]

see under Geralta churches - northern

-- Korara language, see Uduk

HDM34c Korare sub-district (Korarie ..) 09/39 [+ Ad]

(centre in 1964 = Aliyu Amba)

HFE07 Koraro 13/39 [x]

HFE37 Koraro, average 1351'/3915' 1550, 1800 m, 13/39 [20]

village 95 km from Mekele

HFE39 Koraro (Qoraro) (with rock-hewn churches), 13/39 [x]


HFE.. Koraro sub-district (centre iin 1964 = Agerbea) 13/39 [Ad]



HFD58 Koraro wereda (centre in 1964 = Inda Silase) 14/38 [Ad]

korata (qorat'a) (A) cut, trimmed; koret (korät) (A) gravel;

koreta (qoräta) (T) siege style of warfare;

kwerata reesu (Geez) "striking of his head", a version of

the Crown of Thorns of Jesus

HEC99 Korata (Quorata, Quorta, Kiratza, Koreta, Kwarata) 11/37 [18 Gu WO Ha]

(Qwarata, Koratsa, Qoräta, Qwärät'a) 1908 m, 11/37 [20]

large village at lake Tana

HED60 Korata (Koreta, Quorata, Quarata, Qwärat'a) 11/37 [It Gz]

1129'/3732' 1692 m, village south-east of Bahir Dar

HE... Korata Anbessame (in Debre Tabor awraja) 11/38? [Ad]

korata w..: welete (A) daughter of /used in female names/

HEC99 Korata Welete Petros (Qwärät'a Wälätä P'ét'ros) 11/37 [LM Wa]

(Karata), known at least from the 1700s,

see mainly under Korata

korate (qorat'e) (A) kind of short dress of women;

koratti, qorattii (O) thorn

JDC06 Koray (Korai, Corai) (area) 08/42 [+ x WO]

HCG87 Korayko (Coraico) 0707'/3525' 958 m 07/35 [+ n]

koraz: korats (qorats') (T) courageous

HBP62 Koraz, see Nakwa (village) 05/35 [WO]

korba (qorba) (T) waterbuck

HDA89 Korba (Colba) 08/35 [LM WO]

JBN79 Korbaad (=Korba Ad?) (area) 05/40 [WO +]

korbaya (O) ram, he-goat, mutton, kid

HCD04 Korbaya (Corbaia) 0526'/3753' 1674 m, 05/37 [+ WO Gz]

see under Burji

HDL10 Korbe 0846'/4003' 1219 m, 08/40 [Gz]

south-west of Awash station

JEC03 Korbelli 1057'/4154' 635 m, 10/41 [Gz]

on the border of Djibouti

HDJ86 Korbento (K'orbento, Qorbento) 09/37 [Gz q]

0948'/3711' 2402 m, south-east of Alibo

korbeta: korbita (korbita, qorbita) (A) hill;

korbet (qorbät) (A,T) human skin

HEU13 Korbeta (K'orbeta, Qorbeta, Corbeta, Corbetta) 12/39 [Gz q WO Gu]

(K'orbata, Qorbata, Korbete, Marsa) (monastery nearby)

1248'/3939' 1740/1771 m

Centre in 1964 of Mehonie Korbeta sub-district.


6SW Mekan (Mecan, Mecam) (with pass) 2512 m

10W (Maychew, see this name directly)

5NW Amba Arara

9N Agudo (Aia) (with pass) 2910 m

HC... Korbeti, at lake Shala 07/38 [x]

korbeysa: korbesa (O) he-goat

HDB10 Korbeysa (Corbeisa) 0819'/3543' 1657 m 08/35 [+ n]

korbi, qorbii (O) fork-like stick for moving sheaves

when threshing

HCL09 Korbi (Corbi) (area) 06/39 [+ WO]

HEC89 Korbi (Corbi), see under Bahir Dar 11/37 [+ WO]

JBJ49 Korble (Corble) 0428'/4203' 196 m 04/42 [+ Gz]

JC... Korbo (Corbo) 06/40 [+ Gu]

GDM.. Korbochandi kebele 09/34 [20]

in the Begi reion of Beni Shangul.




HDL10 Korbu 0911'/3829' 2602 m, 09/38 [AA Gz]

north-east of Addis Alem

korch (A) Erythrina abyssinica, E. brucei, tree with

ornamental flowers and large leaves

JER31 Korchita (Corcita) (mountain) 13/41 [+ WO Gz]

1306'/4136' 1284 m

JEC19 Kordali (area) 11/42 [WO]

-- Kordida, name of a group of people, subject to the Oromo in

the 1600s and partly returning to the Christian empire in the 1700s

HDL84 Kordida 0951'/3850' 1952 m, 09/38 [AA Gz]

(with church Igzi'aber Ab)

HDL87 Kordida 0947'/3905' 2600 m, east of Fiche 09/39 [Gz]

HCL58 Korduro (Corduro) 0650'/3909' 3449, 3685 m, 06/39 [Gz WO]

mountain south of Dodola

kore (qore) (A) crater; (A?O?) swamp; kore (O) 1. committee;

2. taking turns; qoree (O) thorn; qoore (O) start to dry;

kore (Som) 1. upper, above, top; 2. small monkey;

koore (Som) saddle; qore (Som) author;

-- Kore (Qoré), a group of Oromo known from Lasta around 1700.

-- Kore southern people, in the Amaro district

GDM32 Kore 0923'/3431' 1605 m, near Begi 09/34 [Gz]

HCL85 Kore (Core) (hill) 2740 m, cf Korre 07/38 [+ WO]

HCL95 Kore (K'ore, Qore, Core) (place) 07/38 [Gz q WO Gu]

0713'/3855' 2752/2756 m, north-east of Kofele

HCS78 Kore (K'ore, Qore) 0756'/3814' 2376 m 07/38 [Gz q]

HDE61 Kore (Core) 08/38 [x WO]

HDK06 Kore (K'ore, Qore) 0905'/3804' 2518 m, 09/38 [AA Gz q]

see under Ginchi

HDL40 Kore (K'ore, Qore) 0928'/3826' 1756 m 09/38 [AA Gz q]

HDL55 Kore (K'ore, Qore) 0934'/3857' 2659 m 09/38 [AA Gz q]

(with church Mikael)

HDT47 Kore (K'ore, Qore) 1022'/3905' 1701 m 10/39 [Gz q]

HDT88 Kore 1045'/3909' 2651 m, north-west of Were Ilu 10/39 [Gz]

HDU71 Kore 1035'/3928' 1979 m, near Were Ilu 10/39 [Gz]

JCP91 Kore (K'ore, Qore, Egersa, Eghersa, Ejarsa) 08/40 [Gz q]

0805'/4047' 1388 m

JDA88 Kore (K'ore, Qore, G. Core) (area), 08/40 [Gz q WO]

0805'/4047' 1388, 2425 m, see under Gelemso

JDB90 Kore (K'ore, Qore) 0902'/4045' 2118 m 09/40 [Gz q]

JDH05 Kore (Core) 09/41 [LM WO]

JDH27 Kore 0914'/4124' 1883 m, west of Deder 09/41 [Gz]

JDH57 Kore (Core) (area) 09/41 [WO]

JDJ06 Kore 0906'/4212' 1602 m, north-east of Harar 09/42 [Gz]

kore b..: boru (A) ox having a blaze;

boru, boruu (O) early in the morning, morning sun;

booruu (O) muddy /liquid, water/

HDL44 Kore Boru (K'ore B., Qore Boru) 09/38 [AA Gz q]

0929'/3848' 2567 m

HDL73 Kore Edi (K'ore Edi, Qore Edi) 09/38 [AA Gz q]

0942'/3845' 2650 m, south of Fiche

kore ge..: gero (O) young soldiers; (Gojjam A) ear

HDL46 Kore Gero (K'ore Gero, Qore Gero) 09/38 [AA Gz q]

0926'/3858' 2657 m

kore go..: gotu (A) the hill; (Sidamo O) tree Syzygium guineense



HE... Kore Gotu (Koregotu) 11/39 [+ Ad]

(centre in 1964 of Seyo Tebela sub-district)

HDL55 Kore Jilo (K'ore J., Qore Jilo) 09/38 [AA Gz q]

0934'/3854' 2637 m, south-east of Fiche

HDT97 Kore kebele (Qoré ..) 10/39 [Ad]

in north-east Kelala wereda at its northern border, 19-25 km

north-east of Kelala settlement; area 2,664 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

kore r..: roba, robaa, rooba (O) rain

HDL23 Kore Roba (K'ore Roba, Qore Roba) 09/38 [AA Gz q]

0916'/3845' 2625 m, north of Addis Abeba

kore s..: sulo, suuloo (O) squinted-eyed or one-eyed /horse/;

-- Sullo, a clan of the Oromo

HDL45 Kore Sulo (K'ore Sulo, Qore Sulo) 09/38 [AA Gz q]

0930'/3856' 2651 m

kore ya..: yamu, yamuu (O) invite, call

HDL91 Kore Yamo (K'ore Y., Qore Yamo), 09/38 [AA Gz q]

0955'/3833' 2223 m, east of Tulu Milki

HEE55 Koreb, see Girshit

?? Korebe (in Wello), battle site in 1856 ../.. [n]

korebta (koräbta) (A,T) hill

HDK89 Korebta (Cirofta) 0950'/3824' 2577 m, 09/38 [AA Gz]

see under Gebre Guracha

HDM64 Korebta Be'ale Weld (church) 0936'/3943', 09/39 [Gz]

north of Ankober

HDU07 Korebta kebele (Koräbta ..) 09/39 [Ad]

in southern Kewet wereda at its western border,

5-12 km south of Shewa Robit; area 3,815 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HDU73 Korebtit kebele (Koräbtit ..) 10/39 [Ad]

to the west in central Gishe Rabel wereda,

8-15 km east of Were Ilu; area 3,907 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

Korem: an Amharic dictionary gives no explanation as a word

HEM82 Korem (Quorem, Quoram, Quaram, Kuaram, Koram) 12/39 [Gz Te Gu x]

(Kworam, Kouoram, Fre: Qouoram)

MS: 1233'/3932' 2490 m; Gz: 1230'/3932' 2539 m

(1940s source: 1230'/3945')

"Quoram Vecchia = Old Korem" has the same coordinates

(with sub-post office under Dessie and military camp)

Centre in 1964 of Mehal Wefla wereda and

of Wefla sub-district.


8E Cholemeder (Ciolemeder, Ciollemadur, Chilama Durr) (area)

7SW Womberat (Uomberat, Uomberet) (mountain w pass) 3160 m

10SW Lat (Lat Ghiorghis) (village)

7NW (lake and locality Ashenge, see this name)

6N Mekarre (Mecarre, Mecare) (village) 1469 m

HEM82 Korem wereda (-1994-) 12/39 [n]

Koremash: pronounced kweremash

HDL19 Koremash (Koremsha, Coromasc) 09/39 [Gz WO Gu n]

with peak at 0913'/3918' 2072/2089 m, south-west of Sheno

HDM31 Koremash (Kormash, Korämash) 09/39 [MS Ad Po]

(Koromach, Koromatch, Koramache, Koremish)

(centre in 1964 of Kasim wereda)



(visiting postman under Debre Birhan)

With church Kidus Mikael Debir.

Kebeles adjoining the settlement are Sahilman to the east

and Koremash kebele in the other directions.


3E Abalo Beret kebele

4E Tigor kebele

9E Shola Gebeya kebele

10E Welele kebele

2SE Tenter kebele

4SE Yelet & Tabot Washa kebele

5SE Mesno Desta Fit kebele

7SE Zela Zenbaba kebele

10SE Kidusge kebele

3S Weyn Amba kebele

2SW Shere kebele

5SW Sost Amba kebele

5W Gay & Nibge kebele

6W Tulofa kebele

7W Cheregn kebele

8NW Egdu kebele

10NW Cheleleki kebele

3N Senbelet & Wagegn kebele

5NE Yenechih kebele

10NE Bari kebele

HDM31 Koremash kebele (Korämash ..) 09/39 [Ad]

in north-west Hagere Maryam & Kesem wereda at its northern

border, adjoining Koremash settlement to its west and north;


[CSA 1994]

JDJ20 Koreme 0919'/4139' 2289 m, east of Deder 09/41 [Gz]

HFD30 Koremni (Coremni) 1350'/3734' 903 m 13/37 [+ WO Gz]

HDL89 Koremta 0948'/3916' 2685 m, 09/39 [Gz]

north-west of Debre Birhan

JDJ51 Korenchat (K'orench'at, Qorenchat), 09/41 [Gz q]

0932'/4144' 1377 m, west of Dire Dawa

HED50 Koreng (Coreng), see under Debre May 11/37 [+ WO]

korenj (A) tie strongly

HEC99 Koreta, see Korata & HED60

JDJ22 Korfachele, see Kurfa Chele

korfou: qorfe (Som) cinnamon

JCC56 Korfou 0554'/4212' 854 m 05/42 [WO Gz]

HEH46 Korgiya (Corghia) 12/36 [+ WO]

kori, qorii (O) 1. vessel of wood for milk or porridge,

decorated bowl /seldom found in the lowlands/; 2. kind of

meat soup; 3. slit in a cloven hoof;

kori (qori) (A) wooden mixing bowl;

kori (Som) put on top, cause to climb; qori (Som) wood, timber,

stick, /extended:/ rifle; khoori (Som) creek, stream; canal,

channel, inlet

HDL15 Kori 0913'/3854' 2812 m, north-east of A.Abeba 09/38 [AA Gz]

JCN35 Kori (K'ori, Qori) (mountain peak) 07/40 [Gz q]

0731'/4017' 1072 m

JDP64 Kori (Cori) (area) 10/41 [+ WO]



HDU76 Kori Meda kebele (Qori Méda ..) 10/39 [Ad]

in north-east Efrata & Gidim wereda along almost the northernmost

part of its eastern border, 7-11 km south-east of Majete and

adjoining Kara Kore to its north; area 1,729 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

JEB95c Kori wereda, 11/41 [20]

created in 2007 from part of Dubti wereda

JEH84 Koribula (Corribula) 1232'/4102' 213/483 m 12/41 [LM WO Gz]

koricha (A) saddle; (O) linen textile;

qoricha (O) medicine

HC... Koricha (Corricia), 07/35 [+ Gu]

valley with river Bako and a natural bridge

HDK18 Koricha (K'oricha, Qoricha) 0913'/3817' 2929 m 09/38 [AA Gz q]



Kuricha is at 4 km to the south-east

JDA88 Koricha Giyorgis (K'oricha G.) (church) 08/40 [Gz]

0855'/4033', north of Gelemso

JDP67 Koriddra (Corridra) 1030'/4121' 833 m 10/41 [Ha Gz]

(recorded in 1841)

HD... Korie (centre in 1964 of Derra sub-district) 09/38? [Ad]

HDE39 Koriftu (Coriftu), see under Nazret 08/39 [+ WO]

HDE.. Koriftu, see Debre Zeyt lakes

JDP04 Korili (Corili) (area) 09/41 [+ WO]

HEL61 Korissa (Corissa) 1219'/3828' 1260, 1629 m 12/38 [+ WO Gu Gz]

korji g..: gonda, goondaa (O) black ant

HDG03 Korji Gonda 0903'/3507' 1838 m, 09/35 [Gz]

near map code HDA93

korjo, korjoo (O) goat-skin bag

JCP93 Korjo (G. Corgio) (area) 0806'/4058' 1616, 1828 m 08/40 [Gz WO]

JDB03 Korjo (Corgio) (area) 08/40 [+ WO]

HDD84 Kork 0856'/3754' 2384 m, south-east of Ambo 08/37 [Gz]

HDS04 Kork (Corc) (with church), 10/37 [Ch WO Gz]

1002'/3749' 2169, 2430 m, south of Debre Markos

Coordinates would give map code HDS03

HDS04c Kork Giyorgis 10/37 [Ad]

(centre in 1964 of Kork sub-district)

korka (Som) top; korka, qorqaa (O) salty grazing land

HD... Korka, 09/35? [x]

village not far from the Didessa river, north-east of Mendi

HDG77 Korka Shankalla, 09/35 [x]

about 25 km north-northwest of Nejo

korke (qorkee) (A,O) 1. Swayne's or Tora hartebeest,

Alcelaphus buselaphus ..; 2. bottle top /of crown type/;

3. (O) name of a month approximately corresponding to March

HDE24 Korke (K'orke, Qorke) 0820'/3850' 1673 m 08/38 [Gz q]

(with church Giyorgis), north of lake Ziway

HDE25 Korke (K'orke, Qorke) 0821'/3854' 1639 m, 08/38 [Gz q]

north of lake Ziway

HDE92 Korke (village) 0858'/3838' 2679 m, 08/38 [Gz q x]

west of Addis Abeba

HDL20 Korke (K'orke,Qorke) 0917'/3829' 2849 m, 09/38 [AA Gz q]

(with church Maryam at some distance to the west),



north of Addis Alem

HDL81 Korke (K'orke, Qorke) 0949'/3831' 2805 m, 09/38 [AA Gz q]

west of Fiche

JDA17 Korke (Corche) (area) 08/40 [+ WO]

JDA47 Korke (Corche) (area) 1703 m 08/40 [+ WO]

JDB96 Korke (G. Corche) (area) 2066 m 08/41 [+ WO]

JDJ33 Korke (K'orke, Qorke) 0923'/4156' 2090 m, 09/41 [Gz q]

south of Dire Dawa

HDT87 Korke kebele (Qorké ..) 10/39 [Ad]

in north-east Kelala wereda at the middle of its eastern border,

18-23 km east-northeast of Kelala settlement; area 2,403 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HEF43 Korke kebele (Qorké ..) 11/39 [Ad]

in southernmost Tehuledere wereda, 11-17 km

south of Hayk town; area 1,869 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HE... Korke sub-district (Qorkie ..) (in Yeju awraja) 11/39? [+ Ad]

(centre in 1964 = Adami)

HCL06 Korkite (K'ork'ite, Qorqite) 0625'/3900' 2680 m, 06/39 [Gz q]

(mountain chain)

HES38 Korkocha (K'ork'och'a, Qorqocha) 13/38 [Gz q]

1300'/3818' 2465 m, east of Deresge

HFF40 Korkor (Qorqor) (with rock-hewn churches), 13/39 [x]


korkora, qorqoraa (O) grudging in matters of house expenses

?? Korkora (Qorqora) (market in Angot in the 1500s) ../.. [Pa]

?? Korkora (Corcora) (on map of 1814, on caravan route) 12/40 [+ 18]

?? Korkora (Corcora, Qwärqwära) (mountain) 12/39? [+ It]

as war area in February 1936, see under Amba Alage

HEF00 Korkora kebele (Qorqora ..) 11/39 [Ad]

in north-eastern Legambo wereda along its eastern border,

17-21 km east-northeast of Akista; area 2,425 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

korkoro: qorqorroo (O) corrugated sheet iron, tin can

GCT50c Korkoro (river valley) 07/33 [Mi]

an affluent of the Akobo river in Kefa

HDG38 Korkoro, see Boji

?? Korkoro wereda (centre in 1964 = Hore Kelo) ../.. [Ad]

(in Borana)

korku, qorquu (O) gnaw at a bone

HFC06 Korku (K'ork'u, Qorqu) (peak) 1335'/3713' 1170 m 13/37 [Gz q]

korma (A,O) bull /not castrated/; (O) male /said of animals/,

strong, tough; kormaa (O) cock

Korma (Korima), a male personal name

Korma, cf Kurma ..

?? Korma (visiting postman under Nazret) ../.. [Po]

HCA36 Korma (Corma) (mountains) 0545'/3521' 923 m 05/35 [+ n]

HDG64 Korma 0938'/3508' 1534 m, south-east of Mendi 09/35 [Gz]

HDK03 Korma (mountain peak) 0907'/3748' 2486 m, 09/37 [AA Gz]

north-west of Ambo

HDM62 Kormargefiya (Kormagafia, Tormurgefia), 09/39 [Gz WO]

0936'/3931' 2802 m, see under Debre Birhan

HDM52 Kormargefiya kebele (Kormargäfiya ..) 09/39 [Ad]

along a western part of the southern border of Debre Birhan

Zuriya & Keyit wereda, 7-9 km south of Debre Birhan town;



area 1,394 hectares. [CSA 1994]

HDM31 Kormash, see Koremash

korme, kormee (O) clever, strong, tough; (Som) stallion, stud

HD... Korme, in Gimbi awraja 09/35? [Ad]

HDD46c Korme, 08/38 [x]

a little north of Warabo

HDE90 Korme 0902'/3825' 2273 m, 09/38 [AA Gz]

see under Addis Alem

HEM84c Korme (Corme) 12/39 [+ Gu]

HCF51 Kormos (Cormos) 0556'/3928' 1584 m, 05/39 [+ WO Gz]

(an Oromo district)

HBU24 Kormowario, G. (area) 04/39 [WO]

koro (O) troop, band of men; qooroo (O, from A)

local judge or sub-chief; abba qorro, provincial governor;

(qorro) historically one of 70 districts of the Oromo kingdom

of Abba Jifar II, 1861-1934;

koro (Som) wait for, expect; qoro (Som) employ /etc/;

qooro (Som) male sexual organ

GDM11 Koro (Coro) 09/34 [+ WO]

HBL14 Koro (area) 03/38 [WO]

HDL72 Koro (K'oro, Qoro) 0946'/3838' 3203 m, 09/38 [AA Gz q]

south-west of Fiche

HFE07 Koro (mountain) 1342'/3905' 2051 m, 13/39 [Gz]

east of Abiy Adi

HDU06 Koro & Wekfile kebele (Qoro & Wäkfelé ..) 09/39 [Ad]

in the north/south and also east/west middle of Kewet wereda

at its border towards the south there, 4-7 km south-southwest

of Shewa Robit; area 916 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HBR27 Korobbo, G. (hill) 04/37 [WO]

?? Korodegaga, village in Arsi, surveyed around 1996 ../.. [n]

HBU11 Koroftu, G. (area) 04/39 [WO]

HDM75 Korogassa, see Goragussa

JBT40 Korogo, see Korago

korojo, korojoo (A,O) leather bag

JDG29 Korojole 0914'/4039' 1524 m, west of Mieso 09/40 [Gz]

HDU25 Korokor kebele 10/39 [Ad]

in southern Kewet wereda stretching to its western border,

12-16 km north-west of Shewa Robit; area 492 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HDJ94 Korom (K'orom, Qorom) 0954'/3701' 2209 m, 09/37 [Gz q]

west of Alibo

?? Koromach, see Koremash

HDH78 Koromi 0943'/3625' 1921 m 09/36 [Gz]

HDH78 Koromi 0946'/3623' 1865 m 09/36 [Gz]

HCD06 Koromma (Coromma) 0531'/3805' 1828 m 05/38 [+ WO Gz]

korommi, korommii (O) bulls /not castrated/

JDJ20 Korommi (Corommi) (area) 2643 m 09/41 [+ WO]

koromo (T) kinds of shrub or tree, Maerua angolensis,

M. oblongifolia; the last-mentioned is a low shrub

koron, cf koronguddaa (O) crocodile

HDB15 Koron (K'oron, Qoron) 0818'/3609' 2060 m, 08/36 [Gz q]

south-west of Bedele

JCM93 Koron (Coron) 0710'/4437' 933 m, cf Kuron 07/44 [+ Gz]

HDE89c Koroncha (Korontscha), 08/39 [+ x]



village with market at a day's ride west of Balchi

GDM42 Korosko (Gebel Corosco) (mountain) 09/34 [+ Gz]

0927'/3434' 1546 m

HCD83 Korpa (K'orp'a, Qorpa) 0612'/3751' 1173 m, 06/37 [Gz q]

on the southern east shore of lake Abaya

HDK20 Korpe Shenterer (area) 09/37 [AA]

HDL80 Korpeti 0949'/3826' 2579 m, 09/38 [AA Gz]

(with church), see under Gebre Guracha

korra (A) coral tree, Erythrina abyssinica, with ornamental

red flowers turned upwards; qorra (O) 1. frost; 2. splendour;

qorraa 3. name of a month approximately corresponding to November

HDT18 Korra (Corra), cf Kora 10/39 [+ WO]

HC... Korra Wuga (sacred forest), see Jawla

HDM25 Korrayta (Corraita) 09/39 [+ WO]

korre (O) frost, ice; (language?) type of collective labour;

korree (Som) be on top

HDG08 Korre (Korree) (iron body) c.0900'/3536' 09/35 [+ Mi]

HED41c Korre (Corre), cf Kore 11/37 [+ Gu]

JBJ67 Korrei (Correi) 0410'/4217' 212 m, 04/42 [+ Gz]

(mountain on the border of Somalia)

HE... Korreva (Correva) (on map of 1814), 12/37 [+ 18]

a little more than half-way from Gondar to lake Tana

JDP67 Korridra (Corridra) 1030'/4121' 833 m 10/41 [+ Gz]

JCL39 Korshe, see Korahe

HCL64c Korso (Khorso), 06/38 [x]

located at some 15 km south of Kofele

korti, qortii (O) 1. container for valuables; 2. feast

in memory of a deceased adult

HCP65c Kortu (Kortou) 0750'/3610'c, 07/36 [x]

in Gera area north of Duko rive

HCR33 Korti (Corti) (area) 1946 m 07/36 [+ WO]

HCR50 Korti 0743'/3640'c, 07/36 [x]

south of Gibe river some 15 km south-southeast

of Jiren/Agaro

kortu (O) superb

JDB83 Kortu (Cortu) (area) 08/40 [+ WO]

JDG65 Kortumi (Cortumi) 0935'/4018' 667 m (village) 09/40 [+ WO Gz]

koru, qoruu (O) 1. shave off hair in a special way; 2. sharpen, whet;

qooruu (O) be haughty; koruu (O) to mount /male animal a female one/

HCS83 Koru Abo (church) 0801'/3749', south of Welkite 08/37 [Gz]

HDM55 Koru kebele 09/39 [Ad]

towards the south-east in central Ankober wereda, near Aliyu Amba to

its east and 9-12 km east-southeast of Ankober town; area 774 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HCA68 Korum (Corum) (area) 06/35 [+ WO]

kosa, qoosa (O) jest, joke

?? Kosa, village in Sheko wereda 06/35? [n]

HCR73 Kosa, see Kossa

HCS82 Kosa (K'osa, Qosa) 0753'/3744' 1892 m, 07/37 [Gz q]

same as Kose?

kosa d..: den chaka (dänn ch'aka) (A) forest

HCR73 Kosa Den Ch'aka (Cossa) (forest) 0754'/3652', 07/36 [Gz WO]

north of Jimma

?? Kosai (village in Wellega) ../.. [x]



HEK50 Kosan 12/37 [Ch]

kosaya (Welega Bega) lowland

HES11 Kosaye (Kossaye, Kosoye, Kossoye), cf Kossaye 12/37 [LM WO]

HES11 Kosaye sub-district (centre in 1964 = Amba Giyorgis) 12/37 [Ad]

kose, qoosee (O) the depression on the nape /of a bull etc./

HCS51c Kose (Qose), small market town in Gurage, 07/37 [20]

the main centre of the small Iner (Ener) ethnic group

HCS82 Kose (K'ose, Qose) 0753'/3744' 1892 m, 07/37 [Gz q]

same as Kosa?

HDS38 Kosekos (K'osek'os, Qoseqos) 10/38 [Gz q]

1015'/3815' 1888 m, between Abay river and Bichena

HEJ58 Kosen 1217'/3723' 1787 m 12/37 [Gz]

HEF.. Kosero kebele (Qosäro ..) 11/39 [Ad]

stretching 9 km north/south in southern Tehuledere wereda,

with its northernmost point 7 km south-southeast of Hayk town;


[CSA 1994]

HDG73 Koseru 0941'/3505' 1529 m, south of Mendi 09/35 [Gz]

HDU60 Koseru (K'oseru, Qoseru) 1032'/3922' 2659 m, 10/39 [Gz q]

south-west of Were Ilu

HEJ85 Koseyo 1230'/3705' 1990 m, near Chilga 12/37 [Gz]

HED57 Kosh 1121'/3814' 2464 m, west of Goradit 11/38 [Gz]

kosha (O) dough; (Wellega Bega) lowland

HCH38 Kosha (Coscia, Koisa) (with ensete culture) 06/36 [Gz WO x]

Gz: 0637'/3647' 1849 m; x: 0640'/3625'

HCJ47 Kosha, see Suntana

HCS13c Kosha, 07/37 [20]

highland east of Gibe river and north of its affluent Sumini

HDB52 Kosha (K'osha, Qosha) 0837'/3554' 2127 m 08/35 [Gz q]

HDK19 Koshbe 0909'/3821' 2582 m 09/38 [AA Gz]

koshe, qoshee (O) 1. metal piece for fastening plough;

2. stiffend /fingers from rheumatism/

?? Koshe (visiting postman under Jimma) ../.. [Po]

HCT81 Koshe (K'oshe, Qoshe, Koshie) 08/38 [Gz q x Ad]

0800'/3832' 1944 m

(centre in 1964 of Debona sub-district)

HDF13 Koshema (Coscema) (area) 08/39 [+ WO]

HDS58 Kosheshila 1025'/3817' 2373 m, near Bichena 10/38 [Gz]

HED09 Kosheshila 1053'/3824' 2426 m, near Abay river 10/38 [Gz]

HEF51 Kosheshila Mikael (church) 1121'/3927', 11/39 [Gz]

west of Hayk

koshim (A) 1. Lantana trifolia; 2. Rumex abyssinica,

a plant with fruits of sweet and sour taste; 3. Dovyalis

abyssinica, a small tree with strong thorns and acid fruit

HDE92 Koshim 0858'/3840' 2412 m, west of Addis Abeba 08/38 [Gz]

HDF13 Koshim (K'oshim, Qoshim) 0817'/3938' 2508 m 08/39 [Gz q]

HEF52 Koshimu kebele (Koshemu ..) 11/39 [Ad]

near south-easternmost Ambasel wereda, 8-12 km

west of Hayk town; area 1,599 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HDF03 Koshita 0810'/3936' 2583 m 08/39 [Gz]

HDL31 Koshomi 0924'/3834' 2185 m, north-west of Sululta 09/38 [AA Gz]

JCH33 Kosi 0639'/4058' 1124 m 06/40 [Gz]

-- Koskwam, see Kuskwam,



also see Gondar castles in the neighbourhood

JDH65 Kosmi (area recorded in 1841) 09/41 [Ha]

koso, koosoo (O) same as kosso below

Koso, cf Kosso

HDE42 Koso 0835'/3837' 2175 m 08/38 [Gz]

HDM84 Koso 0950'/3944' 3211 m, near Debre Sina, 09/39 [Gz]

(with church Giyorgis)

HDT16 Koso 1007'/3901' 2142 m 10/39 [Gz]

HDU84 Koso 1041'/3943' 3348 m, north-east of Were Ilu 10/39 [Gz]

HEE37 Koso 1109'/3904' 3185 m 11/39 [Gz]

HEL08 Koso 1150'/3914' 3404 m 11/39 [Gz]

HDM52 Koso Amba 0935'/3931' 2797 m, 09/39 [Gz]

south of Debre Birhan

HEM01 Koso Amba, see Kosso Amba

HDM22 Koso Amba kebele 09/39 [Ad]

centrally in south Angolela & Tera Asagirt wereda,

surrounding Gina Ager settlement; area 1,417 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HDM94 Koso Amba kebele 09/39 [Ad]

at the northern border of the southern body of Mafud, Mezezo,

Moja & Wadera wereda, 8-10 km north of Debre Sina town;

area 364 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

koso b..: beret (bärät) (A) zeriba, thorn enclosure for cattle

HEE16 Koso Beret (Legambo) 1057'/3901' 3762 m 10/39 [Gz]

HDT26 Koso & Girigir kebele (.. Gereger ..) 10/39 [Ad]

at the middle of the southern border of Weremo Wajitu & Mida

wereda, 4-9 km west-southwest of Meragna; area 2,910 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HDL37 Koso Kirkos (K. K'irk'os) (church) 0924'/3903', 09/39 [Gz]

north of Sendafa

HDT16 Koso Terehina kebele (.. Tärähena ..) 10/39 [Ad]

in the middle of north Lay Bet & Tach Bet wereda at its northern

border, 3-9 km north of Alem Ketema; area 2,358 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

koso ti..: tigg (t'igg) (A) corner, support

HDU33 Koso Tig (K. T'ig) 1018'/3937' 2996 m, 10/39 [Gz]

north of Molale

HEC.. Kosober, cf Kosso Ber 10/36 [n]

at the main road a little south-east of Injibar

kosoch (A) kosso trees in plural?

HED63 Kosoch 1129'/3748' 2433 m 11/37 [Gz]

?? Kosodaba (visiting postman under Jimma) ../.. [Po]

HEJ99c Kosoge (Kosogué, Kossoge), 'land of kosso?' 12/37 [x]

north of Gondar, battle site in the 1400s

kossa, qoossaa (O) kind of cattle disease

HCG87 Kossa (Cossa) 07/35 [+ WO]

HCR63 Kossa (Kosa, Cossa) 0751'/3648' 1792, 2550 m, 07/36 [Te Gz WO Gu]

at 25 km north of Jimma


8SE the forest of Babbia - or Kossa?

..N an area named Kossa

HCR70 Kossa 0752'/3638'c, 07/36 [x]

at some distance north-northwest of Jiren/Agaro



HCR73 Kossa (Cossa, Kosa, Limmu) 07/36 [n WO Gz]

Gz: 0751'/3648' 1792 m, or 0749'/3653'

HCR73 Kossa sub-district (centre in 1964 = ?), 07/36 [Ad]

cf Kosa Den Ch'aka

HDH63c Kossaru (Tulu Kossarou) circa 0940'/3600' 09/36 [x]

HDL99 Kossaye (Cossaie) (area) 2740 m, cf Kosaye 09/39 [+ WO]

kossim: see koshim above

HEM15 Kossim (Cossim) (area) 1155'/3950' 11/39 [+ WO Gz]

kosso, koso (A,O) kind of tree, Hagenia abyssinica, giving

an antidote to tapeworm; (O) dry corn stalk /used as fuel/

-- Kosso, cf Koso

HES88 Kosso (Cosso) (mountain saddle), 13/38 [+ WO Gu]

1324'/3816' 3121/3154 m, see under Sawana

HEE.. Kosso Alba ../.. [..]

HEM01 Kosso Amba (Cosso A., Koso A., Kossa A.) 11/39 [+ WO Gz 18]

(mountain) 1146'/3926' 3728 m,

south-west of Weldiya, near map code HEF91

kosso b..: ber (bärr) (A) gate, entrance, pass

?? Kosso Ber (Kossober, Koso B.), ../.. [x 20]

battle site in Amedamit in 1827

kosso m..: medo (A) comb; meddo (Som/H.Salt) black

HEK08 Kosso Medo (Quosso Medo) 11/38 [+ WO]

kosso w..: wenz (A) river

HES.. Kosso Wenz (Koso W.), 13/37 [+ Ad]

(centre in 1964 of Asera Betach sub-district)

HEJ99c Kossoge, see Kosoge

HEE.. Kossu Alba, 11/38 [Mi]

mountain about 90 km west of Dessie

HEF60 Kostambula kebele (Qostambula ..) 11/39 [Ad]

northernmost at the eastern border of Tenta wereda,

9-15 km north-east of Tenta settlement; area 3,429 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HDM03 Koste (K'ost'e, Qoste) 0908'/3938' 1325 m 09/39 [Gz q]

HDU15 Koste Amba kebele (Qost'é .. ..) 09/39 [Ad]

in north-east Mafud, Mezezo, Moja & Wadera wereda,

8-11 km north-east of Sela Dingay; area 432 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HDM02 Koste kebele (Qost'é ..) 09/39 [Ad]

in southernmost Berehet wereda along the western half

of its southern border; area 6,097 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

kot (qot') (A) space under the roof, loft, perch, roost,

coarse bed of branches; (kot) (A) coat;

koot (O) my, being mine

GDE20 Kot (Cot) 0822'/3329' 318 m, 08/33 [Gz WO]

near the border of Sudan

kot k..: kotte, kottee (A) footprint, hoof, track of animal;

koti (O) 1. qooti platform inside a house;

2. kooti coat

HEM73c Kot Kote (Cot Cote) (wells in river bed) 12/39 [+ Gu]

kota (T) kind of small or medium tree, Trichelia roka; (O) ditch;

kotah (T) kind of shrub or "climbing tree", Combretum aculeatum

HCP77 Kota (K'ota, Qota, Koota) 0752'/3624' 2393 m 07/36 [Gz q n]

HDD31 Kota (Cota), cf Kotta 08/37 [LM WO]



HED45 Kota (K'ota, Qota) 1118'/3758' 1907 m, 11/37 [Gz q]

north-east of Mota

kota be..: bero (O) coral tree, korch, Erythrina abyssinica

?? Kota Bero (visiting postman under Jimma) ../.. [Po]

kota bo..: bota (A,T) place, locality

?? Kota Bota (visiting postman under Jimma) ../.. [Po]

?? Kota Sutana (visiting postman under Jimma) ../.. [Po]

HEJ17 Kota Maryam (Cota Mariam) 1893 m, 11/37 [Ch Gu WO]

(village with church), see under Dek

HCS96 Kotargeta (Cotargheta) 0806'/3804' 2686 m 08/38 [+ WO Gz]

HDL30 Kotari 0920'/3830' 2795 m 09/38 [AA Gz]

kote: kotte (A) footprint; hoof, track of animal

HDC25 Kote (Cote), 08/37 [+ WO Mi]

a right affluent of the Birbir valley in Wellega

kotebe (kotäbe) (A,O) basalt

HDE94 Kotebe (Kotobe), outside Addis Abeba, 09/38 [En]

for its first period it was the Haile Selassie I Secondary School

HDL52 Kotemi (K'ot'emi, Qotemi) 0935'/3836' 2525 m 09/38 [AA Gz q]

kotemo (Kefa) large circular house

HCM52 Kotera (Cotera) (area) 0704'/3942' 3694 m 07/39 [+ WO Gz]

HEE02 Kotet kebele (Qotät ..) 11/38 [Ad]

in south-western Sayint wereda at its southern border,

16-22 km south-west of Ajibar; area 3,150 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

H.... Kotet sub-district (centre in 1964 = Girar Amba) 10/38 [Ad]

HCK08c Koti, in Wenago wereda, 06/38 [n]

with a megalithic site which contains 4 steles

koticha (A) kooticha (O) black soil

HBK58 Koticha, G. (area) 04/38 [WO]

HDE82 Koticha 0855'/3841' 2420 m, near Sebeta 08/38 [Gz]

HDJ25 Koticha 0915'/3706' 2327 m, south of Haretu 09/37 [Gz]

HDL42 Koticha 0929'/3840' 2441 m 09/38 [AA Gz]

HDT01 Koticha 0958'/3832' 2138 m, 09/38 [AA Gz]

north-east of Tulu Milki

JBN08 Kotichi (Coticci) 0431'/4034' 687 m 04/40 [+ WO Gz]

HDL83 Koticho 0847'/3846' 2614 m, near Fiche 08/38 [Gz]

HBK86 Kotille, D. (area) 04/38 [WO]

HE... Kotima (Cotima) (valley near Mekdela) 11/39? [+ Gu]

JDB52 Kotisa (K'ot'isa, Qotisa) 0838'/4055' 1525 m 08/40 [Gz q]

HCR57 Koti-Sandabo, see Sendabo, 07/37 [x]

market past Omo river on the route to Jimma

HCR43 Kotja (Kotyi) 0739'/3652' 1743 m, east of Jimma 07/36 [Gz x]

HEC75 Kotkotma (K'ot'k'ot'ma, Qotqotma, Teleta), 11/37 [Gz q]

1130'/3712' 2043 m, west of Bahir Dar

koto, qoto (O) hatchet, axe with the blade inserted into

a handle; koto (Kefa) circular granary made of bamboo;

kotto (T) Lepidium sativum; qoto (Som) base, roots, depth

HBK56 Koto, G. (area) 04/38 [WO]

HCS99 Koto (M. Coto) (area) 2225 m, see under Butajira 08/38 [Ad WO]

HCS99c Koto (centre in 1964 of Meskan wereda and 08/38 [Ad x]

of Shershera sub-district)

HDL91 Koto 0955'/3831' 2353 m, north-west of Fiche, 09/38 [AA Gz]

(with church), cf Kotu

HEK14 Koto (K'oto, Qoto) 1153'/3753' 2138 m, 11/37 [Gz q]

east of lake Tana



JBJ92 Koto (Coto) (well) 0430'/4150' 04/41 [x Gz]

at Ganale Doria

HDE94 Kotobe, same as Kotebe above 09/38 [x 20]

HCC75 Kotolo (K'otolo, Qotolo) 0608'/3707' 1322 m 06/37 [Gz q]

HDB08 Kotora (K'ot'ora, Qotora) 0811'/3630' 2167 m 08/36 [Gz q]

HCR50 Kotta (Cotta, Gomma) 0746'/3638' 2115 m, 07/36 [+ Gu Gz]

see under Agaro, cf Kota

kotte, kottee (O) 1. hoof; 2. track of an animal;

kotte, kwotte (qwotte) (A) footprint, hoof

HDG66 Kotte Gitten, about 17 km north-west of Nejo 09/35 [x]

HEF03 Kottie (Cottie, Uotie) (village) 1056'/3940' 2450 m 10/39 [+ Gu WO Gz]

kottu, kotu, qottuu (O) farmer, cultivator, ploughman;

-- Kottu (Qotu, Qwottu, Eastern Oromo), name of Oromo agriculturalists

in the Harar highland area, "Kottu Galla".

Estimated in 1993 to number 2,142,000.

JDC60 Kottu (Cottu) (area) 1635 m 08/41 [+ WO]

JBP03 Kottu Biyo Ad (Cottu Bio Ad) 0434'/4102' 04/41 [+ WO Gz]

kotu, qotuu (O) 1. plough; 2. grow crops

HBJ96 Kotu, G. (hill) 04/37 [WO]

HCK00 Kotu, see Wulo Kode

?? Kotu, an affluent of the Ramis in the Harar region 07/41? [Mi]

HDH95 Kotu (Cootu) 09/36 [+ WO]

HDL90 Kotu (K'otu, Qotu) 0957'/3827' 2118 m, 09/38 [Gz q]

east of Tulu Milki, near HDT00, cf HDL90 Koto

kotu gebeya (A) market of the Kottu = Oromo people?

HDM30 Kotu Gebeya (Kotu Geber, Cotugheber) 09/39 [Gz WO]

0923'/3924' 2797 m, see under Sheno

H.... Kotu Gebeya (in Tegulet & Bulga awraja) 09/39 [Ad]

HBL06 Kotulla (Cotulla) (area) 0342'/3851' 1150 m 03/38 [+ WO Gz]

HCR43 Kotyi, see Kotja

Kou.., see generally Ku..

HCA68 Kourit, see Kurit

JDS04 Koussaha (area) 09/42 [WO]

JEC31c Koûta Boûyya, 11/41 [20]

just south of lake Abhe

HDH99 Kova Sambo (Cova Sambo) 09/36 [+ WO]

kowa (Welega Bega) wild dog

HEJ75 Kowa Silasi 12/37 [Ch]

Church 11 km south of Chilga; there is a fumarole near the church.

HBM04 Koweti (Coeti, Coeiti) (area) 0340'/3940' 966 m 03/39 [+ WO Gz]

JDG69 Kowrili (G. Courili) (area) 09/40 [+ WO]

HCS79 Koya, see Kora

koye: koyye (qoyye) (A) to wait

HDC43 Koye (K'oye, Qoye, Uorsa, Ursa) 08/36 [Gz q WO Gu]

0835'/3649' 1566/1675 m

Coordinates would give map code HDC42

HDE14 Koye (farm) 0817'/3849', north of lake Ziway 08/38 [Gz]

HDE52 Koye (Coie) (area & village north of Awash) 2272 m 08/38 [MS x WO]

HDE84 Koye 0854'/3851' 2272 m, near Akaki 08/38 [Gz]

HDE92 Koye (village) 09/38 [x]

HDS55 Koye (Coie) (mountain) 2873 m 10/37 [+ WO]

HDL.. Koye Akale, 09/38 [20]

village in North Shewa in Kuyu wereda

(Kuuyuu & Hidhabuu Abootee ..)

HFD59 Koyetsa (K'oyetsa, Qoyetsa) 1406'/3824' 1996 m, 14/38 [Gz q]



east of Inda Silase

HFD69 Koyetsa (K'oyetsa, Qoyetsa, Qoyatsa, Coietza) 14/38 [Gz q n]

(Adi Liul) 1409'/3825' 1996/2339/2470 m, north-east of Inda Silase

-- Koygu (Muguji), an ethnic group who inhabit the junction

of the Omo and Mago rivers, see Koegu, cf Murle

-- koyisha: Koysha, a sub-division of the Ometo ethnic group

HC... Koyisha (in Welamo awraja) 06/37? [Ad]

HC... Koyisha sub-district (-1997-) 06/37? [n]

JDJ46 Koyla 0926'/4213' 2104 m, north-east of Harar 09/42 [Gz]

HCG86 Koyne (Coine) 07/35 [+ WO]

JCR21 Koyo (Coio) 07/41 [+ WO]

-- Koyra (Badditu), ethnic group numbering about 100,000 in the 1990s

-- Koyra language, see Koorete

-- Koysha, as language see Kucha

HCJ57 Koysha 0650'/3715' 1384 m, south of Waka 06/37 [Gz]

HCK60 Koysha Beleeka (K. Bele'eka) 0655'/3732' 1286 m, 06/37 [Gz]

north-west of Soddo

HCJ10 Koza (Costa) 0629'/3643' 1959 m, 06/36 [Gz WO]

north-east of Bulki

Coordinates would give map code HCJ11

GDE16 Kram (Cram) 08/34 [+ WO]

KCP50 Krayal (Craial) 07/45 [+ WO]

HEK16 Krin 1153'/3806' 2507 m, 11/38 [Gz]

north-east of Debre Tabor

kristo galla (A) Christ of the Oromo?

HDB78 Kristo Galla (Cristo Galla) (church), 08/36 [+ WO]

see under Arjo

Kristos (A) Christ; used as a magical name also

in non-Christian sorcery; Samra = Samira, Samaria of the Bible?

HEK10 Kristos Samra (K. Semraa, Cristos Samra) 11/37 [+ x Ch]

church on the right bank of the Gumara

krupe, krupo (O) duiker, small antelope,

Sylvicapra grimmia abyssinica

HCR79 Krupe 0754'/3725' 1962 m, cf Kurupe 07/37 [Wa Gz]

highland south of Gibe river.

krupe n..: nada (A) landslide; nadde (O) woman, wife

?? Krupe Nadda (Kroupe N.) ../.. [+ x]

settlement in Jenjero

G. Montandon in 1913 shows Krupe and Nadda separately

and rather far apart.

HEP18 Kruri (Cruri) (wide area) 12/36 [+ WO]

HET64 Krustaba (Crustaba) 1316'/3854' 1451 m 13/38 [+ Gu Gz]

H.... Ksa Dega (centre in 1964 of Telelo sub-district) 13/37 [Ad]

JEB.. Ksikika kebele, in Mille wereda 11/40 [20]

HDB56 Kua (K'u'a) 0839'/3617' 1951 m 08/36 [Gz]

north-west of Bedele, cf Kwa

?? Kualissa, see Kwalissa

?? Kuana (historical, near Mereb river) ../.. [Pa]

He... Kuana (sub-district & its centre in 1964) 11/39 [Ad]

HEM82 Kuaram, see Korem

?? Kuarit wereda (Quarit ..) ../.. [Ad]


?? Kuashm, historical, probably a district of Adal ../.. [x]

HEJ09 Kuaskuam, see Kuskwam & HEK10

?? Kuassa, see Kwassa



HF... Kuayata (according to d'Abbadie), ../.. [x]

(Quayatsa according to old charter), cf Koyetsa

?? Kubachenna (gorge) 06/39 [Ca]

kuba, quba (O) finger, toe

HDU16 Kubalge 1004'/3957' 1204 m 10/39 [Gz]

kuban nama bulchuu (O) manage a household sparingly

JCE61 Kuban (Cuban) 0601'/4332' 290 m 06/43 [+ WO Gz]

HFE53 Kubanot 1401'/3845' 2030 m, 14/38 [Gz]

at 13 km south of Aksum

?? Kubar (Kuber, Ka'bar, Kaber) alleged ancient ../.. [Br x]

capital at unknown site, period about 800-1000, cf Aksum

kubat (qubat) (A) concubine

HDL34 Kubati (K'ubati, Qubati) 0922'/3852' 2791 m 09/38 [AA Gz q]

HDU90 Kubayo 1050'/3925' 2925 m, cf Kubbayo, 10/39 [Gz]

north-west of Were Ilu

kubba (O) ball; (A) kind of fish; (Afar) dog

?? Kubba (Cuba), row of hills in the Rift Valley ../.. [+ Mi]

HBL87 Kubba Ure, cf Guba 04/39 [WO]

kubbayo: kubay (A) tumbler; kubaya, kubbayya (A,T) cup,

mug /of metal/

JCP41 Kubbayo (Cubbaio) 0736'/4047' 1737 m 07/40 [+ WO Gz]

(mountain, with forest), cf Gubbaiu

kubbe d..: daru, daruu (O) to lack clothing, be empty-handed

HCR93 Kubbe Daru (Cubbe Daru) (area) 2238 m 08/36 [+ WO]

kube, qubee (O) ring worn on the /little/ finger;

(kube) (A) small grasshopper not yet having wings

HEM00 Kube 1149'/3922' 3447 m, west of Weldiya 11/39 [Gz]

HEM92 Kube 1238'/3935' 2009 m, north of Korem 12/39 [Gz]

kube j..: jabbilee (O) calves

HEM93 Kube Jabile 1239'/3938' 1893 m 12/39 [Gz]

north-east of Korem

HDT56 Kube kebele (Kubé ..) 10/39 [Ad]

in central Kelala wereda at its western border, 6-13 km

west of Kelala settlement; area 1,995 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

kubet (kubät) (A) dried cow dung used as fuel

?? Kubet (Kubät) (unidentified locality) ../.. [Pa]

kubete: kubbita (qubbita) (A) cupola

HDL55 Kubete (K'ubete, Qubete) 0934'/3854' 2637 m 09/38 [AA Gz q]

kubi (T) scurf, dandruff

HDF74 Kubi (M. Cubi) (area) 1528 m 08/39 [+ WO]

JDB96 Kubi Abdul Kadir Mesgid (K'ubi A. K'adir M.) 09/41 [Gz]

(mosque) 0901'/4119'

HDT69 Kubi kebele 10/39 [Ad]

in north-west Jema wereda, 4-8 km north-west

of Degolo; area 997 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HEE89 Kubichla (K'ubich'la, Qubichla) 11/39 [Gz q]

1136'/3917' 2356 m

kubo (Som) hill

kubsa: kubsisa, qubsisa (O) late settlers, late-comers, tenants

HCT26 Kubsa (K'ubsa, Qubsa, Cubsa, Chubsa) (mountains) 07/38 [Gz q WO It]

0725'/3859' 3296/3387 m, south-east of lake Langano

HCU00 Kubsa 0715'/3920' 2592 m 07/39 [Gz]

k'ubur (Afar) spirit



-- Kucha, a sub-division of the Ometo ethnic group

-- Kucha language (Kusha, Koysha) is a sub-dialect of Dauro

HCJ39 Kucha (Cuccia, Fre: Koutcha) 0639'/3722', 06/37 [x WO Gu Gz]

(at the river Kucha, locality with ensete culture)

HCJ39 Kucha (mountain), see under Bole

HCT59 Kucha 07/39 [Wa]

HC... Kucha wereda ../.. [n]


GCS75 Kuchar (Cueciar, Cueicher) 0800'/3303' 283 m 07/33 [LM WO Gz]

kuchare, quucharee (O) stunted, undersized

HDK01 Kucho (K'ucho, Qucho) 0904'/3741' 2097 m 09/37 [AA q]

kuchoch: kuchach (A) small ants

HE... Kuchoch (centre in 1964 of Keteteya sub-district) 11/39 [Ad]

HDL62 Kuchu 2498 m 09/38 [AA]

HCB05 Kuchur (village at lower Omo river near HBP95) 05/36 [n]

JDC30 Kucko (Cucco) 1389 m 08/41 [+ WO]

kuda (O) 1. kind of tree in the wetter parts of medium-

altitude forests, Polyscias ferruginea; quda 2. short log

as firewood; kudda (O) fruit

JDR16c Kudaiti (Koudaïti) circa 1005'/4115' 10/41 [x]

kudara: kudar (qudar) (T) knot, central point;

khudaar (Som) vegetables, fruits

HES33 Kudara (Qudara), see under Dabat 13/37 [+ WO]

GDF93 Kuddu (Cuddu) 0900'/3440' 1830 m 09/34 [+ WO Gz]

?? Kuddus (same meaning in [T] as Kidus = holy) 09/40 [18]

kudi a..: alama (A,T) sign, goal, etc.

HDS23 Kudi Alema (Cudi Alemma) (church) 10/37 [+ WO]

kudo, qudo (O) short log as firewood

HFF51c Kudo (with rock-hewn church, Maryam), 14/39 [x]

south of Guwahigot, 2 hours walk from Hangoda

kudo k..: korebta (koräbta) (A,T) hill

HFE99 Kudo Korebta (Ora) 1427'/3920' 2305 m, 14/39 [Gz WO]

mountain north-west of Adigrat

HER78 Kudo Maryam (Kudo Mariam) (church) 13/37 [+ WO]

kudud: kuudud (Som) sit in crouching position

JFA69 Kududli (Cududli) (hill) 1408'/4044' 14/40 [+ WO Gz]

kudus: kuddus (quddus) (T) holy; Quddus (Arabic,Som) Jerusalem

HEC99 Kudus Mikhael (=K'iddus Mika'el), see Fisa

HDB35 Kue (Cue) 0826'/3611' 2047 m 08/36 [+ Gz]

HD... Kuelgore (Kuelgorä) 09/39? [Pa]

Muslim land near Aliyu Amba?

once important but the name disappeared later

HET97 Kuen (K'u'en) 1329'/3905' 1367 m, 13/39 [Gz]

south-east of Abiy Adi

?? Kuera (historically recorded), cf Kuyera ../.. [n]

kufa (O) qufaa 1. coughing; phlegm; tuberculosis;

whey; quufa 2. satiety, wealth, to have had one's fill;

3. goiter; kuf- (O) fall; kuf (Som) 1. trip, stumble, fall;

2. tribal honour, marriage within one's social status;

kuffiya, white Muslim cap

JDH14 Kufa (Gara K'ufa, G. Qufa, Gebel Cufa) (mountain), 09/41 [Gz q WO]

0908'/4105' 2553 m, near Hirna

HCG89 Kufe (Kufa, Fre: Koufa) 0704'/3537' 1528 m, 07/35 [Gz Wa]

north-west of Shewa Gimira, near Gilo river

JBH82 Kuffa Kulumni (Cuffa Culumni) 0422'/4054' 04/40 [+ WO Gz]



JDR60 Kuffal Ali (Cuffal Ali, Gaiel K.A.?) (hill) 10/41 [Ha Gz]

1023'/4149' (recorded in 1841)

HCD80c Kufoli, cf Kofele 06/38 [Wa]

?? Kufsa, located at some 50 km east of lake Shala ../.. [x]

HFD93 Kugule (Cugule, Cugula) (hill) 1428'/3748' 14/37 [+ WO Gz]

HE... Kuha, same as Kwiha, 38/12 [n]

around 1980 a Derg-garrisoned town between Alamata and Maychew

HFF11 Kuhila 1341'/3929' 2121 m, 13/39 [Gz]

(with church Giyorgis), north of Mekele

kuhl: kul (A) 1. kohl, antimony dust; 2. cultivated bottle

gourd, Lagenaria vulgaris var. sinuatum; (Som) heat

HEA84 Kuhl (area) 11/35 [WO]

HCL89c Kuhupsa (Cuhupsa) (market every 5 days) 07/39 [+ Gu]

HFF52 Kuila (Ku'ila) 1402'/3836' 1925 m, 14/38 [Gz]

south-east of Adigrat

-- Kuile language, see Tsamay

HB... Kuile ../.. [20]

Settlement of 4 hectares in north-east Konso.

HDL54 Kuiti (K'uiti) 0931'/3848' 2630 m 09/38 [AA Gz]

?? Kujure (Kudjur), ../.. [Mi]

a right affluent of the Alaltu (Aleltu) river in Wellega

kuka, quuqaa (O) rough and uncomfortable

HCU75c Kuka 07/39 [x]

HDB20 Kuka (Cuca) (area) 08/35 [+ WO]

HCB27c Kukab, 05/36 [+ WO]

volcanic mountain at a road to Bulki

HES13 Kukara (Cucara) 12/37 [+ WO]

HDK83 Kuki (Malca Cuchi) 0952'/3752' 09/37 [Ch Gz]

ford in the Abay which was out of use by 1930.

kuku (O) 1. quuquu, rough surface; 2. sprout, begin to grow;

(A) the earwax;

-- Kuku, a lineage of the Sabbo-Mattarri of the Borana people

GDF61c Kuku 08/34 [LM]

HCD27 Kuku (Cucu) 0540'/3812' 1826 m, 05/38 [Wa WO Gz]

see under Agere Maryam

JEP80 Kukumora 13/40 [Ne]

HDL10 Kukurfa 0909'/3825' 2587 m, north of Addis Alem 09/38 [AA Gz]

kul b..: bayye (O) abundant, many

HEE23 Kul Baye kebele (.. Bayé ..) 11/38 [Ad]

in central Sayint wereda, 3-8 km south-west

of Ajibar; area 2,240 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

kula, kuula (O) fringe

HCH71 Kula 0700'/3548' 2124 m, near Shewa Gimira 07/35 [Gz]

HCU84 Kula 0758'/3942' 2482 m, north-east of Robi 07/39 [Gz]

H.... Kula, in western Ticho awraja 08/39 [x]

(centre of a wereda in the 1980s)

HEF91 Kula Kwaho kebele (.. Qwaho ..) 11/39 [Ad]

far to the north in Ambasel wereda stretching between

its western and eastern borders, 10-16 km north-west of Wichale

and 8-19 km west-southwest of Mersa; area 5,082 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

H.... Kulala (centre in 1964 of Lai Derra sub-district) 10/38? [Ad]

kulalit, kwulalit (A) kidney

HEK32c Kulalit (Culalit) (conical mountain), 12/37 [+ Gu]



2390 m, see under Yifag

HBP49c Kulam, 04/36 [x]

place in the centre of the Arbore area

HE... Kulamaso sub-district (centre in 1964 = Alagedo) 11/39 [Ad]

kulan (Som) 1. meeting, assembly; 2. kind of small or medium

tree, Balanites aegyptiaca; it grows in dry land and has green

spines; sanka, saanqaa (O) door, board, plank; sanka (A) defect

HDP80 Kulan Sankai (Culan Sancai, Sanchi, Sanchei) 10/35 [Gz WO]

(mountains) 1035'/3545' 2435/2490 m

Coordinates would give map code HDP70

JDJ65 Kulayo (Culaio) (area) 09/42 [+ WO]

?? Kulbi (with postal service) ../.. [20]

JCJ77 Kuldash (area) 06/42 [WO]

JDK42c Kuldera 09/42 [Wa]

kule: see under Kuhl above;

-- Kule (Tsamay), an ethnic group in the south-west

HCC00 Kule (Kulie, Cule) 0530'/3638', 05/36 [+ Ad WO Gz]

(centre in 1964 of Benakule sub-district)

HEC16 Kule (Cule) 1058'/3712' 2731 m 10/37 [+ Gz]

HEM13 Kule 1142'/3941' 1601 m, north-east of Weldiya 11/39 [Gz]

HEF93 Kule kebele (Kulé ..) 11/39 [Ad]

a little to the west in central Habru wereda, 12-22 km

south-east of Weldiya; area 4,929 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

-- Kule language (Cule), see Tsamay

HEL28c Kule Meske, see Kulmesk

HEE48 Kulebit Amba kebele (Qulebit .. ..) 11/39 [Ad]

in central Tenta wereda at its western border, 6-10 km

south-west of Tenta settlement; area 2,452 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

kulf, kwulf (qulf, qwulf) (A) key; padlock

HEM10 Kulf Amba (K'ulf A., Qulf A.) 1152'/3923' 3404 m 11/39 [Gz q]

HEM10 Kulf Amba (K'ulf A., Qulf A.) 1153'/3921' 3314 m, 11/39 [Gz q]

both west of Weldiya

HEM00 Kulf Amba kebele (Qulf .. ..) 11/39 [Ad]

in western Guba Lafto wereda at the southern border of its

northern arm, 17-24 km west of Weldiya; area 3,541 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HDM54 Kulfe kebele (Qulfé ..) 09/39 [Ad]

towards the south-west in central Ankober wereda,

2-4 km south-east of Ankober town; area 299 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

kulfi, qulfii (O) key, lock, button;

kulfi (qulfi) (T) belt, girdle, enclosure;

kulfi goyta (O) master's lock?

JDJ61 Kulfi Goyta (Culfi Goita) 1157 m, 09/41 [+ WO]

the first railway station west of Dire Dawa, quite small

?? Kulfo, river near lake Abaya ../.. [Ca]

JDJ41 Kulibi, see Kulubi

HCC00 Kulie, see Kule

kulil d..: dingay, dengiya (A) rock, stone

HEE36 Kulil Dingay (K'ulil D., Qulil D.) 11/38 [Gz q]

1111'/3859' 2978 m

HCK96 Kulilo, 0710'/3805' 07/38 [x]



kulit (A) kidney

HDK03 Kulit (K'ulit, Qulit) 0904'/3749' 2458 m 09/37 [AA Gz q]

kulita: kolitta (Konso) kind of "holy" tree from which

pieces used as musical instruments are made

HER65 Kulita (Culita) (area) 13/37 [+ WO]

HFC38 Kulita (Culita) (village) 1354'/3724' 1008 m 13/37 [+ WO Gu Gz]

HCS06 Kulito, see Alaba Kulito

HEK51 Kulkaber, see Kulkwalber

kulkul (qulqul) (A) downward, a defile; kulkulet (qulqulät) (A,T)

descent, downward slope; kulkul (O) lackey, charlatan;

kulkull (T) kind of shrub or small tree, Zizyphus spina-christi;

kulkula (O) harmless swelling or nodule on the body;

kulkulla (O) beauty; kulkullu, qulqulluu (O) clean grain,

ritually pure; kulkulli, qulqullii (O) 1. clean; 2. honest;

3. peeled; qulqulaaya (O) clean, clear land surface

HBK54 Kulkule, G. (hill) 04/37 [WO]

HEE59 Kulkulla (Culculla) (valley) 11/39 [+ Gu WO]

kulkwal (qulqwal) (A) kinds of cactus-like tree, Euphorbia spp.;

also /less appropriate/ prickly pear cactus, Opuntia ficus-indica

HDL86 Kulkwal (K'ulk'wal, Qulqwal) 0948'/3859' 2205 m, 09/38 [AA q]

(with church), east of Fiche

HEM23 Kulkwal Amba (K'ulk'wal A., Qulqwal A.) 11/39 [Gz q]

1158'/3940' 1789 m, west of Weldiya

HDU50 Kulkwal Amba kebele (Qulqwal .. ..) 10/39 [Ad]

somewhat to the east in central Jema wereda, 7-10 km

south-east of Degolo; area 2,178 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HEM23 Kulkwal Amba kebele (Qulqwal .. ..) 11/39 [Ad]

in central southern Kobo wereda, 4-8 km

south-east of Wello Robit; area 3,484 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

kulkwal b..: bado (A,T) 1. empty, barren,

unoccupied /land/; 2. buttermilk

HDU11 Kulkwal Bado (K'ulk'wal B., Qulqwal B.) 10/39 [Gz q]

1005'/3927' 2736 m, west of Molale

kulkwal ber (A) Euphorbia gate/pass

HEK51 Kulkwalber (Culqualber, Kulkaber) (area) 12/37 [+ WO n]

kulla, qulla (O) nude, undressed; empty-handed

-- Kula Kurme, a lineage of the Borana people

JCH73c Kulla 07/40 [Wa]

kulla bo..: boffe (O) thick cotton thread

HBL77 Kulla Boffo, G. (area) 04/39 [WO]

HCF22 Kulla Bureyr (Culla Bureir) (area) 0540'/3931' 05/39 [+ WO Gz]

kullaw (O) to be nude; to purify oneself

HBK79 Kullawa (Cullaua) (hill) 0417'/3822' 04/38 [+ WO Gz]

kulli, kullii (O) one's turn in cooperative work; (Som) all

-- Kullo (ethnic group), see Dawro

HCJ57 Kullu (Cullu) (area) 06/37 [+ WO]

HDK80 Kullu (Cullu) 09/37 [+ WO]

HCJ88 Kullu Konta, see Kulo Konta

kullubi,qullubbii (O) garlic, Allium ursinum

HCU01 Kullubi (Cullubi) (area) 2572 m, cf Kulubi 07/39 [+ WO]

JCN28 Kullulu (mountain) 0730'/4035' 07/40 [x]

HEL28c Kulmesk (Kulmask, Kul Mesk, Kule Meske) (village) 11/39 [Ca Br x Ad]

HEL.. Kulmus (Culmus) (administrative centre), 10/36? [x]



4 hours ride from Genete Maryam,

superseded Muja as centre in the 1940s

kulo, kullo (in Ogaden) kind of tree, Olea subtrinervata;

kullo (O) dweller, inhabitant; kulo (Som) get angry;

kulu (T) all, every

-- Kullo (Dewaro), Konta, two sub-divisions of the main ethnic group

Ometo (West Sidama), with their own language variety

-- Kulo (Kullo), historical region

The kingdom of Kullo was colonized in the 1500s.

HCJ09 Kulo 0625'/3729' 1912 m, west of lake Abaya 06/37 [Gz]

HCJ36 Kulo 0639'/3710' 1183 m 06/37 [Gz]

HCJ96 Kulo (Gullo) (area) 07/37 [x WO]

HDL48 Kulo (K'ulo, Qulo) 0929'/3910' 2615 m, 09/39 [Gz q]

midway between Addis Abeba and Debre Birhan

HCT74 Kulo Gudo, see Kulu Gudo

kulo k..: konta, qontaa (O) dried or smoked meat;

HCJ74 Kulo Konta awraja (Kollo K., Kullu K.) 07/37 [Gz x]

(centre -1972-1988- = Waka) 0700'/3700'

Around 1964 there were eight weredas within this awraja.

kulsu k..: kuma (O) thousand; quma (O) coffee plant;

qoomaa (O) instant killing

JEB87 Kulsu Kuma (Culso Coma, Culsicuma) (hill), 11/41 [Ne WO Gz]

1123'/4122' 525 m

HDL71 Kulte (K'ult'e, Qulte) 0946'/3831' 2723 m, 09/38 [Gz q]

south-west of Fiche

kulu (T) all; kuuluu (O) 1. add a fringe; 2. use kohl at the eyes

HFE60 Kulu Ferha 1410'/3826' 1950 m, west of Aksum 14/38 [Gz]

HE... Kulu Ferha sub-district (K. Feriha ..) 14/38 [+ Ad]

(centre in 1964 = Mai Semut)

kulu g..: gudo (Som) 1. inside, interior; 2. meet one's obligations;

guddo, guddoo (O) 1. abundant; 2. big /female/

HCT74 Kulu Gudu (Tullo Guddo, T. Guddu, Tullu Guddu) 07/38 [Gz]

(Tulugudo, Mount Zion) 0756'/3851' 1636 m

island in lake Ziway, with monastery Debre Tsiyon

HCR27 Kulube (K'ulube, Qulube) 0728'/3717' 2420 m 07/37 [Gz q]

kulubi, qulubbii (O) cultivated garlic, Allium ursinum

JDJ41 Kulubi (K'ulubi, Qulubi, Kolubi, Collubi, Culubi) 09/41 [Gz q Ro WO]

(Kulibi, Kalubi, Fre: Kouloubi) 09/41 [Br x 18]

(place) 0926'/4141' 2130 m

south-west of Dire Dawa, cf Gulubi, Kolubi, Kullubi

Coordinates would give map code JDJ42

Sub-district & its centre in 1964,

with church Kidus Gebriel and sub-post office under Dire Dawa.

JDJ42 Kulubi (K'ulubi, Qulubi, G. Collubi) 09/41 [Gz Wa WO]

peak 0928'/4142' (mountain) 1889/2130/2705 m

HDK18 Kulufi 09/38 [AA]

kulula (O) donkey; kululaa (Som) hot

JDK62 Kulula (Culula) (large village) 1850 m 09/42 [+ WO Gu]

kuluuluu (O) pumpkin bud;

kolulu (O) age grade in the gada and jila systems

HCL52 Kulullu (Culullu) (area) 2970 m, cf Kololo 06/38 [+ WO]

HCT.. Kulumsa (Kilumsa, Simba) (with experimental farm) 07/39 [x It]

JBP70 Kulunta (area) 05/40 [WO]

HDK18 Kuluti 0912'/3818' 2553 m, 09/38 [Gz]



north-west of Addis Alem

HDT16 Kum Amba kebele (Qum .. ..) 10/39 [Ad]

in the middle of north Lay Bet & Tach Bet wereda stretching

to its northern border, 3-9 km north-northwest of Alem Ketema;


[CSA 1994]

kuma (O) thousand; quma (O) coffee plant;

qoomaa (O) instant killiing

HDH59 Kuma (Cuma, Tulu Kouma) (mountain) 09/36 [+ Gz]

0933'/3634' 1520 m, near map code HDJ50

kumaad (Som) thousandth; qumad (Som) branding iron

HDP86 Kumad (Cumad) 1042'/3615' 1520 m 10/36 [Gz Ch WO Gu]

HDL83 Kumando (Comanda Tabia) 0947'/3844' 2821 m, 09/38 [AA Gz WO]

see under Fiche

JDJ25 Kumash (K'umash, Qumash) 0916'/4203' 1744 m, 09/42 [Gz q]

west of Harar

kumba (Som) kind of vessel /for milk/ shaped as a double cone

HDB79 Kumba (Cumba) (area), see under Arjo 08/36 [+ WO]

HDB25 Kumbabe (K'umbabe, Qumbabe, Kumbabie) 08/36 [Gz q Ad WO]

(Kumbaabo, Cumbarie) 0822'/3607' 2112 m

(centre in 1964 of Chora wereda)

GDM01 Kumbabi & Wabera sub-district 09/34 [Ad]

(centre in 1964 = Gray)

kumbale: qumbela (O) the tree "white pear", Apodytes dimidiata,

tall forest tree with irregular trunk; its young shoots are copper-red

HDB14 Kumbale (Cumbale, Ciunbae) 08/36 [+ Gu WO]

HDP86 Kumbari 1043'/3615' 10/36 [x]

HEK43c Kumbel (Cumbel), 12/37 [+ x]

peak south-west of Wehni

H.... Kumbeloch (Koumbeloch) 10/39 [+ Ad]

(centre in 1964 of Neti sub-district)

kumbi, qumbii (O) gum resin, myrrh, incense, Commiphora abyssinica,

C. habessinica; (Som) to cook in butter in order to preserve /pieces of meat/;

kumbi, kunbi (A) kuumbii (O) trunk /of elephant/

HBR15 Kumbi (K'umbi, Qumbi, Dakkamunna, Duggamunna) 04/37 [Gz q WO Gu]

(mountain range & pass) 0442'/3704' 1242/1311 m

HCM10 Kumbi (Cumbi) (area), cf Gumbi 06/39 [+ WO]

HC... Kumbi (in Jimma awraja) 07/37 [Ad]

HC... Kumbi (Qumbi), in the lake region ../.. [x]

HCR89 Kumbi (K'umbi, Qumbi, Cumbi, Qumbe, Gumbi) 08/37 [Gz Ad 18]

(Koumbi) 0758'/3725' or Gz: 0808'/3729' 1900 m

(centre in 1964 of Abelti sub-district), with market

Gz coordinates would give map code HCR99

HCS83c Kumbi 08/37 [Te]

HCS90 Kumbi 0805'/3732'c, 08/37 [x]

at some distance from Omo west of that river,

nearer to Shiro to the south than Abelti to the north

HDD00 Kumbi (Gumbi) 1932 m, see under Abelti 08/37 [LM WO Gu]

HDU55 Kumbi (Cumbi) (mountain) 1027'/3949' 2507 m 10/39 [+ Gz]

JDA94 Kumbi, see Gumbi

JDB48 Kumbi 0834'/4128' 1449 m 08/41 [Gz]

JDC00 Kumbi (Cumbi) 0810'/4139' 1275 m 08/41 [LM WO Gz]

JDC30 Kumbi 08/41 [MS]

HDF80 Kumbi Meskeya kebele (.. Mäsqäya ..) 08/39 [Ad]



somewhat towards the west in central Minjar & Shenkora wereda,

6-9 km east of Balchi; area 782 hectares. [CSA 1994]

HET43 Kumbrestava (Cumbrestava) 13/38 [+ WO]

HDB81 Kumbukye (Cumbuchie) 08/35 [+ WO]

HDJ49 Kumbultsha, see Kombolcha

HDJ35 Kumburo (K'umburo, Qumburo), 09/37 [Gz q]

0922'/3706' 2437 m, near Haretu

HDK28 Kume 0918'/3814' 2680 m, 09/38 [AA Gz]


HEP16 Kumer (Comar) 1250'/3615' 763 m, 12/36 [Gz WO]

(with church Maryam to the east), south-east of Metemma

HER56 Kumer (Cumer) 13/37 [+ WO]

-- Kumfel language, see Kunfel

HBM44 Kummumma, G. (area) 04/39 [WO]

?? Kumruk ../.. [20]

?? Kumudu, a valley in Sidamo, with gold production ../.. [Mi]

-- Kumus language, see Uduk

kuna: kunna (qunna) (A) a measure for grain,

woven basket holding about 5 kg of grain;

kuna (Som) and to

HDK18 Kuna (K'una, Quna) 0910'/3818' 2779 m, 09/38 [AA Gz q]


HDK88 Kuna 0950'/3819' 2576 m, 09/38 [AA Gz]


HDT67 Kuna (K'una, Quna) 1030'/3908' 2108 m 10/39 [Gz q]

HFD49 Kuna Amba (Cuna A.), see Guna Amba

kunacho: kuncho (qunch'o) (A) tuft, lock of hair on the

shaved head of a child

HDK58 Kunacho (K'unach'o, Qunacho) 09/38 [AA Gz q]

0931'/3814' 2543 m

H.... Kunalie 13/38? [Ad]

(centre in 1964 of Dildil Melfa sub-district)

-- Kunama, ethnic group living mostly in Eritrea but inside Ethiopia

numbering about 2,007 according to the 1994 census

GCM17 Kuncho 0627'/3658' 2097 m, 06/36 [Gz]

at some distance from the border of Sudan

?? Kuncho Ber, on the Moyale road, ../.. [x]

with financial check-point

kunde: qunde (Som) dried meat

HDJ84 Kunde (K'unde, Qunde) 0950'/3658' 2136 m, 09/36 [Gz q]

south-west of Alibo

HDL40 Kunde (K'unde, Qunde) 0925'/3829' 2671 m 09/38 [AA Gz q]

HDM64 Kundi, see Aba Wibe Ager

HEF31 Kundi (K'undi, Qundi) 1108'/3926' 2697 m, 11/39 [Gz q]

(mountain peak), west of Dessie

HEF51 Kundi (K'undi, Qundi) 1121'/3929' 2986 m, 11/39 [Gz q]

north-west of Dessie

HEM0.? Kundi (valley, tree plantation) 11/39? [x]

HEM02 Kundi (Cundi), see under Weldiya 11/39 [+ WO]

HDM64 Kundi kebele (Qundi ..) 09/39 [Ad]

towards the north at the western border of Ankober wereda,

5-9 km north of Ankober town; area 639 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HEF51 Kundi kebele (Qundi ..) 11/39 [Ad]

stretching narrowly in Kuta Ber wereda from its northern



border 17 km towards the south-east; area 3,884 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HCM03 Kundu 0623'/3935' 1524 m 06/39 [Gz]

JDJ48 Kundudo Terara, see Kondudo

kune: cune (Som) throat; eater

HDE97 Kune 0858'/3905' 2424 m, near Chefe Donsa 08/39 [Gz]

HDL82 Kune (K'une, Qune) 0946'/3840' 3248 m, 09/38 [AA Gz q]

(mountain), west of Fiche

HDF82 Kuneti 0853'/3934' 1404 m 08/39 [Gz]

-- Kunfel, an ethnic group in the west, numbering

about 5,000 according to Levinson in 1998

-- Kunfel language

HCA52 Kungul (area) 05/35 [WO]

kuni (O) this one

HCE59 Kuni (Cuni) (area) 0557'/3913' 1915/1980 m, 05/39 [n WO Gz]

east of Kibre Mengist

HDJ75 Kuni (K'un'i, Quni) 0941'/3703' 2452 m, 09/37 [Gz q]

north of Shambu

JDB92 Kuni (K'uni, Quni, Kunni, Cunni) 09/40 [Gz q Ad WO]

0900'/4053' 2350 m, cf Kunni

(centre in 1964 of Wulakuni sub-district)

(visiting postman under Asbe Teferi), south of Asbe Teferi

JDB92 Kuni (K'uni, Quni) 0901'/4054' 2476 m, 09/40 [Gz q]

(with church Giyorgis), south of Asbe Teferi

JDH01c Kuni, town in Chiro wereda 09/40 [20]

?? Kuni Muktar Wildlife Sanctuary 08/40? [Ca]

Established in 1990 to protect mountain nyala and Menelik's bushbuck.

JDB80 Kuni wereda (centre in 1964 = Bedesa) 08/40 [Ad]


HEH60 Kunjara (Cungiara, Cangiara, Cangiaro), 12/35 [WO Gz]

(area) 1220'/3550'

kunji..: dalota (O) tribe, origin, birthplace, descent

?? Kunjina Dalota (visiting postman under Nazret) ../.. [Po]

HCR34 Kunju (Cungiu) 0734'/3700' 1762 m 07/37 [+ WO Gz]

kunni,qunnii (O) tall grass that grows near rivers;

(A) woman's perfume

JDB74c Kunni (Kounni) circa 0850'/4105', cf Kuni 08/41 [18 x]

about 160 km from Harar on old route to Addis Abeba

JDB92 Kunni, see Kuni

JDH03 Kunni (Cunni) (with sawmill), cf Kuni 09/40 [+ WO]

?? Kunte (Tullo Cunte) ../.. [+ Gu]

HBU93 Kuntulo (Cuntulo) 0525'/3938' 1444 m, 05/39 [+ Gz]

mountain near Negele

HDE62 Kunture (village & market near Awash), 08/38 [x]

cf Melka Kunture

JCD90 Kunyo (Cugno) 0617'/4233' 377 m, 06/42 [Gz WO]

at Webi Shebele

HEJ14 Kunzila (K'unzila, Qunzila, Kunzella, Kunzela) 11/37 [Gz q Po Wa]

(Cancella, Cansela, Qwinzila) 11/37 [x]

1153'/3702' 1784 m

(w church Giyorgis to the west and sub-post office under Gondar)

(centre /Kunzela Giorghis/ in 1964 of Wondiye sub-district)

at the south-western shore of lake Tana, cf Konzula

kur (qur) (A) helmet; (Som) head, top, hill /& other meanings/;

kura, kurra (A) knot of wood; (qura) (A,O) crow, raven;



(O) qura 1. kind of shrub or small tree, Boswellia boranensis,

Boswellia rivae; 2. incense, especially from the tree Boswellia

rivae; quura 3. deep bowl-like plate for food;

kura (T) anger, fury; (Som) kinds of thorn tree, especially

Acacia tortilis

HCN08 Kura 0718'/3534' 1488 m, 07/35 [Gz]

north-west of Shewa Gimira

HDK89 Kura 0951'/3824' 2334 m, south-east of Tulu Milki, 09/38 [AA Gz]


HDL11 Kura 0912'/3834' 2660 m, north-east of Addis Alem 09/38 [AA Gz]

HDL56 Kura 0932'/3859' 2680 m 09/38 [AA Gz]

HEJ54 Kura (Berberay Cura, B. Kura) 1216'/3700' 1943 m 12/37 [Gz]

(mountain)

JDJ24 Kura 0915'/4201' 1825 m, west of Harar 09/42 [Gz]

JDJ34 Kura 0922'/4201' 1973 m, north-west of Harar 09/42 [Gz]

kura ba..: baad (Som) 1. good pasture; 2. tribute; 3. wing

JCD69 Kura Baad (Cura Baad) 0602'/4320' 286 m 06/43 [+ WO Gz]

kura bu..: bura (Som) coral tree, Erythrina abyssinica

HBK47 Kura Bura (area) 03/38 [WO]

kura d..: dheer (Som) tall, long, deep

JCL87 Kura Der (Cura Der) 07/44 [+ WO]

kura k..: kuba, quba (O) finger;

qubane (Som) variety, miscellany

JBP26 Kura Kubane (Cura Cubane) (area) 0442'/4212' 04/41 [+ WO Gz]

HDM64 Kura Maryam kebele (Qura .. ..) 09/39 [Ad]

in south-easternmost Debre Birhan Zuriya & Keyit wereda,

15-20 km east of Debre Birhan town; area 516 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

JD... Kuraba 09/40 [18]

HEJ33 Kurabas 1207'/3656' 1796 m, west of lake Tana 12/36 [Gz]

HEL18 Kurakura (K'urak'ura, Quraqura, K'urk'ura) 11/39 [Gz q]

1152'/3910' 3324 m

JBR10 Kural (Cural) (area) 04/41 [+ WO]

JCC39 Kurale (Curale) (plain) 05/42 [+ MS WO]

JCU61 Kurale (Curale, Curati, Kurati) 0748'/4427' 997 m 07/44 [+ WO Gz 18]

JBT62 Kuraley (Curalei) 05/43 [+ WO]

JEB25c Kurali (Kourali) (mountains), 11/41 [x]

circa 1105'/4110', east of Awash river

-- kuralle: Warra Karalle (the people/family of Karalle),

name of a Babile tribe of eastern Oromo

JBJ84 Kuralley (Curallei, Curullei, Guralei) (wide plain) 04/42 [+ WO Gz Gu]

0426'/4203' 190 m

HDS02 Kuramba (K'uramba, Quramba), cf Koramba 09/37 [AA q]

HDS02 Kuramba (K'uramba, Quramba) 0957'/3746' 2163 m 09/37 [Gz q]

(qurr amba = frost mountain?)

Kuran, here not the holy book of Islam?

JDD84 Kuran (K'uran, Quran) 0856'/4253' 1532 m, 08/42 [Gz q]

south-east of Jijiga

JDD94 Kuran (K'uran, Quran) 0902'/4255' 1585 m, 09/42 [Gz q]

south-east of Jijiga

HES49 Kurana (Curana) 13/38 [+ WO]

kuranyo (Som) ant

kurasid: kuraasida (Arabic,Som) chairs

HEC79 Kurasid (Curasid) 11/37 [+ WO]

kurat (A) pride, vanity, conceit



JCU61 Kurati, see Kurale

kuray (Som) boy /under 15/

HBL70 Kurayu Subbu Geddu 04/38 [WO]

kuraz: kurraz (A) small kerosene lamp

?? Kuraz awraja (Kurraz ..), ../.. [n]

in the lower Omo valley

?? Kuraz wereda (Geleb ..) ../.. [n]

(centre in 1995 = Omorate, in South Omo zone)


kurba (A) 1. kind of bush or tree; 2. centre /of the world/

HE... Kurba (sub-district & its centre in 1964) 11/39 [Ad]

JDG97 Kurbe (Curbili Ale, Kurbili, Curbilli) (mountain) 09/40 [Gz Ne WO Gu]

0953'/4026' 819, 1055 m

HEU62 Kurbele 1312'/3937' 2145 m, 13/39 [Gz]

(with church Mikael), south of Kwiha

JDG97 Kurbili, see Kurbe

JEA57 Kurbili (Curbili) (area) 11/40 [+ WO]

HBK40 Kurbu, G. (hill) 04/37 [WO]

kure (A) pond, pool; curre (Som) male cat;

-- Kure, a tribe belonging to the Ari group

HCA48 Kure 0551'/3633' 1484 m 05/36 [Gz]

HCB36 Kure (Cure) 0546'/3616' 541 m, 05/36 [+ WO Gz]

cf Kuri, Kurre ..

HCB38 Kure (Cure) 0547'/3629' 1249, 1478 m 05/36 [WO]

HDG14 Kure (Cure) 1473/1533 m, see Bata 09/35 [+ WO]

HDK44 Kure 0929'/3759' 2130 m 09/37 [AA Gz]

HDK88 Kure 0947'/3817' 2552 m, 09/38 [AA Gz]


HDL84 Kure 0951'/3850' 1952 m 09/38 [AA Gz]

(with church Maryam), east of Fiche

HDM91 Kure 0955'/3925' 2466 m, 09/39 [Gz]

north-west of Debre Birhan

kure b..: beret (bärät) (A) zeriba, thorn enclosure for cattle

JDG82 Kure Beret 0950'/4001' 1235 m 09/40 [Gz]

HDM87 Kure Beret kebele (Kuré Bärät ..) 09/39 [Ad]

in south-easternmost Kewet wereda at its border, 18-22 km

south-southeast of Shewa Robit; area 2,197 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HDL95 Kure & Kordida kebele (Kuré .. ..) 09/39 [Ad]

in westernmost Saya Debir & Wayu Insaro wereda near

the middle of its western border; area 1,982 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HDM Kure Mehal Midir kebele (Kuré Mähal Meder ..) 09/39 [Ad]

somewhat towards the south in central Ankober wereda,

3-6 km south-east of Ankober town and near Aliyu Amba

to its north-west; area 665 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HEK60 Kureba (Cureva, Coreva) (recorded in 1841) 12/37 [+ WO Ha]

HDT36 Kurebaymuda kebele (Kurébaymuda ..) 10/39 [Ad]

centrally in Weremo Wajitu & Mida wereda, 11-14 km

north-west of Meragna; area 1,249 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

kurema meret (qurema märet) (A) land where seeds can

germinate but never reach full maturity



HDL65 Kuremanyo (K'uremanyo, Quremanyo) 09/38 [AA Gz q]

0939'/3853' 2625 m, see under Debre Libanos

HDU94 Kurengire kebele (Kuréngeré ..) 10/39 [Ad]

in northern Antsokiya & Gemza wereda stretching

narrowly more than halfway across it, 17-20 km

north-northwest of Majete; area 1,102 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HFF33 Kuret (K'uret, Quret) 1353'/3943' 2746 m, 13/39 [Gz q]

west of Atsbi

HFF44 Kuret (K'uret, Quret) 1356'/3944' 2783 m, 13/39 [Gz q]

north-west of Atsbi

HDT75 Kuret kebele (Kurät ..) 10/38 [Ad]

far to the north-east of Wegdi wereda at its northern border,

9-13 km south-east of Mekane Selam; area 1,101 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HFF46 Kuret sub-district (centre in 1964 = Inda Silase) 13/39 [Ad]

kurfa ..: kurfa-u (O) be ready, be organised

JDH55 Kurfa Bike (Curfa Biche) (area) 09/41 [+ WO]

JDC50 Kurfa Chele 0840'/4140' 08/41 [MS]

(high plateau, with spring)

JDJ22 Kurfa Chele (K. Ch'ele, Kurfe Chele, Kurfachelie) 08/41 [Gz Po Ad]

(Curfacelli, Kurifachele, Korfachele, Kurfochele) 08/41 [WO Gu]

(Fre: Kourfatchalé) 0914'/4149' 2000, 2290m

JDJ22 Kurfa Chele wereda (centre in 1964 = Kurfa Chele) 08/41 [MS Ad]


kurfa d..: dida (O) 1. unmanageable /work animal/;

2. forest, camp; 3. elsewhere, from another place

didaa (O) recalcitrant /domestic animal/; didhaa (O) revenge

JDH30 Kurfa Dida (Curfa Dida) (area), see under Mieso 09/40 [+ WO]

JDH57 Kurfa Ihiya (Curfa Ihia) (area) 09/41 [+ WO]

kurfa j..: jarti, jartii (O) old, respectable /woman/

JDG18 Kurfa Jarti (Curfa Giarti) (area) 09/40 [+ WO]

HEF04 Kurfa kebele (Qurfa ..) 11/39 [Ad]

in south-easternmost Dese Zuriya wereda at its southern

border, 20-23 km south of Kombolcha; area 1,713 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

kurfa k..: kurkura (A,O) kind of thorny shrub;

kurkuraa (O) /male/ toddler

JDC40 Kurfa Kurkura (Curfa Curcura) (area) 1462 m 08/41 [+ WO]

kurfa r..: roka (roqa) (A,O) kinds of shrub or medium tree,

Tamarindus, Trichilia;

rokaa, roqaa (O) rancid, rotten, bad /food/

JDB42 Kurfa Roka (K.Rok'a, K.Roqa) 0833'/4054' 1644 m 08/40 [Gz q]

JDH57 Kurfa Savenza (Curfa Savenza) (area) 09/41 [+ WO]

kurfa-u (O) be ready, be organized;

kurfad (A) pug-nosed and small-faced /person/

HDU61 Kurfet kebele (Kurfät ..) 10/39 [Ad]

almost in north-easternmost Jema wereda at its northern border,

16-22 km east-northeast of Degolo; area 4,114 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

kurfo (A) old buckler (shield) out of use

HDL16 Kurfo 0910'/3858' 2579 m, see under Sendafa 09/38 [AA Gz]

HDL40 Kurfo 0926'/3827' 2130 m 09/38 [AA Gz]

HDE38 Kurftu (centre in 1964 of Wenji sub-district) 08/39 [Ad]

kuri (O) 1. kind of tall tree with ebony-type wood,



Diospyros abyssinica; kurii 2. dear /term of endearment/;

3. (O?) small water reservoir filled at night, for irrigation;

kuri, kurri (A) kind of fish with black colour;

khuuri (Som) kind of tall and dark tree;

curri (Som) male cat; curi (Som) initiate, create;

kuuri (Som) come near to, approach

HCB00 Kuri (well), cf Kure 05/35 [WO]

kuri bal: bal (Som) large leaf; baal (Som) 1. wing,

feather; 2. side, edge

JBS34 Kuri Bal (Curi Bal) 04/42 [+ WO]

-- kuri karomursi: Karo, Mursi, two ethnic groups in the Omo region

H.... Kuri Karomursi sub-district (Kurie ..) 05/36 [+ Ad]

(centre in 1964 = Kero)

HDK34 Kuricha (K'uricha, Quricha) 0921'/3755' 2468 m 09/37 [AA Gz q]

(there is one Koricha at 4 km to the NW)

HE... Kurieb sub-district, cf Koreb 11/39 [Ad]

(centre in 1964 = Mewcha Gubedega)

JDJ22 Kurifachele, see Kurfa Chele

HEE85 Kurisa kebele 11/39 [Ad]

in central Meket wereda, adjoining Filakit and stretching

from there 10 km to the north-east; area 4,617 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HCA68 Kurit (Kourit) 0557'/3533' 1183 m 05/35 [Gz Ad]

(centre in 1964 of Kurit wereda & of Kiseki sub-district)

HCA68 Kurit sub-district (-1997-) 05/35 [n]

HDU44 Kuriya kebele (Quriya ..) 10/39 [Ad]

centrally in north-east Gera Midir & Keya Gebriel wereda,

3-11 km north of Mehal Meda; area 2,163 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

kurkur (T) 1. puppy, cub; 2. henchman; curcur (Som) 1. hill;

2. forearm, wrist; qurqur (Som) edge, rim

HEF33 Kurkur (Curcur) (area), see under Dessie 11/39 [+ Gu]

HFE51 Kurkur (Curcur) (mountain) 14/38 [+ Gu Gz]

1403'/3838' 2431/2462 m

HEE96 Kurkur Iyesus (K'urk'ur I.) (church) 1143'/3901' 11/39 [Gz]

HDM93 Kurkur kebele (Qurqur ..) 09/39 [Ad]

far to the east in the main body of Mafud, Mezezo, Moja

& Wadera wereda, 9-12 km north-west of Debre Sina;

area 474 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HEE38 Kurkur kebele (Qurqur ..) 11/39 [Ad]

in south-western Tenta wereda at its western border, 18-25 km

south-southwest of Tenta settlement; area 4,146 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HEE96 Kurkur kebele (Qurqur ..) 11/39 [Ad]

in central Wadla wereda at its northern border, 11-18 km

north-east of Bete Hor; area 1,739 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

JDB69? Kurkur kebele (in Golo Oda wereda) 08/41 [20]

kurkura (A,O), kurkurrah (Borana) kind of thorny shrub,

Zizyphus mauritiana, Z. spina-christi, also Euclea schimperi;

kurkura (O) toddler, very young boy;

HDL92 Kurkura (K'urk'ura, Qurqura) 0955'/3838' 2092 m, 09/38 [AA Gz q]

north-west of Fiche



HDL93 Kurkura (K'urk'ura, Qurqura) 0953'/3846' 1411 m, 09/38 [AA Gz q]

see under Fiche

HDT88 Kurkura (K'urk'ura, Qurqura) 1045'/3913' 2737 m, 10/39 [Gz q]


HEL18 Kurkura (K'urk'ura, Qurqura), see Kurakura

HEM42 Kurkura (K'urk'ura, Qurqura) 1210'/3932' 2046 m 12/39 [Gz q]

HER48 Kurkura (Curcura, Amba Cucura) (mountain) 13/37 [+ Gz]

1305'/3719' 1643 m

HER56 Kurkura (Curcura) (mountain) 1305'/3719' 1643 m 13/37 [+ WO Gz]

Coordinates would give map code HER47

JDA64 Kurkura (Curcura) (area) 08/40 [+ WO]

JDA97 Kurkura (Curcura) 09/40 [+ WO]

HCR.. Kurkure c. 2250 m, in Kefa 07/37 [Mi]

JDJ03 Kurkuro (K'urk'uro, Qurquro) 0903'/4157' 1518 m, 09/41 [Gz q]

south-east of Grawa, near map code JDC93

-- Kurkuru, name of an Ittu tribe of eastern Oromo

HDU44 Kurkuta 1019'/3946' 3269 m, 10/39 [Gz]

south-east of Were Ilu

HER36 Kurkwana (Curcuana) (mountain) 13/37 [+ Gz]

1300'/3710' 2243 m

HEC86 Kurle (Curle) 11/37 [+ It]

kurma (A) elbow;

-- Kula Kurme, a lineage of the Borana people

?? Kurma (visiting postman under Nazret), cf Korma ../.. [Po]

HDF91 Kurma kebele 08/39 [Ad]

in the east-west middle of Minjar & Shenkora wereda,

13-16 km north-east of Balchi; area 1,054 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

kurma mulo: mullu (O) boiled grain

-- Mullo, name of a Tulama Oromo tribe

HBK18 Kurma Mulo 03/38 [WO]

kurman (A), kurmana (O) quarter part /of an injera/

kurmi: qurmi (Som) decompose, stink, rot

HEF76 Kurmi (K'urmi, Qurmi) 1133'/3956' 1325 m, 11/39 [Gz q]

north-east of Hayk

KCP76 Kurmis (Curmis) 0754'/4619' 691 m 07/46 [MS WO Gz]

KCP85 Kurmis (Fantah Ueina, Fantauenia, Fantauena) 08/46 [Gz WO]

(Fantaweina) 0800'/4614' 737 m,

shown at code KCP87 on WO map

?? Kurmo 2513 m, ../.. [x]

double village on both sides of a ridge

JDG95 Kurmuhudali (Curmuhudali) 0953'/4015' 648 m 09/40 [+ WO Gz]

GDT69 Kurmuk (Kurmuck) 10/34 [WO Gz n]

MS: 1030'/3420' = GDU60 900 m

Gz: 1032'/3417' 653 m

GDT69 Kurmuk sub-district (-1997-), 10/34 [n]

slightly less than 1000 m altitude

?? Kurmuk wereda (-2003-) 10/34 [20]

along the border of Sudan in Benishangul-Gumuz Regional State


kurno (O) tithe

H.... Kurno (with mission?) 08/36 [x]

HDK98 Kurno 0957'/3819' 2563 m, near Tulu Milki 09/38 [AA Gz]

kuro (western O) kinds of tall tree, Aningeria altissima,

Polyscias ferruginea; quuro (O) crow, raven;



kuro (A) donkey which is not strong enough to carry a load,

(Kefa) donkey /in general?/;

curo (Som) become initiated, give birth for the first time /etc/;

khuuro (Som) snoring

HBL00 Kuro (area), cf Kurro 03/38 [WO]

HDG73 Kuro (K'uro, Quro) 0942'/3507' 1526 m, 09/35 [Gz q]

south of Mendi

kuro g..: gebo (A,O) kinds of highland bamboo;

(O) vessel of wicker-work; gebbo (O) kind of climber,

Landolphia owariensis

?? Kuro Gebo (visiting postman under Jimma) ../.. [Po]

JBJ71 Kuron (Curon) (area) 0425'/4135' 04/41 [+ WO Gz]

HEC54 Kurrach Giyorgis (Currach Gheorghis) 11/36 [+ It]

(with church) 1960 m

HBM53 Kurraya (G. Curraia, El Curraia) (well) 04/39 [+ WO Gz]

0403'/3936'

?? Kurraz, see Kuraz

kurre l..: libaan (Som) prosperity, blessing;

-- Liban, a Mecha Oromo tribe

HBU53 Kurre Liban (Curre Liban) 0458'/3935' 04/39 [+ WO Gz]

(area), cf Kure

HDU63 Kurrie, see Ayzosh Amora

HBL69 Kurrihello (Gebel Currihello, Ciurriheilo, Churriheilo) 04/39 [+ WO Gz]

(mountain) 0410'/3915' 1271 m

JBJ68 Kurro, see Gurro, cf Kuro

JDC10 Kurro (Curro) (area) 08/41 [+ WO]

?? Kurro Gedel (Qurro G.), in Tegulet ../.. [+ n}

kurt (qurt) (A) cut, definite, explicit;

(qwurt) abrupt; (qwirt) sentence in the last instance;

kurt gebr (qurt gebr) (A) regions which were allowed

to pay a fixed annual tax revenue to the palace;

kurrta (T) carrot, Daucos carota; kurti (O) lynx-like cat,

Caracal caracal

HDU14 Kurt Amba kebele (Qurt' .. ..) 10/39 [Ad]

in easternmost Lalo Midir & Mama Midir wereda at the middle

of its eastern border, 12-13 km east of Molale; area 264 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HEC57c Kurt Bahr (Curti, It: Lago Curti) (lake) 1121'/3719' 11/37 [Ch Gu Gz]

HCC42c Kurtso, 05/36 [x]

sub-chief area in the east of the Maale-inhabited district

kurtumi, kurtummi, qurt'ummii (O) fish

JDG65 Kurtumi (Cortumi) 0935'/4018' 667/717 m 09/40 [LM WO Gz]

JDH50 Kurtumi sub-district (centre in 1964 = Butuji) 09/40 [Ad]

kuru (A) proud, high-spirited; quuruu (O) humpback

HDB76 Kuru Medhane Alem (Enda M. Alem, church) 08/36 [LM WO]

kurub: qurub (Som) fragment, piece; break to bits

GDL78c Kurub 09/34 [LM]

HDR95 Kurub (Curub) (area) 10/37 [+ WO]

JEB85 Kurub 1136'/4110' 11/41 [x]

JEH16 Kurub (Curub, Corub, Sardo)1153'/4113' 505/602 m 11/41 [Gz WO Gu]

lone mountain south-west of Serdo

JEJ11 Kurub 1153'/4113' 505 m 11/41 [Gz]

kurub b..: bahri, bahiri (T) sea

JEH08c Kurub Bahari (Curub Bahari, Alcarun) 11/41 [+ Gu]

(wide plain)



kurub ke rasu: ke (O) your; rasu (A) the head, the cape

kurub m..: meda (A,T) field, grassy plain

JEB95 Kurub Meda (Curub Che Rasu) (plain) 11/41 [Gz WO]

1158'/4115'

kuruba (Bale O) kind of tree in the wetter parts of

medium-altitude forests, Polyscias ferruginea;

kurrubba, qurrubba (O) disease that makes the victim shiver

HDE39 Kuruftu 0828'/3914' 1558 m, south of Nazret 08/39 [Gz]

HDE.. Kuruftu, see Debre Zeyt lakes

?? Kurum (in the South Omo Zone) ../.. [n]

HEF23 Kuruna Medena kebele (.. Mädäna ..) 11/39 [Ad]

in central Dese Zuriya wereda, 3-8 km

south of Dessie town; area 1,413 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

kurupe, kuruppe, krupe, krupo (O) duiker, small antelope,

Sylvicapra grimmia abyssinica

HDK57 Kurupe 0935'/3811' 2259 m, 09/38 [AA Gz]

(with church), cf Krupe

HDH66 Kuruppe (Curuppe) (area) 09/36 [+ WO]

KDA32 Kururohle (Qururohle) (area) 08/45 [+ WO]

kuryo (Arabic,Som) round shape, circle, sphere

kus (A) excrement /of bird/, dung

JCK50 Kus Dulamo (Koos D.) (mountain chain) 07/42 [Gz]

0700'/4235' 918 m

kusa, kuusaa (O) pile, store;

kusa (O) a grade in the gada system comprising eight years

HBL66 Kusa (Cussa) 0412'/3905' 1310 m 04/39 [Gz WO]

Coordinates would give map code HBL67

HDT13 Kusay kebele 10/39 [Ad]

far to the west in Lay Bet & Tach Bet wereda stretching to its

northern border, 19-25 km west of Alem Ketema; area 1,482 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

kusayee (O) kind of mint plant used as spice for milk

and cottage cheese, for fumigating utensils and for

making brooms

H.... Kusaye (Kusai) ../.. [+ Ad]

(centre in 1964 of Deger sub-district)

HDB30 Kusaye 0825'/3543' 1671 m, north-east of Gore 08/35? [Gz Ad]

HDE51 Kusaye 0836'/3835' 2164 m 08/38 [Gz]

HDE59 Kusaye (Cusae) (area) 0836'/3915' 1877 m 08/39 [x WO Gz]

(sub-district & its centre in 1964), see under Nazret

HDE60 Kusaye 0843'/3826' 2080 m (with church Abo) 08/38 [Gz]

HDK07 Kusaye (Kusayie) 0906'/3813' 2724 m, 09/38 [AA Gz Ad]

north-west of Addis Alem,

(centre in 1964 of Hidi sub-district)

HDK33 Kusaye (mountain) 0924'/3748' 1798 m 09/37 [AA Gz]

HDL98 Kusaye Abo (church) 0954'/3913' 09/39 [Gz]

HDL99 Kusaye kebele (Kusayé ..) 09/39 [Ad]

in south-easternmost Moret & Jiru wereda at the corner

of its eastern and southern borders, 4-12 km east of Inewari;


[CSA 1994]

JDJ57 Kuse 0932'/4214' 2035 m, north-east of Harar 09/42 [Gz]

HCC93 Kuseti 0619'/3655' 1315 m, north-east of Bulki 06/36 [Gz]

Kush, old name of Nubia; qush (Som) bile, /extended:/ anger;



dalate (O) firstborn

JDE12 Kush Dalat (Cush Dalat) (area) 08/43 [+ WO]

-- Kusha, see Kucha

GDL78 Kusha (Cuscia, Gebel C.) (mountain) 0946/3410' 09/34 [Gz WO]

JDJ24 Kusharo (Kushar) 0915'/4159' 1707 m, 09/41 [Gz]

north-east of Grawa

HDL91 Kusho 0952'/3832' 2672 m, east of Tulu Milki 09/38 [AA Gz]

HDK50 Kushulu 0931'/3734' 1580 m 09/37 [AA Gz]

kuska t..: tulli (A) (t'ulli) 1. gourd, bottle;

2. loincloth; (tulli) 3. anus, rectum

JDD38 Kuska Tulli (Cusca Tulli) (area) 08/43 [+ WO]

HEC75 Kuskust (Cuscul) 1030'/3703' 1898 m, 11/37 [Gz WO]

north-east of Dangila

kuskwam, forty-day period of fasting preceding the

feast of the Flight to Egypt; named from the church

where according to tradition the Holy Family found

protection in Egypt

HDS99 Kuskwam (K'usk'wam, Qusqwam) 10/38 [Gz q]

1049'/3822' 2364 m 10/38 [Gz q]

HED74 Kuskwam (Cusquam) (church), cf Kwoskwam 11/37 [LM WO]

HEJ09 Kuskwam, see under Mahdera Sibhat

HEJ99c Kuskwam (Cusquam) (historical ruins), 12/37 [+ x]

see under "Gondar castles in neighbourhood"

HEK10 Kuskwam (Kuaskuam), on Tana Kirkos/Cherkos 11/37 [+ Ch]

HEM71 Kuskwam (K'usk'wam, Qusqwam), 12/39 [Gz q]

1227'/3928' 2528 m, west of Alamata

HDU91 Kuskwas (Kusk'was, Kusqwas) 10/39 [Gz]

1046'/3925' 2851 m, north-west of Were Ilu

kuso: quuso (Som) despair, give up

HDL35 Kuso 0921'/3853' 2912 m, 09/38 [AA Gz]

north-east of Addis Abeba

kussa (T) kind of thorny shrub or small tree,

Zizyphus spina-christi; (A?) kosso tree, Hagenia abyssinica

HBL66 Kussa (Cussa) 0412'/3905' 1310 m, 04/39 [Wa MS WO]

(with seasonal waterhole)

HCG85c Kussa (Kusa, Fre: Koussa) 0705'/3515c 07/35 [x]

Village near Gojeb river, with name given by the local people.

JEB54 Kussara (Cussara) 1120'/4102' 447 m 11/41 [+ Gz]

HDB69 Kussayie (Cussae) 0841'/3636' 2402 m, 08/36 [Ad WO Gu]

see under Arjo

(sub-district & its centre in 1964), cf Kusaye, Kutaye

kussi: qusii (O) frugality

H.... Kussi (centre in 1964 of Sibu Gambel sub-district) 08/35? [Ad]

HED76 Kut c.1132'/3805', 11/38 [20]

area some 35 km south-southeast of Debre Tabor

kuta (O) measured plot of land /to be ploughed or weeded/;

quta, bud or shoot /of pumpkin/;

kuta (A,O) large cotton dress with embroidered stripe on

each end; kutta (O) courtyard; (qutt'a) (A) anger, wrath

HCU96 Kuta (K'ut'a, Quta) 0806'/3956' 2169 m 08/39 [Gz q]

kuta b..: ber (bärr) (A) gate, entrance, pass

HEF42 Kuta Ber (Kutaber, Ambo) 11/39 [Gz Po Ad WO]

1116'/3932' 3205 m, north-west of Dessie

(with school, church Abo and sub-post office under Dessie)

(centre in 1964 of Adela Wedih wereda)




4E Werkariya kebele

6E Nibo kebele

8SE Mesel kebele

4SW Haroye kebele

7SW Barkana kebele

10SW Segon kebele

5W Manosh kebele

5NW Aba Selama kebele

6NW Kesekese Jerjero kebele

7NW Kundi kebele

8N Dino kebele

4NE Alsa kebele

5NE Koshimu kebele

6NE Minchu kebele

9NE Mariye kebele

10NE Jari Fil Wiha kebele

HEF42 Kuta Ber wereda (Kutaber ..) (-1970s-1997-) 11/39 [n]

(-1994-) is divided into 32 rural kebeles and 1 urban among which

Aba Selama, Alansho, Albiko, Alsa, Amba Gibi, Arses Amba,

Ascha (Hef..), Ayata, Barkana, Berara, Berara Jerjero, Beshelo,

Dengwola, Deshen, Diguguru, Dire, Gilbite, Gisa Meda, Gworo

Mendera, Haroye, Ismano, Kelem Dereba, Kesekese Jerjero,

Kundi, Liwcho, Manosh, Metero, Segon, Siro, Tid Gebeya, Tikana,

Werkariya

-- Kutai, a subtribe of the Mecha/Liban Oromo

?? Kutai (Ulla Garré = 'Window Opening'), area & place ../.. [x]

HDK53 Kutai, see Gindeberet

H.... Kutai Giyorgis, ../.. [Ch]

a day trip from Dejen and near the Abay river

HDD92 Kutai sub-district (centre in 1964 = Kutai) 08/37 [Ad]

HDG.. Kutalla Biltima, in Gimbi awraja 09/35 [x]

JCP94 Kutara 0804'/4106' 764 m 08/41 [Gz]

HDB69 Kutaye (Cussae) 0841'/3636' 2402 m 08/36 [Gz WO Gu]

HDC60 Kutaye 0841'/3636' 2402 m, south-east of Arjo, 08/36 [Gz]

near map code HDB59

HDT88 Kutaye 1041'/3914' 2728 m, 10/39 [Gz]


HDU50 Kutaye 1026'/3921' 2618 m, 10/39 [Gz]

south-west of Were Ilu

HDU81 Kutaye (K'ut'aye, Qutaye) 1041/3925' 2626 m, 10/39 [Gz q]


HDF92 Kutebab (Cutebab) 0859'/3933' 1697/1749 m 08/39 [+ Gu Gz]

?? Kuten, north-west of Wembera 10/35? [Mi]

HEE30 Kuten kebele (Qut'én ..) 11/38 [Ad]

in westernmost central Sayint wereda at its western border,

20-28 km west of Ajibar; area 5,636 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HEF02 Kuter (Qut'er), see Kutir

HDF90 Kutere (K'utere, Qutere, K'utre) 08/39 [Gz q]

0859'/3920' 2163 m, east of Chefe Donsa

HCP25 Kuti (K'ut'i, Quti) 0727'/3613' 1571 m, 07/36 [Gz q]

north of Bonga

HEF02 Kutir kebeles (Qut'er ..) 10/39 [Ad]

There are 13 kebeles of that name adjoining each other in an area



40 km north/south in the central/eastern part of Were Ilu wereda.

[CSA 1994]

JEC07 Kutkuda (Cutcuda) (area) 10/42 [+ WO]

kutkuta, kutkwato (qut'qwat'o) (A) kind of shrub or small tree,

Dodonea viscosa; kudkudda (A) a large tree with green thorns,

Balanites aegyptiaca; kutkota (A) hoeing

HEC67 Kutkuta Mikael (K'utk'uta Mikael) (church), 11/37 [Gz]

1126'/3713', south-west of Bahir Dar

HDS69 Kutkwat (K'ut'k'wat', Qutqwat) 10/38 [Gz q]

1030'/3823' 2401 m, north-east of Bichena

HDD73 Kuttaye (Cuttae, Kuttai) (area), cf Kutaye, 08/37 [WO 18]

see under Inchini

HDD73 Kuttaye sub-district 08/37 [x]

?? Kutte (on map of 1814), 10/42 [18]

with about one-fourth left of route from the coast to Harar

kutti, quttii (O) boiled green leaves of coffee /usually

drunk with milk/; (Harari) (qutt'i) leaf,

"coffee-tea" from leaves of the coffee tree;

kutti (A) toll, right of levying a toll

HDA59 Kutti (T. Cutti) (hill) 08/35 [+ WO]

kuttye: kutte, quutt'ee (O) excrement /usually small/

HEF92 Kuttye (Cuttie), 11/39 [+ WO]

village on main road 15 km before Weldiya when going northwards

kutu, kutuu (O) cut, pick, sever

GDM31 Kutu 0922'/3428' 1751 m, near Begi 09/34 [Gz]

?? Kutu (Kuttu) (visiting postman under W. Soddo) ../.. [+ Po]

GDM31 Kutu (Cutu) 0922'/3428' 1751 m 09/34 [Gz]

HCA52 Kutul (Cutul) 0553'/3502' 1122 m 05/35 [Gz]

(mountain at the border of Sudan)

HCA52 Kutul Birino (Cutul B.) (mountains mainly in Sudan) 05/35 [Gz]

0554'/3500' 1111 m

HDE99 Kuture kebele (Quture ..) 08/39 [Ad]

rather far to the north-west in Minjar & Shenkora wereda,

5-8 km north of Balchi; area 1,581 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

H.... Kuwena, 13/39? [x]

with rock-hewn church Gebre Menfes Kidus

HEU92 Kuwiha, see Kwiha

HDS65 Kuy (K'uy, Quy) 1031'/3801' 2521 m, 10/38 [Gz q]

north-west of Bichena

HDS68 Kuy (K'uy, Quy) 1034'/3817' 2175 m, 10/38 [Gz q]

north of Bichena

HCD17 Kuya (Cuia) (area), see under Agere Maryam 05/38 [+ WO]

HC... Kuyar, near Shashemene? cf Kuyera 08/38? [Ad]

HCS95c Kuye, in Agena wereda, 08/38 [n]

there is a megalithic site with one stele

HDS.. Kuye, in Bichena awraja 10/38 [Ad]

HDS55 Kuye (Kuye Maryam), see Kuyi Maryam

JDN83 Kuye (Urungu) 1042'/4000' 1564 m 10/40 [Gz WO]

Coordinates would give map code JDN82

HC... Kuyera (Kwiera, Keyera) 08/38? [Po Ad]

(with sub-post office under Shashemene)

Since 1947 there is a 7th Day Adventist training school.

HBK09 Kuyew, cf Guyo 03/38 [WO]

HDS55 Kuyi Maryam (Kuye, Kuye Maryam) 10/38 [Gz Ad Po]



1027'/3802' 2567 m, west of Bichena

(visiting postman under Debre Markos)

(centre in 1964 of Debai Tilat Gin wereda)

kuyi: kuyyisa (O) spices

HEU92 Kuyiha, see Kwiha

HCC79 Kuyle 0608'/3726' 1831 m 06/37 [Gz]

?? Kuyo Tumbo (visiting postman under Jimma) ../.. [Po]

HDF83 Kuyu (M. Quiu) (mountain) 1230 m 08/39 [n WO q]

HDK99 Kuyu 0952'/3821' 2487 m, 09/38 [AA Gz]

see under Tulu Milki

HDL80 Kuyu (Cuiu, Cuyu) (area) 0948'/2824' 2547 m, 09/38 [+ WO AA Gz]

see also Gebre Guracha

HDL80 Kuyu Balemi 0949'/3825' 2548 m, 09/38 [AA Gz]


HDL80 Kuyu wereda 09/38 [Ad]

(centre in 1964 = Gebre Guracha)

(Kuyo ..; Kuuyuu & Hidhabuu Aboote ..)


HEH46 Kuza (Cuza), see Luza

GDF90 Kuzai, T. (hill) 1746 m 09/34 [WO]

HEJ76 Kwa 1227'/3708' 1910 m, 12/37 [Gz]

south-east of Chilga, cf Kua

HEL41 Kwa Amba (Cua Amba) 1209'/3833' 1561 m 12/38 [+ Gz]

HDT01 Kwach & Muhiy kebele (Qwach & Muhey ..) 10/39 [Ad]

in the southernmost "tip" of Gera Midir & Keya Gebriel

wereda; area 2,352 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

JD... Kwaho (Kuaho) 09/43 [+ Ad]

(centre in 1964 of Abesikel sub-district)

kwaja: kwaga, qwaga, wild rose

HEC78 Kwaja (Coagia) 11/37 [+ Gu]

HEU95 Kwakene Shelikot (Cuachene Scelicot) 13/39 [+ Gu]

1329'/3946' 1767 m

HEC13c Kwakera (Quachera, Quakura, Quaquera) 11/36 [+ Gu Pa]

HEC13c Kwakera sub-district 11/36 [+ Ad]

(centre in 1964 = Ashena Mikael)

HEC31 Kwakurta Giyorgis (Kuakurta Giorghis) 11/36 [+ Ad]

(centre in 1964 of Chara sub-district)

HDR95c Kwala (Quala) (village) 2650 m 10/37 [+ Gu]

HEC93 Kwala Maryam (Quala Mariam) (church), ll/36 [+ It]

see under Yismala Giyorgis

kwale (kwalä) (A) made up one's eyelashes with antimony

HD... Kwale, on the Abay river in Gumuz 10/35? [20]

HET63 Kwale (Quale) 13/38 [+ WO]

HE... Kwalissa sub-district (Kualissa .., Qualisa ..) 12/38 [+ Ad n]

(centre in 1964 = Meren Shewa)

-- Kwama language, according to an estimate in 1982 there are

about 15,000 speakers along the Sudan border, and in Gambela

and Bonga. The speakers live in 19 villages, including one in Sudan.

HEL33 Kwamba kebele (Qwamba ..) 12/38 [Ad]

a large kebele in westernmost Bugna wereda; area 18,650 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

H.... Kwana, see Kuana

HEE84 Kwana kebele (Qwana ..) 11/39 [Ad]

in westernmost Wadla wereda at its western border,



13-19 km west of Bete Hor; area 4,909 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

-- Kwanim Pa language, see Uduk

HED83 Kwankucha 1135'/3749' 2446 m, east of Bahir Dar 11/37 [Gz]

HDU41 Kwantany (K'want'any, Qwantany) 10/39 [Gz q]

1023'/3930' 2260 m, south of Were Ilu

HEE89 Kwante (K'want'e, Qwante) 1139'/3918' 3283 m 11/39 [Gz q]

(mountain), north of Mekdela

HFF50 Kwaot Gebre Menfes K'idus (K'wa'ot G.M.K.) 14/39 [Gz]

(church) 1406'/3926', south of Adigrat

kwara (qwara) (A,T) coral tree, with ornamental red flowers

turned upwards, Erythrina abyssinica, E. brucei;

also (T) Balanites aegyptiaca, see kwasa below;

-- Kwara (Quara), a group of the Agew people and a dialect

HEE84 Kwara (Qwara) (area) 1138'/3849' 11/38 [+ n]

HEH42 Kwara, see Tewodros Ketema

HEH56 Kwara (Quara, Quarra, Kara) (mountain) 12/36 [+ WO Gz]

1218'/3613' 1573 m

HEH42 Kwara Omedla wereda, cf Omedla, 12/35 [+ Ad]

(centre in 1964 = Tewodros Ketema)

HEH42? Kwara wereda (Quara ..) (-1997-) 12/35 [Ad]


HEC99 Kwarata, see Korata

HED22 Kwarib (Quarib) (area) 11/37 [+ WO]

HED23 Kwarib (Quarib, Qarib, Garib) (mountain), 11/37 [+ WO Gz]

1104'/3748' 2152, 2700 m, see under Mota

HEA28 Kwaril (Quaril) (hill) 823 m 11/35 [+ WO]

-- Kwarinya language (Qwarenya), in the Agew family

of the Falasha, now extinct

HEC18 Kwarit wereda & sub-district (Kuarit, Quarit) 10/37 [+ Ad n]

(centre in 1964 = Gebez Maryam) (-1964-1997-)

HEL33 Kwaro kebele (Qwaro ..) 12/38 [Ad]

in southernmost Bugna wereda, 35 km west of Lalibela;


[CSA 1994]

HDU25 Kwash kebele (Qwash ..) 10/39 [Ad]

in the north-easternmost tip of the main body of Mafud, Mezezo,

Moja & Wadera wereda, 14-17 km north-east of Sela Dingay;

area 556 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HEF71 Kwashat kebele 11/39 [Ad]

in north-eastern Ambasel wereda, 8-13 km

north-west of Wichale; area 2,403 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

kwasa (qwasa) (T) kind of tree, Balanites aegyptiaca;

it grows in dry land and has green spines;

kwatsa (qwats'a) (T) punish; kwas (qwas) (A) ball

kwassa a..: abbo, abboo (O) term of address among male friends;

Abbo (A) colloquial name of Saint Gebre Menfes Qiddus

HES78 Kwassa Abbo, see Jedo

HED58 Kwassa Abo, see Jedu

HE... Kwassa sub-district (Kuassa ..) 11/38 [+ Ad]

(centre in 1964 = Arb Gebeya)

kwat (qwat) (A) cavity in grinding stone;

-- Koat, name of a Tulama Oromo tribe



HDL51 Kwat (K'wat, Qwat) 0932'/3835' 1900 m, 09/38 [AA Gz q]

south-west of Fiche

HDT06 Kwat (K'wat, Qwat) 0959'/3859' 2350 m, 09/38 [AA Gz q]

(with church) north-east of Fiche

HDU15 Kwatiny (K'wat'iny, Qwatiny) 1005'/3951' 1396 m, 10/39 [Gz q]

east of Molale

-- Kwegu (Bacha), small ethnic group numbering

about 760 (or 500 by year 2000),

living east of Omo river at about HCB12 and northwards,

north of the Kara and south of the Mursi

HEU92 Kweha, see Kwiha

-- Kwera language, see Koorete

HEC99 Kwerata, see Korata

HED60 Kwerata, see Korata

-- Kweskwam, see Gondar castles in neighbourhood, cf Kuskwam

HDR95 Kweskwam (Quosquam), see Askun

HDS99 Kweskwam 1049'/3822' 10/38 [n]

HEC58 Kweskwam (Quosquam, Guscam), 11/37 [x WO Gu]

see under Debre May

HEM71 Kweskwam 1227'/3928' 12/39 [n]

?? Kwey (Qwey), historical area from the 1600s ../.. [x]

GCS86 Kwicher (Cuicer) 0800'/3302' 283 m 08/33 [+ n]

HC... Kwiera, see Kuyera

kwiha: quiha (T) willow tree, Salix subserata

HEU92 Kwiha (Kweha, Kuwiha, Kuyiha, Quiha, Koha) 13/39 [Gz Ad WO 20]

(Fre: Qouiha) MS:1320'/3920' (1329'/3934') 2247/2258 m

MS coordinates would give map code HET79 or HEU70

but those in brackets correspond with War Office map,

town in Enderta wereda

(with school, church Maryam and sub-post office under Mekele)

Centre in 1964 of Igri Hariba sub-district.


4E Igre Hariba (Wagir Hariba, Eghir Erive) (village) 2315 m

10E Shugala (Adi Sciunguala, A. Sciagualo) 2392 m

6SE Dandera (Dandeia) (village) 2380 m

8S Asegeda (Sogoda) (village) 2206 m

5SW Shibta (Shefta, Scefta) (village) 2390 m

8SW Dogea (Doghea) (pass w Fortino Sassari) 2265 m

7W (Enda Iyesus, see under Mekele)

6N Harena (Arena, Ariena) (village) 2379 m

7N Aba Selama (Enda Abba Scelema) (village) 2264/2390 m

N Dolo (pass) 2332/2340 m

HEU93 Kwihen (Quihen) 2372 m 13/39 [+ Gu]

-- Kwina language, see Opuuo

HDC75 Kwinchi, G. (mountain) 08/37 [WO]

HDC84 Kwinchi, G. (hill) 08/36 [WO]

kwincho (qwinch'o) (A) pinnacle, summit

?? Kwisha Borodo (Cuiscia B.), ../.. [+ 18]

on the right hand side of Omo river

HEC88 Kwobenti (Cuobenti), see under Bahir Dar 11/37 [+ WO]

HDF30 Kwochedare (M. Quocedare) (area) 08/39 [+ WO]

kwok amba (qwoq amba) (A) partridge/francolin mountain

HEE86 Kwokamba (Cuocamba) 1137'/3854' 2428 m, 11/39 [+ WO Gz]

see under Bete Hor

HEC34 Kwokra (Quocra) (village with church) 11/36 [+ It]



HEC33 Kwokwara (Quoquara) (area) 11/36 [+ WO]

HEC76 Kwola (Guola, Guolla) (village with church Mikael) 11/37 [+ It]

HEK01 Kwolala (Quolala) 11/37 [+ Gu]

HEC16 Kwollel (Quollel) 11/37 [+ WO]

HEC14 Kwollela (Quollela) (area), see under Injibara 10/37 [+ WO]

HF... Kwollita (Quollita), village on a hill 13/37 [+ 18]

HCA68 Kwollu, see Kolu

kwolos abo: abo see under abbo as first part of name

HEC12c Kwolos Abo (Quolos Abo) (high plateau) 11/36 [+ Gu]

?? Kwoltebella (Cuoltevella), former customs post ../.. [+ Gu]

HEC67 Kwonji (Cuongi) (with church Mikael), 11/37 [+ It]

there are Oromo ruins nearby

HCG62 Kwonkis (Cuonchis) 0653'/3502' 2043 m, 06/35 [+ WO Gz]

see under Guraferda

GCS86 Kwonyrek (Kwon Yrek) 0803'/3305' 283 m, 08/33 [WO Gz]

on the border of Sudan

HEH74 Kwora (Cuora) (mountains) 1225'/3604' 843 m 12/36 [+ Gz]

HEM82 Kworam, see Korem

HDM81 Kworrya (Met. Quorria) 09/39 [+ WO]

JDJ36c Kwoshesher (Cuoscescer) (pass) 1680 m 09/42 [+ Gu]

Kwoskwam, Kweskwam, 40-day period of fasting preceding

the feast of the Flight to Egypt; named from the church

where according to tradition the Holy Family found

protection in Egypt; see above Kweskwam

HEC67 Kwot Kwatma (Quot Quatma) 11/37 [+ WO]

HEC76 Kwota (Quota) 11/37 [+ WO]

-- Kwotar, a scattered Muslim group between the rivers

Webi and Welga

HEC24 Kwoyera (Quoera) 11/36 [+ Gu]



Documents

5S Aradom kebele - nai.uu.se · kob (qob) (A) Hebrew-type skull-cap, worn by priests, monks, nuns ?? Kob (Qôb), ../.. [+ x] a town Qôb was mentioned in medieval time HEC35 Kob (Cob)