HDS.. Teseshigem sub-district 10/37 [Ad]

(centre in 1964 = Aba Libanos)

HEL09 Tesfa Giyorgis kebele 11/39 [Ad]

in north-westernmost Guba Lafto wereda, 30 km west of Weldiya;

area 4,664 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

tesfa hiwet (A) hope of life

?? Tesfa Hiwet, farm for lepers near Awash river 08/39 [x]

HEM51 Tesfo Mentir kebele (Täsfo Mänt'er ..) 12/39 [Ad

in north-eastern Gera Midir & Keya Gebriel wereda, 15 km north

of Mehal Meda settlement; area 2,473 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HDT50 Teska 1020'/3826' 1962 m, east of Bichena 10/38 [Gz]

teso (O) residence, seat;

tesso (O) corn cake, tobacco cake; dura tesso (O) chairman;

-- Tesso, name of an Oromo tribe

HB... Teso, village at some distance from Mega 04/38? [x]

HDK45 Teso 0926'/3802' 2171 m, cf Tasu 09/38 [AA Gz]

Tessama: Tesemma (täsämma) (A) male personal name

meaning to be listened to, cf Tasemma

HDC55 Tessama 0840'/3704' 2119 m 08/37 [Gz]

HDL97 Tet Bär, see Tit Ber

HDS55 Tet Giyorgis, 10/38? [20]

unimportant village about 25 km from Bichena in direction Dejen.

HET88 Teta (T'et'a) 1327'/3911' 2027 m, 13/39 [Gz]

south-east of Abiy Adi

JDC47 Teta 0835'/4216' 1277 m 08/42 [Gz]

tetama: tetemma (tät'ämma) (A) to be thirsty;

tetamari (T) cohesive

HFF52 Tetama 1405'/3935' 2663 m 14/39 [Gu Gz]

teter (t'ät'är) (A) pebble, gravel

HDU42 Teter Amba (T'et'er A.) 1022'/3933' 2836 m, 10/39 [Gz 18]

(Tettar Amba), south of Were Ilu

HDM54 Teter Amba kebele (T'ät'är ..) 09/39 [Ad]

in central Ankober wereda, 6 km south-east of Ankober town;

area 401 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

?? Teticha, at some distance from Awasa ../.. [20]

HFE37 Tetzin Calat, see Ketzin Kalat

HDT63 Tewa Milo kebele (Täwa ..) 10/38 [Ad]

in the central Debre Sina wereda, 10 km south-west of Mekane Selam;

area 1,077 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

tewe (täwä) (A) leave, abandon, let alone; minch (A) spring, source, pool

HEE88 Tewech Minch (T'ewech Minch') 11/39 [Gz]

1136'/3909' 2937 m, east of Bete Hor

HEM40 Tewer Maryam (church) 1210'/3923', 12/39 [Gz]

north-east of Lalibela

JEG15 Tewhe (Teuhe) (area) 11/40 [+ WO]

HFE74 Tewidko (Tewidqo, Tewdqo) 1412'/3852' 2031 m, 14/38 [Gz]

(mountain peak), north-west of Adwa

HFE56 Tewleh 1401'/3903' 1962 m, south-east of Adwa 14/39 [Gz]

HFE39 Tewliha (Tewulehe) (with rock-hewn church), 13/39 [+ x]

see under Geralta churches - northern

HEE76 Tewodros 1134'/3900' 2411 m, near Bete Hor 11/39 [Gz]

Tewodros ketema, /garrison/ town of Emperor Tewodros

HEH42 Tewodros Ketema (Teodros K.) (earlier Kwara) 12/35 [Gz Ad n]

1212'/3554' 782 m

(centre in 1964 of Kwara Omedla wereda)

HFE39 Tewulehe, see Tewiliha

HEF42 Tey Amba, see Tiy Amba

HDU22 Teyat kebele (T'äyat ..) 10/39 [Ad]

in central Lalo Midir & Mama Midir wereda, 10 km west-northwest

of Molale; area 2,366 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HDG82 Teyba (T'eyba, Teyba Kongel, Fitri Girata) 09/35 [Gz WO Gu]

(Marrato, Marattu) 0949'/3500' 1511 m,

near map code GDM87, see under Mendi

teye (A) kind of shrub or tree, Grewia bicolor

JCM33 Teyen (Teien) 06/44 [+ WO]

GDE15 Teylut 0816'/3355' 419 m, on the border of Sudan 08/33 [Gz]

HCC79 Teyte (T'eyte) 0609'/3728' 1792 m, 06/37 [Gz]

east of southern lake Abaya

GDU10 Teza (Taza), see Gaza

HCK95 Teza (T'eza) (locality) 0714'/3757' 07/37 [Gz]

teza amba maryam, dew of Mount Mary, dewy mountain of Mary

HEK22c Teza Amba Maryam (church), 12/37 [+ Ch]

between the Rib and Saban rivers and near lake Tana

?? Tfai (TFAI) ../.. [x]

abbreviation of the province? or country?

Territory of the Afar and Issas.

HEM63 Thec (mountain) 1218'/3939' 1389 m, 12/39 [Gz]

south-east of Alamata

JFB10 Thio Adoli, see Tio Adole

HCA77 Tiachi, see Tiyaki

GDF84 Tibbe, cf Tebba 08/34 [WO]

HDJ06 Tibbe (Tibe) 0904'/3709' 1696/1781 m 09/37 [WO Gz]

(with small fort)

Within a radius of 10 km there are at km

8SE Sheleabo (village)

9SW Karonti (Caronti) (area)

7W Chetta (Cetta) (village) 1757 m

5NW Sheboka (Soboca) (area) 1830 m

8NE Tibi (Gara Tibi) (mountain)

Population 807 as counted in 1967.

GDF93c Tibe (Tibie) 08/34 [MS Ad]

(centre in 1964 of Sibu Gawo wereda)

tibe b..: bilo (O) knife, dagger, sword

HDJ07 Tibe Bilo 0907'/3719' 2869 m 09/37 [Gz]

HDK92 Tibe Goref (T'ibe G.) 0955'/3748' 1448 m 09/37 [AA Gz]

?? Tibella (same as Tibila?), for leprosy farm see Addis Hiwot

?? Tiber, see Tber

tibi: tibbi (t'ibbi) (A) season after the rains;

tibi (loan word in T) TB, tuberculosis

HDJ07 Tibi, G. (mountain), see under Tibbe 09/37 [WO]

tibi d..: dega (däga) (A) highland

HDJ05 Tibi Dega sub-district (Tibie ..) 09/37 [+ Ad]

(centre in 1964 = Bako)

tibi gu..: guba, gubaa (O) 1. fever; 2. branding iron;

3. strong /tobacco/; 4. cloudy

HDL90 Tibi Guba (T'ibi G.) 0957'/3825' 2128 m, 09/38 [AA Gz]

east of Tulu Milki

tibi ko.: kolla, qwolla (A) lowland

HDJ06 Tibi Kola sub-district (Tibie ..) 09/37 [+ Ad]

(centre in 1964 = Sheboka)

tibi ku..: kusayee (O) kind of mint plant

HDC70c Tibi Kusayie sub-district (Tibie ..) 08/36 [+ Ad]

(centre in 1964 = Nunu)

HDF42 Tibila (Tibilla, Tivella) 0830'/3934' 1322 m, 08/39 [Gz x]

farm east of Nazret, cf Addis Hiwot in the neighbourhood

HFL07 Tibshina (T'ibshina) 1434'/3907' 1599 m, 14/39 [Gz]

near the border of Eritrea

HDU14 Ticha kebele (Techa ..) 10/39 [Ad]

in south-eastern Lalo Midir & Mama Midir wereda,

5 km east-south-east of Molale; area 286 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HDC27 Tichito (mountain) 08/37 [WO]

ticho: tucho (O) kind of tree, Blighia unijugata

HCU41 Ticho (T'icho) (locality) 0739'/3928' 07/39 [Gz]

HCU54 Ticho (T'icho) (locality) 0745'/3944' 07/39 [Gz]

HCU61 Ticho (T'icho, Ticcio, Titso, Tichu) (local centre) 07/39 [Gz WO Gu x]

0748'/3926' 3493 m;

MS: 0717'/3927' 2200/2400 m

MS coordinates would give map code HCU01

Within a radius of 10 km there are at km

5S Ullai (area)

10NW Boraluku (Boralucu) (mountain) 3840 m

In the 1930s it was provincial capital of Arussi-Kambata.

Centre of Ticho awraja (-1956-).

HCU73 Ticho awraja (centre -1969-1980- = Robi) 07/39 [MS]

JCN52 Ticho awraja (T'icho ..) 0745'/4000' 07/39 [Gz x]

(centre -1956-1964- = Ticho)

HCU61 Ticho wereda? 07/39 [20]

JCJ31 Ticka (Ticca) (area) 1129 m 06/41 [+ WO]

tid (t'id) (A) 1. large coniferous timber tree,

Juniperus procera; 2. fern

-- Tid (Kai), an ethnic sub-group of the Surma

HCA34 Tid 1751 m, see also HCA06 Naita, cf Ted 05/35 [Ad WO]

(sub-district & its centre in 1964)

HEE38 Tid (T'id) 1109'/3912' 2992 m, 11/39 [Gz]

west of Dessie, south-west of Mekdela

HDM84 Tid Amba, see Debre Sina

tid gebeya (A) market at Juniperus trees

HE... Tid Gebeya 11/39 [Ad]

(centre in 1964 of Getarra sub-district)

HEE39c Tid Gebeya kebele (T'ed Gäbäya ..) 11/39 [Ad]

in south-westernmost Kuta Ber wereda, 30 km west of Dessie;

area 4,896 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

tid wiha (A) water with Juniperus trees

HDU32 Tid Wiha (T'id W.) 1014'/3932' 2535 m 10/39 [Gz]

HDM32 Tidesh kebele (T'edäsh ..) 09/39 [Ad]

towards the south in central Angolela & Tera Asagirt wereda;

area 478 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HCK86 Tido (T'ido) (locality) 0705'/3806', 07/38 [Gz]

lake at 0704'/3806'

tidu (t'idu) (A) neat, clean

HDT09 Tidu Amba (T'idu A.) 1001'/3914' 2613 m 10/39 [Gz]

HDN54 Tiduma (area) 10/35 [WO]

HSD84 Tief (recorded in 1868) 10/37 [18]

HDB66c Tiemo, see Temo

HCG94 Tiepi, see Tepi

JEH12 Tieua, see Tiyewa

tife (t'ife) (A) kinds of tree, Olinia rochetiana,

O. usambarensis, Sideroxylon oxyacantha

HDM85 Tife Amba kebele (T'efé ..) 09/39 [Ad]

in a southern tip of Mafud, Mezezo, Moja & Wadera wereda,

7 km south of Debre Sina; area 2,614 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HDD23 Tifenchir (T'ifench'ir) 0822'/3749' 1776 m, 08/37 [Gz]

north of Welkite

HCH76 Tiffa 0659'/3616' 1506 m, south of Bonga 06/36 [WO Gz]

In the 1870s an important market.

tiffe, tiiffee (O) shower, drizzle

tiffi (t'iffi) (A) slap

HCC84 Tiffi (Tifi), see Barge

tifsi..: gennet (gännät) (A,T) genneta (O) paradise;

figuratively: plantation, garden

HDF32 Tifsihite Genet (plantation) 0827'/3935', 08/39 [Gz]

on the right-hand bank of Awash river

tig ..: ber (bärr) (A) pass, entrance; tigg (t'igg) (A) corner, support

HED89 Tig Ber (T'ig B.) 1140'/3823' 3249 m 11/38 [Gz]

HDS.. Tig Maryam, church 10 km beyond Dejen, 10/38 [x]

('St. Mary at the Corner')

HEF22 Tigaja (T'igaja) 1106'/3933' 2448 m 11/39 [Gz]

(with church Areniyos), west of Dessie

HEF22 Tigajo & Kotu kebele (T'egajo & Qotu ..) 11/39 [Ad]

located 10 km south-west of Dessie town; area 1,322 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HFE61 Tigare 1410'/3835' 1980 m, 14/38 [Gz]

mountain west of Aksum

?? Tiggena (district famous for good horses) ../.. [n]

HCL97 Tiggio, see Tijo & HCT68

HCT08 Tiggio Ciofira, see Tijo Chofira

HDD30 Tigi (T'igi) 0828'/3732' 1711 m, north of Abelti 08/37 [Gz]

HDL62 Tigi (T'igi) 0939'/3837' 2618 m, 09/38 [AA Gz]

south-west of Fiche

HDT52 Tigil Fire kebele (Tegel Feré ..) 10/38 [Ad]

in central western Wegdi wereda, c. 14 km west-south-west

of Mahdere Selam; area 2,085 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HDU14 Tignit & Lukwasge kebele (Tegnet & Luqwasgé ..) 10/39 [Ad]

in south-eastern Lalo Midir & Mama Midir wereda,

6 km south-east of Molale; area 1,014 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HDM32c Tigor kebele (T'egor ..) 09/39 [Ad]

in central northern Hagere Maryam & Kesem wereda,

midway between Koremesh and Shola Gebeya; area 1,353 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

?? Tigre Meceha (mountain with small fort, "fortino") ../.. [Gu]

HDL34 Tigri 0924'/3851' 2755 m, north-east of Sululta 09/38 [AA Gz]

HDL55 Tigri 0934'/3853' 2619 m, 09/38 [AA Gz]

(this and next one 7½ km away), south-east of Debre Libanos

HDL55 Tigri 0935'/3857' 2645 m 09/38 [AA Gz]

HCM74 Tigrita (mountain) 0658'/3943' 06/39 [x]

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

HDM.? Tigwer (with church Maryam), 09/39 [x]

in Bulga/Kasim wereda

tiho, teho (A) kind of small tree that grows in forests

and on river banks, Cassipourea malosana

JEB20 Tiho, see Teo

HEL28 Tihor Silase (church) 1159'/3910' 11/39 [Gz]

HDL99 Tija Sar kebele (T'eja ..) 09/39 [Ad]

in the northernmost tip of Debre Birhan Zuriya & Keyet wereda;

area 2,529 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

tijja (t'ijja) (A) calf; tijju, the calf /animal/;

tijja sar (A) a kind of grass

?? Tijja Sar (district in Wegda) ../.. [n]

-- Tijo, a clan of the Arsi Oromo

HCL97 Tijo (Tiggio) (area), cf Tejo 07/39 [+ WO]

HCT49 Tijo (T'ijo) (locality) 0740'/3915' 07/39 [Gz]

HCT68 Tijo (Tijjo, Tiggio) 0747'/3909' 2405/2601 m, 07/39 [Gz Ad Gu]

south of Asela

HCT.. Tijo, see Digelu & Tijo wereda

HCT.. Tijo awraja 07/39 [x]

-- tijo c..: Chofira, a clan of the Arsi Oromo

HCT08 Tijo Chofira (T'ijo Ch'ofira, Tiggio Chofira), 07/39 [Gz WO]

0714'/3906' 3073 m, area also into map code HCL97

HC... Tijo Samuna, 07/39 [x]

in the 1980s in Shirka wereda of Ticho awraja,

located about 20 km from Bekoji on the road to Gobesa.

tik a..: anbesa (anbässa) (A) anbessa (T) lion

HED72 Tik Anbesa (T'iq A.) 1130'/3745' 2096 m, 11/37 [Gz q]

east of Bahir Dar

HDS36 Tik Giyorgis (Tik' G., Tiq G.) (church) 10/38 [Gz q]

1015'/3808', south-west of Bichena

tika (O) tending of animals

?? Tika (with postal agent/sub-post office) ../.. [Po]

HDU50 Tikan (T'iqan) 1029'/3923' 2669 m, 10/39 [Gz q]

south-west of Were Ilu

HEF51 Tikana kebele (T'eqana ..) 11/39 [Ad]

in north-western Kuta Ber wereda, about 30 km north-west of Dessie;

area 4,174 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HEU00 Tikera Libanos (T'ik'era ..) (church) 1244'/3925', 12/39 [Gz]

south-west of Maychew

tikil (A) fall asleep; tikkil, tikill (t'iqill) (A) bundle,

roll, package; tikul (A) planted, fixed

HFC34 Tikil (Tucul) (area) 13/36 [+ WO]

HFC34c Tikil Amba 13/36 [LM]

tikil dingay (A) upright, immovable stone or boulder; stele

HEM62 Tikil Dingay 1019'/3935' 2968 m, south of Alamata 10/39 [Gz]

HER18 Tikil Dingay (Tocul Dinghia) (area) 12/37 [+ WO]

HER35 Tikil Dingay (Tikle D., Tikl Dengia, Tucul Dinghia) 12/37 [Gz Po Ad Gu]

1259'/3703' 1068 m

(with sub-post office under Gondar, using spelling TKL DINGLIAL)

Centre in 1964 of Armachiho wereda.

tikil d..: duma (O) 1. end; 2. ragged, shabby;

3. weevil-infested /corn/; (A) back of the head, occiput;

duma, dumma (T) baobab tree; dumaa (Som) dry grass;

dhuma (O) end

HFC34 Tikil Duma (Tucul D.) 1352'/3658' 915 m 13/36 [Gz]

(mountain), west of Kafta

HDT99 Tikise kebele (Tekesé ..) 10/39 [Ad]

at the centre of the southern border of Legambo wereda, a little

south-southwest of Akesta; area 3,378 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

tikit (t'iqit) (A) little, few, small amount;

angote (angot'ä) (T) tell; betray

HEM31 Tikit Angot Maryam (T'ik'it A.M.) 1207'/3927', 12/39 [Gz]

east of Lalibela and south of Alamata

HDU14 Tikme kebele (T'eqmé ..) 10/39 [Ad]

in easternmost Lalo Midir & Mama Midir wereda; area 1,680 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HDU23 Tikmie sub-district (Tikime .., T'iqime ..) 10/39 [Ad x]

(centre in 1964 = Agwat Wiha), within Mama Midir wereda

tiko (O) kidney; tikko (tiqqoo) (O) small, little;

-- Tiko, Tiqo, a probably nomadic tribe known since the 1300s

HBM25 Tiko (Tiqo) (historically recorded wide area) 03/39 [WO Pa]

HBK95 Tiko (hill) 1397 m 04/37 [WO]

HEF40 Tiksha (T'iqsha) 1114'/3920' 2548 m, 11/39 [Gz q]

south of Mekdela, near map code HEE49

HEF91 Tikshign kebele (T'eqshegn ..) 11/39 [Ad]

in north-easternmost Dawint & Delanta wereda, about 15 km

south-west of Weldiya; area 1,439 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HEF90 Tikshiny (T'iqshiny) 1144'/3924' 2915 m, 11/39 [Gz q]

south-west of Weldiya

HFE37 Tikul 1355'/3908' 1852 m, 13/39 [Gz]

(with church Giyorgis), east of May Kinetal

tikur (t'iqur) (A) black, dark /skin/; (T) sharp, clever,

vigilant, etc

-- Tiqur, Tukur, name of a Mecha Oromo tribe

HCR64 Tikur (Tucur) (mountain) 07/37 [18 WO]

The Tikur plateau looks like a plain with the summits of Bolo and Roge

towering in the middle.

HDD71 Tikur Abaye (T'iqur A.) 0851/3739' 2457 m, 08/37 [Gz q]

south-west of Ambo

tikur b..: beret (bärät) (A) thorn enclosure for cattle

HDM87 Tikur Beret kebele (T'equr Bärät ..) 09/39? [Ad]

at the southernmost tip of Kewet wereda; area 1,028 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

tikur chika (A) black soil

HDM92 Tikur Chika (T'iqur Ch'iqa) 0954'/3931' 2743 m 09/39 [Gz q]

HDM92 Tikur Chika kebele (T'equr Ch'eqa ..) 09/39 [Ad]

in western Mafud, Mezezo, Moja & Wadera wereda,

10 km west-south-west of Sela Dingay; area 1,421 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

tikur chincha (A) black stony ground

HEE99 Tikur Chincha (T'iqur Ch'inch'a) 11/39 [Gz q]

1143'/3916' 2761 m

tikur dur (A) black forest;

dhuur (Som) evergreen tree /tamarisk/;

duur (Som) 1. jungle; 2. kind of bush plant

HDL86 Tikur Dur Mikael (T'ik'ur Dur Mika'el) (church) 09/39 [Gz]

0948'/3900', east of Fiche

tikur i..: inchini, inch'innii (O) shrub or small tree,

Sesbania goetzei, grows near alkaline water

HD... Tikur Inchini (T.Enchini), in Jibat & Mecha awraja 08/37? [Po Ad 20]

Sub-post office under Addis Abeba.

HD... Tikur Inchini wereda (-2000-) 08/37? [20]

HCR64? Tikur wereda 07/37? [Ad]

(-1994-) is divided into 40 rural kebeles and 1 urban.

tikur wiha (A) black water

HC... Tikur Wiha (T. Weha) 07/39 [+ Po]

(with visiting postman under Shashemene)

HEJ14 Tikur Wiha (Tukur Waha), at south-west lake Tana 11/36 [+ Ch]

Small river entering lake Tana and being the boundary of Gojjam.

HES66 Tikur Wiha (T'iqur W.) 1313'/3804' 3015 m 13/38 [Gz q]

HDU16 Tikure kebele (T'equré ..) 10/39 [Ad]

in north-eastern Kewet wereda, 6 km north of Shewa Robit;

area 1,179 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HEE76 Tikurena kebele (T'equréna ..) 11/38? [Ad]

in western central Dawint & Delanta wereda; area 912 hectares.

tikurit b..: bado (A,T) 1. barren, unoccupied /land/; 2. buttermilk

HDM73 Tikurit Bado kebele (T'equrit ..) 09/39 [Ad]

in the middle of easternmost Debre Birhan Zuriya & Keyet wereda,

15 km north-east of Debre Birhan town; area 945 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

tila (t'ila) (A,O) shadow; umbrella

HEM10 Tila Asfere kebele (T'ela Asfäre ..) 11/39 [Ad]

in Gidan wereda surrounding Debre Tsehay town; area 4,154 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HEF91 Tila Tikshign .. ../.. [x]

HE... Tilala, 12/37 [n]

village in Dehana (Dihana) wereda in Wag.

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

HED32 Tilalo (T'ilalo, Zalale, Zalalo) 1111'/3742' 2149 m 11/37 [Wa Gz]

HEL19 Tilalo (T'ilalo) 1153'/3916' 3394 m, 11/39 [Gz]

west of Weldiya

tilas ..: firi (O) fruit; fire (A) fruit, product

HEL28 Tilas Firi sub-district 11/39 [Ad]

(centre in 1964 = Debre Tsehay)

tilat (t'ilat) (A) soot /on pots/;

tilet (t'ilät) (A) embroidered fringe of dress

H.... Tilat Gin sub-district 10/37? [Ad]

(centre in 1964 = Misle Awash)

HEM05 Tilfe kebele (T'elfé ..) 11/39 [Ad]

in north-easternmost Habru wereda, 25 km east of Weldiya;

area 8,224 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HE... Tilfi (centre in 1964 of Lege Iwa sub-district) 11/39 [Ad]

tiliku: tilliku (t'illiqu) (A) the big /one/; bore, booree (O) hydromel, tej

?? Tiliku Bore Dinsara (Tilku ..) ../.. [Po]

(visiting postman under Jimma)

HDM73 Tiliku Bura kebele (Telequ ..) 09/39 [Ad]

in eastern Debre Birhan Zuriya & Keyet wereda, 12 km north-east

of Debre Birhan town; area 616 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HDM62 Tiliku Dilela kebele (Teleku ..) 09/39 [Ad]

'Big Dilela' near the southern border of Debre Birhan Zuriya & Keyet wereda,

5 km south-east of Debre Birhan town; area 871 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HDE77c Tiliku Dubetu kebele (Telqu Dubätu ..) 08/39 [Ad]

in central westernmost Minjar & Shenkora wereda,

10 km west of Balchi; area 540 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

tiliku gesha (gäsha) (A) the large mantle

/of straw for shepherds against rain/

?? Tiliku Gesha (Tilku Gesha) 07/35? [Ad Po]

(wereda & its centre in 1964)

(visiting postman under Jimma)

tiliku meti (A+O) the large shield?

HCN05 Tiliku Meti (Tilqu Met'i) 0716'/3519' 1352 m, 07/35 [Gz]

south of Gecha

HDP79 Tilili (Telile) 1040'/3630', 10/36 [MS Po]

with sub-post office under Debre Markos

HDR94 Tilili (Cima) 1051'/3701' 2458 m, 10/37 [Gz Po]

north-west of Bure

/this Tilili?:/ in Kola Dega Damot awraja

HDM.. Tilk (Tilq), in Fetegar 09/39? [En]

HCN05 Tilku Meti (Tilk'u Met'i = Tiliku ..?) 0716'/3519' 07/35 [Gz]

WO map shows a village Meti.

tilli (Harari) kind of bird, kite

GDM02 Tilli, see under Gidami 09/34 [WO]

tillik: tilliq dengiya (A) large rock

HEC17 Tillik Dingya (Tellic Dingia Cadada) area 10/37 [+ WO]

tilliku ber (A) the large gate/pass/entrance

HCB20 Tilliku Ber (Tiliku Ber) 05/35 [Ca]

HCJ.. Tilliku Gishe wereda (centre = Dika) 07/36 [En]

One of ten weredas of Kefa awraja 1944-1987.

tillo (O) cattle with white and red colour;

tilo (O) wooden spear without metal point;

tilyo (O) kinds of tree, Cassipourea malosana,

C. ruwensorensis, see tiho above;

bara (O) weather, time, year; baraa (O) learner,

male student

JEJ01 Tillo Bara (area) 11/41 [WO]

tilk (t'ilq) (A) deep /lake/

?? Tilq, see Telk

HE... Tiltal (T'ilt'al), salt plains in the Afar depression 09/39 [En n]

HEF91 Tima Tikshign kebele (T'ima T'eqshegn ..) 11/39 [Ad]

in north-easternmost Dawint & Delanta wereda, about 20 km south-west of Weldiya;

area 2,159 hectares. [CSA 1994]

-- Timbaro (Tembero, Tambaro), name of a Sidama ethnic group living

as neighbours /?/ of the Gurage, speaking a dialect of Kambaata or

southwest Gurage.

-- Timbaro language (T'imbaaro)

Timbaro is a variety mutually intelligible with Hadiyya.

HCK90 Timbaro (Tambaro, Tembaro) (place & area) 813 m, 07/37 [Ad Gu WO]

(centre in 1964 of Donga sub-district)

Large village with market in a healthy area with plenty of cereals,

with Catholic church.

HCS11c Timbaro wereda (Tembaro .., Tembero ..) 07/37 [Ad x]

(centre in 1964 = Gimbicho)

One of five weredas in Kembata awraja, from 1976 named

Kambaata & Hadiyya awraja.

There was reorganisation in the 1990s.

timbaug: tambuk (T) kind of medium-sized tree,

Croton machrostachys

HEJ68 Timbaug, see under Gorgora 12/37 [WO]

HCU10 Timbite 0721'/3922' 3271 m 07/39 [Gz]

HDS60 Timecha (Timeccia, Temeccia, Temscia) 10/37 [+ WO Gu]

(with bridge), see under Dembecha

?? Timela, state farm in the Arsi region ../.. [x]

HDK52 Timer sub-district (centre in 1964 = Gura) 09/37 [Ad]

timera: timira (O) hair style of a married woman after

her first child has been born

JBN28 Timera (Tiyega Timera?) 04/40 [WO]

timo (Som) hair

JCG86 Timo 0704'/4022' 2154 m, cf Temo 07/40 [WO Gz]

HDU11 Timonage kebele (T'emonagé ..) 10/39 [Ad]

far to the west in Lalo Midir & Mama Midir wereda; area 895 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HET65 Timsge (Chemseghe) 1315'/3859' 1638 m, 13/38 [Gz WO]

north-west of Fenarwa

HEE97 Timtimat kebele (T'emt'emat ..) 11/39 [Ad]

at the mid-southern border of Meket wereda,

about 30 km south of Lalibela; area 4,219 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

-- Timuga, Oromo tribe inhabiting Yifat

HDU47 Timuga, cf Yifat & Timuga awraja 10/40 [n]

HEM62 Timuga (T'imuga, Temmuga) 1219'/3936' 1452 m, 12/39 [Gz x]

south of Alamata

tin (Som) hair /single one/; tiin (Som) 1. cactus plant;

2. (Arabic,Som) fig tree; tina (t'ina) (A) censer,

incense vessel; ti'ina (T) health;

adewa (T) mother /but this place is not in Tigray/

JCD58 Tin Adea (area) 05/43 [WO]

HEF72 Tina Amba (T'ina ..) 1130'/3936' 1712 m, 11/39 [Gz]

between Ashenge and Weldiya

HEE36 Tinat kebele (T'enat ..) 11/39? [Ad]

in north-eastern Sayint wereda; area 3,181 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HDC18 Tincio, see Oda Luge

JEP74 Tindaho (area with hot springs), cf Tendaho, 13/41 [WO]

mountain at 1321'/4102'

tinfa: tinfash (A), tinfas (T) respiration, breathing

HDH09 Tinfa, see under Nekemte 09/36 [WO]

tinga (Wellega Bega) kind of tree growing near rivers

tingi: tinji, tinjii (O) border, boundary

HDA57 Tingi (Taingi) 0840'/3525' 1500 m, south of Yubdo 08/35 [Gz]

HEM25 Tingila (T'ingila) 1156'/3948' 1736 m, 11/39 [Gz]

north-east of Weldiya

tingiti be..: bereket (A) blessing, present

/to be rewarded in return/; abundance, prosperity;

also a male personal name

HE... Tingiti Bereket (T. Barakat), volcanic lake 11/37 [Ad Ch]

HCK08c Tingkrassi, at some 15 km south-west of Dilla, 06/38 [+ x]

with groups of stelae at this site

HDH81 Tingo (hill) 09/35 [WO]

tini (A) prickly pear cactus, Opuntia sp.

HFE16 Tini, see Mai Beles

tinign (A) gnat, mosquito

HCB31 Tinign (plain) 05/35 [Ca]

HDT64 Tinign kebele (Tenegn ..) 10/38 [Ad]

at the central part of the northern border of Wegdi wereda,

5 km north of Mahdere Selam; area 2,278 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HDE69 Tinike (T'iniqe) 0843'/3919' 1757 m, 08/39 [Gz]

north of Nazret

tinishu (A) little, the small;

Tinishu Abay, Little Blue Nile

HEC.. Tinishu Abay, cf Tinshu .. 11/37 [Ad]

(centre in 1964 of Guta sub-district)

HDM62 Tinishu Dilela kebele (Teneshu Diläla ..) 09/39 [Ad]

'Little Dilela' at the southern border of Debre Birhan Zuriya & Keyet wereda,

5 km south-east of Debre Birhan town; area 1,009 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HDE77c Tinishu Dubetu kebele (Teneshu Dubätu ..) 08/39 [Ad]

in central westernmost Minjar & Shenkora wereda,

10 km west of Balchi; area 592 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HC... Tinishu Gesha (Tinshu Gesha) 07/35? [Ad Po]

(wereda & its centre in 1964)

(with visiting postman under Jimma)

tinishu gesha (gäsha) (A) the small mantle

/of straw for shepherds against rain/

HCH.. Tinishu Gesha sub-district? (-1997-), cf Tinnishu .. 07/36 [n]

tinishu robi (A+O) the small hippo /or rain/

HEM86 Tinishu Robi 1033'/3956' 1456 m 10/39 [Gz]

HEK06 Tinjena (T'injena) 1146'/3807' 2927 m, 11/38 [Gz]

south-east of Debre Tabor

tinji (O) border, boundary

HDA67 Tinji (Tingi) 08/35 [+ WO]

tinjit (t'injit) (A) kind of shrub with whitish leaves;

tinjut (A) kinds of small tree, Combretum collinum,

Otostegia integrifolia

HFF13 Tinke (T'inqe), see Tirke

HDK.. Tinkocha (Ger: Tinkotscha), 09/37 [+ x]

affluent of the Abay river south of Debre Markos.

HBR98 Tinnale (or HBP97?), see Guro

HCH.? Tinnishu Gishe wereda (centre = Bita Gennet) 07/36 [En]

One of ten weredas of Kefa awraja 1944-1987.

tinno, tinna (O) few, little, small

HDA94 Tinno, G. (hill) 1808 m 09/35 [WO]

tinsae (tinsa'e) (A,T) resurrection; reincarnation; Easter

H.... Tinsae 08/39? [Ad]

(centre in 1964 of Merti Jeju sub-district)

tinsae birhan (A,T) Easter light, brightness of resurrection

HDF35 Tinsae Birhan (Tinsa'e /Berhan/) 08/39 [Gz]

0829'/3950' 1657 m

JDA03 Tinsae Birhan 08/40 [LM]

JDA52 Tinsae Birhan (Abomsa, Tinsae Barhan), cf Abomsa, 08/40 [MS WO Po]

(centre in the 1960s of Arba Gugu awraja)

HDC18 Tinsho (Tincio) 08/37 [LM WO]

tinshu: tinnishu (A) the small /one/;

bore, booree (O) hydrmel, tej

?? Tinshu Bore Dinsara (visiting postman under Jimma) ../.. [Po]

?? Tinshu Bore Chewara (visiting postman under Jimma) ../.. [Po]

HC... Tinshu Gesha, see Tinishu Gesha

?? Tinshu Xhocho (visiting postman under Jimma) ../.. [Po]

tinsis: tinzizza (t'inzizza) (A) kind of beetle;

tinsisi, t'insisii (O) beer at fermentation stage

GDL69 Tinsis 0937'/3417' 1106 m, 09/34 [WO Gz]

not far from the border of Sudan

tint (t'int) (A) principle, origin, ancient times

HEC66 Tint Onaraghei, 11/37 [It]

(village with church on hill)

HES32 Tintani (mountain) 1301'/3745' 2667 m, near Dabat 13/37 [Gz]

HES52 Tintaniya (T'int'aniya) 1308'/3745' 2479 m, 13/37 [Gz]

north of Dabat

JEP05 Tio (waterhole) 1242'/4110', cf Tiho 12/41 [WO Wa Gz]

tio a..: adole (O) brown or red cow

JFB10 Tio Adole (Thio Adoli) 1344'/4043' 8 m 13/40 [LM WO Gz]

HCT87 Tio wereda (centre in 1964 = Asela) 07/39 [Ad]

HCG94 Tippi, see Tepi

tira, tiira (O) 1. brother or sister; 2. liver

HEJ54 Tira 1215'/3659' 1933 m, north-west of lake Tana 12/36 [Gz]

HDT44c Tirantir kebele (T'erant'er ..) 10/38 [Ad]

in south-westernmost Kelela wereda; area 2,948 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HDR93 Tirba (T'irba) (lake) 1048'/3652' 10/36 [Gz]

HET15 Tirbito 1247'/3855' 1797 m, 12/38 [Gz]

north-west of Sekota

tire (t'ire) (A) raw /meat/, unripe /grain/

HEE06 Tire Neza (T'ire N.) 1054'/3901' 3084 m 10/39 [Gz]

HCS29 Tireba (T'ireba) 0726'/3822' 1729 m, 07/38 [Gz]

cf Tiriba, west of lake Shala

GCS65 Tirgol (Tirigol, Tirgoi, Tirgul) 0749'/3302' 282 m, 07/33 [Gz WO Ad]

near Akobo at the border river of Sudan

(centre in 1964 of Akobo wereda)

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

HDF11 Tiriba Gebriel (T'iriba ..) (church) 0814'/3927', 08/39 [Gz]

near Sire, cf Tireba

HDL78 Tirign kebele (T'erign ..) 09/39 [Ad]

in the southern "bulb" of Saya Debir & Wayu Insaro wereda,

10 km south-south-west of Deneba; area 2,279 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

GCS65 Tirigol, see Tirgol

H.... Tirim (river), cf Naga 10/35 [Ch]

tirinj (t'irinj) (A) civet cat

HED50 Tiriny (T'iriny) 1123'/3735' 2117 m, 11/37 [Gz]

east of Debre May

HEE02 Tirk kebele (T'irq ..) 10/38 [Ad]

in western Mekdela wereda; area 4,717 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HFF13 Tirke (T'irqe, T'inqe) 1344'/3940' 2087 m, 13/39 [Gz q]

(with church Tekle Haymanot), near Agula

HDT07 Tirkuna (T'irquna) 1002'/3904' 1852 m 10/39 [Gz q]

tirma, tirmaa (O) dowry, cattle that a bride takes to her new home;

(A) flock of baboons

-- Tirma (Cirma), ethnic group numbering 19,909 (in the 1980s?)

of which one third Christians.

HCA45 Tirma (Tairma) (with well) 0551'/3517', 05/35 [Ad WO Gu Gz]

(centre in 1964 of Tirma Tid wereda & of Bambu sub-district)

-- tirma tid: Tid (Kai), an ethnic sub-group of the Surma

HCA34 Tirma Tid (Tirmatid) MS: 0555'/3530' 05/35 [Gz Ad]

Gz: 0550'/3517' 1347 m

Coordinates would give map code HCA45

HCA45 Tirma Tid wereda (centre in 1964 = Tirma) 05/35 [Ad]

tirmi (A) kind of tree of the lowlands

GDM34 Tirmi 0920'/3443' 1448 m, east of Begi 09/34 [Gz]

tiro (Som) number, quantity, mathematics; tirho (T) empty

Tiro /which one?/

Originally the name of a village about 100 km north-west of Jimma.

There is registered the Tiro-Boter-Becho National Forest Priority Area.

HC... Tiro (sub-district & its centre in 1964) 07/37 [Ad]

HCR97 Tiro (with fort) 08/37 [WO]

HDK02 Tiro (T'iro) 0907'/3744' 2123 m 09/37 [AA Gz]

HDL21 Tiro 0918'/3835' 2639 m, north-west of Sululta 09/38 [AA Gz]

HE... Tiro (centre in 1964 of Cheleka sub-district) 11/39? [Ad]

tiro a..: afetta (afätta) (A) flow abundantly

HC... Tiro Afeta wereda (Toro ..) 07/36 [Ad 20]

(-1994-) is divided into 45 rural kebeles and 1 urban.

It is one of 13 weredas in the Jimma Zone.

HCR96 Tiro Mishi (T'iro M.) 0804'/3713' 2051 m 08/37 [Gz]

JEA52 Tirro (area) 1612 m 11/40 [WO]

tirtir (t'irt'ir) (A,T) doubt; tirtir ale (A) flutter /of heart/;

tirtera (t'irt'ära) (T) distrust, misgiving;

tirtire (Som) brush, towel, anything used for wiping

HDK52 Tirtira (T'irt'ira) 0935'/3744' 2632 m, 09/37 [AA Gz]

west of Kachisi, cf Turtur

HDT76 Tirtira (T'irtira) 1040'/3903' 2632 m 10/39 [Gz]

JDB78 Tirtira 0848'/4129' 1497 m 08/41 [Gz]

HDT67 Tirtira kebele 10/39 [Ad]

in central eastern Kelela wereda, midway betwee Kelala town and Legwama;

area 1,691 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

JDJ35 Tirtirga 0922'/4205' 1993 m, north-west of Harar 09/42 [Gz]

H.... Tirtirra sub-district (centre in 1964 = Kenesso) ../.. [Ad]

tiru (t'iru) (A) good; meda (A,T) field, grassy plain

HEF51 Tiru Meda (T'iru M.) 1120'/3926' 3065 m, 11/39 [Gz]

south-east of Mekdela

tis a..: abba (O) 1. father, owner, elder; 2. deity, spirit

HEF64 Tis Aba Lima (T'is A.L.) 1128'/3942' 1957 m, 11/39 [Gz]

(Tis Abelima), north of Hayk, in Ambasel awraja

HES.. Tis Abalima sub-district 11/39 [Ad]

(centre in 1964 = Sekela Hulk)

HED61 Tis Abay (Tis Isat) (place) 1129'/3735' 1668 m 11/37 [Gz]

Gz coordinates given here may relate to falls, power plant, ancient bridge

and populated place. Distance 470 km from Addi Abeba.

HED61 Tis Abay power plant 11/37 [Gz]

The plant started to deliver electricity to Bahir Dar on 9 January 1964.

In year 2000: Close to the falls there are dramatic developments due to the construction of a 40

megawatt power station and the large river diversion

to feed it. [John Graham]

tis (t'is) (A,Geez) smoke; isat (A,T) fire, inferno;

tis wiha (A) fume of water

HED61 Tis Isat (T'is Isat, Tisoha) (famous waterfall) 11/37 [MS Gu]

MS: 1110'/3800' =HED35; other: 1128'/3738' =HED61.

Very little of the Tis Isat falls can be seen from the right bank of the river, but on the left bank there

is a hill that provides a natural grandstand.

About 3 km upstream there is a smaller 7 m waterfall with a pond or lagoon.

Tis Abay consists of four separate streams -- the river is 400 m wide above the waterfall; in the gorge

below, it follows a much narrower course that is estimated to be 37 m deep.

HED61 Tis Isat (place), see Tis Abay

HED61 Tis Isat Dildiy (Tisisat Dildil (with fort) 1690/1721 m 11/37 [+ WO]

(Tisoha Dildil, Fasil Dildil, Blue Nile Bridge) 11/37 [WO Gu x]

(1st Abay bridge), 2nd Abay bridge, see Sabera Dildiy.

The 1st Abay bridge is curved, about 40 m long and 2 m wide with 7 arches of which the largest spans 8 m at about 25 m above the surface of the water.

The stone bridge was erected in 1626 by the monarch's command.

In travellers' books it is sometimes called 'the Portuguese bridge', but J. Lobo

places it beyond doubt that it was built by Fasiledes, using masons from India.

HED61 Tis Isat power plant, see Tis Abay

?? Tisba (Tizba), in Begemder ../.. [Pa x]

-- Tishana (ethnic group), see Me'en

?? Tiski (waterfalls), see under Gizani

HED61 Tisoha (= Tis Woha) .., see Tisisat ..

tiso (t'iso) (A) grove, small stand of trees

HD... Tiso (in Gudru awraja), cf Tisso 09/37? [Ad]

H.... Tissa (centre in 1964 of Waro sub-district) 10/38 [Ad]

HDG29 Tisse, 09/35 [x]

9 km SSE of Boji and about 25 km south-east of Nejo.

HBK.. Tisso (pass), cf Tiso 03/38 [Mi]

tit (t'it') (A,T) cotton; the cotton plant Gossypium spp.;

(Harari) little; (tit) (A) plaited object

HDM.? Tit Amba (with monastery Gedam Maryam), 09/39 [x]

in Bulga/Kasim wereda

tit ber, cotton gate /toll post for cotton?/

HDL96 Tit Ber (T'it' B.) 0953'/3901' 2162 m 09/39 [AA Gz]

HDL97 Tit Ber & Sefed Amba kebele (T'et' Bär & Säféd ..) 09/39 [Ad]

in westernmost Moret & Jiru wereda; area 3,425 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

tita (O) 1. solemn, proud; 2. part between the nostrils

of cattle; titaa (T) recreation, regeneration;

titay (T) 1. mat; 2. rope; tite (O) bank, shore

HDL02 Tita (T'it'a) (village south of main road), 09/38 [x]

3 km south-west of Gefersa lake

HEF33 Tita (T'it'a, Tita Mieda) 1109'/3940', 2178 m, 11/39 [Gz Po WO Gu]

(with sub-post office under Dessie, and army camp), see under Dessie

JDH17 Tita, G. (mountain) 0913'/4119' 3121 m 09/41 [WO]

HDL30 Tita Beale Weld (T'it'a Be'ale W.) 0920'/3830', 09/38 [Gz]

(church), north of Addis Alem

HD... Tita Gibe, south of Ijaji 08/37 [n]

?? Tita Iyesus (T. Iasus) ../.. [+ Gu]

Used to be a fork in caravan routes.

HEF33 Tita kebele (T'it'a ..) 11/39 [Ad]

immediately north-east of Dessie town; area 1,809 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HC... Titon Sidera, 05/38? [Mi]

valley some 50 km south-east of Agere Maryam.

HCU61 Titso, see Ticho

HCR70 Tittobi 0755'/3638'c, north of Jiren/Agaro 07/36 [x]

HBM31 Tiuldesa, see Juldesa

HES86 Tiun, Debra, see Debre Tsiyon

HDF42 Tivella, see Tibila

HEE95 Tiweha kebele 11/38 [Ad]

in central Meket wereda; area 4,148 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HEF42 Tiy Amba Jerjero kebele (Tey Amba Järjäro ..) 11/39 [Ad]

situated 15 km north-west of Dessie; area 2,578 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

tiya: tiyya (O) is mine; tiyye (O) arrow

HDE.. Tiya (Tya), village with field of stelae nearby, 08/38 [Ca 20 x]

about 25 km from Adadi Maryam rock-hewn church.

The stelae field at Tiya comprises around 40 stones of up to 2 m in height, several of which have

collapsed, but most of which are still standing. Nearly all the stones are engraved.

31 of 36 stelae are engraved and have been raised from fallen

position in recent time. Tiya is regarded as the northernmost

village of the Gurage.

HCA77 Tiyaki (Tiachi) 0604'/3529' 1184 m, 06/35 [+ WO Gz]

south-west of Maji

HCA78 Tiyaki (Tiachi, Tiaki, Tiacki) 0606'/3534' 2097 m, 06/35 [+ WO Gz]

mountain south of Maji, see under this name

HDR84 Tiyatiya 1041'/3700' 2115 m, west of Bure 10/37 [Gz]

JBN28 Tiyega (Tiyega Timera) (locality) 0442'/4032' 04/40 [WO Gz]

JEH12 Tiyewa (Tieua) (area) 11/40 [+ WO]

tiyiy (A) opposite

tiyo, t'iyoo (O) kind of climbing plant

HDF50 Tiyo (T'iyo) 0837'/3924' 1502 m, near Welenchiti 08/39 [Gz]

H.... Tiyo Gora 07/39 [x]

HCT87 Tiyo wereda (centre in 1967 = Asela?) (-1967-1998-) 07/39 [n Ad]

(-1994-) is divided into 39 rural and 16 urban kebeles.

?? Tizba, see Tisba

H.... Tnafa sub-district (centre in 1964 = Aguna Maryam), 11/38 [Ad]

cf Tinfa

to, too (O) 1. farmer? 2. my, mine

HCD38 To Ebala 05/38 [WO]

HEH45 Toa 12/36 [WO]

toba, toobaa (O) never

HCE67 Toba (Taba) (mountain) 0601'/3906' 2097 m 06/39 [Gz]

HCJ10 Toba 0628'/3640' 2608 m, north of Bulki 06/36 [Gz]

HCP89 Toba, see Tobba

HCR59 Toba (place & mountain) peak 2713 m 07/37 [WO]

?? Toba (with sub-post office under Jimma), cf Tobba ../.. [Po]

?? Toba (with sub-post office under Gimbi) ../.. [Po]

HDH41 Tobashi (T.Tobasci) (hill) 09/35 [+ WO]

HCP89 Tobba (Toba), Gz: 0801'/3631' 1631 m 08/36 [WO Ad Gz]

MS: 0800'/3625' 1895 m

MS coordinates would give map code HCP88

(sub-district & its centre in 1964),

(with church), south-east of Dembi, see also under this name

HCR71 Tobba 07/36 [Te]

tobbe, t'obbee (O) green, tender, unripe

T'obbiya has been a regional colloquial pronounciation of Ethiopia.

JDB98 Toble Ramis (T'oble R.) 0859'/4129' 1356 m, 08/41 [Gz]

south of Deder

H.... Tobo, on the route southwards from Seka 08/36 [18]

There was a royal masera.

HDG65 Tobo 0941'/3516' 1642 m, 09/35 [Gz x]

about 20 km east of Mendi, on the road to there, with a market.

JBS67 Toboc 0509'/4314' 474 m 05/43 [Gz]

GDF13 Tocanu, see Tokanu

HCJ84 Tocha (Totcha, Toccia, Tocca) 0705'/3702' 2517 m 07/37 [Gz Ad WO Gu]

(wereda & its centre in 1964), WO map has it at map code HCJ86.

Village at the top of high ground.

HCJ84 Tocha wereda (-1997-) 07/37 [Ad]

(centre in 1964 = Tocha)

one of eight weredas within Kulo Konta awraja,

see also Isara & Tocha wereda

JDK32 Tochdintei (area), see under Jijiga 09/42 [WO]

toche, tochee (O) kind of worm

HDD80 Toche, see Toke

HEL36 Tocoasciutz, see Tokoashutz

GCU36 Tocon, see Tokon

HES52 Tocri, see Tokri

tocud emni: imni (T) stone

HFD96 Tocud Emni, see Tsaida Adi

HER18 Tocul Dinghia, see Tikil Dingay

HFE30 Tocule, see Tokule

HDE48 Toda Mariam, see Tede, under Mojo

GDM22 Toddi, see under Begi 09/34 [WO]

HDL36 Tode 09/38 [AA]

?? Todenyang, in the south-west near Kenya ../.. [x]

HBS62 Todessa Missa 0508'/3742' 905 m, cf Tedesa 05/37 [WO Gz]

HED67 Todeya (T'odeya) 1125'/3809' 2434 m, 11/38 [Gz]

north-west of Goradit

tofo, t'oofoo (O) horn, cup of horn; tofa (A) small jar,

clay cooking pot; yetofa meret (A) land requiring

the provision of certain services

HDK19 Tofo (T'ofo) 0910'/3824' 2579 m 09/38 [AA Gz]

toga (Kefa) kind of shrub, Hibiscus sp.;

togaa (O) cross /as an emblem/

HDK01 Toga 0906'/3739' 1984 m, north-west of Ambo 09/37 [AA Gz]

HCJ26 Toger 0631'/3712' 1387 m 06/37 [Gz]

HDG93 Togger, about 15 km north of Mendi 09/35 [x]

togh: tog (Som) dry river-bed, gully, ravine;

haree (Som) shade; harre (O) donkey

JDK16 Togh Harre (area) 1627 m, cf Tug 09/43 [WO]

HEU02c Togle (Meda Togle) (plain) 12/39 [Gu]

GCT56 Togn 0743'/3401' 306 m 07/34 [Gz]

togo (Kefa) Pavonia sp., Hibiscus sp.; (Som) choose,

select /for oneself/; toogo, tooggo (Som) goal, aim;

ber (bärr) (A) pass, entrance, gate

HFD17c Togo Ber 13/38 [MS]

togo b: berri (Som) 1. land, country; 2. tomorrow;

Berri-Soomal, Somaliland

HFD37 Togo Ber (Togo Berri, May Abeba) 13/38 [Gz WO]

1351'/3813' 1588 m

JDK68 Togo Chale (Togochale, Togo Wech'ale, Tongochale) 09/43 [MS Po]

(Tug Wajale, Tog W., Togwuchalie, Togo Wuch'ale) 09/43 [WO Ad]

(Togo Wchale, Gerbehale) Gz: 0937'/4316' 1525 m;

MS: 0925'/4315' =JDK28 (not the same place?)

Sub-district & its centre in 1964, with sub-post office

H.... Togonya (Togogna) (wells) 05/39? [+ Gu]

HDT27 Togora (area) 10/39 [WO]

HEU30 Togora, see Adi Togora

HEU31 Togora (Amba Togora, Tagora) (pass), cf Tegora 13/39 [WO Gu It]

HFF00 Togora 1306'/3927' 2184 m, north-west of Mekele 13/39 [Gz]

HEF54 Tohuledere, see Tehule Dere

?? Toka, in Konso 05/37? [20]

HFF90c Tokada (Tocada), village near Adigrat, in a valley 14/39 [+ 18]

which Napier's expedition passed in 1868.

GDF13 Tokanu (Tocanu) 0817'/3440' 600 m, near Gambela 08/34 [Gz]

toke: tokke, tokkee (O) single, one only; tokka (A) pleasant place

at the edge of a stream;

-- Toke, adopted clan of gabaro "impure descent",

among the Mecha/Liban Oromo

HDD80 Toke (Toche, Tokay) 0856/3740', 08/37 [+ WO x]

hill 25 km west of Ambo

Coordinates would give map code HDD81

HDL51 Toke 0933'/3835' 2305 m, south-west of Fiche 09/38 [AA Gz]

HDD91 Toke sub-district (Tokie ..) 08/37 [Te WO Ad]

(centre in 1964 = Irenso Gudela)

?? Toki, early customs post ../.. [x]

Around 1905 there was a government customs gate at Toki

on the road Addis Abeba to Nekemte.

HEL35 Tokoashuts (Tocoasciutz) 1207'/3856' 2057 m, 12/38 [+ WO Gu Gz]

north-west of Lalibela

tokon: tokko tokkon (O) one by one

GCU36 Tokon (Tocon) (area) 07/34 [+ WO]

tokonu (Sidamo O) kind of climber, Urera hypselodendron

HES52 Tokri (Tocri, Amba Tocri) 1309'/3746' 2617 m, 13/37 [+ WO Gz]

mountain north of Dabat

HFE02c Tokule 13/38 [x]

HFE30 Tokule (Tocule) 1353'/3826' 1845 m 13/38 [Wa WO Gu Gz]

HDU11 Tol (T'ol) 1004'/3925' 2619 m, west of Molale 10/39 [Gz]

HDU11 Tol kebele (T'ol ..) 10/39 [Ad]

at the middle of the western border of Lalo Midir & Mama Midir

wereda; area 2,055 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

tola (O) generosity; tolla (O) free of charge, gift, present;

tole (Som) tailor

Tola, Tole, a male personal name,

-- Tola, name of an historical group of negroid people

HCC89c Tola, circa 4000 m 06/37 [Gu x]

JDN.. Tolaha (T'olaha), see Tollaha 10/40. [20]

HEC79 Tolasamma (village) 11/37 [It]

tole (O) all right, okey;

(A) (t'ole) 1. adult elephant; 2. gourd of a certain shape

?? Tole, in the country of the western Soddo Oromo ../.. [18 x]

In the 1800s Tole was probably one of the two most important markets

immediately south of Shewa.

HDD38 Tole (area) 08/38 [LM WO]

HDD48 Tole 0829'/3818' 2437 m (with church Abo) 08/38 [Gz]

HDD48 Tole (Toli) 0831'/3816' 2365, 2450 m, 08/38 [WO Gz 18 Gu]

(with church Giyorgis at some distance to the north-east)

?? Tole Denbela (visiting postman under Jimma) ../.. [Po]

?? Tole sub-district (-1997-) 08/38? [n]

There is registered the Sibu-Tole-Kobo National Forest Priority Area.

?? Tole wereda ../.. [Ad]

(-1994-) is divided into 42 rural kebeles and 1 urban.

toledere ..: meda (A,T) field, grassy plain

HEF34 Toledere Meda (area), see under Dessie 11/39 [Gu]

HCR54 Toli 07/37 [WO]

HD... Toli 08/38 [18]

The Toli plateau was inclined to the north-northwest, possibly in the 1880s

the most cultivated area of the Soddo Oromo.

HDD37 Toli, see Keladi

HDL81 Toli 0949'/3833' 3142 m, west of Fiche 09/38 [AA Gz]

HDL62 Toli wereda (Tolie ..) (centre in 1964 = Bantu) 09/38 [+ Ad]

JDN.. Tollaha (T'ollaha, T'olaha) 10/40 [20]

Village within the region of Kemise town in south-eastern Wello.

Some of the Argobba ethnic group live there and are said to speak

the purest Argobba language.

GCS96 Tollei 08/33 [WO]

?? Tollo, distant from Dire Dawa in direction Addis A. ../.. [x]

tolo d..: diimtu (O) red /female, cow/; light complexion /girl/;

dimtu (A) the sound, the voice

HDH.. Tolo Dimtu, 09/36 [x]

village on the western side of the Didessa river where it is crossed

by the road Nekemte-Gimbi.

toma (Konso) wooden bowl used to move earth to level terraces;

tome (t'ome) (A) to fast; tomam (T) deformed, misshapen

HDM23 Toma 0916'/3936' 2676 m, north-west of Sidisto 09/39 [Gz]

JDJ63 Toma, G. (area)1266 m, see under Dire Dawa 09/41 [WO]

toma dera: dera, deeraa (O) tall, long; slow;

dera (dära) (A) grass for thatching roofs

JDS12 Toma Dera (area) 10/42 [WO]

JDB27 Toma Mogio (area) 08/41 [WO]

tomadur: dur (A,T) forest, woods;

dhuur (Som) evergreen tree /tamarisk?/;

duur (Som) 1. jungle; 2. kind of bush plant

HCA23 Tomadur, see Tamitiro

HEH43 Tomat, J. (hill, old Dunkur was near) 12/35 [WO Gu]

HCK08c Tomata, a little south of Dilla 06/38 [x]

HFC20 Tomata El Afif 13/36 [WO]

HFE04 Tombe Maryam (with rock-hewn church) 13/38 [x]

HET40 Tombok (Tomboc) 13/38 [+ WO]

HDT08 Tombola kebele (T'ombola ..) 10/39 [Ad]

at the northern border of eastern Moret & Jiru wereda,

5 km north-west of Jihur; area 1,747 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

tome ..: gera (A) kind of shrub or small tree,

Salix subserrata; twigs from it are used as tooth-sticks

?? Tome Gera (Tomä G.) (legendary precipice) ../.. [Pa]

HET29 Tomezot (T'omezot) 1255'/3918' 1916 m, 12/39 [Gz]

north-west of Maychew

JBR40 Tomole 0454'/4038' 1081 m 04/40 [Gz]

JDD46 Tomsa 0832'/4304' 1127 m 08/43 [Wa Gz]

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

GDE24 Tongadul 08/33 [WO]

GDD07 Tongadut 08/33 [WO]

GDF85 Tonghi (mountain) 0854'/3450' 2575 m, 08/34 [Gz]

east of Gidami

HDE66 Tongit (mission & church) 0845'/3858', 08/38 [WO Gz]

see under Debre Zeyt

GD... Tongo special wereda, 10/34? [20]

in the Asosa zone of Benishangul-Gumuz Regional State.

JDK68 Tongochale, see Togo Chale

GDM.. Tongu kebele 09/34 [20]

in Begi region of Beni Shangul.

(Is there a Tongushafeti kebele?)

HCP07 Tonkolla, 07/36 [x]

15 km east of Kaya in the Kefa area

HDL04 Tonkolle (M. Toncolle) (area) 09/38 [+ WO]

HED60 Tonnaa (village) 11/37 [It]

Too.., see generally To.. or Tu..

HDN17c Toomath, in Bega people country 10/35 [x]

[mentioned by P Wallmark]

GDM.. Toongoo, about 5 km from Begi town 09/34 [x]

Concerning 13 June 1984, see under Begi wereda.

HDM02 Toquarie Ag. 09/39 [WO]

tor (t'or) (A) spear, lance; war; army; tori (T) hartebeest

GCS75c Tor 07/33 [LM]

GCT61 Tor (Tori) 0751'/3335' 299 m, 07/33 [Gz WO]

near the border of Sudan

Within a radius of 10 km there are at km

7E Pentin (village) 302 m

6NW Doinri (village)

9NW Atiep (village)

7NE Packan (Paccan) (village)

tora (A) hartebeest, big cowlike antelope, Alcelaphus spp.;

tora, toora (O) 1. row, objects in a line; 2. towards

HCK56 Tora, see Bedesa

HCK65c Tora (centre in 1964 of Damot wereda) 06/37 [LM Ad]

HCS79 Tora (centre of a sub-district in the 1960s) 07/38 [x]

HCT60 Tora (T'ora) 0751'/3825' 1981 m, 07/38 [Gz]

west of Adami Tulu

JDB.. Tora, 08/41 [n]

in the 1990s Tora is on a rough road that runs from Koshe to Jido.

tora m..: mesk (mäsk) (A) grazing ground, meadow

HDU05 Tora Mesk (battle site in 1916), cf Segele in 1917 09/39 [n Ad]

(centre in 1964 of Nefase sub-district)

HDM51 Toraro, M. (area) 09/39 [WO]

HER56 Torat (mountain) 1310'/3713' 2774 m 13/37 [WO Gz]

HER78 Torat (hill) 1320'/3723' 1351 m, south of Mesfinto 13/37 [Gz]

torban (O) week; torba (O) seven; ashe (A) to knead

HDL83 Torban Ashe 0948'/3842' 2905 m, see under Fiche 09/38 [AA Gz]

-- torban g..: Gudru, a Mecha Oromo tribe

?? Torban Gudru, in the west or south-west ../.. [n]

JDB95 Torbaw (G.Torbau) (area) 08/41 [+ WO]

torbe (O) week

torbi (O) conscript (recruit) to the "core band" of the Borana

JBP28 Torbi (area) 0417'/4108' 525 m 04/41 [WO Wa Gz]

JDJ02 Torbi 0907'/4147' 2119 m, south-west of Grawa 09/41 [Gz]

tore, t'oore (O) spear; (A) (t'orä) provide for someone,

care for for aged parents

HCD27c Tore, see under Agere Maryam 05/38 [LM]

/which Tore?:/ A small market village north of Galana country.

HCD57 Tore 0556'/3809' 1731 m, north of Agere Maryam 05/38 [Gz]

JDK76 Tore 0944'/4305' 1557 m, 09/43 [Gz]

at some distance from the border of Somalia

HDU11 Torezh & Gendasa kebele (T'oräzh & Gändasa ..) 10/39 [Ad]

at the western border of Lalo Midir & Mama Midir wereda;

area 2,018 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HBS72 Torga Gurga (area) 05/37 [WO]

tori (T) hartebeest

GCT61 Tori, see Tor

GDE23 Tormun (Tormum) 0821'/3343' 378 m, 08/33 [Gz]

on the border of Sudan

HDM62 Tormurgefia, see Kormargefiya

HC... Toro Afeta wereda, see Tiro Afeta ..

?? Toro Mesk, cf Tora Mesk ../.. [Ha]

stream passed when going from Ankober to Debre Birhan.

HBK09 Toroba (area) 03/38 [WO]

HB... Torokola ../.. [20]

Settlement of 3 hectares in south-west Konso.

GD... Torpis kebele, ../34 [20]

located near Sudan.

JDK73 Torre, B. (area) 09/42 [WO]

tortora, tortoraa (O) rotten, dirty

JDC80 Tortora (mountain chain) 0857'/4139' 1523 m, 08/41 [Gz]

south-west of Grawa

tosa, t'oosa (O) harm, sin, scapegoat

Tosa, name of the sky-god among the Kulo people

HDJ45 Tosa (T'osa) 0929'/3706' 2456 m, 09/37 [Gz]

south of Shambu, cf Tossa

?? Tosa Asfo (waterfall) ../.. [Pa]

10 km from /which?/ Soddo

HE... Tosa Felana sub-district (centre in 1964 = Ades) 11/39 [Ad]

tosh (O) stop, don't move

/command to a pack or riding animal/

GDL58 Tosho (T'osho, Tulu Toscio, Toscia, Tosco) 09/34 [Gz WO]

(mountain) 0931'/3409' 1596 m

/the two Tosho the same with writing error for the second one?/

GDM53 Tosho (Tulu Toscio, Tosco) 0931'/3439' 1596 m, 09/34 [Gz WO]

north-east of Begi?

HDE78c Tosign kebele (T'osegn ..) 08/39 [Ad]

in westernmost central Minjar & Shenkora wereda,

7 km west of Balchi; area 784 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

tosiny (t'osign) (A) wild thyme, Thymus serrulatus,

used like tea or as a spice; savory, Satureja spp.

HDL09 Tosiny (T'osiny, Tosin) (school) 0907'/3918', 09/39 [Gz WO]

east of Sendafa

HDL41 Tosiny (T'osiny) 0925'/3831' 2120 m 09/38 [AA Gz]

HDL65 Tosiny (T'osiny) 0936'/3853' 2611 m, 09/38 [AA Gz]

south-east of Debre Libanos

tossa, t'oosa (O) plant resembling cape gooseberry,

with round pods containing edible fruit

HEF32 Tossa (mountain), see under Dessie 11/39 [Ca Gu]

HDH89c Tosse, north of Nekemte, nearer to Abay river 09/36 [x]

tota (t'ot'a) (A) grey-green monkey common in Ethiopia,

grivet monkey, guenon monkey, Cereopithecus aethiops

tota amba (A) monkey mountain

HEM23 Tota Amba kebele (T'ot'a ..) 12/39 [Ad]

in south-western Kobo wereda, a little west of Robit;

area 2,726 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

?? Tota Bahir, 'Monkey Sea', ../.. [x]

valley east of the Meqet area, at some distance from Bete Hor, with

Tekeze to the north.

HEC07 Totaeta 10/37 [WO]

HEF53c Totala (T'otäla), to the west of lake Hayk 11/39 [18]

HCJ86 Totcha, see Tocha

HDL95 Totelsh & Gereger, see Totilsh & Girigir

HE... Totillish (district in Metekel, Gojjam) 11/36 [n]

HDL95 Totilsh & Girigir kebele (T'ot'elsh & Gereger ..) 09/38 [Ad]

at the northern border of western Saya Debir & Wayu Insaro wereda;

area 3,302 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HCD97c Totiti (Tootitti), see Tutiti

HEF50 Totola (cf stream Totolo) (on map of 1843) 11/39 [Ha]

HEC79 Totosan 11/37 [WO]

HED70 Totosan 11/37 [WO]

HDM.? Totose 09/39 [x]

Ancient documents seem to indicate that there was Muslim population early.

HDM 52 Totose kebele (T'ot'osé ..) 09/39 [Ad]

in central northern Angolela & Tera Asagirt wereda, near and

to the south-east of Chacha; area 1,728 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HCR67c Tottobi (waterfall), 07/37 [x]

in middle Gibe river south of Gabbara.

Tou.. (when derived from French spelling), see Tu..

GDM92 Touat, see Twat

?? Toukortsa, in the Jimma region ../.. [x]

(spelling by Zervos, not = Chokorsa)

One of the principal towns in Jimma Province in the 1930s.

HDE73 Towa (village) 08/38 [x]

HDS08 Towa 0958'/3819' 2527 m, see under Tulu Milki 09/38 [AA Gz]

towu, towuu (O) 1. to drain away; 2. to wet

HFC09 Tquaro 13/37 [WO]

HES53 Traena, see Zebena

JDN99 Trena (Tareina, Tarena, Terana) 10/40 [Gz WO Gu]

1047'/4040' 776 m

Within a radius of 10 km there are at km

7SE Meli (area)

10S Karoma (Caroma, Carona) (area) 720 m

7SW Sarule (area)

9W Barugali (area)

5N Danagera (Danaghera) (area)

4NE Bara (area)

HDU66 Trento (pass) 1463 m 10/39 [WO Gu]

KCS85 Trijunction Point 08/48 [x]

(where Ethiopia and Djibouti and Somalia meet)

?? Trobe/?/, in Tigray ../.. [x]

tsaba: tseba (ts'äba) (T) milk

HEU30 Tsaba (mountain peak) 1301'/3921' 2352 m, 13/39 [Gz]

north-west of Maychew

HFF36c Tsaba Anya, see Tsav Aina

HFD17 Tsabalaka (Tsabalaca) 1343'/3810' 13/38 [+ WO Gz]

(with mission), just south of Tekezze river at main road

HFF13 Tsabat 1340'/3940' 2269 m, near Agula 13/39 [Gz]

tsada, ceremonial place for sacrifice among the Dorse;

tsaida (T) white

HFE68 Tsada (Tzada, Tsadeya, Tsadya, Tsedenya) 14/39 [Gu WO x]

2251/2402 m, with a convent, see also May Tsaida

HFF52 Tsada Amba (Tzaida A, Tsada Emba, Sada E.) 14/39 [x 18]

(Saada Amba) (area recorded in 1868, wereda in 1966)

There are five rock-hewn churches in the area,

see under Adi Kesho, Idaga Hamus, Mellehai Zengi.

HFF52 Tsada Amba wereda (-1997-) 14/39 [n]

HFK17 Tsada Beit (Tzada Beit) 1564 m 14/38 [+ Gu]

HFD93 Tsada Emmi (Tzada Emmi) 14/37 [+ WO]

tsada midri: midiri (T) land, country

HFK06 Tsada Midri, see Tzada Medri

HFE81 Tsada Welaka (Tzada Uallaca, T. Uollaca), see Adi Haye

?? Tsadda (in the Gondar region), see Sadda

HET88 Tsaeda Emba, see Tsaida Imba

HET86 Tsadga (locality) 1325'/3859' 13/38 [Gz]

HET27 Tsadka (Tsadqa) 1252'/3905' 1737 m, 12/39 [Gz q]

north of Sekota

HDU32 Tsadkan (Tsadqan) 1018'/3935' 2880 m, 10/39 [Gz q]

north-west of Molale

tsadkan h..: hawaryat (A) apostles

HEK91 Tsadkan Hawaryat (Tsadqan H.) 12/37 [Gz q]

1239'/3738' 2733 m, east of Gondar

HEU33 Tsahafti 1301'/3940' 2120 m, south of Debub 13/39 [Gz]

HFF32 Tsahilo 1352'/3933' 2393 m, 13/39 [Gz]

(with church Maryam), south-east of Hawzen

HFF01 Tsahlo 1337'/3928' 2127 m, north of Mekele 13/39 [Gz]

HFF90 Tsahwa 1426'/3922' 2429 m, north of Adigrat 14/39 [Gz]

HET35 Tsaicha Sewir (Tsa'icha S.) 1253'/3858' 1843 m, 12/38 [Gz]

north-west of Sekota

tsaida a..: adi, addi (T) village; country;

adii (O) 1. white; 2. kind of tree

HFD96 Tsaida Adi (Tocud Emni) 1423'/3809' 1762 m 14/38 [Gz]

tsaida i..: imba (T) mountain; (A) tears

HET88 Tsaida Imba (Ts'a'ida Imba, Tsaeda Emba) 13/39 [Gz n]

1324'/3911' 2114 m,

(with church Mikael), south-west of Mekele

HET88 Tsaida Imba wereda (Tsaeda Emba ..) 13/39 [n Ad]

HET58 Tsaida Sairi (Tsa'ida Sa'iri) 1307'/3915' 1553 m, 13/39 [Gz]

south of Samre

HFE71 Tsailega (Tsa'ilega) 1415'/3836' 1672 m, 14/38 [Gz]

north-west of Aksum

HET68 Tsalda, see under Samre 13/39 [WO]

-- Tsamay (Tsemay, Tsamako), name of an ethnic group living west

of lake Chamo, numbering about 9,702 acc. to the 1994 census.

-- Tsamay language (Ts'amai, Tsamako, Tsamakko)

alternated names Tamaha, Kuile, Kule, Cule.

tsamera: tsemri (T) hair /of plant, animal or human body/

HET26 Tsamera (Tzamera) (area) hill 1930 m 13/38 [Gu]

HEL72 Tsamla 1227'/3839' 2095 m 12/38 [Gz]

HEL62 Tsamla Giyorgis (church) 1219'/3838' 12/38 [Gz]

tsana (A) kind of small tree, Stereospermum kunthianum,

with grey bark which comes off in round flakes;

tsenna (ts'änna) (A) be firm, be valid

HER11 Tsanaua (Tsanana) 1247'/3645' 1017 m 12/36 [Gz WO]

HC... Tsanga 06/36 [En]

The historical capital of the Gofa kings used to be on top of a mountain at Tsanga.

HEJ75 Tsangala (Tzangala) 1860 m 12/37 [+ Gu]

-- Tsara (ethnic group), see Chara

HFE65 Tsarait 1409'/3856' 2223 m, see under Adwa 14/38 [WO Gz]

HET58 Tsarma, see Samre

HFF32 Tsarya (mountain) 1354'/3937' 2334 m, 13/39 [Gz]

south-east of Hawzen

HFE.. Tsasarat, see under Mereto

HFF36c Tsav Aina (Zavaina, Tsaba Anya) 13/39 [x]

(Saba 'Enna) (with rock-hewn church),

see under Atsbi

Tsch.., see Ch..

-- Tschako language, see Sheko

GCT35 Tsciam, see Cham

HCB15c Tseba, a small part of the Baka ethnic group 05/36 [x]

with their own settlement area.

HF... Tsebel (centre in 1964 of Debel sub-district) 14/38 [Ad]

HEE84 Tsebelat kebele (Tsäbälat ..) 11/38 [Ad]

in western Meket wereda, 7 km west of Filakit;

area 4,012 hectares. [CSA 1994]

H.... Tseberga (Tzeberga), 13/39 [+ x]

with rock-hewn/?/ church Maryam

HFF01 Tsebeylen 1339'/3928' 1826 m, north of Mekele 13/39 [Gz]

HFD.. Tsebri (farm near Tekeze river), 13/38 [n]

operated by members of the Tigray Liberation Front

tsedda (ts'ädda) (A) be clean, be pure;

tsedo (A), tsaddo (T) kind of shrub or small tree,

Rhamnus staddo

HEK61c Tsedda (former Falasha village) 12/37 [n x]

HFE68 Tsedenya, see Tsada

tsediya: tsedey, sowing season from March to June

HFE48 Tsediya (Tzedia) 1359'/3913' 1759 m, 13/39 [Gz]

west of Hawzen

HFE58 Tsediya sub-district (Tsedeia .., Tzedia ..) 14/39 [+ Ad x Gu]

(centre in 1964 = Nekwae)

HFF60 Tsefah 1407'/3924' 2179 m, 14/39 [Gz]

(with church Abune Aregay), south of Adigrat

?? Tsegaga (Tsegaja) ../.. [x]

tsege reda: tsigge reda (A,T) African wild rose;

redda (rädda) (A) aid, help

HFE29 Tsege Reda (Tsegie R.), see Tsigereda

tsegede: tsegga (ts'ägga) (A) grace, virtue, gift of God

HER76 Tsegede (Tsägäde, Tzeghede), in Wegera awraja 13/37 [Ad WO]

HFC53 Tsegede, see Tzeghede

HER.? Tsegede wereda (Tsegedie ..) 13/37 [Ad 20]

in north-western Tigray

(-1994-) is divided into 19 rural kebeles and 1 urban.

HFE86 Tsehadiya (mountain peak) 1420'/3859' 2190 m, 14/38 [Gz]

(with church Maryam), west of Inticho

HF... Tsehaf Werd sub-district 14/39? [Ad]

(centre in 1964 = Gira Aras)

Tsehay, a female (possibly also male?) personal name

?? Tsehay, historical area in Amhara ../.. [Pa]

tsehay sina (A) sun of Sinai

HD... Tsehay Sina (in Menz .. awraja), 09/39? [Ad]

midway between Debre Birhan and Dessie.

HEM40 Tsehay Sina kebele 12/39 [Ad]

in western central Gera Midir & Keya Gebriel wereda;

area 2,347 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HEC98 Tseige, see Zege

?? Tsela Asfere (Tsela Asfäré), in Lasta near Zänjärach 12/39? [x]

HFF62 Tselal Mo'o, see Tsilalmao

?? Tselalo (Selalo), ancient religious place ../.. [x]

H.... Tselemti, see Tsellemti

HFE.. Tselessi Bit (village in Tigray) 14/38 [n]

HED92 Tseletbey (Tzeletbei) (pass) 11/37 [+ WO]

GDU.. Tselfa 10/34 [Mi]

north-west of Asosa, 10 km south of Shirgelo.

tselim, tsellim (ts'ällim) (Geez,T) black, night;

tselimo, tsellimo (T) various kinds of tree, Canthium euryoides, Diospyros

abyssinica, Ekebergia capensis, Maytenus undata, Psydrax schimperiana

H.... Tselim Ba'ati, in Temben, south/?/ of Abiy Adi 13/39? [n]

Archaeological site being a rock shelter 24 m long and 4 m wide.

tselim e..: tselim imni (T) black stone = granite

HFD97 Tselim Emni 1494 m, cf Tsaida Adi 14/38 [LM WO]

H.... Tselim sub-district (Telim ..) ../.. [+ Ad]

(centre in 1964 = Feres Bet)

HEU10 Tseliya 1248'/3924' 1938 m, west of Maychew 12/39 [Gz]

?? Tsellare (Tsellaré) mentioned in the 1700s ../.. [x]

HET16 Tsellari (Amba T., Calbis) 1250'/3900' 2012 m, 12/39 [Gz]

north of Sekota

HFD19 Tsellemti (Tselemt, Tzellemti, Salämt, Sällämt) 13/38 [Gu x WO Pa]

(Sellemt) (wide area, awraja?) 1335'/3820'

Coordinates would give map code HFD09

HET90 Tsellemti wereda (Telemt, Tselemt, Tsilemti ..) 13/38 [n Ad 20]

(centre in 1964 = Adi Selam)

(-1994-) is divided into 39 rural and 2 urban kebeles.

HFE.? Tsellere (Tzellerè), near Abiy Adi 13/39? [+ It]

-- Tsemay (ethnic group), see Tsamay

HFD37c Tsembela, see Tsimbila

tsembelta: tsimbil (T) ceremony

HFD38 Tsembelta (Tsembela), see Tzembelta

HFF20 Tsemena (Tsemuna, Tzemmuna), 13/39 [x]

(with rock-hewn church),

see under Geralta churches - southern

HEU5. Tsenbera 13/40 [x]

Village in Wejerat (Wojirat) wereda of Inderta awraja, at some 40 km

east of the main Asmara-Addis Abeba road, at the Adi Qeyih amba.

HCK14 Tsenga 0630'/3756' 1168 m 06/37 [Gz]

Coordinates as written here indicate a place in the middle of northern lake Abaya

H.... Tseniha (centre in 1964 of Gulgolo sub-district) 13/38 [Ad]

HF... Tsenkanet 13/39 [20]

HFF22 Tserai (Tzera, Tserae) (area) 13/39 [x n]

HFF22 Tserai wereda (Tserae ..) (-1966-1994-) 13/39 [20]

HES.. Tserarvi, 13/38 [Gu]

village of shepherds and farmers.

GDM33 Tserba (Culli) 0923'/3439' 1604 m 09/34 [Gz WO]

?? Tserena (ford & wells) ../.. [Gu]

HFF22 Tseria (Tseri'a) 1346'/3937' 2196 m, 13/39 [Gz]

(with church Inda Silase), north of Agula and near Wikro

tserk a..: aba/abba (O) 1. father, owner, elder;

2. deity, spirit

HEU01 Tserk Aba (Tserq Aba) 1240'/3929' 3212 m, 12/39 [Gz q]

south-west of Maychew

tsetser (ts'äts'är) (T) pebble

HFE12 Tsetser (area) 1341'/3837' 13/38 [Gz]

HFE12 Tsetsera (Tsesera, Tzetzera) (area) 1341'/3837', 13/39 [Ad x WO]

cf Lai Tsetsera, Tach Tsetsera

HF... Tsetserat sub-district? (-1997-) 13/39? [n]

?? Tseyamo, ancient area ../.. [Pa]

Area which cannot be accurately placed but is mentioned

as belonging to the Aksumite Empire in the 300s.

HET95 Tseykeme (Tseyqeme, Zencame) 13/38 [Gz q]

1329'/3859 1591 m, (with church Medhane Alem), south of Abiy Adi

Coordinates would give map code HET96

HFF23 Tsibab 1347'/3939' 2587 m, 13/39 [Gz]

north of Agula and near Wikro

HFE17 Tsigaba 1313'/3909', 13/39 [20]

about 40 km west-north-west of Mekele.

tsige (A) 1. flower, crown of flower; 2. grace;

Tsige, female and/or male personal name

HDH.. Tsige 09/36 [20]

There is registered the Komto-Waga-Tsige National Forest Priority Area.

HDH19 Tsige Maryam (Seghe Mariam) 0911'/3630' 1750 m, 09/36 [Gz WO]

(with church Maryam)

HDH27 Tsige Maryam 0914'/3624' 1530 m, 09/36 [Gz]

north-west of Nekemte

HED12 Tsige Tsiyon 10/37 [MS]

tsigereda: tsigge reda (A,T,from Geez) African wild rose,

Rosa abyssinica; also used as a woman's name

HDM92 Tsigereda (centre in 1964 of Moja sub-district) 09/39 [Ad]

HFF30 Tsigereda (Tzeghereda, Tsege Reda, Tsegie R.) 13/39 [Gz x]

Gz: 1352'/3921' 1918 m; MS: 1347'/3920'

Centre in 1964 of Geralta wereda.

HFF80 Tsigereda (Cigeredda) 1421'/3924' 2504 m 14/39 [Gz WO]

HDM62 Tsigereda kebele (Tsegéräda ..) 09/39 [Ad]

at the northern border and far to the east in Angolela & Tera Asagirt wereda,

7 km south-east of Debre Birhan; area 1,956 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HFF20 Tsigniefeda (Tzigniefeda) (with rock church), 13/39 [x]

see under Geralta churches - southern

HDL95c Tsihga (old historical district), see Insarro

HFF62 Tsilalmao (Tsilal Mo'o, Tselal Moho) 14/39 [n x]

The rock-hewn church Gebriel is about 6 km south-east of Idaga Hamus,

roughly halfway to May Megelta and 1½ km east of the main road.

HCT.. Tsilalou, see Chilalo

H.... Tsilemti, see Tsellemti

HFF00 Tsilib Mikael (church) 1335'/3924', 13/39 [Gz]

north-west of Mekele

HEM71 Tsiliya Giyorgis (church) 1228'/3931', 12/39 [Gz]

north-west of Alamata

HDK75 Tsillalish, see Itisa

HCA64 Tsilmamo (Zilmamo, Zilmami, Zulumamur) 06/35 [Gz Wa WO]

(Zulimamu, Mederdur) 0601'/3512' 1327 m

Almost at the head of the Karabbo stream.

Within a radius of 10 km there are at km

5SW Nebit (area)

5NE Kanta (Gara Canta) (mountain)

10NE Kanta (Canta) (village)

-- Tsilmano, Zilmamo, a dialect of the Kachipo-Balesi

living on both sides of the Ethiopia-Sudan border

?? Tsimbila, see Legaso

HFD27 Tsimbila, see Tzembela

HFD37c Tsimbila & Asegede wereda (Tsimbela ..) 13/38 [Ad]

(Tsimbilana Asegede ..)

HFD37c Tsimbila wereda (Tsembela ..) (-1964-1994-) 13/38 [Ad]

(centre in 1964 = Indabaguna)

?? Tsinun sub-district (in Borena) ../.. [Ad]

(centre in 1964 = Hore Kelo)

HF... Tsira wereda (-1997-) 13/39 [n]

HFF... Tsirai (location near Abreha Atsbeha), 13/39 [n]

same as Tserai?

Tsiyon, Zion, refers in Ethiopia also to the Virgin Mary

and may even occur as a male personal name in modern time;

debir (däbir) (A) mountain, sanctuary, church served

by married priests

H.... Tsiyon Debir 10/37 [Ad]

(centre in 1964 of Irbab sub-district)

HET54 Tsnako (Tznaco) 13/38 [+ WO]

HFD79 Tsogwak (Zoguac) 1565 m 14/38 [+ Gu]

HEM82 Tsoiag (Amba Tsolog) 1232'/3935' 1953 m, 12/39 [Gz]

near Korem

GDU.. Tsore (refugee centre in the Asosa area) 10/34 [n]

HFL17c (Tsorona) 14/39 [x 20]

(Locality in Eritrea between the Mareb river and Senafe, on the north-east

bank of Belesa river in an area being a front between Eritrea and Ethiopia

in war from 1998.)

(In February and March 1999 hostilities between Eritrea and Ethiopia

flared again along fronts in Badme and Tsorona.)

HED60c Tsul, lowland west of Tis Isat and Yegind 11/37 [x]

HDL13 Tsuluta, see Sululta

HEK48 Tsungi Maryam (Tzunghi Mariam) 12/38 [+ WO]

HEH45 Tuaba, see Twaba

HET46c Tuankua Abergele /wereda?/, 13/38 [Ad]

district in Tigray

tuba (O) rope; tubba, tubbaa (O) skein of yarn

HDD01 Tuba 0813'/3741' 1669 m, near Abelti 08/37 [Gz]

HDD88 Tubulo 0853'/3819' 2040 m, 08/38 [Gz]

south-west of Addis Alem

HBL04 Tuca, see Tuka & HDJ11 JDK01

HDJ01 Tuca, see Chalchis

HCT83c Tuchu, 5 km from Abosa 08/38 [n]

HEK54 Tucrie, see Tukriye

JCK83 Tucub, see Tukub

HER35 Tucul Dinghia, see Tikil Dingay

HFC34 Tucul Duma, see Tikil Duma

HCR64 Tucur, see Tikur

HEE77 Tucurena (Tucuriena), see Tukurena

HDM12 Tudlamariam (mountains recorded in 1841) 09/39 [Ha]

GCS59 Tueraciata, see Twerachata

tufa, tufah, tuffah (A,T) apple; tufe (O) spit;

tufa, tuufa (O) kind of blessing expressed by spitting

on the palm of the receiver's hand; a type of hereditary office

among the Borana to serve as junior officiant;

Tufa, a male personal name

HCT80 Tufa (Tuffa, Taffa), cf Tiffa, 08/38 [x Gu WO]

6 km long swamp communicating with lake Tufa.

tufa c..: chuqqalla (O) cork, or other stopping device with that effect

HDE36 Tufa Chukala (Tufa Ch'uqala) 0827'/3858' 1659 m, 08/38 [Gz q]

south-west of Mojo

tug, seasonal watercourse

tog (Som) dry river-bed, gulley, ravine;

tuug (Som) 1. thief, robber; 2. begging; tugh (Som/H.Salt) go away

JCJ51c Tug 06/41 [Wa]

JDD27 Tug Aidob (mountain) 0823'/4313' 1214 m 08/43 [Gz]

JCR39 Tug Fidaedi, 0733'/4229' 07/42 [x]

JDK11 Tug Tafan (area) 09/42 [WO]

JCR18 Tug Terfa 0725'/4222' 07/42 [x]

JDK68 Tug Wajale, see Togochale

HEA35 Tugojan (Tugogian) 1108'/3513' 566 m 11/35 [x WO Gz]

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

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

HEJ47 Tuha Diba (church) 12/37 [Ch WO]

HET82 Tuhuli (T'uhuli) 1324'/3907' 2100 m, 13/39 [Gz]

(with church Maryam), south-east of Abiy Adi

tuhuwa h..: Hanna, the mother of Virgin May

HEJ56 Tuhuwa Hana 1213'/3712' 1829 m, 12/37 [Gz]

at north-west lake Tana

HCG08 Tui 0621'/3534' 1213 m, north of Maji 06/35 [WO Gz]

tuka (O) 1. spur; 2. fire-brand; 3. (tuqa) swarm

of insects; 4. giant molerat, Tachyoryctes macrocephalus

HBL04 Tuka (Tuqa, Tuca, Tuk Dima) (area) 03/38 [Gz q WO]

0339'/3848' 1278, 1549 m,

this and next one near the border of Kenya

HBL04 Tuka (Tuqa, Tuca) (mountain) 0341'/3850' 1516 m, 03/38 [Gz q Ad]

(sub-district & its centre in 1964)

HDE62 Tuka (Touka) (archaeological site), 08/38 [x]

see under Melka Kunture

HDJ01 Tuka (Tuca), see Chalchis

/this Tuka?:/ At the Limmen stream on the right hand side of Awash river.

HDJ11 Tuka (Tuqa, G. Tuca) 0910'/3646' 2641, 3110 m, 09/36 [Gz q WO]

(mountain, with church Abo), north-east of Nekemte,

see under this name (Fre: Gara Touka)

HDK18 Tuka (Tuqa) 0912'/3918' 2649 m, 09/38 [AA Gz q]

this and next one 2 km away, north-west of Addis Alem

HDK18 Tuka (Tuqa) 0912'/3819' 2553 m, 09/38 [AA Gz q]

JDH01 Tuka (Tuca, G.) (area), see under Asbe Teferi 09/40 [+ WO]

HDJ01 Tuka Giyorgis (church) 0908'/3644' 09/36 [Gz]

HCS06 Tuka sub-district (centre in 1964 = Alaba Kulito) 07/38 [Ad]

KCN96 Tukayel (Turkayel, Hagoga) (area) 08/45 [Gz WO]

0807'/4521' 787 m

HFE18 Tukhul 1339'/3914', 13/39 [20]

about 30 km north-west of Mekele

HBE95 Tukka (area), cf Tuka 03/38 [WO]

HEK54 Tukriye (Tucrie) 1216'/3754' 2208 m, 12/37 [+ WO Gz]

east of northernmost lake Tana

tukub (Som) walk weakly and slowly; tukube (Som) large

walking stick

JCK83 Tukub (Tucub) (wells) 0707'/4246' 07/42 [+ WO Gz]

HFC73 Tukulite (area) 14/36 [WO]

Tukur .., see Tikur ..

HEE77 Tukurena (Tucurena) (area) 11/39 [+ WO]

HEE77 Tukurena Giyorgis (Tucuriena Ghiorghis), 11/39 [+ Gu]

(church) 2804 m

HEE66 Tukya (T'uqya) 1125'/3858' 1981 m, 11/38 [Gz q]

south of Bete Hor

HE... Tul (river), 11/38 [Ch]

river joining the Abay some distance downstream from Tis Isat falls.

?? Tul Harre, near border of Somalia, cf Tulu Hora ../.. [18]

tula: tuullaa (O) sheaves of grain stacked upright

?? Tula /which one?/, ../.. [20]

with a constituency in the elections of 2005.

HCL60 Tula (locality) 0656'/3827', south of lake Awasa 06/38 [Gz]

HEF63 Tula 1125'/3939' 1649 m, north of Hayk 11/39 [Gz]

JDJ35 Tula 0922'/4206' 2005 m, north-west of Harar 09/42 [Gz]

tula d..: tulla, tuullaa (O) sheaves stacked upright

HBF90 Tula Deye (T. Dey, Tulu Deye), 03/39 [Gz WO]

0334'/3921' 1220 m, mountain near the border of Kenya

HCN64 Tulabi (Tulebi) 0750'/3514' 1492 m, 07/35 [Gz]

north-west of Gecha

-- Tulama (Tuloma),

one of the Shewan tribes of the Oromo.

JEA67 Tulamayto (Tulamaitu) (area) 11/40 [+ WO]

HBT40 Tulawayo (Tulawaya, Tulauaio) 0456'/3825' 1573 m 04/38 [Gz LM Wa WO]

?? Tulazamo (village) ../.. [18]

JDK27 Tulbiy 0915'/4310' 1778 m, east of Jijiga 09/43 [Gz]

JCL04 Tulcalcal, see Talkalkal

HDK04 Tule (Tuli) (mountain) 3064 m 09/37 [AA WO]

HDK04 Tule (Tuli) 0904'/3754' 2778 m, north of Ambo 09/37 [AA Gz WO]

HCN64 Tulebi, see Tulabi

HDT59 Tuledibigana kebele (Tulädi..) 10/39 [Ad]

in central western Jema wereda, 5 km west-south-west of Degolo:

area 2,857 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HDJ94 Tulem 0953'/3701' 2337 m, west of Alibo 09/37 [Gz]

tulema: tulama (O) proprietor of land with hereditary rights;

-- Tulema (Tuläma), Tulama, large group of Oromo known

at least since 1600, see also under Tulama

HCJ89 Tulema 0705'/3725' 1229 m, see under Waka 07/37 [WO Gz]

HEE18 Tulfe (T'ulfe) 1101'/3913' 3231 m 11/39 [Gz]

HCL79 Tuli 0659'/3914' 2473 m, east of Dodola 06/39 [Gz]

HDG38 Tuli 0921'/3532' 1858 m, south-east of Nejo 09/35 [Gz]

HDK04 Tuli (mountain) 0904'/3756' 2813 m, 09/37 [Gz]

north-east of Ambo, cf Tulli

H.... Tuli (Tulie) 08/37? [+ Ad]

(centre in 1964 of Wedesa sub-district)

HDK49 Tuli, two at 2½ km distance 09/38 [AA]

HDK58 Tuli 0930'/3819' 2630 m 09/38 [Gz]

HDL07 Tuli 0904'/3907' 2518 m, south-east of Sendafa 09/39 [Gz]

HDL54 Tuli (T'uli) 0933'/3848' 2628 m, south of Fiche 09/38 [AA Gz]

HDL54 Tuli 0934'/3848' 2517 m, south of Fiche 09/38 [Gz]

HDL63 Tuli 09/38 [WO]

HDT77 Tuliya 1036'/3905' 2501 m, west of Were Ilu 10/39 [Gz]

JCL04 Tulkalkal, see Talkalkal

HBT95c Tulla, 05/38 [Mi]

mountain about 60 km south-southwest of Kibre Mengist.

tulla (O) heap, pile, dried dung; tula (O) 1. kind of small to

medium tree, Rapanea simensis; 2. see tulu;

facha (O) 1. gadfly; 2. mounted trophy of a hunter

HCF64 Tulla Facha (Tulla Facia) (area) 06/39 [+ WO]

tulla ko..: korma (A,O) bull /not castrated/;

(O) male /said of animals/; kormaa (O) cock

HDC93 Tulla Korma (T. Corma) (area) 2023 m, 08/36 [+ WO]

see under Sire HDC93

HEA19 Tulla Sembertide (area) 11/35 [WO]

tulli (A) (t'ulli) 1. gourd bottle, 2. loincloth;

3. (tulli) anus, rectum

JCM40 Tulli (Guglu) 0647'/4419' 521 m, near code JCL49 06/44 [Gz]

JCM50 Tulli, see under Kebri Dehar, cf Tuli 06/44 [WO]

JDD64c Tulli 08/42 [It]

JDD29 Tulli Anot (area) 08/43 [WO]

tulli der: dheer (Som) tall, long, deep

JCM01 Tulli Der 06/44 [WO]

JDD35c Tullih 0830'/4254' 1261 m 08/42 [Wa Gz]

tullo: tuulo (Som) village

JDH25 Tullo 0915'/4112' 2023 m, 09/41 [Gz]

west of Deder, cf Telo, cf Kunte

HDJ17 Tullo Amara (Tulu Amara), see Amara, cf Tulu Amara

HCN87c Tullo Bacchisi, see Bakisi

HCT74 Tullo Guddo, see Kulu Gudu

JDK62 Tullo Gulet, see Tulu Guled

HDN34 Tullo Moni (area) 10/35 [WO]

HDL29 Tullofa (mountain and place) 2750 m, 09/39 [WO Gu]

cf Tulu Ofa, Tulofa

JDC65 Tullolola (area) 08/42 [WO]

JDB95 Tullora 09/41 [WO]

tullu, tulluu (O) mountain;

Tullu, Tulu, also used as a male personal name

JDC33 Tullu (area), cf Tulu 08/41 [WO]

?? Tullu Deemtu, see Tulu Dimtu

HCT74 Tullu Guddu, see Kulo Gudo

GDM.. Tullu kebele (same as Gebeya Fechasa?) 09/34 [20]

in Begi region of Beni Shangul.

JCH10 Tullu Micire, see Tulu Michire

HDK99 Tullu Milchi, see Tulu Milki

tullu s..: shatto (O in the south-west) kind of

tall forest tree, Albizia gummifera

HCU74 Tullu Shato (Tullu Sciato) 07/39 [+ WO]

(area) 2560 m, see under Robi

GDF85 Tullu Ualel, see Tulu Welel

JDH14 Tulo wereda, in the direction of Mieso 09/41 [Ad]

(-1994-) is divided into 30 rural and 3 urban kebeles.

JDH14 Tulo wereda & sub-district (-1964-1997-) 09/41 [Ad n]

(centre in 1964 = Hirna)

HDL93 Tulofa 0957'/3845' 1839 m, 09/38 [AA Gz]

(with church Mikael), north of Fiche

HDM30c Tulofa kebele 09/39 [Ad]

at the western border of northern Hagere Maryam & Kesem wereda,

5 km west-north-west of Koremash settlement; area 1,021 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

-- Tuloma, Tulama, a tribe of Oromo in Shewa, with their

own northern dialect, same as Tulema?

HDT23 Tuloma (area) 1010'/3842' 10/38 [WO Gz]

Tulu .., cf Tullo ..

tulu (O) 1. to pile, stack, heap; 2. kind of grass,

kind of tree, Euphorbia abyssinica?;

3. (also tula) deep well, well complex;

(tulu may in geographical names mostly stand for

tullu, tulluu (O) mountain)

HDD59 Tulu (Siba) 0840'/3823' 2167 m 08/38 [Gz]

HDS05 Tulu 1002'/3802' 1281 m 10/38 [Gz]

HEF05 Tulu 1051'/3948' 1442 m, south-east of Kombolcha 10/39 [Gz]

JD... Tulu (on map of 1814) 09/41 [18]

on the caravan route from Harar to Ankober.

JDC97 Tulu 0859'/4214' 1439 m, south-east of Harar 08/42 [Gz]

tulu ada: ada, adaa (O) 1. clan; 2. culture, custom;

3. kind of flower

-- Ada, Hada, name of a Tulama Oromo tribe

HDJ45 Tulu Ada 0929'/3705' 2646 m, south of Shambu 09/37 [Gz]

HDCo9 Tulu Ali 0810'/3728'c 08/37 [x]

tulu amara (O) mountain of the Amhara

HDJ17 Tulu Amara (Amara, Tullo Amara) (mountain) 09/37 [Gz]

0911'/3717' 2778 m, same as Tullu Amaré?

Coordinates would give map code HDJ07

Dilamo, supreme chief of the Mecha Oromo, was killed at

Tullu Amaré in 1705.

GDF21 Tulu Aro, see Aro

HDG04 Tulu Babor (Margo) 0905'/3512' 1748 m, 09/35 [Gz]

north-west of Yubdo

HDP25c Tulu Balto, see Balto

GDU.. Tulu Basa, 10/34 [Mi]

about 25 km east of Asosa at altitude 1930 m.

tulu bed..: badada (O) 1. name of one of ten gada sets;

2. forced penal servitude; badhaada (O) blessings, wealthy

HDS09 Tulu Bedada (Tella Bedada) (mountain) 09/38 [Gz WO]

0959'/3820' 2526 m

HDA54 Tulu Benni (Beina, Beinal) (mountain) 08/35 [WO Gz]

0836'/3511' 1254 m

tulu ber..: barchuma (O) 1. stool with three legs; 2. custom

GDM35 Tulu Berchuma (T. Berch'uma) 09/34 [Gz]

0920'/3449' 1417 m, east of Begi

tulu bof.: bofa (O) snake

HDJ56 Tulu Bofa 0931'/3713', 09/37 [Gz]

slightly elevated 'island' in wetland east of Shambu

HD... Tulu Bofa (village) 09/39 [18]

tulu boj.: boya (T) paint

HDN54 Tulu Boja, 1027'/3508' 10/35 [x]

tulu bok.: boko (O) sphere; bokku, bokkuu (O) sceptre

as symbol of power; boku, boquu (O) neck

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

tulu bol.: bola (O) leaf; boola (O) hole;

boolla (O) burrow, pit, grave

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

HDG.. Tulu Bollale, about 14 km east of Nejo 09/35 [Mi]

tulu bolo: bollo, boolloo (O) valley, trench

HD... Tulu Bolo (centre in 1964 of Becho wereda) 08/38 [Ad]

HDD37 Tulu Bolo 0830'/3810' 08/38 [MS]

HDD57 Tulu Bolo (Tulubolo, Masno Gabado) 08/38 [Gz]

0840'/3813' 2204 m

Village south of the Jimma road, at the end of the straight part after Awash bridge.

HDH30c Tulu Bolo (T. Bollo) 09/35 [Mi]

HDL63 Tulu Bolo (T. Bollo, Tulub?) 0938'/3842' 2523 m, 09/38 [AA Gz Po]

south of Fiche

With sub-post office under Addis Abeba.

?? Tulu Booga/?/ (visiting postman under Jimma) ../.. [Po]

tulu bora (O) vulture mountain? see bora directly

for various meanings

HDK43 Tulu Bora 0929'/3749' 1702 m 09/37 [AA Gz]

HDG.. Tulu Choochay, see Nejo : Katta Valley

tulu daltu (O) mountain of the heir

JCN54 Tulu Daltu (area) 2575 m 07/40 [WO]

HDP.. Tulu Dangab, see Dangab

HDJ.. Tulu Danko (Tullu Danco) 09/37 [+ 18]

HDB99 Tulu Dawka (T. Dauca) 0901'/3632' 09/36 [+ x]

tulu deb..: debisa (O) 1. furrow; 2. Adina microcephala;

3. answer, reaction

HDJ55 Tulu Debisa (T. Debesa) 0930'/3705' 2670 m, 09/37 [Gz 20]

south of Shambu

HDG86 Tulu Denghi, see Dengi

HDD00 Tulu Derar 0809'/3734'c 08/37 [x]

tulu dey: dey (Som) glance, look

HBF90 Tulu Dey (area) 03/39 [WO]

tulu dimtu (O) red mountain

HCM44c Tulu Dimtu (Tullu Deemtu) 06/39 [20 Ca]

At the top is a sender station.

HDE74 Tulu Dimtu 0851'/3849' 2149 m 08/38 [Gz]

(with church Giyorgis), near Akaki

HDE88 Tulu Dimtu 0853'/3909' 2171 m, 08/39

south of Chefe Donsa

HDH.. Tulu Dimtu (T. Demtu), in Gimbi awraja 09/35 [Ad]

HDH41c Tulu Dimtu, 30 km north of Gimbi 09/35 [Mi]

HDL72 Tulu Dimtu 0941/3840' 2716 m, south-west of Fiche 09/38 [AA Gz]

HDL73 Tulu Dimtu sub-district 09/38 [Ad]

(centre in 1964 = Koftu)

HDJ73 Tulu Ebicho 0944'/3657' 1682 m, 09/36 [Gz]

north-west of Shambu

GCM36 Tulu Facha (Fre: Toulou Fatcha), 06/34 [x]

in the region of Akobo river near Sudan

HDN14c Tulu Fagocho circa 1005'/3510' (on map of 1901), 10/35 [x]

between rivers Abay and Dabus

HDN24 Tulu Fajedo (T. Fageddo) 1010'/3510', 10/35 [x]

see also Fagaddo

tulu faya: fayya (O) 1. health; 2. whole, unbroken

HBM56 Tulu Faya (Tulu Faia) (hill) 04/39 [+ WO]

tulu fera: fera (A,O) epidemic, contagious disease;

(T) Dregea schimperi

?? Tulu Fera (visiting postman under Addis Abeba) ../.. [Po]

tulu ferd.: farda (O) horse; mecha (O) nation;

-- Mecha, an Oromo tribe

HDD98 Tulu Ferda Mecha (Tulu Ferda), 09/38 [AA Gz]

0901'/3817' 2124 m, west of Addis Alem,

see under Welenkomi

tulu geda: tulu geda (O) humid and freshly green mountain

HDL65 Tulu Geda (Gidda) 0938'/3853' 2593 m, 09/38 [AA Gz]

south-east of Debre Libanos, see under this name

HE... Tulu Gedero 11/39 [Ad]

(centre in 1964 of Rugga sub-district)

HDG39 Tulu Gingi (T. Ghinghi, Fre: Toulou Guingui) 09/35 [+ WO Gu n]

0921'/3540' 1960/2137 m, south-east of Boji

HDL50 Tulu Giyorgis (church) 0930'/3830', 09/38 [Gz]

south-west of Fiche

tulu goda: see directly under goda for various meanings

HDL38 Tulu Goda Kidane Mihret (church) 0922'/3912', 09/39 [Gz]

north-west of Sheno

HDH30c Tulu Golel, in Wellega 09/35 [Mi]

tulu gombo, round mountain?

gombo (O) 1. small jar; 2. circular object;

3. cotton cloth worn over the clothes;

(Wellega Bega) lion

HDG59 Tulu Gombo, 0935'/3539', in Wellega 09/35 [x Mi]

HDG66 Tulu Gori, cf Gore ../.. [WO]

HDJ55 Tulu Gudene 0931'/3705' 2654 m, 09/37 [Gz]

(mountain), near Shambu

tulu gudo (O) big mountain;

guddo, guddoo (O) 1. abundant; 2. big /female/;

gudo (Som) 1. inside, interior; 2. fulfill one's obligations

HCT74 Tulu Gudo (Tullo Guddo, Tullu Guddu, Tulugudo) 07/38 [x WO Gz]

(Tulugudu, Tulluu Guddoo), see also Kulu Gudo,

0756'/3851'

Largest of the three islands in the eastern part of lake Ziway, with two peaks.

The island is 14 km from Ziway town, and it is still the site of three monasteries.

Debre Tsiyon, the most famous, has a long and very enigmatic history.

JDK62 Tulu Guled (Tuluguled, Tullo Gulet), 09/42 [Gz Ad WO Gu]

0937'/4245' 1895/1906 m, north of Jijiga

(centre in 1964 of Gridida sub-district)

tulu gura..: gurraacha (O) black, dark blue /also other meanings/

HDJ45 Tulu Guracha 0926'/3706' 2357 m, south of Shambu 09/37 [Gz]

HDK51 Tulu Gurbo 0931'/3741' 1549, 1970 m, 09/37 [AA Gz]

(mountain peak), west of Kachisi, cf Gurbo

HCT46c Tulu Hallila, in Albaso east of lake Langano 07/39? [x]

There are local people belonging to the Mino clan of the Arsi Oromo

tulu haro: haro, haroo (O) lake, pool, swamp;

(A) valley subject to seasonal floodings

JDJ08 Tulu Haro 0906'/4222' 1480 m, south-east of Harar 09/42 [Gz]

tulu hora: hora (A,O) mineral water and its source

JD... Tulu Hora (Tuluhora), in the Chercher area, 09/42? [+ Mi]

situated about 15 km south of Masala village

GDF91 Tulu Ingi (T. Inghi, Ngi, Nghi) 0900'/3426' 1559 m, 09/34 [+ WO Gz]

west of Gidami

HDN06 Tulu Ionghi, see Ionghi

HDB61 Tulu Jerka (T. Jergo, Tullo Gergo) 0843'/3550' 08/35 [x 18 It]

Called extinct volcano by Alexander Bulatovich in 1897.

HDL33 Tulu Jubo 0923'/3842' 2448 m, north of Sululta 09/38 [AA Gz]

GCM56 Tulu Kali 0640'/3452'c, 06/34 [WO x]

mountain north of upper Shisha river.

HDG.. Tulu Kami, see under Nejo 09/35 [x]

HDN54c Tulu Kancha circa 1025'/3510', 10/35 [x]

between rivers Abay and Dabus

tulu kapi: kapi (O) humid, soaked

HDA97c Tulu Kapi (Tullo Kapi, T. Capi), gold mine cf Kapi, 09/35 [+ Mi Gu]

located about 15 km air distance from Yubdo.

tulu katta: katta (O) rock, usually high and flat

HDG.. Tulu Katta, see Nejo: Katta

tulu kella (O) mountain check-point, border post

HDB94 Tulu Kella 0902'/3605' 09/36 [x]

KCP03 Tulu Kloan 07/46 [MS]

tulu kor..: korma (A,O) bull /not castrated/;

(O) male /said of animals/; kormaa (O) cock

HDD99 Tulu Korma 0901'/3822' 2218 m, 09/38 [AA Gz]

near Addis Alem, see under this name

HDL44 Tulu Korma 0928'/3849' 2609 m, north of Sululta 09/38 [Gz]

tulu kurfa: kurfa-u (O) be ready, be organised

HDL44 Tulu Kurfa 0929'/3849' 2574 m, north of Sululta 09/38 [AA Gz]

tulu lefe: lafa (O) land; leffa (läffa) (A) to toil,

make an effort

HCT56 Tulu Lefe (T. Lafe) (area), 07/39 [WO x]

in Albaso east of lake Langano

-- tulu lek.: Leka, Leqa, occurs in names of several Oromo tribes;

leka (läkka) (A) to measure, to adjust

HDJ.. Tulu Leka (Tullu Lieca) 09/37 [+ 18]

HDL43 Tulu Lemi 0926'/3841' 2467 m, north of Sululta 09/38 [AA Gz]

HDT06 Tulu Lemtu 1001'/3828' 1847 m, 10/38 [Gz]

south-east of Addis Derra

tulu lencha (O) lion mountain peak

GCM37 Tulu Lencha (T. Lench'a, Tululencia) 06/34 [Gz]

(Fre: Toulou Lendja) 0640'/3459',

locality at some distance from the Sudan border

HDL13 Tulu Lencha (T. Lench'a) 0909'/3846' 2606 m, 09/38 [Gz]

near Sululta

HDL71 Tulu Lencha (T. Lench'a) 0942'/3834' 2914 m, 09/38 [AA Gz]

south-west of Fiche

tulu marechi: marecha (A) track

HDH13? Tulu Marechi, about 25 km east of Gimbi, cf Marechi 09/36 [Mi]

GDF45 Tulu Mao, see Mau

-- tulu mejo: Mejo, name of a Kefa clan /not in the Fiche region/

HDL76 Tulu Mejo 0943'/3859' 2548 m, south-east of Fiche, 09/39 [AA Gz]

(with church Mikael to the north-west at 0945'/3855')

HDL51 Tulu Menkicho 0933'/3831' 1941 m (with church), 09/38 [AA Gz]

(also a hill of the same name to the south), south-west of Fiche

tulu me..: metti (O) collective name for all palms;

troop, band, crowd

HDA65 Tulu Metti, 28 km south-west of Yubdo 08/35 [Mi]

tulu m..: michirra (O) 1. flask-like drinking vessel;

2. twisting, wringing

tulu m..: michire, mich'iree (O) 1. maize germ; 2. gland

JCH10 Tulu Michire (Tullu Micire) 0623'/4048' 961 m 06/40 [Gz WO]

tulu milki (O) mountain of omen, foreboding

HDK99 Tulu Milki (Tullu Milchi, Tulumelchi) 09/38 [AA Gz WO n]

0954'/3821' 2505 m (Milki is also a river)

Within a radius of 10 km there are at km

3E Besi

4E Yaya Ambena 2528 m

4E Dewa (with church) 2528 m

5E Feres Zebenya ("Horse Guard") 2452 m

5E Chefe Dadi 2452 m

9E Aftin 2203 m

4SE Kuyu

4SE Kobi

5SE Adadi

3S Idera (area)

5SW Nyoke 2510 m

10SW Enda Medhani Alem (village)

3W Abu Botero 2548 m

4W Sole

6W Chefe 2571 m

9W Daye (Dayu)

3NW Nechiri 2582 m

3NW Kadi (Qadi) 2582 m

4NW Odo 2558 m

4NW Ejersa

4NW Mame

5NW Seke

6NW Kurno

7NW Bonu 2558 m

7NW Haro Dobo

7NW Wele

7NW Towa 2527 m

9NW Bite 2547 m

9NW Golole

9NW Buru 2499 m

9NW Chilelo (Ch'ilelo) 2499 m

9NW Areda Baro (near bridge) 2523 m

9NW Areda Wari 2545 m

5N Deso 2510 m

8N Bedada (Tella Badada) (w church) 2606 m nearby

4NE Yedebersa (Iedebersa)

5NE Deso 2510 m

5NE Aletis

5NE Micha 2329 m

HDJ73 Tulu Mine 0943'/3657' 1755 m, 09/36 [Gz]

north-west of Shambu

HDL22 Tulu Minik (Tulu Miniq) 09/38 [AA q]

HDL32 Tulu Miniko (T. Miniqo) 0919'/3837' 2505 m, 09/38 [Gz q]

north-west of Sululta

HCG84 Tulu Montandon 0706'/3513'c 07/35 [x]

European-given name in 1913, not used in practice.

HDJ65 Tulu Naboye, see Tulu Neboye

tulu nano: nanno, nannoo (O) 1. round; 2. surroundings

HDL92 Tulu Nano 0955'/3836' 2147 m, north-west of Fiche 09/38 [AA Gz]

tulu nassi: nasi, nasii (O) 1. copper; 2. kind of rifle

?? Tulu Nassi (in Wellega) ../.. [Mi]

HDJ65 Tulu Neboye (.. Naboye) 0938'/3705' 2474 m, 09/37 [Gz]

north of Shambu

tulu ofa: ofa, ofaa (O) wooden spear; oofaa /to oxen/ stop, slow down

HDL93 Tulu Ofa 0955'/3843' 1916 m, north of Fiche, 09/38 [AA Gz]

(with church Mikael), north of Fiche

HDJ85 Tulu Ree (.. Re'e) 0951'/3706' 2322 m, 09/37 [Gz]

south of and near Alibo

HDJ62 Tulu Rei 0939'/3648' 1525 m, 09/36 [Gz]

north-west of Shambu

HCT46c Tulu Ripa, in Albaso east of lake Langano 07/39? [x]

GDM40 Tulu Saua, see Sawa

tulu sh..: shatto (O) tall forest tree, Albizia gummifera

HCU74 Tulu Shato (T. Sciato) 0753'/3943' 2465 m, 07/39 [+ WO Gz]

mountain east of Robi

GDM73 Tulu Shava (T. Sciava, Sceva) 0941'/3438' 1454 m 09/34 [+ WO Gz]

GDF41 Tulu Shaw (T. Sciau) 0833'/3432' 1530 m, 08/34 [+ Gz]

(mountain)

GDM82 Tulu Sida (Siddan, Saida) 0950'/3434' 2019 m 09/34 [Gz]

tulu sir..: sirba (O) song, dance, music, dancer;

sirbaa (O) to blink fast /with eyes/

HDG96 Tulu Sirba, see Sirba

tulu su..: surre, surree (O) trousers

HDL47 Tulu Surre (Tullo Surre) 09/39 [+ WO]

tulu to..: tosiny (t'osign) (A) wild thyme, Thymus serrulatus

HEF13 Tulu Tosign kebele (T. T'osegn ..) 10/39 [Ad]

south of Dessie town at the southern border of Dese Zuriya wereda;

area 2,038 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HDG64 Tulu Uandi, see Wandi

tulu uto: uut'oo (O) shoot of ensete, sorghum, etc.

HDJ63 Tulu Uto 0938'/3656' 2186 m, 09/36 [Gz]

north-west of Shambu

tulu wab..: waba (Som) shrub with dark leaves;

a poison for arrows can be extracted from its roots

HDF32 Tulu Waba (T. Uaba, Ueba) 0828'/3934' 1383 m, 08/39 [+ Gz]

mountain near Awash river

tulu wayu: wayyu, wayyuu (O) 1. be better, be preferable;

2. messenger; 3. expert of beliefs and/or moral

HD... Tulu Wayu 09/37 [Ad]

(centre in 1964 of Dengoro sub-district)

tulu we..: welel (wäläl) (A) floor

GDF85 Tulu Welel (T. Walel, T. Wallel, Tullu Ualel, Uollel) 08/34 [Gz x WO Gu]

(Tullu Walal, T. Wayu) 0853'/3450' 2707 m, peak 3273 m

Welel (Walel) is a name of the Red Sea, through which Moses

led the Exodus.

There is also a Tulu Walel in western Wellega,

probably used as an Oromo ritual place.

tulu were..: werebo (wäräbo) (A) kind of small antelope

HDH27 Tulu Werebo 0915'/3622' 1492 m, 09/36 [Gz]

north-west of Nekemte, cf Werebo

tulu werk: werk (wärq) (A) gold

HCN87 Tulu Werk (T. Werq, T. Uarc), 08/35 [+ WO Gz]

0802'/3529' 1944 m, mountain south-west of Gore

HDL92 Tulu Yai (Tulu Ya'i) 0955'/3837' 2194 m, 09/38 [AA Gz]

(with church Giyorgis)

HDU72 Tulu Yulu kebele 10/39 [Ad]

in southernmost Were Ilu wereda, immediately south of Were Ilu town;

area 2,692 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HDL63 Tulub?, see Tulu Bolo

HDH76 Tuluba Ali (mountain) 0944'/3615' 2115 m 09/36 [Gz]

HEF04c Tuluba Bogna kebele 10/39 [Ad]

at the southern part of the eastern border of Dese Zuriya wereda,

opposite Harbu in the next wereda; area 1,060 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HDA28 Tulube 0820'/3532' 1494/1551 m 08/35 [WO Gz Ad]

HDD57 Tulubolo, see Tulu Bolo

HDE89 Tulufera Maryam (church) 0854'/3914', 08/39 [Gz]

east of Chefe Donsa

HCT74 Tulugudu, see Tulu Gudo, also Kulo Gudo

JD... Tuluhora, see Tulu Hora

HDD22 Tululame 0820'/3744' 1713 m, 08/37 [Gz]

north-west of Welkite

JEA55 Tulumme (area) 11/40 [WO]

HDT67 Tuluya kebele, cf Tulya 10/39 [Ad]

in central eastern Kelela wereda, 6 km east of Kelala town;

area 1,369 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HEU03 Tulwo 1245'/3937' 1807 m, south-east of Maychew 12/39 [Gz]

HDT77 Tulya 1037'/3907' 1989 m, west of Were Ilu 10/39 [Gz]

HCB72 Tum (Tume) (area & place & airport), cf Tume 06/35 [WO Po]

(visiting postman under Jimma),

Serves as airport for Maji.

HDA29c Tum, town in Dizi wereda 08/35 [20]

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

HDL36 Tumano (T'umano) 0922'/3858' 2662 m, 09/38 [AA Gz]

north of Sendafa

HDL82 Tumano (T'umano) 0947'/3841' 3052 m, 09/38 [AA Gz]

(with bridge), west of Fiche, see under this name

HDL53 Tumanu, see Tamene

GDU30c Tumat, see Tumet

HCC83 Tumbule 0610'/3655' 1531 m 06/36 [Gz]

tu ..: Abo (A) name of a certain saint /also some general meanings/

HEM81 Tumbuyu Abo (church) 1229'/3930', near Korem 12/39 [Gz]

HCB72 Tume, see Tum 06/35 [20]

HDR72c Tumekan 10/36 [Wa]

GDU30c Tumet (Tumat), an affluent of the Abay 10/34? [LM Mi]

tumha: tuma (O) iron arm ring, of which the hereditary head

of a "marriage class" among the Konso used to wear five

-- Tuma, a small Kushitic group of people living at the border

of the Sudan

HEC53 Tumha 1120'/3646' 2140 m, see under Dangila 11/36 [WO Gz]

In early times the name has been written Tankua, Tangha, Temkua,

but Tumha occurs in the 1700s. Jesuits there in the 1620s.

HEC40 Tumha sub-district 11/36 [Ad WO]

(centre in 1964 = Wendelay Mikael)

HEE59 Tumi 1121'/3715' 2117 m, south-west of Mekdela 11/37 [Gz]

HDC79 Tumme, T. (hill) 08/37 [WO]

tumsa (O) 1. law; 2. help;

Tumsa, an Oromo male name

HBL77 Tumsa 04/39 [WO]

HCE90c Tumticha, in Bule wereda 06/38 [n]

With a megalithic site containing two steles.

tumtu, tumtuu (O) blacksmith; weaver;

tuntu (A) place where iron is forged;

-- Tumtu, name of a low-ranking caste of hunters and

ironworkers and female potters living among the Oromo

HDK38 Tumtu 0923'/3819' 2520 m 09/38 [AA Gz]

?? Tumtum (river in Wellega) ../.. [Mi]

HDT53c Tungi kebele (T'ungi ..) 10/38 [Ad]

in western Wegdi wereda at its northern border, 7 km north-west

of Mahdere Selam; area 2,467 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HFC69 Tunguzzo (area) 14/37 [WO]

JEA23 Tunkule (Tuncule) (area) 11/40 [+ WO]

HCS.? Tunto, 07/37? [20]

the Tunto zone is at some distance from Durame

tuo: tu'o (Som) squat, get on one's haunches

GCT65 Tuo 07/33 [WO]

HDM71 Tuofit, see Twofit

HEC86 Tuonna Abo, see Twonna Abo

tur (t'ur) (A) punishment

GCU76 Tura (area) 07/34 [WO]

tura-a (O) dirty, filthy

JDK53 Turchile, see Turkeylo

HCS01 Turduna 0716'/3740' 2034 m, 07/37 [Gz]

(mountain), south-west of Hosaina

ture (Som) kind of shrub or small tree, Grewia tembensis;

tuurre (Som) hunchback

HDE09 Ture (church) 08/39 [WO]

JC... Ture 06/43 [18]

ture t..: teso (O) residence, seat; tesso (O) corn cake

?? Ture Teso (visiting postman under Jimma) ../.. [Po]

JDR51 Turful (area) 10/41 [WO]

turi (t'uri) (O) 1. jungle; 2. dirt, filth;

3. menstruation, pollution; 4. (t'uurii) sin, offence

HDD68 Turi (T'uri) 0844'/3815' 2135 m 08/38 [Gz]

HDL34 Turi (T'uri) 0923'/3852' 2693 m, north of Sululta 09/38 [AA Gz]

HDL66 Turi (T'uri) 0939'/3901' 2593 m, 09/39 [AA Gz]

south-east of Debre Libanos

JCE90c Turi 06/43 [Wa]

-- Turkana language with around year 2000 a number of 25,163 speakers

in Ethiopia west of the Omo river.

HBP04 Turkana (Lago Rodolfo, Lake Rudolf, Basso Narok) 04/36 [x n]

what is Ethiopian name? Turkana is the name used in Kenya.

KCN96 Turkayel, see Tukayel

JDK53 Turkeylo (Turqeylo,Turchile) 09/42 [Gz WO]

0933'/4250' 1913/1938 m

HDE81 Turkogogo, south of Menagesha, 08/38 [x]

grassy plain down to Awash river

HBP36c Turme, same as next one?, 04/36 [20]

on the road to the south-west about 80 km from Arbore.

-- Turmi, an ethnic group, see under Hamer

HBP58 Turmi 0458'/3629' 925 m, 05/36 [Gz Br]

main town of the Hamer, with Monday market.

HCA16 Turmu (Gebel Turmu) (mountain) 05/35 [WO Gz]

0537'/3521' 1139, 1655 m

GDF54 Turno 0841'/3445' 2020 m, 08/34 [Gz]

north-west of Dembidolo

turo, turoo (O) 1. column for supporting a building;

2. bottom of a granary; 3. (Harar) kind of small to medium

tree, Rapanea simensis; tuuro (Som) pile up, be gathered

HB... Turo, ../.. [20]

one of five sub-regions of the Konso region.

HDK66 Turo 0940'/3804' 1685 m, 09/38 [AA Gz]

south-west of Tulu Milki

HBU73 Turor (Turon) 0505'/3920' 1014 m 05/39 [Gz Wa]

HDM92 Turor 09/39 [WO]

HDL20 Turose (T'urose) 0919'/3826' 2843 m 09/38 [AA Gz]

JCL00 Turr 0627'/4330' 387 m 06/43 [WO Wa Gz]

turret (English) small tower; tureta (t'uräta) (A) retirement,

taking care of old parents

HDF40 Turret, 1485 m 08/39 [WO]

JBS76 Turtur 05/43 [WO]

JDB89 Turturagutta (Turturragutta) 0852'/4133' 1794 m 08/41 [Gz Wa]

turu ..: t'iru (A) good; turuu (O) stay in a place;

jiru, jiruu (O) business, work; dwell, live

HEF00 Turu Jiru 1051'/3924' 3022 m, south-west of Dessie 10/39 [Gz]

JDK35 Turubdeysi 0924'/4259' 1779 m, east of Jijiga 09/42 [Gz]

turufe k..: kecheme (q'ächämä) (A) be full of lice

?? Turufe Kecheme, village in South Shewa ../.. [n]

HCB15c Turugamer, a small part of the Baka ethnic group, 05/36 [x]

with their own settlement area.

GDE24 Turulei 08/33 [WO]

HDB46 Tururtu (church) 08/36 [WO]

HDP67 Tururtu 0835'/3619' 1858 m 08/36 [Gz]

JDJ20 Tusho 0914'/4136' 1978 m, 09/41 [Gz]

midway between Deder and Grawa

tussi: tusii (O) small bush; tussee (O) kind of ant

HDG26c Tussi (Gara Toussi) circa 0915'/3520', 09/35 [+ x]

on map of 1901

tut (t'ut) (A) female breast, nipple, teat; (T) cotton;

tutt, tult (A) kind of plant, Rumex steudeli

tuta, tuuta (O) assembly, gathering of people

HCD18 Tuta (area), see under Agere Maryam 05/38 [WO]

HDJ71 Tuta 0946'/3646' 1493 m 09/36 [Gz]

HDE36 Tute (lake) 0826'/3858', north of Awash river 08/38 [Gz]

HDF80 Tute 08/39 [WO]

HDL70 Tute (T'ut'e) 0942'/3830' 2519 m, 09/38 [AA Gz]

south-east of Tulu Milki

?? Tute Bisil, see Oda Bisil

HDE78c Tute kebele (T'ut'é ..) 08/39 [Ad]

at the border in western Minjar & Shenkora wereda,

7 km west of Balchi; area 1,706 hectares.

[CSA 1994]

HDK88 Tuti 0948'/3818' 2553 m, south-west of Tulu Milki 09/38 [AA Gz]

JCH01 Tuti 06/40 [WO]

HCD97c Tutiti (Tutitti, Tootitti, Totiti, Chelba Tutiti), 06/38 [20 x n]

about 30 km past Dilla

Situated on a hill 2.3 km from the village of Chalba (Chelba). There are some very large, tapering,

generally uncarved standing stones, marking graves.

In the late 1900s the site was reported to contain about 700 steles.

tuto (O) kind of tree, Citrus aurantifolia;

tutoo (O) bunch /of tall grass growing together/;

tutto (O) 1. /small/ hill; 2. (t'uutt'oo) feeding bottle;

tutu (t'ut'u) (A) kind of climber in bushes,

Canarina abyssinica, with bright orange flowers

t'uutt'oo (O) feeding bottle

HBL09 Tuto 0339'/3917' 1109/1203 m, 03/39 [WO Gz]

mountain north-east of Moyale

HCK08c Tutofela, see Tutu Fella

HD... Tuttie 09/39? [18]

HCK08c Tutu Fella (Tuttufalla, Tutu Fella, Tuto Falla) 06/38 [20 x]

(Tutofela, Tutto Fela = hill Fela) (field with monoliths), south of Awasa,

about 25 km from Tutiti and near Wenago village, 13 km from Dilla.

A German ethnographic expedition counted about one hundred monoliths there in 1934, all with

ornaments and most of them with faces.

tuuru: turu, turuu (O) 1. stay, remain in a place;

2. be delayed, be late

HDF75 Tuuru (area), cf Turu 08/39 [WO]

HCG08 Tuy sub-district (Tui ..) c.1495 m 06/35 [LM Ad WO]

(centre in 1964 = Otilcho)

HBS57c Tuyura 05/38 [LM]

-- Twa Kwama language (T'wa K.), see Kwama

HEH45 Twaba (Tuaba) 12/36 [+ WO]

-- Twampa language, see Uduk

twat (t'wat) (A) morning

GDM92 Twat (G.Touat) (hill) 09/34 [+ WO]

GCS59 Twerachata (Tueraciata) (area) 07/33 [+ WO]

HDM71 Twofit (Tuofit) 09/39 [+ WO]

twonna abo: abo see under abbo as first part of name;

Abo may also be used as the name of a particular saint

HEC86 Twonna Abo (Tuonna Abo) 11/37 [+ WO]

-- Twoyu language, see Dizi

HCA77 Tyaki (Tiachi) 06/35 [+ WO]

HCA78 Tyaki (Tiachi) (mountain), see under Maji 06/35 [WO]

Tzada .., see generally Tsada ..

HFE68 Tzada, see May Tsaida

HFK17 Tzada Beit 1435'/3813' 1564 m 14/38 [Gz]

HFD93 Tzada Emmi, see Tsada Emmi

tzada m..: midir (A), midiri (T) land, earth, country

HFK06 Tzada Medri (Tsada Midri) 1426'/3804' 1509 m 14/38 [Gz LM WO Gu]

Coordinates would give map code HFD96

HFE81 Tzada Uallaca (T. Uollaca), see Adi Haye

HET26 Tzamera, see Tsamera

HFD39 Tzana, see Zana

HED73 Tzana Ghi, see Sana

HEJ76 Tzangala 1228'/3709' 1860 m, south-east of Chilga 12/37 [Gz]

H.... Tzeberga, see Tseberga

HFE48 Tzedia, see Tsediya

HER76 Tzeghede, see Tsegede

HFC53 Tzeghede (Tzeghede Amba, Tsegede) (mountain) 14/36 [Gz WO]

1404'/3652' 873/916 m

HFE29 Tzeghereda, see Tsigereda

?? Tzeldo (in Segede/Sägädé) ../.. [18]

The Tzeldo market had some trade in gold in the 1800s.

HED92 Tzeletbei, see Tseletbey

HFD19 Tzellemti (Tzellemt), see Tsellemti

HFD38 Tzembelta (Tzembella, Tsembela) (mountain) 13/38 [Gz WO Gu 18]

1351'/3815' 1298 m, cf Tsimbila

HFF22 Tzera, see Tsera

?? Tzerona (with postal agent/sub-post office) ../.. [Po]

HFE26 Tzetzera, see Tsetsera

HFE37 Tzetzin Calat, see Ketsin Kalat

HFE18 Tzili (Asa) 1343'/3914' 2488, 2753 m, 13/39 [Gu Gz]

(mountain), north-east of Abiy Adi

HET54 Tznaco, see Tsnako

HEK48 Tzunghi Mariam, see Tsungi Maryam