Months

January --- Tiree

February --- Lekatit

March --- Megabit

April --- Miazia

May --- Ghinbot

June --- Sene

July --- Hamle

August --- Nehase

September --- Meskerem

October --- Tekemtee

November --- Hedar

December --- Tahsas

Days of the Week

Monday --- Senuy

Tuesday --- Selus

Wednesday --- Rebu'a

Thursday --- Hamus

Friday --- Arbee

Saturday --- Kedam

Senbet --- Senbet

Eritrean Dishes

Arosto = Roast meat, usually beef

Arekee = A highly alcoholic drink. Same color as gin

Alicha hamlee = Mixed curried vegetables with carrots, cabbage, potatoes, etc in a mild curry and spices

Bamya = Okra with tomatoes, herbs, and spices

Capretto = Goad, usually served like a rack of lamb

Fool = A sort of chick beans sauce

Fritata = Scrambled eggs with onions, peppers

Hamlee = Cooked greens

Kicha = Pancaka, unleavened bread

Kolo = Roasted grain (e.g. Peas, barley, wheat)

Myes = A drink made of honey, yellow color, usually sweet, but alcholic

Shiro = Sauce made of chick peas

Swa = A drink made of sorghum, millet, or other grains

Taita = Thinner than pancake made of grain's dough

Timtimo = Sauce made of lentils

Zegnee = Stew (meat with berbere)

Foods Styles

Baked --- Sinkoot

Baked --- Bisool

Barbecued --- Zitettebse s'ga

Bitter --- Metsits

Boiled --- Flooh

Cold --- Zehool

Dry --- Nikoots

Delicious --- Te'um

Piquant --- Mrrr zibele

Fiery --- Azyoo mereer

Fresh --- Haddish

Grilled --- Tebsee s'ga

Hot --- woo'uy

Hot --- mereer

Sour --- Metsits

Spicy --- Merir

Stale --- Zikeneye

Sweet --- Mikoor

Tasty --- Ti'um

Vegetables

Beans --- Baldengua

Beans --- Adagura

Beets --- Keih Soor

Cabbage --- Kaboochee

Carrot --- Karot

Cauliflower --- Kawlo Fyoree

Celery --- Sedeno

Cucumber --- Zikooni

Garlic --- Ta'eda Shigurtee

Greens --- Hamlee

Green pepper --- Goo'a Berbere

Lettuce --- Selata

Marrow --- Ango

Onions --- Shigurtee

Potato --- Dinish

Pea --- Aini Ater

Pumpkin --- Dooba

Red Pepper --- Keih Berbere

Salad --- Selatta

Fruits

Apple --- Tuffah

Banana --- Benana

Date --- Temree

Fig --- Beles

Grape --- Weini

Lemon --- Lemin

Mango --- Mangoos

Orange --- Aranshee

Papaya --- Papayo

Pineapple --- Ananas

Tangerine --- Menderinee

Drinks

Alcohol --- Alcol

Beer --- Beera

Beverage --- Meste

Cappuccino --- Capuchino

Chocolate --- Chicolata

Coca cola --- Coca Cola

Coffee --- Boon

Coffee with milk --- Boon Mis Tseba

Coffee with tea --- Boon Mis Shahee

Coffee without sugar --- Boon Bzey Shikor

Drink --- Meste

Gin --- Jeen

Ice cream --- Jelato

Juice --- Tsimuaq

Orange juice --- Tsimuaq Aranshee

Papaya juice --- Tsimuaq Tapayo

Banana juice --- Tsimuaq Banana

Guava juice --- Tsimuaq Zeytoon

Mango juice --- Tsimaq Mangoos

Liquor --- Alcolawee Meste

Milk --- Tseba

Soda water --- Mai Soda

Soft drinks --- Lisloos Mestetat

Tea --- Shahee

Tea with milk --- Shahee Mis Tseba

Tea without sugar --- Shahee Bzey Shookor

Wine --- Nebeet

Whisky --- Weeskee

Yoghurt --- Reg’o

Foods part 2

Bacon --- Sga Hashema

Beef --- Sga Kebtee

Biscuit --- Biscotee

Bread --- Banee

Butter --- Tesmee

Cake --- Paste

Cheese --- Formajo

Chicken --- Derho

Chilli --- Berbere

Chip - --Qoolwa dinish

Chocolate --- Chicolata

Egg --- Enquakooho

Fat ---Sebhee

Flour --- Harich

Food --- Megbee

Fresh --- Haddish

Ground meat --- Tehoon Sga

Ham --- Sga Hashema

Hamburger --- Hamberger

Honey --- Me’aar

Jam --- Marmalata

Lazagna --- Lazagna

Macaroni --- Macoroni

Meal --- Megbee

Meat --- Sega

Mustard --- Senafich

Oil --- Zeitee Bel’e

Peanut --- Fool

Pepper --- Berbere

Pizza --- Pissa

Popcorn --- Embaba

Pork --- Sega Hashema

Porridge --- Ghe’at

Roast --- Tibsee

Salt ---Chew

Sandwich --- Embetito

Sauce --- Sigo

Sauce --- Silsee

Saute --- Qulwa

Sardine --- Sardin

Soup --- Merek

Chicken soup --- Merek Derho

Fish soup --- Merek Assa

Vegetable soup --- Merek Atkltee

Spaghetti --- Spaghettee

Spice --- Kemem

Steak --- Bistieka

Sugar --- Shookor

Vinegar --- Acheto

Breakfast

Breakfast --- Kursee

Lunch --- Misah

Dinner --- Derar

Restaurant --- Biet Megbee

Bar --- Bar

Café --- Biet Meste

Dish --- Me’adee

The Four Directions

East --- Mibrak

West --- Mi’erab

North --- Semien

South --- Deboob