Vocabulary

ስነ-ንድፊ ህንጻ

sine-nidifī hinits’a

architecture

ቅርዓት/መድረኽ

k’iri‘ati/medireẖi

arena

መቐመጢ እኽሊ ወይ እንስሳታት

meḵ’emet’ī iẖilī weyi inisisatati

barn

ጥንታዊ ስሉም ህንጻ

t’initawī silumi hinits’a

baroque

ሕጡባዊ ኣድራሻ ህንጻ

ḥit’ubawī adirasha hinits’a

block

ናይ ሕጡብ ገዛ

nayi ḥit’ubi geza

brick house

ድንድል

dinidili

bridge

ህንጻ

hinits’a

building

ጥንታዊ ህንጻ ቤተ-መንግስቲ

t’initawī hinits’a bēte-menigisitī

castle

ካቴድራል

katēdirali

cathedral

ዓምዲ

‘amidī

column

ነቝጣ ህንጻዊ ስራሕ

neḵ’wit’a hinits’awī siraḥi

construction site

ክባዊ ዝባን ናይ ህንጻ

kibawī zibani nayi hinits’a

dome

ቅድሚታዊ ገጽታ ናይ ህንጻ

k’idimītawī gets’ita nayi hinits’a

facade

ስቴድዩም ኵዕሶ እግሪ

sitēdiyumi kwi‘iso igirī

soccer stadium

ድርዓዊ መከላኸሊ

diri‘awī mekelaẖelī

fort

ስሉስ-ኵርናዓዊ ቅርጺ ናይ ውሽጣዊ ሸነኽ ናሕሲ

silusi-kwirina‘awī k’irits’ī nayi wishit’awī sheneẖi naḥisī

gable

ማዕጾ

ma‘its’o

gate

ፍርቁ ብሉሕ ዝተሸፈነ ገዛ

firik’u biluḥi ziteshefene geza

half-timbered house

ግምቢ ብርሃን/መናራ

gimibī birihani/menara

lighthouse

ሓወልቲ

ḥawelitī

monument

መስጊድ

mesigīdi

mosque

ሳምዐ/ሓወልቲ

sami‘ā/ḥawelitī

obelisk

ህንጻ ቤት-ጽሕፈት

hinits’a bēti-ts’iḥifeti

office building

ናሕሲ

naḥisī

roof

ምዕናው

mi‘inawi

ruin

ኣርማቱራ

arimatura

scaffold

ሰማይ-ጠቀስ

semayi-t’ek’esi

skyscraper

ተንሳፋፊ ድንድል

tenisafafī dinidili

suspension bridge

ናይ ምድሪ ሕጡብ

nayi midirī ḥit’ubi

tile