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ኤች ቱ ኦ/ኤች ቱ ኦ (H2O)

ሃዳ/እናት (Mother - Oromo)

ሐበሻ 2000/ሐበሻ 2000 (Habesha 2000)

ሐበሻ ቢራ/ሐበሻ ቢራ (Habesha Beer)

ሐበሻ ቀሚስ/ባህላዊ ልብስ (Traditional dress)

ሐበሻ ልብስ/ባህላዊ ልብስ (Traditional clothes)

ሐበሻ ኩዊን/የሐበሻ ንግስት (Habesha queen)

ሐበሻ ስታይል/የሐበሻ አይነት (Habesha style)

ሃብታም/ሃብታም (Habtam) - wealthy person

ሐጋይ/ሐጋይ (Sunny season)

በረዶ/በረዶ (Hail)

ኃይሌ/ኃይሌ ገብረሥላሴ (Haile Gebrselassie)

የጸጉር እንክብካቤ/የጸጉር እንክብካቤ (Yetsegur inkibkabe) - hair care

ጸጉር ቀለም/ጸጉር ቀለም (Tsegur kelem) - hair color

ጸጉር መቁረጥ/ጸጉር መቁረጥ (Tsegur mekuret) - hair cut

ጸጉር ማራዘሚያ/ጸጉር ማራዘሚያ (Tsegur marazemia) - hair extension

የጸጉር ዘይት/የጸጉር ዘይት (Yetsegur zeyt) - hair oil

ሄር ስታይል/ሄር ስታይል (Hair style) - hairstyle

ጸጉር ህክምና/ጸጉር ህክምና (Tsegur hikmina) - hair treatment

ጸጉር ማጠብ/ጸጉር ማጠብ (Tsegur mateb) - hair wash

ሄርካት/ፀጉር መቁረጥ (Haircut)

ሐኪም/ሐኪም (Hakeem) - doctor

መልካም ልደት/መልካም ልደት (Melkam lidet) - happy birthday

ሃራማያ/ሃራማያ (Haramaya) - Haramaya University

ሐረር/ሐረር (Harar)

ሓርበኛ/ተዋጊ (Warrior - Tigrinya)

ሃዋሳ/ሃዋሳ (Hawassa) - Hawassa University

ሀይቅ/ሀይቅ (Hayk) - lake

የጤና አገልግሎት/የጤና አገልግሎት (Yetena agelgilot) - healthcare access

እርዱኝ/እርዱኝ (Erdugn) - help me

ሀዘን/ሀዘን (Sadness)

ህዳር/ህዳር (Hidar) - November

ሕድሞ/ሕድሞ (Hidmo) - traditional house

ህግ/ህግ (Hig) - law

ሃይገር/ሃይገር (Higer bus)

ሁለተኛ ደረጃ ትምህርት/ሁለተኛ ደረጃ ትምህርት (Huletegna dereja timhirt) - high school

ሂሪያ/ጓደኛ (Friend - Oromo)

ታሪክ/ታሪክ (Tarik) - history

ሕይወት/ሕይወት (Life)

(Amharic, lit. 'my stomach') A quirky term of endearment meaning someone so dear that they are as vital as one's stomach...

ቅዱስ መጽሐፍ/ቅዱስ መጽሐፍ (Kidus metshaf) - holy book

ሆምሲክ/የቤት ናፍቆት (Homesick)

ሞገስ/ሞገስ (Moges) - honor

የቤት ምረቃ/የቤት ምረቃ (Yebet mireka) - house warming

እንዴት/እንዴት (Endet) - how

ስንት/ስንት (Sint) - how much

ይህ ስንት ነው/ይህ ስንት ነው (Yih sint new) - how much is this

አሁን እንዴት?/እንዴት ነህ? (How are you now?)

ኋላ/ኋላ (Huala) - back/behind

ዋዌ/ዋዌ (Huawei)