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DEFBMrnON OF AMHARIC TERMS
Derg or PMAC: Provisional Military Administrative Council EPRP; Ethiopian People Revolutionary Party
MESON: All Ethiopian Socialist Movement
EPRDF: Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front
EPLF: Eritrean People Liberation Front
Ato: Title of Mister
Chat: A green leaf chewed by Moslems, Arabs, Somalis,
Djiboutes,and Ethiopians which contains high quantities of nicotine—intolerable if addicted.
Malathine: A poisonous pesticide and insecticide
Holy water: The orthodox people name a spring having hot or cold water for an angel or a martyr and believe the water will heal the sick or deliver from devils. It may be a container of water prayed over and sprinkled on the patient.
Kale Hiwot: Word of Life
Mistirawian: Members of a secret Society
Pentes: A scornful slang term for the Pentecostals