Sidamo · Phrases
Early draft: there was little reliable source material for this language, so this line may be wrong. Check with a speaker before relying on it.
Hi'ne!
Confirmed in Kawachi's academic grammar of Sidaama (PhD dissertation, acsu.buffalo.edu). Built from hi- ("to return", confirmed verb root) as a farewell meaning roughly "I'll be back/see you again"; not an attested farewell idiom.
"Goodbye" in Sidamo is Hi'ne!.
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