After names of places
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Boroda-wanadiyia (from Boroda Woreda), Dawro-arkiya, (from Dawro Zone), Kambata (from Kambata Zone), Kucha-arkiya (from Kucha Woreda)
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Origin of the landraces from bordering and nearby Woredas and Zones
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After names of animals
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Bora (Oxen- for feeding preference), Fara (Horse-feeding preference), Genessa (Antelope-indicating erect leaves like antelopes ear), Godariya (Hyena-to indicate big size and ugly color of the landrace)
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*Implying landrace size, color, leave shape, suitability of landrace to feed different animals
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After names of crop plants
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Banga (Hordeum vulgare L.),
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*Implies taste similarities of the corm of landrace as barley foods
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After typical agronomic characteristics
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Dirbuwa (fast/hurry)
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Early maturity of the landrace
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After typical morphological characteristics
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Lembuwa (Dropping), Lochingia (Thin),
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Leaf Morphology
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Maziya (Big, fat) Silqantiya (Weak, unable to stand)
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Implying plant size and pseudostem strength
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Agino (the Moon, related to the Moon's color)
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Referring to white/creamy color of pseudostem
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Suitia (blood or bleeding, red sap color)
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Referring to the sap color
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After sensory cooking qualities of landraces
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Chemia (Bitter not sweet), Sassa (silent, not delicious), Gassa (offensive bad smell),
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Implying landrace food taste and smell
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After typical use of landrace
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Tuffa (fiber, fibrous pseudostems)
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Referring to the fibrous nature of the landrace and its importance for fiber
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Argama (Clan group in Wolaita)
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*Refereeing to the Clan cultivating the landrace
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Names given after different physical entities, biological organisms and names of people
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Ankuwa (Vulcher); Buluwa (Solanum campylacanthum Hochst. ex A. Rich.); Mahia (Tiger) Sanka (Door); Bala and Erasha (Name of a person)
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‡Unexplained meaning
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Difficult to know landrace nomenclatures
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Achaka, Adinona, Ala-genna Lalukiya, Mochiya, Shalakumiya, Shamaruwa and many others in Table 3
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‡Unexplained meaning and implication
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