| Afar | English | français |
| barri | countryside bush |
la campagne la brousse |
| ardi [AR] | earth ground, soil |
la terre le sol |
| kallá | mud | la boue |
| burta, bullaaqe | dust | la poussière |
| grass | l'herbe | |
| hay | la paille | |
| ramidi | root | la racine |
| leaf | la feuille | |
| birro, qoborta | flower | la fleur |
| plant | la plante | |
| caxá, hada | tree | l'arbre |
| garbo | forest | la forêt |
| park | le parc | |
| gira / giraari | fire | feu(x) |
| smoke | la fumée | |
| gombodu, gommodu | ash(es) | cendre(s) |
| volcano | le volcan | |
| qale | mountain | la montagne |
| koomá | hill | la colline |
| cave | la caverne, la grotte | |
| dala | valley | la vallée |
| dam | le barrage | |
| waterfall | la chute d'eau, la cascade |
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| dora / dorwa | lake(s) | lac(s) |
| pond | l'étang | |
| marsh | le marais, marécage | |
| plain | la plaine | |
| baareytá | meadow, grassland | la prairie, le pré |
| pasture | le pâturage | |
| field | le champ | |
| buyyi | water well | le puits |
| bridge | le pont | |
| dora, daqara, dahara | river | la rivière, le fleuve |
| bada | sea | la mer |
| badiida | ocean | l'océan |
| haffoyta / haffo | wave(s) | vague(s) |
| saqabi, sahabi | seaweeds, algae | les algues |
| kudda | island | l'île |
| bada-afal | beach | la plage |
| baqadu | desert | le désert |
| qidde | sand | le sable |
| xaa, xaahita | stone | la pierre |
| rock | la roche, le rocher | |
| almaasa | diamond | le diamant |
| qambari | amber | l'ambre |
| facami, (gamci) | coal | le charbon |
| saliid | oil, (petroleum) | le pétrole |
| gas | le gaz | |
| birta | iron | le fer |
| masada | steel | l'acier |
| copper | le cuivre | |
| silver | l'argent | |
| dahaba [Arab.] | gold | l'or |