ORPUS: Blue – The color of the sky

OLOROK: Black – The Maasai color of the skin of the people

OLOIBOR: White- The color for milk and peace

OLONYORI: Green – Grass for livestock especially cows

OLODO: Red- Blood/braveness/courage

OSIKITOI: Yellow- Warmth and beauty

LEARNING MAASAI LANGUAGE

Maasai Words and English Translation/Pronunciation

SUPA: Hello- sue-pah

ASHE: Thank you-  sue-pah

OLCHORE: Friend-  Ol- Chore-ray

EDAA: Food- In-dah

ENKISUMA: Learning-    In-key-sue-mah

ENKAJI:  House-   In-kah-ghi

OLESERE: Good bye-  Oh-li-se-ray

Learn more Maasai words as you volunteer with us.