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galbeedi   

Haatu, please translate these words without the " Qaamuus", then we will know how deep you are.

 

Heerin

Hagar la'aan

gallad

Gooh

 

How about the difference between:

 

Dhiilo and guluf.

 

By the way Maati sida aad u sharxday waa sax.

 

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Haatu, please translate these words without the " Qaamuus", then we will know how deep you are.

 

Heerin

Hagar la'aan

gallad

Gooh

 

How about the difference between:

 

Dhiilo and guluf.

 

By the way Maati sida aad u sharxday waa sax.

 

I will give a try.

 

Heerin - to do with geel maal ?

 

Hagar la'an - too easy

 

Gallad - gift ? rabi nagu galladaystay ayaan maqli jiray

 

Gooh - I am sure ti refers to some typographical feature, don't know

 

Lastly Guluf - waa band in english, ma sax baa ?

 

 

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Haatu   

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Haatu, please translate these words without the " Qaamuus", then we will know how deep you are.

 

Heerin

Hagar la'aan

gallad

Gooh

 

How about the difference between:

 

Dhiilo and guluf.

 

By the way Maati sida aad u sharxday waa sax.

 

Heerin: no clue

 

Hagar la'aan: in si daacad ah wax loo qabto

 

Gallad: waa nicmada uu Eebbe cid siiyo, a blessing

 

Gooh: first time I'm hearing it.

 

Dhiillo is colaad, guluf is a small attack cavalry.

 

 

Let me ask you a few. Translate the following into English without using a dictionary:

 

Goonnibaar

Dihin

Baylah

Cugtan

Galow (this word has a few meaning, I intend here the part of the body)

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Haatu   

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Do we have a Somali equivalent for the word
Laakin
.

 

This basic conjunction can't be foreign, if we have to borrow it from Arabic, then Somali may not be it all it cracked up to be.

 

I would guess 'balse' best fits but I'm not 100% sure whether that's not a loan word as well/

 

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Qaamuus
itself is not a Somali word.

 

Those kind of words are part of the language now, just like sariir, kursi, naxwo. No point changing them.

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Miyir   

Rufyaan = Snitch

 

Note: Somali language shares words with other related Languages (afro-asiatic languages) Arabic is recent off-shoot of Afro-Asiatic languages and much younger then Somali and other related afro-asiatic languages spoken in Africa, we tend to give more credit to the Arabic language then it deserves.

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galbeedi   

Heerin- haween guur doon ah oo reer u soo galay. In the old days unmarreied young women will either make a deal with a guys who don't have the camels for "yarad" so without notice the enter the house. They will not leave " ilaa inta xaal la siinayo ama la guursanayo.

 

The right word is " gabdho Heerin ah. people from Nugaal up the weastern hawd are familiar.

 

 

 

Gooh- Buuq- or commotion. ama hadal aan micnehiisa la garanayn. Waar Aqlakaas maxa ka goohaya.

 

Hagar la'aan also could be without holding back any thing.

 

The rest you got it.

 

Goonnibaar- ama goonnibaad. Khasaarin ama ku ciyaarid. Especially wasting money.

 

Dihin- aan la qodan . unexplored sida waa dhul dihin. not exploited.

 

Baylah- neglect . la cidleeyey ama la daryeelin.

 

Cugtan- ama cuggid (verb). caanaha ii cug. to skim the milk. in this case cugtan could be a game of jeopardy where people challenge with questions.

 

Galow. I do not know.

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