Somali Vs English.

[BOB]

Originally posted by Blessed:

Cabbiran

Cabbiran = Measured.

 

Peace,Love & Unity.

[BOB]

Originally posted by Digaale:

^ ciyaalka xaafada

that is simple, Home Boys

 

Peace,Love & Unity.

[makalajabti]

Koronkor= a bug, a vey small insect that lives in the camel's skin.

[Castro]

^ Good try but wrong atheer. Keep at it. We'll keep this thread alive for as long as we can. Be back later.

 

Edit: You're not wrong makalajabti and it is a bug. I'm the one who needs kalajab.

[xiinfaniin]

^A vast swarm of locust, right?

[BonaFied_CriTic]

Originally posted by BOB:

you CHEATED

 

Peace,Love & Unity.

lol but here is the great part of cheating - Now atleast I have learned a new somali word -

[Castro]

Originally posted by xiinfaniin:

^A vast swarm of locust, right?

I'm not quite sure. I'm waiting on confirmation from Minneapolis.

 

Blessed's words:

 

Cabbiran = measured

dayaafad = hospitality (arabic?)

kaafsan = sufficient?

diidmada qayaxan = measured rejection

ergee = hurry up and take me there

 

Xiin's words:

 

Urugley = someone who always gets urug (a beating)

Warbac = some sort of punishment tool (a belt?)

Imbili = bottle top (coke and such)

Riigid = warn

Kaalafooto = summersault

Cagaarin = make (into) green

Tashiil = ?

 

I don't know many of these. Would someone enlighten us?

[Zafir]

Posted by blessed

More Words:

Cabbiran

dayaafad

kaafsan

diidmada qayaxan

ergee

 

Here is my go

Cabbiran: measured

dayaafad: Dirty little girl (wasaqad)

kaafsan: Independent

diidmada qayaxan: An absolute answer No

ergee: lend

 

Posted by xiinfaniin

Urugley

Warbac

Imbili

Riigid

Kaalafooto

Cagaarin

Riiqid

Tashiil

 

My other go

 

Urugley: sadax aa isku adey (ciyaarta imbili)

Warbac: Afarta aa isku aadey (ciyaarta imbili)

Imbili: ciyaar ( furka kooko koolo ayaa lagu ciyaaraa)

Riigid: shiid ka dhig( meel ku ogoow)

Kaalafooto: jinaastiko(gacmoha ku istaag luguha kor udir )

Cagaarin: Dhiig ka keen (eber ka dhig)

Tashiil: Tush (u aqoon sado

 

My Wednesday class finally paid off.

[BonaFied_CriTic]

Tashiil = usually means something used lil by lil -

[Zafir]

^^actually that's Tahliil.

[BonaFied_CriTic]

Isn't tahliil purified water or something like that -

[xiinfaniin]

Castro & Zafir, I don’t remember laughing so hard. Especially Castro, you’re big time off saaxiib. I thought you were ciyaal Hodan. Unless you were born to the elite part of the society, you must had played the game of imbli(In Xamar). Or you forgot. Give it another try, adeer.

 

Cagaarin---is when you use fresh green grass to mark the loox (a rectangular shaped piece of wood that’s used as a medium on which Qur’an is writen) , hence the writings on it would have a rhythm and sense of regularity.

 

Tashiil---BC is right on the money. Actually right on both counts.

 

Zafiir waxbaa kuu bilaan especially in the imbili game but you ‘are off on the urugley one. Try it again.

 

Edit: Riigid has something to do with the art of courting . Haddaad qooley lahaan jirtey you would understand it.

[Castro]

Originally posted by xiinfaniin:

I thought you were ciyaal Hodan. Unless you were born to the elite part of the society, you must had played the game of imbli(In Xamar). Or you forgot. Give it another try, adeer.

Elite kulaha. Maya atheer, afisyooni and wadajir and I did play imbili but don't recall any of this warbac stuff. Of course it's been two decades or more.

 

Gimme some more.

[BOB]

Riigid= when the pigeons are courting, the male pigeon flaps his wings and circulates around the honey , wuu ku baal riigaa nooh..Ooow now that is what i call Xasuus Wallaahi!

 

 

Peace,Love & Unity.

[xiinfaniin]

^^BOB, yaa kuu sheegay ?

 

Edit:

Casro, try these:

 

Baliil

Uul

Jaangow