Dib u bark afka hooyo. Relearn our mother tongue

[hasanwali]

SHINBIR= BISHIN + BIR= MARKAY UU FIIRSADEN IN AY LEEYIHIIN BISHMO ADADAG OO AAD BIR MOODO AYEY SO'MALIDI OO BIXIYEEN MAGACAAS. MUDO AAD U DHEER DABADEEDNA B AYAA KA GODEY OO MAGACA AYNU MAANTA NAQAAN EE SHIMBIR AYAA INOO SOO HADHEY.

DHURWAA= DHO' + OOR +WAA= MACNAHA KII MARKU WAAYO CID SOO JEEDA OO HADLEYSA OO DEE INTA LA SEEXDAY OORTI GO'DEY AYUU DHO' SOO DHAHA MACNAHA XERADA U SOO DHACA.

BIDAAR= BID + AAYAR= MACNAHA SI QUNYAR QUNYAR AH AYEY TIMAHA MARBA MIDI BIDDA MACNAHA GO'DAA OO LAYDHU QAIDA. WAXAANA CADEYN U AH MAAHMAAHDA "BIDAARI SIBIQBEY KUGU GASHA" MACNAHA AAYAR AAYAR.

MAAHMAAH= MAHA + MAAHEEN = MACNAHA MAAHA MAAHMAAHDU WAXAAN JIRIN EE WAX JIRA OO AH AYEY KA SAMEYSANTEY DHAB AH.

DHOOCIL= DHO' + CIIL= MACNAHA WAXAY CIIL U QABTA INEY MARKIIBA WEYNAATO OO NAAS O DHO' KA SOO DHAHAAN MACNAHA HADEY HELAYSO AY MARKIIBA NAASO BUG KA SOO DHAHAAN OO LA SHUKAANSADO.

WAA TIJAABADI U HOREYSAY WAXAAN SOO QORO OO SOMALINET SOO DHIGO. HOPE YOU ENJOY IT.

[hasanwali]

I am a bit disappointed neverthlese I have to keep on going here are some more words from afkahooyo and how they came to be in the first place.

Talaabo= Taal + laabo= Taal ( mar cagti dhulka ayaad dhigto ay taala) laab (marna waad laabeysa intaad dhulka kor uga qaado) dabeeto waad fidineysa oo dhigeysa meesha ka horeysa. I think you can see it TAAL means at REST LAAB means LIFT so that is how the word TALAABO came to be. Waa TAAL hadana LAAB marka uun baad hore ama dib u socon karta.

Indho= Iin + dho' = Iin ( waxyeelo) dho' ( meeshay kaaga soo dalaq odhaneysay) oo ama wax aan laguu ogoleyn ayaad ku eegaysa ama cid baad ku cawryeysa. Eyes are the main inlet of all evil from wachting porn to looking at your neighbours wifes ass. They are the door through which if not controlled much unhappiness comes through.

[jannoman]

Asc dear Somali brothers and sisters...felt like reviving this thread which deals WHAT DO THE CURRENT SO'MAALI WORDS THEMSELVES MEAN.....HOW DID THEY ORIGINATE......AND WHAT WORDS UNITED TO FORM THE WORD.........WE GO THE SIMPLE WAY...........
BALWAD = BALO + WAD:

TUMAAL = TUN + MAAL:

JIDHAAN = JIR (RAIN) DHAAN:

XARAAN= XAAR + AAN:

KHUSHITAG (CUSHITIC)= KHUSHI + TAG:

DAASAD (TIN) = DAA + SAD (FOOD/DRINK): KEEPS FOOD AND DRINK

RAAD= RAADI (SEARCH)

SIYAAD= SII + AAD:

SHIINE= ISHA + IINE: (EYE/SMALL)

DHALFO= DHAL (GIVE BIRTH) FA'O (COME OUT)

CARRAABO= CARRO + AABBO=

GANTAAL (ROCKET) = GANID + AAL= GANID (HURLING) AAL (THERE) THERE TO BE HURLED WHEN NEEDED

FARIIN = FAR (MESSAGE) + AAN (THERE/HAVE):

QALIN= QOO (WET INK) AALIN (THERE/HAS):

KAADI= KAA (FROM YOU) DI'I (RAIN/POUR):

LUQUN= LIQ (SWALLOW) OON (FOOD/DRINK:

MAAL (WEALTH) MAAL= MA + AAL= SPENT

NAXLI=:NAX + LI'I = KU NIXI MAAYO....

WAAYEEL= WAAYO (PASSING OF TIME) EEL (HURT) BY MAKING HIM/HER OLD.........EEL (EL)SEE...

HOOBAAN=HOH (GROWING) BA'AAN (FINISHED) NOW MATURE/RIPE TO BE EATEN....HOOBAAN (MIDHO BISLAADEY)

YAGOORI = YAG + OOR= YAG (CONSTRUCT/ PRODUCE) OOR (PREACH) PREACHER........

And enjoy this song which i nominated as the Anthem Of The So'maali Language.....

[jannoman]

Asc ...MOTHER TONGUE RELOADED.....ALPHABETICALLY.....
Beyl = Ba' + ii + le= Has harm for me because of its heat.....
Tufaax= Ta +uu+ af + faax= that which stretches the mouth when being eaten.....
Jirid = Jir + id= Jir (exist / support) id (self) here that which supports the tree...to stand upright..jirid=bark..
Xareed= Xerood= Biyo meel ku XEEROODEY......
Khyr = Kha' + yeer = when animals are slaughtered in like in ciid .......for Allah's sake...
Daamur= Daa + mar = Daa (allow) mar (pass through)
Rogmad = Rog + imad = Rog (chaos/upside down) imad (come)

Sanqadh= Saan + qadh= dried skin hide .....source of drum....as we say....INAAD SAAMO JIIDIYO SANQADH TIRASHO KALA DAA.
Sharmuud= Shar + muute=
Dhakhtar= Dhakh + tir= Dhakh ( gaping wound ) tir (erase)
Cinjir= Cune + jir= elasiticy inside throat ..which gives it the ability to expand and contract.
Go' id= Go' + id=
Fardo= Fa' + ordo= ran fasty
Qaali= Qoo + li'i= lack rain ...that's when commodity become expensive
Karkaar= Kar + kor = able to climb....karkaarka ha i weydaarin....don't make me miss my step ..and fall from the mountain
Lad= La'+ id= Lack soul....we are dead when we are sleep....Lad=sleep
Malax = Meel + ax = a hurt place makes pus....
Nasiib= Naas + ib= Naas (breast) ib (nipple) .....you don't know the amount of milk that will come out of your cow or shecamel......it depends on your luck..
Waddan= Wad + dan = daantaadu wada.....ku wadankarta
Habeen= Hoha + ba' een= Hoha (sun/heat/seeing moving) ba' een (gone)
Yabaal= Yaab + aal .......YAAB BAA JIRA........

PEACE AND LOVE.......

[jannoman]

Asc ....dear beautiful So'maalis.......i am honestly glad to get to be sharing this with ye.............morher tongue reloaded..........re-examined...........each word put back to its original origins.........as usual i'll be doing the consonants ........words of vowel origin are bit more difficult and less ........but i'll try and add some words that start with vowels.....
Baal (wing/feather)........
Baal= Ba' + aal = Ba' (gone/end) aal (staying ) on ground...

Taalo (statue)
Taalo = Ta + aalo= Ta (the one ) aalo (staying) unmoving..

Jamasho (liking back someone who loves you)
Jamasho= Jam + ooshoo= Jam (beauty) ooshoo (there/stay) ......JamJam...everything fine.....

Xan (gossip)
Xan = Xun (bad)

Khumuur (liquor)
Khumuur= Kha + am + ur= Kha (dead/here food that was made dead by fermentation) am (that was supposed to be eaten) ur (smelly)...

Duufaan (typhoon)
Duufaan = Dhuf + aan = Dhuf (snatch by force) aan (there)....

Run (true/truth)
Run= Roon= Roon (good/that which is good)

Saan ( skin)
Saan= So' + aan = So' (meat) aan (there) beneath the skin is meat.....that which is beneath it meat..

Shidaal (fuel)
Shidaal = Shid + aal = Shid (burn) aal (has /there)
Dhaxal = (will/ property left behind by a deceased family member)

Dhaxal = Dhex + aal = Dhex (middle) aal (stay) put in the middle to be divided justly between the family members..

Cag = (feet)
Cag = Caa + ag= Caa (food) ag (near) takes you to where you can find food....where there is food..

Gunud (knot)
Gunud= Goyn + uud = Goyn (cutting off) uud (food) each fruit or crop is separate from the other though they're in one branch or stalk

Fakar (think)
Fakar = Fag + kar = Fag (untie ) kar (able) able to untie the complicated tying of the knots of the (xeedho) or life's problems

Qashin (rubbish)
Qashin= Qashi + iin = Qashi (slaughter) iin (left over) like the intestines, stomach, pancreas, lungs, testacles etc....

Kursi (chair)
Kursi= Kor + sii = Kor (up ) sii (give) raises you higher.....

Lug (leg)
Lug = Le + gee= Le (has) gee (take) has ability to take you places......oddly enough it is the english version "leg" that is still retaining the original pronunciation......

Milix (salt)
Milix= Mil + le + ax= Mil (meltant) le (has ) ax (bitterness) just watch the faces of babies tasting bitter stuff for the first time..

Nabar (wound)
Nabar= Nab + aar= Nab (bitten) aar (by lion) .....

Waxar (small goat kid)
Waxar = Wax + yar = Wax (something) yar (small)....

Haa (yes)
Haa = Hooh + hah= Hooh (come out ) hah (sun that releases heat) it simply means (i can see it) or you can ......

Yamxeer (economize )
Yamxeer = Yam + xeere= Yam (yummy/food) xeere (store) instead of eating all save some......

As for the vowels inshaAllah i'll do some on the next mother tongue reload.......have a blessed day all of you ..

[jannoman]

Asc .....peace and love.........here is another mother tongue reload....in which we rediscover what the words in our So'maali language really meant........

Bakayle (Rabbit)
Bakayle = Big + leeye= Big (Dart/run fast) leeye (has)

Tumaal (blacksmith)
Tumaal= Tun + maal = Tun (hitting metal) maal (milk) make living off......

Jeedal (Whip) ....
Jeedal = Jeed + aad + aal = Jeed (where you were headed) aad (reaching) aal (there) makes you reach your destination faster.......

Xadaarad (civilization)
Xadaarad= Xad + daarad= Xad (border) daarad (yard) a country and a house ....start of borders of countries is from a house and its yard .....

Khudaar (Vegetables)
Khudaar = Kha'uu+ daa + aar= Kha' (the deadlike) daa ( not eaten) aar (lion) here lion symbolizes all carnivores that do not eat vegetables................

Dariishad (window)
Dariishad= Daar + ishad= Daar (house) ishad (eye) eye of the house..............Window= Waa + indho=........same thing said differently......

Rumaan (Pomegranate)
Rumaan= Ra' + oo + am + aan= Ra' (seem like) oo (tears) am (eaten ) aan (there) like eating tears .....an indication of the watery little sacs that this fruit consists of.....and our native pomegranates are yellow in colour and their fruit sacs are slightly red......unlike the one in the video .....used for illustration...

Sun (poison)
Sum= So' + ma'= So' (human/person/mammal) ma' ( not) the person or animal who eats it won't be there no more.......die.....

Shilis (fat)
Shilis = Sha'i + lis= sha'i (shine/morning) lis (milk) the udders that get thick with milk and is raedy to be milked....and milk being source of fat........

Dhalfo (dikc)
Dhalfo= Dhal + fa'o= Dhal (babies) fa'o ( jump out of) ......Dikcheads source of baby sperms......

Calaf (destiny/decreed by Allah)
Calaf= Caal + af = Caal (food) af (in the mouth) .....

Gaashaan (shield)
Gashaan = Go' + ceshaan = Go' (death/cut/peirced) ceshaan (deflector/keeper away)........

Filin (film)
Filin = Fileyn= unexpected ( there is no story in that which is expected......but story is in the unexpected .....the surprise element.......)

Qaanso (arrow)
Qaanso = Qoon + so' = Qoon (wound/injury) so' (person/mammal) so'= of meat............of flesh....

Kaluun (fish)
Kaluun = Kal + uun = Kal (water body) uun (creation) made inside water.......

Laan (branch of a tree)
Laan = Le + aan = Le (has/have) aan (there) fruits/nuts/food........

Malab (honey)
Malab = Maal + lab = Maal (property ) lab (of male) it was food brought by men....becuase of the bee attack danger .....

Naxariis (mercy)
Naxariis = Naxa + rey + is = Naxa ( being frightened or hurt) rey (win/overcome) is (self) afraid no more ........not afraid of hunger, pain , death etc.......at rest from fear (heaven)......

Wadar (total)
Wadar = Wad + dar = Wad (that you had/ livestock you driving) dar (add) all livestock you are herding add....to get how many they are or......their total....

Hammi (anxiety/perplexity)
Hammi = Ham + may= Ham (food to eat) may (not) lacking food source of insecurity and worry..

Yaxaas (crocodile)
Yaxaas = Ya' + ax + aas = Ya' (water) ax (pain) aas (buried) that which hurts that is buried/ hides in the water...................and this is it............

i haven't added words starting with vowels as i promised ......i dont know why........but i'll do it InshaAllah soon......

Love you all. Take care and bye for now............till we meat/ meet again.......keep yer heads up....

[jannoman]

Asc ...hello and welcome to a new reload of our mother tongue.........discover what each word of So'maali came to be in thr first place........and dear mod please leave the corrected title i have put up.............we will follow the usual So'maali alphabet........
Bastoolad (pistol)
Bastoolad = Ba' + is + ta + oolad= Ba' (demise) is (self) ta (the one) oolad (contain) macnaha rasaas qudha ka jaraysaa ku jirta (means it has bullets that kill)

Tuur (hump)
Tuur = Tuur = Accumulated = Wax la tuuray...la isdul saarsaarey

Jaan (shoes)
Jaan = Ja' + aan = Ja' (light ) aan (there) worn when awake..........

Xaasid (jealous)
Xaasid= Xa' + aas + id= Xa' (living being) aas (bury) id (soul) wanting wishing another being death....burying his/her good virtues...

Khaalid (forever eternal)
Khaalid= Kha' + li'i + id= Kha' ( death, demise) li'i (lacking) id (soul) being immortal...

Daris (neighbour)
Daris = Daar + is = Daar (building) is (self) building next to you where selves like you reside in.....

Rogmad (apocalypse)
Rogmad= Rog + imad = Rog (turning top down) imad (come) just like Sodom and Gommorra .....among the calamity that befell them was the uprooting of their cities raising them up and bringing them upside down........

Samaan (goodness)

Samaan = So' + am + aan = So' (being/man) am (food ) aan (there)

Shalay (yesterday

Shalay = Sha' + la'ay = Sha' (light/sun) la'ay (that has gone) the previous daylight......


Hdillo (whore)
Hdillo = Hdilo = Peel ........getting unclothed or her clothes peeled off by many..........

Culeys (heavy)

Culeys = Ca + ool + le + is = Ca (food) ool (there) le (has) is (self) what is heavier than a full stomach.......calool buuxda maxa ka culus........

Gumeysi (occupation)
Gumeysi = Go' + imey + sii= Go' (death) imey (come) sii (give) from 1899 to 1920, the dervishes conducted a war of resistance against the Ethiopians and British, a struggle that devastated the Somali Peninsula and resulted in the death of an estimated one-third of northern Somalia's population and the near destruction of its economy. One of the longest and bloodiest conflicts in the annals of sub-Saharan resistance to alien encroachment, the dervish uprising was not quelled until 1920 . Deploying a Royal Air Force squadron recently returned from action in combat in World War I, the British delivered the decisive blow with a devastating aerial bombardment of the dervish capital at Taleex.

Fanaan (artist)
Fanaan = Fan + aan = Fan (art) aan (there)


Qubeys (bathing )
Qubeys = Qoo + biyo + is = Qoo (wet ) biyo (with water) is (self) getting wet with water...biyo isku qooyin....


Keyd (reserve)
Keyd = Ka + id + daa= Ka (the one) id (soul) daa (keep)......

Lugee (walk)
Lugee = Lug + gee = Lug (leg) gee (take) you there.......

Mooye (mortar)

Mooye = Ma + ooye = Ma ( not ) ooye (cry) no matter how long you hit it or how hard a pestle (tib) it never cries.......si kasta oo aad tib ula dhacdid ooyi maayo.....

Nacas (stupid)
Nacas = Naac + cas = Naac (gibberish talker) cas (white) .......no racism intended.....even light coloured So'maalis are included............wax casoo iska naacle......

Waql (rain)
Waql= Waa + qoo+ le = Waa (it is) qoo (wet) le (has)


Hurdo (sleep)
Hurdo = Hur + daa= Hur (heat/sun) daa (not /there) when it is too hot ..seista......when there is no sun ......night sleep.....


Yool ( where water is deep)
Yool = Ya' + ool = Ya' (water) ool (there) here place of alot of water that may drown you.........later it meant where there is alot of bullets or arrows are faling ....endangering as was deep water.......

Big alooha.....keep yer heads up......

Peace.

[jannoman]

Asc ......here we hold high a filled to the brim with sweet, scented frothing camel milk bowl hadhubgaal ........full of love for everything So'maali full of love for everything east african ........full of love for everything humane........and a new reload of our mother tongue words and how they could have most probably originated and what they really meant.......here we go...........
Alaab (things)
Alaab = Aal + laab = Aal (stay/put) laab (out of the way) not put on the pathway.............
Eergo (messenger/s / pacifier/pacifists)
Eergo= Eer + goo = Eer (trouble problem) goo (cut/end).........and it also means:
Erey + gee = Erey (word of peace) gee (take/r)

Inkaar (curse)
Inkaar = Iin + kaar = Iin (nastiness....you committed) kaar (come to pain you) kaar actually is pain and fever......
Oonkod (thunder)
Oonkod = Oon + kud= Oon (thirst) kud (leap/run) from the sound of the thunder........chases away thirst and the lack of water that was there prior to thunder....

Ubax (flower)
Ubax = Oo + bax = Oo (cry) bax (out/gone/no more) takes away your sadness ......make you happy........

Baraf (ice)
Baraf= Bar + af = Bar (drop/water which was liquid ) af (edible/eatable ) because of its current state of frozen solidness....

Timir (palm dates)
Timir = Tamar= Tamar (energy) ....Tamar = Ta + mar = Ta (the one) mar (move) allows you to move around.......because of the energy it gives you..

Jaajuur (brick/brickstone
Jaajuur = Jooji + uur = Jooji (stay) uur (inside) it after building it into a room....

Xalaal (legal/not prohibited)
Xalaal =Xal + aal = Xal (washed/cleansed) aal (there) ........not dirty.......

Khuraafaad (myths/mythologies)
Khuuraafaad= Kha' + oor + af + aad = Kha’ (the dead) oor (words) af (mouth) aad (alot) handed down from mouth to mouth from generation to generation....
“Ina wajadna aabaana” holy Quran talking about myths “ thus we found our fathers and forefathers”
Durbaan (drum)
Durbaan = Dur + ba'an= Dur (sound) ba'an (loud) above normal......and as Khadija Qalanjos song goes about thr Drum (the heart) ......

Diriyan ooho diriyan
Diriyaan dooxada ka yeedh
Diriyan oo diririgle
Diriyan duul maqan u yeedh
Durbaan dadku waa madow
Durbaan hidaahaaga dhawr
Durbaan rag iyo dumarba
Durbaan daawaad u tahay

Oo beat and unleash your sound and unleash
Oo beat and resound in the valley
Oo beat and call those who are away
Oh drum (heart) your origins are black
Oh drum (heart) keep your traditions
Oh drum (heart) for both men and women
Oh drum (heart ) you're a medicine for them..........

Raace (shepherd)
Raace = Raac + ci = Raac (follow) ci (sound) animals that can't talk but only bleat or moo..........
Silic ( hardship)
Silic = Sii + liic = Sii ( about to) liic (fall) can't stand upright from age or being afflicted with sicknesses.......

Shoolad (ovan/cookar)
Shoolad = Shiil + ool + aad = Shiil (fry/sizzle) ool (has/ there stay) aad (alot)....much heat......

Dhaqaale (economy)
Dhaqaale = Dhaq + aale= Dhaq (rear livestock) aale (there) taking care of the livestock you have through rearing it.....

Cabitaan (milk/drinks/fruit juice drinks)
Cabitaan = Caabi + ta + aan = Caabi (protection/defense) ta (the one ) aan (there) specially the first milk from the mothers breast that guves us defence and protection from many diseases later in life.....
Gacan (hand)
Gacan = Goo' + cun= Goo (cut) cun (food) that you want to eat......or want to cook

Faro (fingers)
Faro = Faadho (dig) the earth in search of food ............
Qado (lunch/ food)
Qado = Qad + daa = Qad (being hungary) daa (stop) after eating........

Kudaafad (garbage)
Kudaafad= Kud + aafo + aad = Kud (disease) aafo (calamity) aad (alot)....

Lacag (money)
Lacag = La' + cag= La' (lacking) cag (walking) when you have money you simply sit in an office or under a tree or simply have good times somewhere....no more rat racing......

Markab (ship)
Markab = Mar + kaab = Mar (paas through water) kaab (assist) with out it you can't cut long distances..
Nafaqo (nutrient)
Nafaqo = Nafo + qoo= Nafo (lives) qoo (nourish / wet) after the being perched from lack of something to drink or eat.....
Waraabe (hyena)
Waraabe = War + reebe= War (news / stories) reebe (leave) So'maali folktales are so rich with hyenas stories wisdoms and proverbs......i think in no other culture is the hyena is as famous as in So'maali culture.............
Hablo (girls)
Hablo = Hab + lo'= Hab (like) lo' (cows/catttle) for being similar in pregnancy duration with cows .....nine months......

Yeedh (call/yell out)
Yeedh = Yeedh + dheh = Yeedh (sound of calling) dheh (say)........

All thanks and gratitude goes out to Allah...our maker sustainer .......big heartfelt wishes for you all my beautiful So'maali brothers and sisters .......keep your heads up....and feel good about what you are...........peace and love..
Best Oud (arabian guitar) to an old yemeni song by Ahmed Fathi (If they prohibit us to love) it is Allah's thing to love........welcome to my world........

[theyuusuf143]

Dear Bro janno man I actually like this . Please keep doing.

[jannoman]

Dear Bro janno man I actually like this . Please keep doing.

Dear bro Yusuf143 .....thank you so much from the depth of my heart.......glad that you took the time to write this comment..........it is going to make me look at 2019 with huge positivism .......i promise to keep doing it.......thank you again abti.........

[Xposed83]

Like most diaspora I speak “broken” somali and in my experience most of us can speak the basics proficiently. It’s gonna be interesting in the future as there will be diaspora who cannot speak somali at all.

[jannoman]

Like most diaspora I speak “broken” somali and in my experience most of us can speak the basics proficiently. It’s gonna be interesting in the future as there will be diaspora who cannot speak somali at all.

It is a nightmare when people get uprooted from their language as has happened to many African nations in their own countries and now are referred to as Francophone countries (french speaking) or Anglophone countries ......you can get the list of African countries that belong to these camps and they are many may be 20 countries...... this is a cultural crime or languages genocide.......may Allah save us from similar fate...........

[jannoman]

Asc ...to all ma So'maali brothers and sisters reading this.....and to ma humane brothers and sisters in humanity.......accept a round of fresh goat milk filled mugs ......and another reload of our mother tongue words and how they could have most probably originated at the beginning and what they have meant..............this is the second reload that i'll be including words starting with vowels plus the usual once starting with consonant letters......Somali alphabet ...like arabic does not consider vowels as letters.....and is not included in the alphabet............so here we go.......
Awoowe (grandfather)
Awoowe= Aa + wa'o + wa’ee= Aa (me) wa'o (begoter's) wa'ee (begater) my ejaculator's ejaculater..................
Ayeeyo (grandmother)
Ayeeyo = Aa + ya'ee + ya'o= Aa (me) ya'ee (milk giver/nourisher's) ya'o (nourisher) the feeder of the one who fed me......
The above is the complex type of deciphering words by their syllable or letter sound.....here are the easier ones
Abaal (gratitude/being grateful for a favour done to a person)
Abaal = Laab + aal = Laab (heart /breast) aal (stay) not forgotten...........
Ehel (relatives)
Ehel = Ee + hal = Ee (elder/parent) hal (one) decendants of one elder...........the word “Ee" is still used in the north when speaking to you father or mother we just say “ Ee aabbow" “ Ee hooyoy" and to elder persons of the family and elderly strangers as well........

Ilmo (tears/it also means small infant) but we will look at the “tears" aspect of the word...........
Ilmo = Il + imo = Il (eye) imo (come) that which comes from the eyes...

Oodhaah (sentence)
Oodhaah= Oo + dhe + ah= Oo (crying) dhe (speak ) ah (there) remember first human method of communicating/ speaking is by crying----- once you cry you have spoken and your mother has to figure out what you are saying or need.....
Uurbeys (single unit of Kenyan miro khat knotted separately from the other Uurbeyso and together 6 or 8 uurbeysos will be tied together to form another unit called “far" or finger)
Uurbeys = Uur + biis = Uur (stomach) biis (destroyer) for it's a source of severe constipation for its users

Bililiqo (loot....spoil from unjust wars by individuals)
Bililiqo = Ba' + liq + liqo= Ba' (calamity/disaster) liq (swallow) liqo (swallow) eating unlawfully that which you looted by force or trick.....and in the after life they will be swallowing boiling lava .....

Talaagad (tea thermos)
Talaagad = Taal + agad= Taal (stay) agad (nearby) especially when you are chewing khat and you simply reach out to it and fill a cup after a cup........

Jilaal (winter)
Jilaal = Ja'i + la' + aal = Ja'i (rain) la' (lack) aal (stay) “when it never rains" and remember the letter “Ja'" originally meant rain water......that is why the So'maali word for rainbow is “Jeegaan" which means “Ja'i + go' + aan = Ja'i (rain ) go' (stop) aan (there) ...................

Xumaan (nastiness/badness)
Xumaan = Xum + aan= Xum (bad/nasty) aan (there) ..................

Khabiir (expert)

Khabiir = Kha' + biir= Kha' (those who died) biir (collected) accumulated experiences from the predecessors.....

Dufan (fat)
Dufan = Duf + aan = Duf (warmth) aan (there) the word “Duf" is now totally arabic and has ended up as “Di'if" which means warmth...........
Rux (shake)

Rux= Ruux = Soul.......that is shook, swayed and shaken........the thing that feels....so when we are (ruxruxeyno/shake shaking/ ) a crying baby to make it stop crying.... we are shaking its soul.....this time trying to sooth it from whatever that afflicted it......

Sandal (Sandal/shoes)

Sandal = Saan + daal = Saan (leather) daal (tired) because you use it when you want to walk.....and thus is a leather that is a source of exhaustion for you......

Shukur (thankful)

Shukur =Sha' + kuur = Sha' (light) kuur (see) with and get our daily food because of it.......and we should be thank full for the ability of SEEING LIGHT........

Dhoocil (young girl)

Dhoocil= Dho' + ciil = Dho' (spring out/breasts) ciil (angry for) wants to grow fast and become a coveted respected member (gashaanti) for the assets (mature anatomy ) she owns.....

Caaqil (chief)

Caaqil = Caaq + qiil = Caaq ( bad ones) qiil (find a way) for those who commit bad things from the tribe find a solution........a “CAAQ" person is a disobedient person who gets into trouble......”QIIL" means a loophole.......to solve the problems the “CAAQ" person made and thus the harmony and peace of the tribe is kept...

Gashaanti (grownup mature virgin girl)
Gashaanti= Gashaa + hanti= Gashaa (brings in) hanti (property) in the form of livestock paid by the groom wanna be to the girl's family......

Fadeexo (scandal)

Fadeexo = Fad + leexo= Fad (wanting/desiring) leexo (going stray) doing wrong.......”FAD” is now part of Somali Maymay when it means “WANT" ...in the northwest “FAD" means cloud.....and as i did in the other thread the now english word of SCANDAL simply meant SCANDAL= IS + KA + AAN + DHAL= IS (BY HERSELF) KA (THE ONE) AAN (THERE) DHAL (BABY) ILLEGITIMATE BABY.......and around here (and in the Islamic world) that is the biggest FADEEXO.......SCANDAL

QURAAN (QURAN)

QURAAN = QOR + AAN = QOR (WRITTEN) AAN (THERE) EVERYTHING IN IT EITHER HAPPENED/IS HAPPENING AND IS GOING TO HAPPEN...............

Keen (bring)
Keen = Ka + aan = Ka (the one) aan (there) that is going to be brought..........for it is already there somewhere.

Lumey (lost)
Lumey = La’ + imey = La' (not there/lacking) imey (come) of that which you had.......

Maalin (day)

Maalin = Ma + aalin= Ma (not ) aalin (stay) the sun will set and it will end......

Naag (woman)

Naag= Nag (nothing) neither balls nor a sinep dangling from down there........


Waqooyi (north)
Waqooyi = Waq + qooyi= Waq (rain) qooyi (wet ) rain the only source of water......no big lakes or flowing rivers

Yusuf (Joseph)
Yusuf = Yuus + uf = Yuus ( meaningles whining) uf (hate) no liker of a “small talk" not a complainer.......aan hadalka caatada ah jecleyn.................
Yusuf waxay socotoba wey ku soo gashey.........


Love and peace to all of my beautiful Somalis out there.....and the beautiful inside humans ......keep your heads up......don't let the pressures get ye.....
And never sellout who you are and what you stand for..

Alooha....

[jannoman]

Asc.....peace to you all non tribal pure So'maalis.....wherever you are..... here is another reload of our mother tongue words and how they could have most probably originated which unveils what they really mean................
Vowels
Alwaax (wood)
Alwaax = Aal + wax = Aal (there on it) wax (things) like writing......like a table being made out of it or shelves to hold things

Erey (word)
Eri (sheep/goats)
Eri= Eri (chase) make them go were you want them to go.....or since they try to get into households and business places whose owners and customers chase them away ............

Ifraax (female name)
Ifraax = If + raaxo= If (world) raaxo (pleasure) when who is a source of pleasure in this life ......one who lives in pleasant and happy circumstances in this life...

Ood ( livestock pen and house fence made from cut thorny tree branches)
Ood = Awd= Enclosed.....entry stoppage

Urur (collection/ organisation)
Urur = Uur + uuri= uur (in the stomach) uuri (put/ collect) where food gathers......

Banaan (empty/place with no vegetation or mountains etc

Banaan = Ba'aan + aan = Ba' aan (emptyness) aan (there) no buildings or trees .....no nothing......plain......


Taws ( sick)
Taws = Taw + si’= Taw (ability to run strongly/ agility) si' (something wrong) unable to run because of illness......

Jaajuus (informant/undercover)

Jaajuus = Ja'a + ju' + uus= Ja'a (the one with forsight/enlighted) ju' (the smallest word he/she utters) uus (stomach) record ....to report it later

Xawaash (spices)

Xawaash = Xaawo + oosh = Xaawo (Eve/women) oosh ( stay) something women have (material) and know about............

Khamrad (craving)
Khamrad = Kha + am + rid= Kha (feel like dying from the sheer craving ) am (food) rid (put you) type of food whose craving makes you feel suicidal........


Dameer (donkey)

Dameer = Dam + meer = Dam (unenlightened/stupid/retard/dump) meer (that walks around)


Rabsho (trouble)

Rabsho = Rab + isho= Rab (wanting ) isho (doing bads/nasty things)

Saxar (tiny airborne things that get into the eye) we usually say “saxar baa isha iga galay” which means “small stuff got into/entered my eye”

Saxar = So’ + xero= So’ (man person ) xero (enter into)


Shabeel (Tiger/Cheetah)

Shabeel = Sha' + ba' + eel = Sha' (light) ba' (gone) eel (trouble) starts troubling people after sunset...........hunts in the dark........


Dhallaan (newly born/small child)
Dhallaan= Dhal (newly born/ youngster/ being a small child) aan (there) in the childhood state.........not being mature phase


Calaalis ( food/munching/chewing)


Calaalis = Calool + aalis = Calool (in the stomach) aalis (end up staying) ...............


Gunaanad (end)

Gunaanad = Gun + aan + aad= Gun (bottom/ lowered to the bottom of the grave) aan (there ) aad (go) the dead body of a person at last going to be put at the bottom of the grave.........


Fatuurad (vehical)

Fatuurad = Fa' + tuurad= Fa' (fast) tuurad (throws) you at your destination...........it iss like you have been hurled or thrown like a stone.....


Qashin (garbage)

Qashin = Qashi + iin = Qashi (from slaughtering) iin (nastiness) left behind in the spot the animal was slaughtered......the carcass/ carcasses



Kaahin (Cohen)


Kaahin = Kaah (light/illumination) aan (there/ has) an enlightened person......able to foresee the future.....



Laf (bone)


Laf = La + af = La (got) af (mouthed) eaten..................



Mushaax ( roam/walk without fear)

Mushaax = Ma + oosh + ax = Ma (not ) oosh (there/stay) ax (that hurts) beasts of prey ....human killers.......snakes.......


Naf (soul)

Naf = Neef (breath ) wa nafakhna fiihi (and we blew into him) ruuxana (our soul)........


Wanaag (goodness)

Wanaag = Wa’ + naag = Wa’ ( ejaculating) naag (inside a wife).....


Hogaan (leadership)

Hogaan = Hag + aan = Hag (guidance) aan (there)............



Yeelko (not care)


Yeelko = Ya' + eel + ka’o = Ya' (water ) eel (destroy ) ka'o (the ones) when people didn't care about His laws Allah’ s biggest punishment was that nearly wiped out every living thing off the earth was water ( the great flood)

So here we come to the end of the latest reload of the mother tongue..........keep your heads up ......love you all..............Peace and alooha with this song that reminds us of what has been....what is is.......and lastly what could be.............
Alif la kor dhabey alif la hoos dhabey alif laa goodey
Ambaqaadka geediga
Sida awrta loo raro
Heesaha u gaarka ah
Waxa lagu aloosa
Magac Eebaheeniyo
Adin iyo af wada jira

Shanta diin Islaam waa
Jirtaanka Eebahay
Igmad Maxamedkeeni
Oogiida salaad soon
Sakado la bixiyiyo
Xajkoo loo awoodo

[jannoman]

guess this is going to pave the way for promoting and putting the Somali language in the place it deserves ....finally a book sharing my point of few.....that Somali was the first language spoken by prophet Adam ....the first human on earth .....