Is af-Maay a distinct language?

[arabmtu]

Arabmutu,

Base words are usually the same in every language: body parts, word for flora and fauna commonly found in studied region, basic emotions (love, hate, envy, etc).

Basically, you don't know examples of base words.

[NoAngst]

Arabmutu, I do and did. Or did you just ignore my last post?

Base word examples:

Af = mouth

Fool = face

Sac = cow

Hoor = pour, gush

Wan = ram

[Lamagoodle]

NoAngst, do you speak Oromo? What kind of Oromo?

[arabmtu]

Arabmutu, I do and did. Or did you just ignore my last post?

Base word examples:

Af = mouth

Fool = face

Sac = cow

Hoor = pour, gush

Wan = ram

Isn't face waji, wan sheep and kushub pour?

[Somaliman50]

maay kitaari faayow arabmtu?

[arabmtu]

maay kitaari faayow arabmtu?

Huh?

[Somaliman50]

maay kitaari faayow arabmtu?

Huh?

war shibow dheh, qoraalga agriy

[Lamagoodle]

Arabmtu, the "real" somali word for face is FOOL. Weji comes from Arabic I guess.

Hor ( Ho'r) is to make ready to feed (single file); Soo hor geela

Actually, the undiluted geeljire somali and the Maay language have alot of commonalities.

[arabmtu]

war shibow dheh, qoraalga agriy

Arabmtu, the "real" somali word for face is FOOL. Weji comes from Arabic I guess.

What about foolasho?

[Lamagoodle]

Foolasho, fool (fo'l) is labour.

[arabmtu]

Foolasho, fool (fo'l) is labour.

So, fool has more than 1 meaning?

[Lamagoodle]

Indeed.

Fool= face
Fool=labour

[arabmtu]

Indeed.

Fool= face
Fool=labour

NoAngst claimed hor means to pour or gush, while to you it means ready to feed. To other Somalis in other regions, fool/hor and other words could have different meaning.