Whats the Word in Somali???

[thelionwithfire]

Ya'll know google and wordhippo aren't the best for somali translations. The translations are messy and so many words are messy.
I've seen so many somali words i didn't know exist here on somalinet so inshallah ya'll can translate these words too

Any somali who can translate these words?

Spine, i heard it's xangulaha-laf
Sparing, wordhippo says it's anka
Necklace
boquet
temple
husband, other than nin, or ninka
mother other than hooyo

[Gaashaanle1000]

Spine, i heard it's xangulaha-laf (that is nonsens) it is = Laf Dhabar
Sparing, wordhippo says it's anka = Lagdan (which means wrestling) ama fara ka ciyaar
Necklace = Katiinad ama silsilad / silis
buquet (did you mean bouquet?) = Rucub ubax
temple = I am not sure about this one
husband, other than nin, or ninka = Seey ama seeygeed
mother other than hooyo = Only know Hooyo.

[thelionwithfire]

Spine, i heard it's xangulaha-laf (that is nonsens) it is = Laf Dhabar
Sparing, wordhippo says it's anka = Lagdan (which means wrestling) ama fara ka ciyaar
Necklace = Katiinad ama silsilad / silis
buquet (did you mean bouquet?) = Rucub ubax
temple = I am not sure about this one
husband, other than nin, or ninka = Seey ama seeygeed
mother other than hooyo = Only know Hooyo.

Ha yeah i did mean bouquet...thanks for that catch. What is xangulaha-laf then?? Wordhippo got me confused mate.
Sparing as in to spare, not spar, as in sparing someone of there difficulties.

What about a dung beetle or scarab? Apparently there are plenty of names for ants, spiders, and such but a scarab? Can't find any....

[Gaashaanle1000]

Ha yeah i did bouquet...thanks for that catch. What is xangulaha-laf than?? Wordhippo got me confused mate.
Sparing as in to spare, not spar. Like sparing someone of there difficulties?

What about a dung beetle or scarab? Apparently there are plenty of names for ants, spiders, and such but scarab? Can't find any....

Spare in Somali is qaleen, for example u qalee cunuga means spare the kid.

The problem here is also the English language which has multiple meanings in single words quite often. After studying languages, especially Arabic and Somali, the bankruptcy of the English language becomes apparent to anyone.

As for "can you spare some change" you can say " lacag Baaqi ma haysaa, ama qadaadiic ama sarif ma haysaa" Baaqi= lacag soo hartay or Baaqi= change.


Dungbeetle = Doolshaan ama doolshaan baqtiga ama baqtiga riixa.

[thelionwithfire]

Anka sounds somali enough, maybe it has another meaning? Maybe not anka but anga, anqa or canka?
Xangulaha-laf too. I know hangool but xangulaha-laf? Does that literally mean "hangool of bone/bone hangool" You sure it's not just some older somali word?

Yup, english is a screwed up language. So many oddities and borrowed words. It's literally a by product of other languages. Like seriously. Yet somalis want to say somali borrowed arabic words (outside the obviuos islamic ones) when our languages were connected from day one. We should have common word like kob. Some borrowed but others not so much, just commonalities.

Do you know the word for vertebrae or bone marrow? I heard its araxda for vertebrae and dhuuxa lafta
or laf gudaha for bone marrow. Are these words right?
Sigh, if only somali resources were available like chinese, and i mean authentic somali, not the "buuga" or "buulug" kind.

[Gaashaanle1000]

Xangulaha I think is connected to the nerves connected to the back bone, I am not too sure so I apologise if I caused any confusion.

Bone marrow = Dhuux or dhuuxa lafta is correct.
Vertebrae = I think might be lafaha dhabarka, but I will ask around to see if I get any better answers. I am sure there are many as our language is extremely rich.

Good work, this is the best thread I have seen on this forum for a long time. We need to take care of our language and document it as well as teach it to our kids.

[thelionwithfire]

Good work, this is the best thread I have seen on this forum for a long time. We need to take care of our language and document it as well as teach it to our kids.

Shucks, you know i try, i try. For sure somali is amazingly dense. I myself didn't notice till i looked into it. You know there are even specific sound effects for different actions? Like *specific* sounds. I forgot the link but i'll link it when i come across it. Its insane how deep somali really is. I'm starting think the somali language history has some explaining to do. Words that are found all over the word can be found in somali. From korean, to european, and even mythological concepts and gods and such. It more than just a coincidence but i don't know what else to call it.

Blame the parents mate. These diaspora parents were the first after colonization to be educated in somali but than a war just had to break out. They teach us nada. Unless you live in a somali neighborhood you won't know jack and if you do, it wont ever be pure somali or even a academic version. Thinking we need to create our own words and drop this colonial nonsense too... Too many things to fix, so little time. Inshallah.

[thelionwithfire]

Ah found it!! Here are the list of ideophones in somali. I guess some you can make up but others seem consistent.
It's like somali follows and embodies every language rule and feature present around the world.
Somali Ideophones:
http://cleanthehorn.blogspot.ca/2008/03 ... ealed.html

Somali language features:
https://lovinglanguage.wordpress.com/20 ... -language/

[X.Playa]

Dung beetle is Xaar-walwaal a term that describe most trolls.

Temple am nit sure if its the place of worship or the corner of your head. If its the later its " dhafoor "

[thelionwithfire]

Dung beetle is Xaar-walwaal a term that describe most trolls.

Temple am nit sure if its the place of worship or the corner of your head. If its the later its " dhafoor "

Xaar-walwaal??? lol, suits it well. Is there another word for it too?

Temple like a place of worship. Oh but on body stuff, what does the kuul in indha-kuul translate too? Somalis have been using khol since forever so why do we call it kuul like most africans?

[X.Playa]

Kuul is a corruption of the Arabic word Kuxul.

[thelionwithfire]

Kuxul? Because arabs have a simlar word you're assuming they created it? Seems like anything positive that africans have in common to others is credited to the later than the africans in every facet of life. We have just as much ground to assume kuul is somali as its been present within africa since ancient times, ingrained in cultures and all ingredients needed to create kuul are readily available within the continent as well. Unless proven otherwise its beyond ethnocentric to assume the arabs created it. Some similarities are a given like kuul since arabs live in a desert climate just like most of upper africa. We have no real way to know so you should avoid such critical statements.

[X.Playa]

Kuul in Somali means necklace beads. But Indho Kuul or Kuul in that context is Arabic Kuxul. The Arabs might have borrowed it firm somewhere else but that is irrelevant what we know is the Arabs brought us this eye adornment and the word Kuxul.

[thelionwithfire]

You realize somalia used to MAKE kuul for the ancient egyptians, another african group, to use?? That africans MADE and used their kuul perhaps earlier that 5000yrs from today? When on earth did arabs "teach" it to us and with what proof can you support your claim? A similar word is meaningless, especially for languages that are on the same branch. Arabic did come out of the horn of africa and so did their language. Maybe their the ones who took the word from us?

[X.Playa]

No there is no evidence that the Somali learned this habit from the Egyptians. The Somali nomads never used this powder. It was coastal women who used Kuxul.