Liin MacaaN

[Lillaahiya]

Liin = lemon or lime, liin macaan are oranges, hence the macaan part. And there aren't many ways of saying flower in English, but there's names for the different types of flowers like roses, lillies, sunflowers, tulips, etc. I don't think there's a lot of flowers that grow in Somalia, hence why the limited vocab (ubax, hibaq, etc).

[BlackVelvet]

There is no such thing as liin macan, I think in Somalia we had liin balbelmo which is grapefruit but not the oranges they sell here which is just called oranji

[SultanOrder]

Jasmine, if there is no such thing as liin macaan, did all the people who understood it as oranges speak another afsoomaali? There is no such thing as liin macaan just like there is no such thing as liin balbeelmo.

[Thuganomics]

just like there is no such thing as liin balbeelmo.

Wtf is balbeelmo

[Thuganomics]

Dp

[SultanOrder]

Balbeelmo is Somali for the Italian word for grapefruit "pompelmo".

[zulaika]

I didn't know orange as liin macaan, I thought liin oranjo..no? Anyways it makes sense if it's called liin macaan seen as how orange is sweeter.

[HooBariiska]

liin macaan = orange
liin dhanaan = lemon


get over it ppl. stop hijacking my topic

[Lillaahiya]

Am I the only one who says bambeelo, not balbeemo

[HooBariiska]

^^I didnt knw u were koonfurian

[Lillaahiya]

^ Isbaarmuuto ma kasaysid?!

[SultanOrder]

Am I the only one who says bambeelo, not balbeemo

Honestly I say bambeelmo, balbeemo sounds like how a kid would say it

[HooBariiska]

inadeer mantana ma tan baad keentay ?

[Lillaahiya]