Old school Somali Vocabulary 101

[JaMaaL-23]

Are there any Somali words whose meaning you are unsure of?

You might have heard it from you Awoowe's "bari ayaa waxaa jiray" tale and have saved yourself from the embaressment of asking.

well here is your chance to ask the Somali Vocabulary expert. one word at a time


we can also discuss the newest Somali words in this thread.

new Somali words I heard are

Buufis
Qarxis
Bac madoow
Daba qoodhi

do you have any newly created Somali words?

[eternauta]

Buufis
Qarxis
Bac madoow
Daba qoodhi

I know the first two. I don't know what's implied by black plastic bag. I have no clue about the last one.

[Shirib]

Bac Madoow is implying that a lady puts all ur stuf in a black plastic bag, when she is kickin u out of the house in the west

[Kramer]

This slangs are mostly used by Southern Somalis

Cayaalka Xaafada!

Buufis
Qarxis
Ha iga waalin
waa lagu daadiye
Iga qalee
Ku cab (taleefonka)
abaayo ma kugu qaban karaa?
inta iska dhac duqa!
madax isii abaayo? lol!
ii jaq noo!
single mother
ceyr
Section 8
All you can eat!
paltalk
parkingka gel
diyaarada kici
waa isku dhaceysaa
xaara kaa daadanaayo!

[JaMaaL-23]

as Shirib said its a term used to describe how some faarax is thrown out of his home.

Bac madoow aa banaanka loo dhigay naagaha ayaa nagu baashaalaya amrkaan.

its opposite to the famous Somali saying 'Naag la furay fadhi uma yaalo'

[JaMaaL-23]

This slangs are mostly used by Southern Somalis

Cayaalka Xaafada!

Buufis
Qarxis
Ha iga waalin
Iga qalee
Ku cab (taleefonka)
abaayo ma kugu qaban karaa?
inta iska dhac!
madax isii? lol!
ii jaq!
single mother
ceyr
Section 8
All you can eat!
paltalk
parkingka gel
diyaarada kici
waa isku dhaceysaa
xaara kaa daadanaayo!

what does the above new Somali words suggest? I think they are manifest to our ever-declining moral standards in the qurbaha

ii dag nooh (reer waqooyi version is Hoos u dhaadhac )
madax i sii
waala isku tufay
luuqa aan u galay (priv chat)
Ka farxi nafta (KFC)

[1nemansquad]

New school vocubs;

Iga ilaali=you say this when you don't want to fock with someone or something
Isoo gali=i will call you or you call me; i like saying this (anaa kusoo galinaayo markale abay)
to religious girls, they get all panicky
Habeen=slow,retarted,stupid
Garaabo=jaad

there are more, just can't think of em' now.