Somali Words that resemble English Words!!

[Kramer]

These Somali words is almost the same in writting and meaning to their English equavalents, some of this are adopted from English, most of them aren't, they just happen to use the same letter and share the same meaning. I try to not list those that are abvious that they are english (bluug or iskuul).

Somali--------Meaning----------English
Shaar-------------------------shirt
Koffii ------------------------coffee
Banoon------------------------Ball
Buug-------------------------Book
Gabar------------------------Girl
Lug----------------------------Leg
Far----------------------Finger
Fiyoore--------------Flower
Maanka--------------------Mind
Leef-----------------------lick
Libaax------------------lion
Leer------------------------air
Luuqad/lahjad-----------language
Lix---------------------six
Naas---------------------nible
Lambar-----------------number
Cambo-----------------mango
Murrayad------------Mirror
Sigaar--------------cigarrette
Sokor-----------------Sugar
Raaxo----------------relax
lumis---------------loss, lost
Isleeyn-------------Slain
Tuug---------------Thieve/Thug
Toban------------Ten
Afar------------Four
Rashiin --Ration



Do you know words like that, list them if you got some.

[Buhodle-Gurl]

Telefom ---Telephone

[Voltage]

I never noticed the similarity between six and lix. But some of those like Buug are borrowed English words and then some aren't. Its really interesting islayn and slain sound alike.

[Advo]

leer....air

[SultanOrder]

I try to not list those that are abvious that they are english (bluug or iskuul).

Koffii ------------------------coffee
Buug-------------------------Book
Lambar-----------------number
Sigaar--------------cigarrette

[Kramer]

I try to not list those that are abvious that they are english (bluug or iskuul).

Koffii ------------------------coffee
Buug-------------------------Book
Lambar-----------------number
Sigaar--------------cigarrette

:lol: :lol: :roll:

This words aren't that close though, you understand
Lambar ---and ---number (one starts with LA and the other NU)
Sigaar and Cigarette -----also is different with (Saa and Ctt)

[paidmonk]

You do realize that upwards of 30% of Somali words are ARABIC.

And around that same percentage of English words are Spanish words borrowed from ARABIC.

You'd be ridiculously surprised how much the modern English language borrows from other languages. Its often noted that all major English terms are Arabic terms that passed through the Spanish language.

Words like chemistry, algebra, alcohol, caliber, cipher, hazard, mafia, mattress, massage, orange, sofa, zero, sugar, magazine, candy, amber, alkali.

The list is endless. Lets just say that every English word that consists of 4 or more letters has a 70% chance of being an Arabic-root term.

Somali and English have one thing in common - they borrow from other languages. For example, the term Thug is from Hindi, which both Somali and English claim as their own. There are countless languages that English and Somali borrow from.

[FAH1223]

Somali word for Coffee is Qaxwo... directly from Arabic

[paidmonk]

Somali word for Coffee is Qaxwo... directly from Arabic

Like the other 30% to 90% of our language.

[FAH1223]

Somali word for Coffee is Qaxwo... directly from Arabic

Like the other 30% to 90% of our language.

which is why im learning arabic

[sheekh-Farax-zero]

Fiyoore--------------Flower

fiyoore is italian , not somali.

[ciyaal_warta]

fiyoore is italian lol...

FAH
the arabic u gona learn and da one arabs speak now are not same u atleast need 5 yrs to live in khaleej to learn their accents

[Cali_Gaab]

LIbaax iyo Lion?
Lumis iyo Lost?
Afar iyo Four?
Far iyo Finger?

Why are you giving us translations?

[Hyperactive]

lol ciyaal_warta my mother lives here 20 years and till speaks yemani.lol
my father speaks professional arabic with little dialog in it.
we speak qatari badawi. we have many dialogs in the same house.
our friends ask us how come we speak different than our parents.lol

[Kramer]

LIbaax iyo Lion?
Lumis iyo Lost?
Afar iyo Four?
Far iyo Finger?

Why are you giving us translations?

Cali-gaab you don't see the resemblance between these words?

Not only do these words have the same meaning, but also start with the same letter.
Finger starts with "f" and and ends with "r", same way, the word finger in Somalia is Far, it starts with "F" and ends with "R"
so on and so forth!