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What is this animal called in somali?

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It's called a caracal in english.
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Guduudane.
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Guduudane
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A lynx is guduudane.
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Do you guys know what a Kuuley Cali Banjar is? :lol:
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Nyanyuur dhaga dheer?


Kuuley cali banjar:

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Cinque Mtume wrote:Do you guys know what a Kuuley Cali Banjar is? :lol:
Cinque, it is called Xiddig.
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^
Is it a hedgehog or a porcupine.It's one or the other
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Haram cas soo maahan bahalkaas?
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Hedgehog = Xidig
Porcupine = Caano qub
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Kuuley Cali Banjaar :lol: :lol: I crack up everytime I see one of them, it sounds like something lo bixiyo xarfanka xafaada back home.
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Udun, I know in the north they call the hedgehog; Xidig.

But as reer Xamars, we say Kuuley Cali Banjar. And the reer Xamar way is the Somali way :up:

Xamud, you ever been attacked by one? Walee you will run faster than the wind.. :lol:
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Thuganomics wrote:^
Is it a hedgehog or a porcupine.It's one or the other
Porcupine is caano qub.
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We used to sing a song for kuuleey when we were kids and shit. Kids loved chasing it all over xaafada.

"Maama kuuleey, maama kuuleey. Maskiintoo muraad laheed, mininkeena soo gashay, kaale imaaw, kaale imaaw, maama kuuleey......."

Feels like a lifetime ago.
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