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how to say village in somali?
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2014 5:22 pm
by nord
I know tuulo is town
And magaalo is city
Re: how to say village in somali?
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2014 5:25 pm
by Julkimi
Baadiyo.
Re: how to say village in somali?
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2014 5:28 pm
by GIJaamac
nord wrote:I know tuulo is town
And magaalo is city
Tuulo is village not town.
Re: how to say village in somali?
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2014 5:34 pm
by Bella18
Lol@ I know tuulo is town.
Like GIJaamac said tuulo is village.
You're prolly mistaking xaafad with tuulo.
Re: how to say village in somali?
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2014 5:40 pm
by nord
Xaafad depending on context can mean house, block, etc but certainly not town
Re: how to say village in somali?
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2014 5:57 pm
by Octavius
Deegaan?
Re: how to say village in somali?
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2014 6:34 pm
by lander24
Village is tuulo
Re: how to say village in somali?
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2014 7:02 pm
by Togdeer
Village = Tuulo
Town = Magaalo/Tuulo ween
City = Magaalo
Area = Xaafad
District = Degmo
State = Gobol
Re: how to say village in somali?
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2014 11:43 pm
by AbdiJohnson
It's tuulo
I am,
Abdi "Even I knew that" Johnson
Re: how to say village in somali?
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2014 11:07 am
by 1nemansquad
R.I.P afSomali..
village=xaafad ama degmo
tuulo is town..
Re: how to say village in somali?
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2014 1:49 pm
by StormShadow
village:Dag
Town: tuulo
Re: how to say village in somali?
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2014 2:06 pm
by GeoSeven
Village= settlement
Deegaan/Degmo?
Re: how to say village in somali?
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2014 4:22 pm
by LobsterUnit
Some communities in the somalia only have tuulos and cities.others, especially farming communities have large village settlements and cities, perhaps explaining the confusion.
Re: how to say village in somali?
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2014 4:30 pm
by waraabe251
tuulo
there is no somali word for town as town is a useless word. it is called magaalo yar small city
xaafad can mean both a neighbourhood or a house
degmo is district or a borough
Re: how to say village in somali?
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2014 4:40 pm
by LobsterUnit
waraabe251 wrote:tuulo
there is no somali word for town as town is a useless word. it is called magaalo yar small city
xaafad can mean both a neighbourhood or a house
degmo is district or a borough
Somali nomads have three terms for settlements:1.baadiye (bedouin land) 2.tuulo ( small town in between the baadiye and the magaalo) 3.magaalo (city).