Lamagoodle Lejustier or udun

[Thuganomics]

Could you guys give us a brief explanation of the concept of "SARBEEB" in the Somali language.While you're at it a few examples wouldn't go a miss either

Thanks in advance Thuganomics

A confused to f*c* brother

[jalaaludin5]

Sarbeeb: The Art of Oblique Communication in Somali Culture.


http://www.wardheernews.com/articles/ju ... amatar.htm

[Ismail87]

Sarbeeb: The Art of Oblique Communication in Somali Culture.


http://www.wardheernews.com/articles/ju ... amatar.htm

I thought sarbeeb meant euphemism... show odayaal baan confused ka dhigay habeen dhawayd

[Thuganomics]

Nice read,thanks for postingBiko
So basically you have to be a poet to understand the intricacies of Sarbeeb

[gegiroor]

Sarbeeb means Hal-Xidhaale / Hal-Xiraale. The Sarbeeb word is used in the South, and Hal-Xidhaale / Hal-Xiraale is used in the north-west, north-east, and central regions of Somalia.

This is one of them:

1. You were courting a woman, and she told you to come to her when stars are up and the moon is down!

In Somali: Gabadh baad shukaansanaysay, waxay ku tiri, ii kaalay marka dayaxu dhaco, xidiguhuna soo jeedaan.

You tell me what she meant?

[waryaa]

I think there's more than poetry to it. It simply means hint, allude to, etc.

Like u say u wanna have a chewing gum, in a politically correct way to somebody than say ur breath is killing me. You hint the actual concern without saying it out laud.

Somalis, especially reer coofur say it so reer magalnimo ugh sheeg = so sarbeb.

[Lamagoodle]

Sarbeeb is defined in the somali dictionary as ”hadal maldahan oo macne ku qarsoon yahay” ( a statement that disguises a message/meaning”.

Maldahan= qarsoon

Somali say “sarbeeb sir ma aha”


Gegiroor; Hal xiraale and sarbeeb are two different things:
Xal xiraale =a riddle (that is exactly what the lady did)

Almost all somalis I have met call it sarbeeb; even from the hinterland o waqooyi saaxib

Sarbeeb= Statement of euphemism?

[MujahidAishah]

Udun
on the nights when you don't see the moon after 15ka but the stars are out.

Give us another riddle

[LeJusticier]

Udun and Lama Halxidhaale, hadal maldahan ama lagugu jujeeyey

Waa caynkaas

[Lamagoodle]

Udun and Lama Halxidhaale, hadal maldahan ama lagugu jujeeyey

Waa caynkaas

Saaxib, xal xir(dh)aale and sarbeeeb soo ma kala aha?

xalxidh(r)ale= googaa= riddle

Sarbeeb= waa weer(dh) sidata hadal maldahan

Sarbeeb Ex:
Caasha is a dark teethless somali woman who thinks she is a godess.

You meet Caasha /or others and say:

Caasha caadeey ilka cadeey qurux uma laabno

Maybe this is a bad example

[LeJusticier]

Udun and Lama Halxidhaale, hadal maldahan ama lagugu jujeeyey

Waa caynkaas

Saaxib, xal xir(dh)aale and sarbeeeb soo ma kala aha?

xalxidh(r)ale= googaa= riddle

Sarbeeb= waa weer(dh) sidata hadal maldahan

Sarbeeb Ex:
Caasha is a dark teethless somali woman who thinks she is a godess.

You meet Caasha /or others and say:

Caasha caadeey ilka cadeey qurux uma laabno

Maybe this is a bad example

Waa rubtaa
Sarbeeb = hadal maldahan.
Ingriisida ma metaphor baa?

[Lamagoodle]

Maya saaxib. I think the closest word is"dysphemism" although sometimes, the somali sarbeeb iis also a "euphemism"

[gegiroor]

Udun
on the nights when you don't see the moon after 15ka but the stars are out.

Give us another riddle

Aisha,

While you're still figuring out the first one, here is another one: A lady give you meat and she asked you to eat the halal one and don't eat the haram (forbidden) one. What did she mean?

[LeJusticier]

Maya saaxib. I think the closest word is"dysphemism" although sometimes, the somali sarbeeb iis also a "euphemism"

jazaaka laah

[MujahidAishah]

Udun Agah I got the first one right

I am come back to you on the meat riddle suug