Explaining Somali words/terms thread..

[Estranged]

Assalamu alaikum..

So this thread is for posting words/terms you don't know in Somali so others can explain it. I feel like I'm the only one that's going to be using it cos y'all are really good with Somali maa shaa Allah.

So..

What do these words mean?

• Waxsi
• Langaab
• Eeley
• Cuqdad

[HQ1969]

Assalamu alaikum..

So this thread is for posting words/terms you don't know in Somali so others can explain it. I feel like I'm the only one that's going to be using it cos y'all are really good with Somali maa shaa Allah.

So..

What do these words mean?

• Waxsi
• Langaab
• Eeley
• Cuqdad

1. i believe you're referring to wahsi, which could mean laziness and/or fatigue

2. somalis use the term laangaab to mean someone from a minority clan but literally it means a clan with a short lineage, i.e. short number of ancestors from its progenitor

3. eelay are a digil and mirifle clan

4. cuqdad basically means predetermined hate, clan prejudice in our case

[Estranged]

Assalamu alaikum..

So this thread is for posting words/terms you don't know in Somali so others can explain it. I feel like I'm the only one that's going to be using it cos y'all are really good with Somali maa shaa Allah.

So..

What do these words mean?

• Waxsi
• Langaab
• Eeley
• Cuqdad

1. i believe you're referring to wahsi, which could mean laziness and/or fatigue

2. somalis use the term laangaab to mean someone from a minority clan but literally it means a clan with a short lineage, i.e. short number of ancestors from its progenitor

3. eelay are a digil and mirifle clan

4. cuqdad basically means predetermined hate, clan prejudice in our case

JazakAllah kheyr

[X.Playa]

There is Somali dictionary online with 50,000 terms.

[Jabuutawi]

I can't imagine an adult Somali not knowing what langab or cuqdad mean. Perhaps you grew up in a non- Somali household, but these are very common words. Wax sii = give something/handout. Eelay, new to me as well.

[Estranged]

I can't imagine an adult Somali not knowing what langab or cuqdad mean. Perhaps you grew up in a non- Somali household, but these are very common words. Wax sii = give something/handout. Eelay, new to me as well.

No I grew up in a Somali household.. in the West. So my Somali is quite lacking. Not just that, I don't know much about Somali tribes and the different regions (nvm the politics) except what I searched/taught myself. :/

I meant wahsi like the other user mentioned.

[Jabuutawi]

Start with your clan, work your way out. That is what I did. Also, participate in FKD sessions Snet version of accelerated studies. In no time you will be graduate senior FKD'er, lol. Anyway, what would you wanna know about clans?

[TheMightyNomad]

@Estranged don't listen to him, i would hate to see you turn out as depressing as some people here with their obsession with FDK aka my ''tuuloo'' is better than your ''tuulo'' .

I can link you some resources on Somali culture and language if you want.

[Jabuutawi]

It was tongue in cheek comment. Seriously, there is plethora of internet info. at your finger tips. Choose wisely. Knowledge is power.

[TheLoFather]

@Estranged don't listen to him, i would hate to see you turn out as depressing as some people here with their obsession with FDK aka my ''tuuloo'' is better than your ''tuulo'' .

I can link you some resources on Somali culture and language if you want.

It was tongue in cheek comment. Seriously, there is plethora of internet info. at your finger tips. Choose wisely. Knowledge is power.

MightyNomad na gar leh Jabuutawina gar leh!!.

but you both forgot to tell her that "mooge cadaab ma galo'..." and that ignorence is a Bliss!!......and what good will come out of knowing that your grandfather or great grandfather raided and pillaged his own cousins villages and used the camels and other booty he got from the raids to marry your grandmother or great grand mother and what ever that was left was stolen from him by colonisers and then was forced to pay the future of and the labour of his offsbrings as tax, tariffs and duty not to mention their Dignities to some foreign saan cadaalayaals ?

[Estranged]

Start with your clan, work your way out. That is what I did. Also, participate in FKD sessions Snet version of accelerated studies. In no time you will be graduate senior FKD'er, lol. Anyway, what would you wanna know about clans?

Where do I sign up? Joke..

Idk, the different clans and their sub clans and the regions they occupy etc. Just a really good overview on these things so I'm not lost when people discuss/mention it.

[Estranged]

@Estranged don't listen to him, i would hate to see you turn out as depressing as some people here with their obsession with FDK aka my ''tuuloo'' is better than your ''tuulo'' .

I can link you some resources on Somali culture and language if you want.

What's FDK? And don't worry I'm not like that.

Do you have resources on the tribes and their relations and history?

[Estranged]

@Estranged don't listen to him, i would hate to see you turn out as depressing as some people here with their obsession with FDK aka my ''tuuloo'' is better than your ''tuulo'' .

I can link you some resources on Somali culture and language if you want.

It was tongue in cheek comment. Seriously, there is plethora of internet info. at your finger tips. Choose wisely. Knowledge is power.

MightyNomad na gar leh Jabuutawina gar leh!!.

but you both forgot to tell her that "mooge cadaab ma galo'..." and that ignorence is a Bliss!!......and what good will come out of knowing that your grandfather or great grandfather raided and pillaged his own cousins villages and used the camels and other booty he got from the raids to marry your grandmother or great grand mother and what ever that was left was stolen from him by colonisers and then was forced to pay the future of and the labour of his offsbrings as tax, tariffs and duty not to mention their Dignities to some foreign saan cadaalayaals ?

Deep. My ancestors were wadhaado, or so I'm told.

[Futurist]

Ok anyone know meaning of these words and in what contaxt they're appropriate to use.

Axdi
Wacdi
Camal

[kanadiid90]

btw guys what is the Somali word for mirage?