How do reer waqooyi/non southerners say these words.

[Tramo]

fork = shookad (yes, really)
Bra = keeshili
Lawyer - difaac?
Tie - nigteen
Cake - I just know doolsho which I'm fairly certain is a southern word
Towel - tuwaal
Cheese - idk
Steak - there's a word for this?
Hairdresser - timo jaro
Celebration - ciid

the ones that get me are madbakh = kitchen, maclaqad = spoon and madaybad = bowl, I always laugh when my grandma says these . southern Somali is so much more practical and sounds better imo

 

[Waranle]

the ones that get me are madbakh = kitchen, maclaqad = spoon and madaybad = bowl, I always laugh when my grandma says these . southern Somali is so much more practical and sounds better imo

All three of those reer woqooyi words are originally Arabic thats why.

 

[John Michael]

lol

Thx, I like burcad.
All of those words I listed in the south are Italian (or at least I don't know the somali equivalent). It's interesting how the North doesn't use English loanwords that much but instead uses Arabic.

 

[RedStar]

fork
Bra
Lawyer
Tie
Cake
Towel
Cheese
Steak
Hairdresser
Celebration

Shookad
Bra?
Niin hadal baddan
Tie?
Keeg
Towaal
Cheese?
Hilib jidh ah
Timo jare
Xaflaad

 

[Baraf]

fork -Fargeti
Bra- Rajasteeno
Lawyer- ?..marqaad?.. like marqaadi noqo ( be my witness)
Tie-?
Cake- Doorsha
Towel - Shuukoman
Cheese- ? (is there even a Somali word for Cheese)
Steak- ?
Hairdresser- ?.. timo subiis, timo qurxiyaad
Celebration- ?

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[Bahal]

Lawyer is garxajis I think, I like that pure Somali.

Most words that trip people up are bastardized Italian and English like doolshe nigis tuwaal shukuman. Waqooyi got more Arabic loanwords like malqacad whereas others use the Somali word qaado. Then there's maay

 

[Zuleikha]

Fork fargeeto
Bra geeshali
Lawyer qareen
Tie
Cake keek
Towel tuwaal
Cheese
Steak
Hairdresser koofeer
Celebration dabaal deg

 

[Anonymous]

how do you say Giraffe

 

[Anonymous]

how do you say Giraffe

geri

 

[Anonymous]

geri

That's funeral

 

[Anonymous]

How do you say Sea Horse?

 

[Duchess]

How do you say Sea Horse?

Faraaska biyaha

 

[padrone]

How do you say Sea Horse?

faras badeed.

 

[padrone]

Faraaska biyaha

that means horse water literally.

 

[abdale]

fork - fargeedo
Bra - rajastiin
Lawyer - gaanshaale i think
Tie - tie
Cake - doolsho/ torto
Towel - shukumaan
Cheese - farmaajo
Steak - hilib
Hairdresser - saaluun
Celebration - dabaal dag

 

[Thegoodshepherd]

fork fargeeto
Bra rajabeeto
Lawyer garyaqaan
Tie tie
Cake keeg
Towel shukumaan
Cheese jubnad
Steak ??
Hairdresser kuafeer
Celebration xaflad, dabaaldeg

 

[Zuleikha]

She said reer Waqooyi not reer konfureed we don't use shukumaan or rajabeeto tf is that .

 

[Bahal]

Both Italian loanwords

 

[McD30]

fork - Fargeedo
Bra - Rajistiin
Lawyer - Looyar
Tie - Taay
Cake - Keeg
Towel - Shukumaan
Cheese - Jis
Steak - Hilib jiir ah
Hairdresser - Heerdareesar
Celebration - Dabaal deg

 

[abdale]

Keeg is not Somali lol