is there a somali word for strawberries?

[Mercury]

Cause I was sitting here thinking what the heck are they even callef in somali lol

 

[merka]

nacnac kkkkkk

Just kidding. I have no idea either.

 

[Yannie]

I don't know. Good question.

 

[Sixth]

Yaanyo macaan.

 

[Yannie]

miro yar yar oo guduudan

 

[Mercury]

I just call em jordgubb

 

[VixR]

Isstaraowberri

 

[Apollo]

I think there should be a rule in Af-Soomaali, any modern word Somali lacks = borrow the MSA Arabic equivalent.

Farawla sounds much better than f*ckin Istaroberi.

 

[madamelioness]

I think all berries are called miro. I don't think there is a specific word for strawberries.

 

[Hafez]

I think there should be a rule in Af-Soomaali, any modern word Somali lacks = borrow the MSA Arabic equivalent.

Farawla sounds much better than f*ckin Istaroberi.

In before @AbdiJohnson calls you an Arab bootyclapper

 

[Inactive]

I think there should be a rule in Af-Soomaali, any modern word Somali lacks = borrow the MSA Arabic equivalent.

Farawla sounds much better than f*ckin Istaroberi.

Why not just make up a word for it like any proud ethnic group would do?

 

[Apollo]

Why not just make up a word for it like any proud ethnic group would do?

Arabic is in the same language family as Somali and loanwords from it make more sense than from English which often has sounds not found in Somali.

 

[Inactive]

Arabic is in the same language family as Somali and loanwords from it make more sense than from English which often has sounds not found in Somali.

Isn't Hausa and many other West African languages in the same language family as the Somali language? Maybe we should get some words from them too.

 

[Apollo]

Isn't Hausa in the same language family as the Somali language? Maybe we should get some words from them too.

Hausa is filled with Yoruba (Niger-Congo) loanwords, it has sounds not found in Somali, again. Also, it makes no sense and you are being ridiculous.

Arabic has a rich literary culture. It is more advanced than any other Afro-Asiatic language, hence borrowing from them makes the most sense.

 

[Tramo]

they're called frawla

 

[Inactive]

Hausa is filled with Yoruba (Niger-Congo) loanwords, it has sounds not found in Somali, again. Also, it makes no sense and you are being ridiculous.

Arabic has a rich literary culture. It is more advanced than any other Afro-Asiatic language, hence borrowing from them makes the most sense.

Arab words also have sounds not familiar in Somali.

Stop begging the Arabs.

 

[Apollo]

Arab words also have sounds not familiar in Somali.

Stop begging the Arabs.

It overlaps with Somali pronunciation more so than any other major advanced language relevant to Somalis.

Swahili - no.
Amharic - no.
Persian - no.
English - no.
Italian - no.
Arabic - mostly.

 

[MARAQ DIGAAG]

Arab words also have sounds not familiar in Somali.

Stop begging the Arabs.

all Arab points of articulation are found in the Somali language .i can't think of any sound or letter in Arabic that would be problematic for a somali speaker .arabic becomes problematic when trying to adopt a script ,hence why the Somali committee during the time of bare chose to adopt a Latin script instead .

 

[merka]

We should have a Somali version of the academie franchise. Where it can be the official authority on the Somali language. Hopefully we can be able to find simliar terms in Cushitic instead of just copying the Arabic or English equivalent.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Académie_française

 

[Gibiin-Udug]

My parents call it farogolow(sp?)