Languages of the Horn

[RedStar]

LOL @Meles Zenawi, but there added

I see the similarities between Amharic and Tigrinya numbers especially the 10s section

I don't know how to tag you lol

 

[Gibiin-Udug]

Banana-moos
Meat-- hilib
Watermelon-- Qarre
Lemon- liin
Bread-- rooti
Potatoes-- patato
Onion-- basal

 

[arawelo 2.0]

@RedStar i can tag him @ሕጊ።።

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[ሕጊ።።]

lol thats sounds fun to say.

from 40-90 its basically 4-9 of the Arabic numbers.

their 4 is arba'a and their 40 is arba'iin

Yeah I don't know how the 1-10's managed to take those forms^ and the 10's managed to be different

I see the similarities between Amharic and Tigrinya numbers especially the 10s section

I don't know how to tag you lol

Yeah it's just 2 and 9 that sound very different

And lol even when people tag me I don't get notified so don't bother

 

[MY.Brawler]

xabxab is somali.

i don't think its an Arabic loan word either since watermelon is something else, i cant remember.

I have never heard of xabxab before first time hearing it

 

[MY.Brawler]

Banana-moos
Meat-- hilib
Watermelon-- Qarre
Lemon- liin
Bread-- rooti
Potatoes-- patato
Onion-- basal

patato kulaha

 

[Gibiin-Udug]

patato kulaha

We call potatoes, patato. Is there another word for it?

 

[ሕጊ።።]

I have never heard of xabxab before first time hearing it

@sahersi I think it's of Ge'ez origin, ill screenshot and post it

 

[merka]

xabxab is somali.

i don't think its an Arabic loan word either since watermelon is something else, i cant remember.

Xabxab is an arabic word

 

[MY.Brawler]

We call potatoes, patato. Is there another word for it?

waar yaa ilahi yaqaano we call it baradho

 

[arawelo 2.0]

@sahersi I think it's of Ge'ez origin, ill screenshot and post it

really??

we need to reinvent our language

 

[RedStar]

Banana-moos
Meat-- hilib
Watermelon-- Qarre
Lemon- liin
Bread-- rooti
Potatoes-- patato
Onion-- basal

Its xabxab, furin and baradho pls stop this nonsense!

 

[arawelo 2.0]

Xabxab is an arabic word

now that I say it out loud, it does sound like their gibberish

 

[MY.Brawler]

Its xabxab, furin and baradho pls stop this nonsense!

"Furin" kulaha also watermelon is qarre

 

[adaharari]

All of those are Arabic. I believe birtukhan came from burtuqal.

Btw we use xabxab too.

Let's try the numbers

1. Kow - axad
2. Labo -koot
3. Sadex -shishti
4. Afar - haret
5. Shan - xamishti
6. Lix -sidisti
7. Todobo - saati
8. Sideed - suut
9. Sagaal - zaht'egn
10. Toban - asir

20. Labaatan -kuya
30. Sodon - sasa
40. Afartan - arbin
50. Konton - khemsin
60. Lixdan - sittin
70. Todobaatan - satiti asir
80. Sideetan - suut asir
90. Sagaashan - zaht'ena
100. Boqol - alfi

After that it's just laba boqol, sadex boqol and so on till you reach 1000 - kun.

@Meles Zenawi feel free to add the Tigrinya numbers

 

[RedStar]

@merka @sahersi I'm pretty sure watermelon in Arabic is bedikh

 

[Gibiin-Udug]

Its xabxab, furin and baradho pls stop this nonsense!

Wtf is furiin, xabxab and baradho? Are you even Somali?

 

[merka]

@merka @sahersi I'm pretty sure watermelon in Arabic is bedikh

You can call it either bateekh or xabxab.

 

[MY.Brawler]

Wtf is furiin, xabxab and baradho? Are you even Somali?

You have seriously NEVER heard of baradho??

 

[RedStar]

"Furin" kulaha also watermelon is qarre

Furinka is bread

Wtf is furiin, xabxab and baradho? Are you even Somali?

you speak another language and that last part