Somali names that have Italian origins?

[government]

I just discovered that the name fartuun is actually Italian for fortune I always thought it's a Somali name anyone know other Somali names that come from Italian

 

[MarehanBanker]

Not names but there are many italians words in somali

Asciugamano - Towel
Borsa - Bag/purse
Gelato -Ice cream
Sugo - Sauce
Farchetto - fork

There are more can't think of them

 

[RichEnoughForGucci]

Not names but there are many italians words in somali

Asciugamano - Towel
Borsa - Bag
Gelato -Ice cream
Sugo - Sauce
Farchetto - fork

There are more can't think of them

Portierre- goalkeeper.

 

[MarehanBanker]

Portierre- goalkeeper.

My dad kept talking about rigore during the World Cup and I was like what are you talking about, turns out it means penalties in Italian

 

[MARAQ DIGAAG]

Sugo - Sauce

 

[RichEnoughForGucci]

My dad kept talking about rigore during the World Cup and I was like what are you talking about, turns out it means penalties in Italian

Same I really was confused. My father kept using that word. He also kept saying Portierre.

I was like f*ck it this isn't a Somali woRd. I went on Google translate and it came up as goalkeeper in Italian. I knew it!

 

[MARAQ DIGAAG]

My dad kept talking about rigore during the World Cup and I was like what are you talking about, turns out it means penalties in Italian

Southern Somalis use a lot of Italian words when they watch football.

Jalle( yellow card)
Roso (red card)
Rigore (penalty)
Bortiyore (goalkeeper)
Arbitore(Referee)


These are more used by Northern Somalia:
Callanwalle (linesman)
Goalhaye (keeper)


I always thought Suugo was Somali
Suugo Science

 

[MarehanBanker]

Southern Somalis use a lot of Italian words when they watch football.

Jalle( yellow card)
Roso (red card)
Rigore (penalty)
Bortiyore (goalkeeper)
Arbitore(Referee)


These are more used by Northern Somalia:
Callanwalle (linesman)
Goalhaye (keeper)


I always thought Suugo was Somali
Suugo Science

Where did you think it came from. They brought pasta why not suugo.

 

[MARAQ DIGAAG]

Where did you think it came from

I thought it was a Cushitic Somali word.

Italians did not introduce Pasta to Somalia. People were eating Pasta in Muqdisho when Ibn Batuta visited in the Middle Ages.

 

[Baliska]

Garavaati. (Tie)
Attore. (Actor)
Attrishe. (Actrice)

 

[mrlog]

Southern Somalis use a lot of Italian words when they watch football.

Jalle( yellow card)
Roso (red card)
Rigore (penalty)
Bortiyore (goalkeeper)
Arbitore(Referee)


These are more used by Northern Somalia:
Callanwalle (linesman)
Goalhaye (keeper)


I always thought Suugo was Somali
Suugo Science

In the north we use the following;
Tuweel = towel
Tamandho = tomato
Laydh = light

All bililiqo from English

 

[Apollo]

Sugo - Sauce

So we were doing Italian Science all this time.

 

[Mr.Haggis]

bella - beautiful

 

[xalimathe6]

Does any Somali who speaks xamar dialect know how to spell the word for this kind of headscarf?

In waqooyi they say something like massar and in xamar we say faselletee (can't spell it). The xamar version comes from Italian

 

[Apollo]

Cape Guardafui (tip of the Horn) means Look and Escape in Italian (because it's so dangerous)

The Cape Guardafui lighthouse has a fascist design :

 

[Balqisa]

Does any Somali who speaks xamar dialect know how to spell the word for this kind of headscarf?

In waqooyi they say something like massar and in xamar we say faselletee (can't spell it). The xamar version comes from Italian

Safaleeti

 

[government]

So we were doing Italian Science all this time.

We've been tricked what else is Italian that we don't know of

 

[shabellegal]

A lot of the Banadiir dialect has Italian words.

 

[Jeesto]

Sugo - Sauce

We've been tricked what else is Italian that we don't know of

So we were doing Italian Science all this time.

Sanuunad is the somali word for Suugo

 

[government]

Sanuunad is the somali word for Suugo

I knew that but who uses that aside from some reer waqooyi