There is no Somali word for

[Samaalic Era]

Is layr not light? Or am i becoming dellusional

Iftiin is light

 

[Khayyam]

I thought "dabayl" meant "wind."

You are not wrong but it can be meant air as well
Didn't you hear " dabayl baa socota" means someone farted
Check this at 1:33

 

[Diaspora ambassador]

Iftiin is light

At my house we say layr maybe it is a dialect thing

 

[embarassing]

Is layr not light? Or am i becoming dellusional

It’s both

 

[roble]

layr,laydh...neecaw, ..dabayl , all somali and more have to ask reer miyi.

 

[Nin-culus]

Air. I was thinking wallahi there is no word for air as in

My stomach is filled with air pffff because of this soda.

You cant say this in Af Soomaali

Wan fuursanahay. Hawo ba calooshay ka buuxo.

Air is hawo.

 

[Nin-culus]

layr,laydh...neecaw, ..dabayl , all somali and more have to ask reer miyi.

Dabayl is wind

 

[roble]

Dabayl is wind

can be used for both. dabayl baa i gashay( colba aariyo).

 

[Mighty]

It's neef which means both air and breath. Neef baa caloosha iga haysa. I'm sure people from my area use this word exchangeably.

 

[Mighty]

Naacow

Naacow is gentle wind.

 

[Mighty]

Neef and hawa are both Arabic in origin. Found that out when I learned Arabic.

It’s weird not to have a word for air tbh. It could be that it was lost and replaced by hawa, etc.
It’s the same in English, ie, “airhead”.

Neef isnt arabic but rather a cognate word. Nef in ancient egyptian related to wind, air and breath. Many words are falsly attributed to arabic due to it being a written language way longer than other afro-asiatic languages except hebrew.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sail_(hieroglyph)
https://books.google.se/books?id=aR...nepage&q=ancient egyptian nef meaning&f=false

 

[EDsomali]

At my house we say layr maybe it is a dialect thing

Layr/Laydh is an English loan word.

 

[Fiidmeer]

Naqas is air.

 

[Mighty]

Layr/Laydh is an English loan word.

Layr originally only meant breeze until light (layr) came along.

 

[GBTarmy]

hawo, aaryo

@CaliTedesse will you also do a thread on all the loanwords in the arabic language?

 

[kickz]

First word that came to mind is hawwo

 

[Nin-culus]

It's neef which means both air and breath. Neef baa caloosha iga haysa. I'm sure people from my area use this word exchangeably.

Neef ku qurunbadana