There is no Somali word for

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Mighty

If wars can be started with lies, so can peace.
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

If wars can be started with lies, so can peace.
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
 
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