Ultimate "Whats the meaning of this somali word" thread

[Generalissimo]

Since there doesn't seem to exist a thread dedicated to the meaning of somali words and it's kind of annoying with all these threads asking what's the meaning of this word or that word popping up every other day, I decided to take the initiative and create this one. Hope the mods will stick it.

Well since I started this thread, let me have the honor to ask the first word then. I was reading a book in af-soomaali and realized that the author had a cinwaan that I didn't fully grasp the meaning of. How would you translate the meaning "Taariikhdu waa ma guuraan"?

 

[Tjioux]

History never moves

 

[Generalissimo]

History never moves

Yeah that's what i figured out too but whats that even supposed to mean, it doesn't make sense at all. I've heard history never changes and history never repeats but history never moves? And isn't ma guuraan supposed to be one word instead for two words?

 

[Radical]

I bet 100$ that there is no somali word for kangaroo

 

[HuunoHunter]

I bet 100$ that there is no somali word for kangaroo

The man speaks the truth.

 

[Shanshiyo1234]

Kangarooka?

 

[4444]

Thank you for making this! Is there a way to say the word awkward in somali without explaining it in a long sentence?

 

[Khayyam]

Thank you for making this! Is there a way to say the word awkward in somali without explaining it in a long sentence?

yax-yaxid
for example" wuu isku yax-yaxay" ama isku qajilay

 

[Transparent]

I bet 100$ that there is no somali word for kangaroo

Al-kangaroo

 

[Transparent]

Thank you for making this! Is there a way to say the word awkward in somali without explaining it in a long sentence?

Wax sikala eh,that's a hard word to translate into Somali.

 

[Tjioux]

Yeah that's what i figured out too but whats that even supposed to mean, it doesn't make sense at all. I've heard history never changes and history never repeats but history never moves? And isn't ma guuraan supposed to be one word instead for two words?

It makes sense, because history have a tendense to repeat itself thus it never moves...

 

[Thegoodshepherd]

Ma guuraan means permanent. History is permanent.

 

[Transparent]

Since there doesn't seem to exist a thread dedicated to the meaning of somali words and it's kind of annoying with all these threads asking what's the meaning of this word or that word popping up every other day, I decided to take the initiative and create this one. Hope the mods will stick it.

Well since I started this thread, let me have the honor to ask the first word then. I was reading a book in af-soomaali and realized that the author had a cinwaan that I didn't fully grasp the meaning of. How would you translate the meaning "Taariikhdu waa ma guuraan"?

It means something that doesn't move and is stationary.Ma guuran,guur=move(usually used for when moving houses).

 

[hindhisle]

Thank you for making this! Is there a way to say the word awkward in somali without explaining it in a long sentence?

Amakaag

 

[Radical]

Al-kangaroo

That's Arabic warya

Kangarooka?

I'm talking about something special like dooro for chicken. If we added KA, GA and GAREY at the end of every English word we'd be better off stealing the whole fucking dictionary!

 

[Shanshiyo1234]

That's Arabic warya


I'm talking about something special like dooro for chicken. If we added KA, GA and GAREY at the end of every English word we'd be better off stealing the whole fucking dictionary!

Lol wallahi my post was a joke!

 

[Ka dheer]

what are the meaning of these words?

Saaqad

Dhaandhaan

Jaanjaan

Duli

Daryeel

 

[ArchBishopofAtheism]

yax-yaxid
for example" wuu isku yax-yaxay" ama isku qajilay

Totally wrong. That means flummoxed.

 

[ArchBishopofAtheism]

what are the meaning of these words?

Saaqad

Dhaandhaan

Jaanjaan

Duli

Daryeel

Watch, moron, deadbeat/loser, take care of

 

[Ka dheer]

Watch, moron, deadbeat/loser, take care of

saaqad, not saacad