What Somali Words Mean In Foreign Languages

[nine]

What is this loan word nonsense? is it some sjw crap or do you expect me to believe that our Cushitic ancestors never had a word for juice?

Sharaab comes from Arabic.
Cabbitaan = juice

 

[Oranges&Lemons]

Ok so this isn't an actual word but I always laugh when ajnabis comment "uff" under a picture of a person who they think is hot.

 

[Yaquub]

Sharaab comes from Arabic.
Cabbitaan = juice

Oh!! because i was wondering why would somalis use an arab word for juice over their own word.

 

[nine]

Oh!! because i was wondering why would somalis use an arab word for juice over their own word.

It might be Af-Waqooyi. You won't hear that from reer Koonfur.

 

[SumMo]

I remember when I was younger growing up in Norway, I always used to confuse norwegian and somali.

This one time a friend of mine in primary school was saying something to me. I zoned out and didn’t really hear her. After she finished she looked at me, and instead of saying ‘huh?’ I said ‘yaa?’. Keep in mind yaa sounds like ‘ja’, which is the norwegian word for ‘yes’.

So she kept continuing with her talk, until she paused again. I was even more confused now. So again I said ‘yaa?’.

Before she opened her mouth again I realized what I was saying and I quickly said ‘hæ?’ (norwegian word for huh?).

She then told me ‘but you kept on saying yes to all of my questions? what didn’t you hear me?’ lol, it was a pretty awkward situation ngl.

It’s pretty easy to get lost in translation sometimes..

 

[government]

Sharaab is a Arabic loan word meaning drink . I believe cabitaan is an authentic Somali word .

Technically cabitaan is a loan word too since cab is a loan word

 

[nine]

Technically cabitaan is a loan word too since cab is a loan word

You can still say biyo though.

 

[Idil-Beydaan]

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[Basra]

At a Somali restaurant my Pakistani friend heard my uncle ask for "sharaab". He was stunned. He said: akhi, I thought your dad was a wadaad. Why is he ordering alcohol? I said what are you talking about? He replied "sharaab means beer". And sure enough, when I looked it up that's what the word means in Urdu. Talk about lost in translation.

Later, my pal told me that he was driving his cousin Ayan to the airport. I said where is she going? No, he said, his cousin was a man. "Your male relatives are called Ayan?" I asked. I recalled that Pakistan recognizes transgender people, so I said, a little embarassed, "is she a chick with a dick?". No, he explained, Ayan is a guy's name in Pakistan. Amazing.

Somali words can land you in hot water in other languages.

I was watching a documentary about Indonesia some time ago. One of its presidents is named Gus. It's pronounced the way Somalis pronounce male genitalia, not the way in which the Western name of the same spelling is. His surname is Dur. It's pronounced the way Somalis say the word "pierce". So basically the guy's name means "dick piercing". I would love to have been a fly on the wall when the Somali prime minister heard the name of his presidential counterpart.

Got any others?

"is she a chick with a dick?" am not comfortable reading that!



The Somali noun GUS......in English is a common name!

English Meaning: The name Gus is an English baby name. In English the meaning ofthe name Gus is: A Latin Augustus or Augustine, meaning majestic. Often used as an independent name.


Siil naa waa

 

[SilentE1001]

Sharaab is a Arabic loan word meaning drink . I believe cabitaan is an authentic Somali word .

Sharaab mainly said be Waqooyi peeps and most of the kinda arabic is said by them mans

which is strange because the somali language came from their ends and moved south (look it up,m aint chatting shit)

 

[government]

Sharaab mainly said be Waqooyi peeps and most of the kinda arabic is said by them mans

which is strange because the somali language came from their ends and moved south (look it up,m aint chatting shit)

It's natural due to their proximity to the Arabian peninsula

 

[Bidaar Wanagsan]

Sharaab is juice in somali never heard of it as alcohol

It means alcohol in Urdu sweetheart, not Somali. Do try to keep up.

 

[Bidaar Wanagsan]

"is she a chick with a dick?" am not comfortable reading that!



The Somali noun GUS......in English is a common name!

English Meaning: The name Gus is an English baby name. In English the meaning ofthe name Gus is: A Latin Augustus or Augustine, meaning majestic. Often used as an independent name.


Siil naa waa

Basra, how are you today baby girl? I really missed your BBW figure.

I noted Gus is an English name. But it's not pronounced the same way as the Somali noun for, ahem, the male appendage. Indonesians however pronounce it like we do. Imagine being an Islamic scholar and being called Gus Dur. It's like an archbishop named Pierce Dick. "Sheikh Gus Dur, is dick piercing halal?"

Also abaayo, don't you know it's rude for a girl to speak so casually of the male organ of reproduction? I thought you were a chaste sweetie.

 

[Bidaar Wanagsan]

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Informative. Names are a clue to personality. My grandma is called Lul. She grabbed my dong as a kid. Now makes perfect sense

 

[Idil-Beydaan]

Informative. Names are a clue to personality. My grandma is called Lul. She grabbed my dong as a kid. Now makes perfect sense

Child abuse
Did she really do so

 

[Bidaar Wanagsan]

Child abuse
Did she really do so

It wasnt sexual abuse. It was sexual liberation. Ayeeyo Lul was a great woman.

 

[Idil-Beydaan]

It wasnt sexual abuse. It was sexual liberation. Ayeeyo Lul was a great woman.

'was' did poor luuley die, AUN a pedo she was

 

[Bidaar Wanagsan]

'was' did poor luuley die, AUN a pedo she was

No she's still around but she's not as great as she used to be. She was a bit of a in her youth. Strutted around in high heels and miniskirts. But these days she plays it conservative.

 

[Mercury]

Reading the title

Heres an english Word

Sugar daddy = Aabaha sonkorta it could also mean a father whose diabetic

 

[A_A]

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Unrelated, sorry but is that Bride’s Story?