Chapter 26 (D1)

Question 1

huudhaydh

Answer 1

used clothing, castoffs (slang, comes from “who died?”)

Question 2

mikiile/a(ha)

Answer 2

owner

Question 3

huunno

Answer 3

sibling (gender-neutral term/address)

Question 4

aaddo

Answer 4

sibling (Djibouti dialect)

Question 5

talo ayaa ku cadaatay

Answer 5

at a loss for words

Question 6

seero

Answer 6

pastureland (usually government designated areas that are protected from grazing to allow to recover)

Question 7

kas(ka) / kasas(ka)

Answer 7

intention, deliberate action; intelligence

Question 8

u kas

Answer 8

do intentionally

Question 9

il daran

Answer 9

in bad shape, ill; poor, wretched, unhappy (adj., lit. “harsh eyed”)

Question 10

daacuun

Answer 10

cholera

Question 11

een

Answer 11

um (filler word)

Question 12

ma aragtay

Answer 12

you know what I mean (filler phrase)

Question 13

maxaan ku dhihi lahaayi / maxaan ku dhahdaa

Answer 13

what should I say, how do you say (filler phrase)

Question 14

qashin

Answer 14

trash, waste

Question 15

taabbagel

Answer 15

succeed, be realized, be put into effect

Question 16

taabad

Answer 16

touch, contact

Question 17

luggooyo/a(da)

Answer 17

waste of time, fruitless effort

Question 18

luggooy

Answer 18

waste someone’s time/effort, mislead, trick (lit. “cut off the foot”)

Question 19

cusboonee

Answer 19

renew, resume, begin again

Question 20

jaaliyad

Answer 20

community, (lit. “comradeness”)

Question 21

diirad

Answer 21

focus

Question 22

iska illow

Answer 22

forget about it, never mind

Question 23

duunyo

Answer 23

herds, animals, livestock (usually paired with a term meaning people, as a contrast)

Question 24

qod

Answer 24

excavate, plow, dig

Question 25

farsamee

Answer 25

make

Question 26

sinayso

Answer 26

adultery (in the religious sense)

Question 27

hantigoosi(ga)

Answer 27

capitalism; capitalist

Question 28

tacaddi(ga) / tacadiyaad(da)

Answer 28

offense, illegal act

Question 29

beeyada

Answer 29

frankincense

Question 30

bey’ada

Answer 30

environment

Question 31

halis

Answer 31

danger

Question 32

dhaxal

Answer 32

inherit