Chapter 26 (D1) Flashcards
huudhaydh
used clothing, castoffs (slang, comes from “who died?”)
mikiile/a(ha)
owner
huunno
sibling (gender-neutral term/address)
aaddo
sibling (Djibouti dialect)
talo ayaa ku cadaatay
at a loss for words
seero
pastureland (usually government designated areas that are protected from grazing to allow to recover)
kas(ka) / kasas(ka)
intention, deliberate action; intelligence
u kas
do intentionally
il daran
in bad shape, ill; poor, wretched, unhappy (adj., lit. “harsh eyed”)
daacuun
cholera
een
um (filler word)
ma aragtay
you know what I mean (filler phrase)
maxaan ku dhihi lahaayi / maxaan ku dhahdaa
what should I say, how do you say (filler phrase)
qashin
trash, waste
taabbagel
succeed, be realized, be put into effect
taabad
touch, contact
luggooyo/a(da)
waste of time, fruitless effort
luggooy
waste someone’s time/effort, mislead, trick (lit. “cut off the foot”)
cusboonee
renew, resume, begin again
jaaliyad
community, (lit. “comradeness”)
diirad
focus
iska illow
forget about it, never mind
duunyo
herds, animals, livestock (usually paired with a term meaning people, as a contrast)
qod
excavate, plow, dig
farsamee
make
sinayso
adultery (in the religious sense)
hantigoosi(ga)
capitalism; capitalist
tacaddi(ga) / tacadiyaad(da)
offense, illegal act
beeyada
frankincense
bey’ada
environment
halis
danger
dhaxal
inherit
