Chapter 39 (D4) Flashcards
horkac(a)
leader, first in line
horkac
lead in single file, be first in line
horkace/a(ha)
guide, scout, first one in
bah iyo beel
nobles and commoners
bah
children of the same mother
bah cadceedeed
solar system (lit. “descendants of the sun”)
cadceed(da)
sun, daylight, rays of the sun
nusqaan
make defective, impede, decrease,
macmal
tinker with, improvise, jerry-rig
darandoorri(ga)
alternate, alternating
gabo
duck, dodge
kala geddisan
diverse, different
geddi
turn over, overturn, reverse; spill; transform, alter
turub
cards, playing cards
layli goobaley
mancala
dalooli
make a hole, penetrate
gumac; qumac
bullet, payload, slug (part of the bullet that actually goes into the target)
nin kuu digay kuma dilin
You were given fair warning (lit. “He who warned you did not kill you”)
dagaal wiil baa ku dhintee will kuma dhasho
A boy is killed in war, not born. (used when coming together for peace talks, or to indicate disapproval of war)
harag sagaaro iiga kac mooye iga durug ma laha
No compromise. (lit. “One does not request a share of the tiktik hide (move aside), one says stand up and yield it to me.”)
waa tagay
on the rise, moving forward, improving (lit. “has gone”)
baad
extortion, armed robbery, mugging, taking by force
baadi
extort, rob, take by force
maro
fabric
dhool
fang, canine tooth
dhollatus
saber-rattling (lit. “showing fangs”)
gurguuro
crawl
rogmo
to tumble, tumble down, tumble over, flip
