Chapter 39 (D4)

Question 1

horkac(a)

Answer 1

leader, first in line

Question 2

horkac

Answer 2

lead in single file, be first in line

Question 3

horkace/a(ha)

Answer 3

guide, scout, first one in

Question 4

bah iyo beel

Answer 4

nobles and commoners

Question 5

bah

Answer 5

children of the same mother

Question 6

bah cadceedeed

Answer 6

solar system (lit. “descendants of the sun”)

Question 7

cadceed(da)

Answer 7

sun, daylight, rays of the sun

Question 8

nusqaan

Answer 8

make defective, impede, decrease,

Question 9

macmal

Answer 9

tinker with, improvise, jerry-rig

Question 10

darandoorri(ga)

Answer 10

alternate, alternating

Question 11

gabo

Answer 11

duck, dodge

Question 12

kala geddisan

Answer 12

diverse, different

Question 13

geddi

Answer 13

turn over, overturn, reverse; spill; transform, alter

Question 14

turub

Answer 14

cards, playing cards

Question 15

layli goobaley

Answer 15

mancala

Question 16

dalooli

Answer 16

make a hole, penetrate

Question 17

gumac; qumac

Answer 17

bullet, payload, slug (part of the bullet that actually goes into the target)

Question 18

nin kuu digay kuma dilin

Answer 18

You were given fair warning (lit. “He who warned you did not kill you”)

Question 19

dagaal wiil baa ku dhintee will kuma dhasho

Answer 19

A boy is killed in war, not born. (used when coming together for peace talks, or to indicate disapproval of war)

Question 20

harag sagaaro iiga kac mooye iga durug ma laha

Answer 20

No compromise. (lit. “One does not request a share of the tiktik hide (move aside), one says stand up and yield it to me.”)

Question 21

waa tagay

Answer 21

on the rise, moving forward, improving (lit. “has gone”)

Question 22

baad

Answer 22

extortion, armed robbery, mugging, taking by force

Question 23

baadi

Answer 23

extort, rob, take by force

Question 24

maro

Answer 24

fabric

Question 25

dhool

Answer 25

fang, canine tooth

Question 26

dhollatus

Answer 26

saber-rattling (lit. “showing fangs”)

Question 27

gurguuro

Answer 27

crawl

Question 28

rogmo

Answer 28

to tumble, tumble down, tumble over, flip