why

question word: why?, what for?

question word, vl. pron., neg. why they ... not?

question word: why?, how come?

waayo [conjunction], [adverb] because; so

waayo m. n., (mass n.): topic, agenda, proposal (with information ~ problems)

waayo [feminine] n., pl. previous time, generation, age

m. n. river

webi v. turn down a request, explaining to the person why you cannot grant it

[WHYSE, WEIS] Aristolochia rigida 01

/get-awt-of/ (v) 1. ka baxsasho, sida shaqo ama masuuliyad oo kale (v) 2. iska-dayn, ka-tagid (v) 3. ka-soo saarid, xoog uga soo saarid (v) 4. ka-helid, ka faa'iidid. e.g. I don't know why people smoke. What do they get out of it?

/ (v) 1. idan-siin. e.g. I asked him not to touch it, so why did he go ahead and touch it anyway. (v) 2. samayn, bilaabid.

/ (v) 1. wareegid, fidid, sida cudur ama war oo kale (v) 2. la-wareegid, sida cid lala'saaxiibo oo lala war-wareego. e.g. Why does she go around with such bad people?

/graj/ (n) 1. godob (aano, xinif). e.g. I think she has a grudge against me, although I don't know why. (n) 2. xiqdi, xaasidnimo. e.g. I don't grudge him his success.

/gilt/ (n) dambi, eed, gabood-fal. e.g. Why do people who do something wrong try to pin the guilt on someone else?

-ta: (n) tax (taakis); duty (dhuuti) customs (kas-tamis) ~ cashuur

canshuur -ay / tay: (v) 1. place a tax on income, property, or goods ~ cashuur. 2. make difficult or excessive demands upon; tax (taakis) Ex: maxaa noo canshuuraysaa? -why are you taxing us?

-dersay / deristay: (v) study (stadhi); examine (igzaamin); investigate (in-vesti-geeyt). Ex: deris sababta ay ku dhacday! Investigate to find out the reason why it happened!

deris -ka: (n) neighbor (neey-bor); neighborhood (neey-bor-huudh) ~ daris, jaar, jiiraan

-ta: (n) the act or an instance of gathering ~ dhoobashoa Ex: maxaad meesha la dhooban tihiin? why are you all gathering here?

-ka: (n) the human consciousness; mind (maayndh); brain (ba-reeyn); intellect (iin-talekti) consciousness (koon-shes-nes)-, ~ garaad-ka, maskax, caqli

maan: [pronoun plus negative] I ... not ~ maana. Ex: maan ku oran; I didn't say to you

maan: let me.. or why don't I... Ex: maan ku soo waco!; let me phone you!

[pronoun plus negative] 1. he..not. Ex: Cali muu arag; Ali didn't see ~ muusan 2. (interrogative word) why., he..?/ is..he..? ~ miyuu. Ex: Muuse muu orday? did Muse run?

-ay / tay: (v) reason (rii-san); cause (koos); reason why

sabab -ta: (n) reason (rii-san); why (waay); basis of argument

(adv) why (waay); for what reason? ~ maxaa yeelay

waayo: (conjunction) because (bi kooz); since (si-nis)

waayo -waayaha: (n) time (taaym); era (iira); days (deeyis) Ex: waayahii hore; the olden days; waayahaan dambe, nowadays [modern times]

-weydiistay / weydiisatay: (v) make a request; ask (aask); request (rik west) ~ waydiiso. Ex: maad sugtid intii lagaa weydiisto? why don't you wait until you are asked?

(I) Vedova coda fine;

(E) Pin-tailed Whydah;

(S) CALYO TUURE (Jowhar: ‘Alio ture)

de: burn, incinerate, scorch

lx: gub

pd: (gubay)

ps: v1=tr

xe: Why dont you burn it?

xv: Maad gubtid?

key: gub