xig_1

de: put (down), drop; place; endow; hang up (a phone); write down

hm: 1

lx: dhig

pd: (dhigay)

ps: v1=

xe: Don't hang up!

xv: Ha dhigin!

key: dhig_1

de: announce (a wedding ceremony)

hm: 1

lx: digo

pd: (digtay)

ps: v3b=

key: digo_1

de: tooth; [pl] teeth

hm: 1

lx: ilig

pd: (-ga Pl: ilko (/ha))

ps: n3-m

key: ilig_1

de: buzz, hiss, whistle (noise of rapid movement); heavy rain

hm: 1

initial: x

lx: xiin

pd: (-ka Pl: xiinan (ka))

ps: n4-m

key: xiin_1

cf: kix, qufac

de: panting; asthma

hm: 1

initial: x

lx: xiiq

pd: (-da)

ps: n0-f

key: xiiq_1

a: xiiso

de: interest, desire

hm: 1

initial: x

lx: xiis

pd: (-ka Pl: xiisas (ka))

ps: n4-m

key: xiis_1

cf: cudud, jin, maaro

de: strength, force; energy, power; [ext.] army

hm: 1

initial: x

lx: xoog

pd: (-ga Pl: xoogag (ga))

ps: n4-m

syn: daaqad ~ daaqo, itaal, tabar

key: xoog_1

cf: aniga

de: me

hm: 1

lx: i

ps: pro-1sg-obj

key: i_1

1. (Xig-ga) Xaskul.

2. (Xig-ta) (biyo, kd.) wax aan badnayn; in yar; xoogaa; kistoo.

xig¹: m.l Xaskul.

xig²: m.dh 1. In yar oo hoore ah. 2. Neef dhawaan la maalay caano yar oo candhadiisa ku soo dhaca.

xig³: f.g1 (-gay, -gtay) 1. Wax, wax kale u dhowaansho. 2. Xiriir qaraabanimo yeelasho.

f.g1 (-gay, -gtay) 1. Wax, wax kale u dhowaansho. 2. Xiriir qaraabanimo yeelasho. m.f.dh, xigid.

Sisal

v. milk for a second time; repeat; copy

xig m. n. aloe plant species, used for making rope

xig [feminine] n. little bit ~ small amount (of liquid)

(Hig) S Sansevieria ehrenbergii Bak. Agavaceae.

S Sansevieria forskaliana (Schult.) Pepper & Wood. Agavaceae.

N Sansevieria phillipsiae N.E.Br. Agavaceae.

(fal) ugu xig oo yaan waxba kaa xigin. Xagga hooyadaa u xid. Dh: jir, dhawow.

xig: (fal) xoolo kol la lisay haddana mar kale lis. Hasha nooga soo xig.

xig: (fal) xaskul diirka ka siib oo xasawdiisa soo saar. Xijinka qaado oo dhegweynta xig.

xig: (fal) laba dhinac oo is haya dhan la jir oo u eexo. Waligaa xaga xaqu jiro xig.

xig -ga: (magac, lab, keli) geed aan caleen iyo cows midna lahayn oo u baxa raxanraxan; geed leh dhego iyo dhubuq dheer oo dusha ubax ku sameeya kolka dhegihiisa la xigo waxa ka soo baxa miiqyo cadcad oo xadhko adadag laga sooho. Kigga waa la beeraa. Dh: xaskul, dhegweyn.

xig-ta: (magac, dhedig, keli) caano yar oo neef laga listo inta labada caanamaal u dhaxaysa. Xigtii hasha goray ayaan ku qureecday. Li: xoor.

xig -ta: (magac, dhedig, keli) dareere yar oon badnayn. Xig yar oo biyo ah i waraabi. Dh: xoogaa, kistoo.

de: cry, outcry, scream, roar, bray

hm: 1

lx: ci

pd: (-da)

ps: n1-f

key: ci_1

de: light; [fig.] in life; world, universe

hm: 1

lx: if

pd: (-ka Pl: ifaf (ka))

ps: n4-m

xe: I want to learn about all the living things in the universe.

xv: Waxa ifka ku nool oo dhan baan rabaa inaan barto.

key: if_1

de: to me, for me = i + u

hm: 1

lx: ii

ps: pro + prep

xe: Bring me some tea!

xv: Shaah ii keen!

key: ii_1

de: eye; sight; intelligence

hm: 1

lx: il

pd: (/sha Pl: indho)

ps: n8-f

syn: dhay

key: il_1

de: that, which

hm: 1

lx: in

ps: conj-relative

key: in_1

de: self; oneself

hm: 1

lx: is

pd: (iska ~ isku)

ps: pro-reflexive

xe: I hurt myself.

xv: Waan is dilay.

key: is_1

de: manner, way, method

hm: 1

initial: s

lx: si

pd: (sida Pl: siyaalo ~ siyaabo (/ha))

ps: n1-f, n8-f

key: si_1

xigo¹: m.dh Geestaan.

xigo²: f.mg3 (-gtay, -gatay) 1. Neef dhowaan la maalay mar kale maalid. 2. Hadal, maanso iyo wixi lamida oo horay loo sheegay tixraacid.

f.mg3 (-gtay, -gatay) 1. Neef dhowaan la maalay mar kale maalid. 2. Hadal, maanso iyo wixi lamida oo horay loo sheegay tixraacid. m.f.dh, xigasho.

v. obtain ~ get for oneself

-xigtay / xigatay: (v) quote (kuwowt); copy (kaapi). Ex: waxaa laga soo xigtay gabaygii Ismaaciil Mire; It was quotedfrom the poetry (pooyetari) ofIsmail Mire

(fal) neef irmaan caanamaalkii la lisay dabadeed caana ka dayo. Dh: xig.

xigo: (fal) odhaah ama qoraal lagaaga horreeyey soo qaado oo daliil ka dhigo. Murti horay loo yidhi soo xigo. Dh: dheego, tixraac.

de: obtain ~ get for oneself

initial: x

lx: xigo

pd: (xigtay / xigatay)

ps: v3b=tr

key: xigo

de: -ing [GERUND] Makes a feminine noun of Declension 1 from a Conjugation 1 verb stem

hm: 1

lx: -id

ps: vn1-f-suf

xe: writing

xv: =-is

key: -id_1

de: be blown away, carried away by the wind

hm: 1

lx: bid

pd: (biday)

ps: v1=

key: bid_1

cf: Jannaayo, Febraayo, Maarso, Abriil ~ Abril, Maajo, Juun ~ Juunyo, Luulyo, Agoosto, Sebtembar ~ Setembar ~ Sibtambar, Oktoobar, Noofembar, Disembar

de: moon; month

hm: 1

lx: bil

pd: (bisha)

ps: n1-f-time

key: bil_1

de: pupil of the eye

hm: 1

lx: bir

pd: (-ta)

ps: n1-f

key: bir_1

de: be sick, ail

hm: 1

lx: bug

pd: (bukay / bugtay)

ps: v1=st

xe: Are you ill?

xv: Ma bugtaa?

key: bug_1

de: foot; [pl] feet

hm: 1

lx: cag

pd: (-ta)

ps: n1-f

xe: He ran away.' [idiom]

xv: cumaacun

key: cag_1

de: family, clan; community, people

hm: 1

lx: cid

pd: (-da)

ps: n1-f

key: cid_1

cf: hawo, samo

de: sky; atmosphere, air, weather; rain

hm: 1

lx: cir

pd: (-ka Pl: cirar (ka))

ps: n4-m

key: cir_1

de: descend, alight, get off, dismount; go down, climb down, make a landing; sink (of boats)

hm: 1

lx: deg

pd: (degay)

ps: v1=intr

xe: Are you getting off here?

xv: Halkan miyaad ku degeysaa?

key: deg_1

de: again; after; later; re-

hm: 1

lx: dib

pd: (dibna)

ps: adv-time

key: dib_1

de: pulse; jugular vein, main artery

hm: 2

lx: dig

pd: (-ta)

ps: n0-f-col

key: dig_2

de: kill; beat (up), hit

hm: 1

lx: dil

pd: (dilay / dishay)

ps: v1=

key: dil_1

de: send, dispatch

hm: 1

lx: dir

pd: (diray)

ps: v1=

key: dir_1

cf: dugsi

de: shelter (from the wind ~ bad weather)

hm: 1

lx: dug

pd: (-ga Pl: dugag (ga))

ps: n4-m

key: dug_1

de: look at ~ out ~ over, inspect

hm: 1

lx: eeg

pd: (eegay)

ps: v1=

xe: Let's see!

xv: Aynu eegno!

key: eeg_1

de: expect, suppose, think, hope, believe

hm: 1

lx: fil

pd: (filay / fishay)

ps: v1=

key: fil_1

cf: asal

de: origin, descent

hm: 1

lx: fir

pd: (-ka)

ps: n-m

key: fir_1

de: rustic person; extremist

hm: 2

lx: gig

pd: (-ta)

ps: n-f-idiom

key: gig_2

cf: maskar, mowjad

de: wave, surge, rise and fall (of tide); [ext.] radio wave

hm: 1

lx: hir

pd: (-ka Pl: hirar (ka))

ps: n4-m

key: hir_1

a: ciid

de: holiday, religious festival, feast

hm: 1

lx: iid

pd: (-da)

ps: n1-f

key: iid_1

de: turn aside; lean

hm: 1

lx: iil

pd: (iilay / iishay)

ps: v1=

key: iil_1

de: road, highway, street; path; [ext.] trajectory {physics}

hm: 1

lx: jid

pd: (-ka Pl: jidad (ka))

ps: n4-m

syn: dariiq, dhabbe, marin, surin, waddo

key: jid_1

a: jilid

de: strip of leather to tie bundles of twigs (used to make the framework of a hut)

hm: 1

lx: jil

pd: (ka Pl: jilal (ka))

ps: n4-m

key: jil_1

a: jaan

de: jinni ~ jinnee

hm: 1

lx: jin

pd: (-ka Pl: jiman ~ jinan (ka))

ps: n4-m

see: jinni

xv: Arabic

key: jin_1

a: jidh; Contrast: joog and forms of yiil ~ oolli

de: be (in a place), stay, dwell; exist, be available, be there

hm: 1

lx: jir

pd: (jiray)

ps: v1=st

key: jir_1

de: bruise, injury (as with a blunt instrument)

hm: 1

lx: jug

pd: (-ta)

ps: n-f-col

xe: Do you have any injuries?

xv: Jug ma ku gaatay?

key: jug_1

de: bit, small amount (of s.t.)

hm: 1

lx: kis

pd: (-ta Pl: kisas (ka))

ps: n4-f

xe: a little bit of milk

xv: kis caana ah

key: kis_1

bw: liddi

de: being opposite, against ~ contrary; opposition, rebellion

hm: 1

lx: lid

pd: (-ka Pl: lidad (ka))

ps: n4-m-col

syn: cagsi

key: lid_1

cf: caano, maal

de: fresh milk; latex, white sap, milk-like plant juice

hm: 1

lx: lis

pd: (-ta)

ps: n-f-mass

key: lis_1

bw: rafiso

de: blood-money, compensation payment for killing s.o. In Somali traditional law

hm: 1

lx: mag

pd: (-ta)

ps: n1-f, n2a-f

syn: diyo

key: mag_1

de: one; a, an, any; a unit; someone ~ something [feminine] Used as a pronoun, substituting for a full noun phrase

hm: 1

lx: mid

pd: (-ka ~ -da)

ps: num-m/f

xe: Which one? The big one. Contrast: hal, kow ~ koow ~ koob, ku (4)

xv: Midkee? Midka weyn.

key: mid_1

de: solution, liquid with s.t. dissolved in it {chemistry}

hm: 1

lx: mil

pd: (-ka Pl: milal (ka))

ps: n4-m-mass

key: mil_1

de: each

hm: 1

lx: min

ps: adv-expr

xe: three places with two of each

xv: saddex meelood oo min laba ah

key: min_1

de: one ~ a piece of (s.t.)

hm: 1

lx: mir

pd: (-ka)

ps: num-m

xe: a smoke (one cigarette stick)

xv: mir sigaar ah

key: mir_1

de: capacity, volume, amount a vessel can contain (e.g., cupful, jugful, etc.)

hm: 1

lx: mug

pd: (-ga Pl: mugag (ga))

ps: n4-m

xe: the capacity of the bottle

xv: dhalada muggeeda

key: mug_1

de: kindle, light a fire

hm: 1

lx: oog

pd: (oogay)

ps: v1=

key: oog_1

de: turn out ~ around ~ over; overturn

hm: 1

lx: rog

pd: (rogay)

ps: v1=tr

key: rog_1

de: settlement, village; home, habitat; place, parcel, site, location, position

hm: 1

lx: rug

pd: (-ta)

ps: n1-f

key: rug_1

de: carry, bring

hm: 1

initial: s

lx: sid

pd: (siday)

ps: v1=tr

key: sid_1

de: away, over there, in that direction, thither

hm: 1

initial: s

lx: sii

nt: indicates movement away from the speaker; often no equivalent in English; Opp: soo

ps: deic-prep

key: sii_1

de: hip; [fig.] side

hm: 1

initial: s

lx: sin

pd: (-ta Pl: simo ~ sino (/ha))

ps: n1-f

syn: misig

key: sin_1

bw: Arabic

de: secret, secrecy

hm: 1

initial: s

lx: sir

pd: (-ta Pl: asraar (ta))

ps: n8-f

key: sir_1

de: wait for, expect

hm: 1

initial: s

lx: sug

pd: (sugay)

ps: v1=tr

xe: Wait a moment.

xv: Sug in yar.

key: sug_1

de: go (to); depart

hm: 1

initial: t

lx: tag

pd: (tagey ~ tegey)

ps: v1=tr

xe: Go to Mogadishu!

xv: aad, soco

key: tag_1

de: piece of thread, fiber, blade of grass, anything thin; [atr.] very slim ~ thin

hm: 1

initial: t

lx: tif

pd: (-ka Pl: tifaf (ka))

ps: n4-m

key: tif_1

de: three-wheeled cart

hm: 2

initial: t

lx: tig

pd: (-ta)

ps: n1-f

key: tig_2

de: hair (single)

hm: 1

initial: t

lx: tin

pd: (-ka Pl: timo (/ha))

ps: n1-m

xe: He manages to avoid disaster [idiom; lit: his buttocks have one hair]

xv: Dabada buu tin ku leeyahay

key: tin_1

cf: tiraab

de: line of poetry, stanza; short poem; [col] poetry (as opposed to prose)

hm: 1

initial: t

lx: tix

pd: (-da)

ps: n1-f

key: tix_1

de: dry river-bed, gulley, ravine

hm: 1

initial: t

lx: tog

pd: (-ga Pl: togag (ga))

ps: n4-m

key: tog_1

bw: Arabic

de: border, boundary, demarcation, frontier; limit, confine; [ext.] legal sentence (to physical punishment)

hm: 1

initial: x

lx: xad

pd: (-ka Pl: xadad (ka), xudduud (da))

ps: n4-m, n8-m

syn: antaro, seere, soohdin

key: xad_1

de: the two teats on the same side of the udder

hm: 2

initial: x

lx: xag

pd: (-ta)

ps: n-f

key: xag_2

cf: xago

de: scratch (with fingernails); gnaw (with teeth)

hm: 3

initial: x

lx: xag

pd: (xagay)

ps: v1=tr

key: xag_3

bw: Arabic

cf: cumro

de: pilgrimage to Mecca

hm: 1

initial: x

lx: xaj

pd: (-ka Pl: xajaj (ka))

ps: n4-m, n2a-m

key: xaj_1

de: solution; small amount of water used for washing Also fig: solution (to a problem)

hm: 1

initial: x

lx: xal

pd: (-ka Pl: xalal (ka))

ps: n4-m-mass

key: xal_1

de: thicket, dense impenetrable vegetation

hm: 1

initial: x

lx: xas

pd: (-ka Pl: xasas (ka))

ps: n4-m

key: xas_1

(Xigid-da)

1. U dhowaan aan wax kale ama cid kale u dhexayn.

2. Xigto iyo sokeeye (cid u) ahaansho.

3. Meel ku sugnaan; ku jirid.

4. Xoolo la lisay, haddana (waxyar kaddib) lisid labaad ku celin.

m.f.dh eeg xig³.

-da: (magac, dhedig, keli) xaskul ka shaqayn oo masayda iyo diirka xigga kala saarid. Xijinku waa qalab xigidda xaskusha loo isticmaalo. Dh: xigis.

xigid-da: (magac, dhedig, keli) u dhowaan aan cid kali ka xigin oo u dhexayn. Dh: xigis.

xigid-da: (magac, dhedig, keli) ka dambayn oo daba socosho. Dh: xigis.

xigid -da: (magac, dhedig, keli) nasab ahaan ugu dhawaan. Dh: dhawaansho, qaraabo, xigis. Li: shishayn.

xigid-da: (magac, dhedig, keli) neef la maalay inta labada caanamaal u dhaxaysa caano ka dayasho.

-ta: (magac, dhedig, keli) eeg xigid.

-ga: (magac, lab, keli) laba qof mid qaraabo ahaan u soo dhawaysasho. Dh: dhawaysi.

f.g/mg3 (-saday, -satay) 1. (f.g) Cid meel fadhida ag fariisasho. 2. (f.g) Cid qaraabo ka dhigasho. 3. (f.mg) Ka x.: cid dhib ka furasho.