Today was the first day I could actually use my Somali to express something for a given situation, which was quite exciting for me! Granted, it was simply to ask whether the juice had milk in it, but it still counts!
That being said, the word I wanted to use but didn’t know was for “daughter,” so today’s vocabulary is going to address that gap: family words!
Gendered Family Words
| mother = hooyo | father = aabbe |
| grandmother = ayeeyo | grandfather = awoowe |
| daughter = gabadh | son = wiil |
| woman/wife = naag | man/husband = nin |
| aunt = eeddo | uncle = adeer |
More Family Words
| person = qof (people = dad) |
| child = ilmo (children = carruur) |
| brother/sister = walaal |
| cousin = ina-abti |
| twins = mataano |
| immediate family = qoys extended family = reer |
| family ties = xiddid qabiil = clan tol = geneology |
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