Chapter 37 (D2)

Question 1

xanaaq(a)

Answer 1

anger, bitterness, resentment

Question 2

naxariis(ta)

Answer 2

kindness, compassion, mercy

Question 3

gorfee

Answer 3

analyze, take apart, scrutinize, parse; reach a decision via a process

Question 4

dhegataag

Answer 4

listen to, pay close attention to (lit. “put ears on”)

Question 5

hubaal

Answer 5

certainty, exactness

Question 6

hammuun

Answer 6

hunger (as a result of fasting), yearning

Question 7

mas’alo/a(da) / mas’alooyin(ka)

Answer 7

context, example, setting

Question 8

abbaar

Answer 8

to come at, approach

Question 9

qudh(a)

Answer 9

self; sole, just, only

Question 10

goosasho/a(da)

Answer 10

secession, separation

Question 11

qotomi

Answer 11

erect, put upright, stand up

Question 12

qoton(ka)

Answer 12

uprightness, perpendicularity; elevation (of a gun)

Question 13

halbawle

Answer 13

artery; (idiomatically: cornerstone, key, crucial piece)

Question 14

arradan

Answer 14

threadbare, ragged, shabby

Question 15

Kud ka guur oo qanjo u guur.

Answer 15

Going from the frying pan into the fire. (lit. “moving from (mild) anthrax to (severe) anthrax.”)

Question 16

faras / fardo

Answer 16

horse

Question 17

Fardo la isu hayo maxaa la isugu faanin.

Answer 17

Put your money where your mouth is. (lit. “Why brag about the horses that you have (here)”)

Question 18

Qawda maqashii waxna ha u qaban.

Answer 18

Smoke but no fire. (lit. “Making a din but not doing anything.”)

Question 19

u qaabbilsan

Answer 19

charged with, accountable for, responsible for

Question 20

derbi-salaan

Answer 20

lit. “wall-greeter”; means someone who says hi to everyone

Question 21

raadreeb

Answer 21

impact, effect

Question 22

dalag(ga)

Answer 22

crop

Question 23

qarqi

Answer 23

flood, inundate

Question 24

had iyo goor

Answer 24

now and then

Question 25

beerlaxawso

Answer 25

garner support, sway, indoctrinate

Question 26

xarriijin

Answer 26

hyphen, dash, slash

Question 27

jiitin

Answer 27

dash, line

Question 28

bandow(ga)

Answer 28

curfew

Question 29

hakad

Answer 29

comma

Question 30

mafiiq

Answer 30

broom