dhiig

Somali

Other scripts
Latin dhiig
Arabic ڎيگ
Osmanya 𐒊𐒕𐒌

Etymology

From Proto-Somaloid *ɖíig-, from Proto-East Cushitic *ṭiyaġ ("blood").[1] Cognate with Jiiddu dhig, Arbore dhiiq, Oromo dhiiga, Burji c'eeji, Hadiyya t'iiga, Kambaata qeegu, Tsamai c'egde. Also Afar xiiko (“grave”) may be related.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɖɪ̂ːɡ/

Noun

dhiig m

  1. blood
  2. the menses
  3. (by extension) menstruation

Verb

dhiig

  1. to bleed

References

  • Larajasse, Évangéliste de (1897), “‘dig”, in Somali-English and English-Somali Dictionary‎[1], London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., page 35
  • Abdirahman Abdillahi Farah "Barwaago" (1995), “dhiig”, in A Modern Somali-English Dictionary, Ottawa: Ottawa Catholic School Board, →ISBN, page 135
  • Puglielli, Annarita; Mansuur, Cabdalla Cumar (2012), “dhiig”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaliga‎[2], Rome: RomaTrE-Press, →ISBN, page 236
  1. ^ Ehret, C. (1991). The consonant inventory of Proto-Eastern Cushitic. University of California, Los Angeles, page 245
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