Somalin.adj.
/səˈmɑːli/, U.S. /səˈmɑli/, /soʊˈmɑli/ A. n.
1. A member of a Cushitic people of East Africa. Also: a native or inhabitant of the East African country of Somalia. Cf. Somalian n.
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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > Hamite or Nilo-Hamite > [noun] > Hamitic or Nilo-Hamitic peoples
Somali1809
Bejaa1817
Teso-
1809 Visct. Valentia Voy. & Trav. India II. viii. 371 The Samaulies, who inhabit the coast from the Straits to Cape Gardafui, have a kind of navigation act, by which they exclude the Arab vessels from their ports.
1921 H. Rayne Sun, Sand & Somals 5 The Somali has deeply religious tendencies.
1960 La Crosse (Wisconsin) Tribune 1 July 11/6 (headline) Somalis throw party to hail independence.
2016 A. O. Farah Somalis vi. 170 Somalis need an opportunity and space to consider and construct their destiny.
2. The Cushitic language of the Somali.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Afro-Asiatic > [noun] > Cushitic > Cushitic languages
Agaw1808
Bejaa1817
Sidamo1830
Galla1848
Saho1849
Somali1850
Cushitic1854
Afar1869
Danakil1885
1850 Trans. Bombay Geogr. Soc. 1849–50 9 136 The article in Somauli is expressed by ka, ki or ga, gi.
1954 M. A. Pei & F. Gaynor Dict. Linguistics 117 Kushitic..consists of a great many vernaculars, the principal ones being Somali and Galla.
2015 L. Boutwell in S. K. White et al. Sociologists in Action on Inequalities v. 148 She wistfully told me that she wished I could speak to her father in Somali.
B. adj.
Of, belonging to, or relating to the Somali or their language. Also: of, belonging to, or relating to Somalia or its inhabitants. Cf. Somalian adj.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Africa > [adjective] > North Africa > specific countries
Algerian1560
Massylian1607
Morocco1607
Moroccana1684
Tripolitan1783
Somali1809
Tunisian1843
Somalian1884
Tripolitanian1943
Tigre1978
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of North Africa > native or inhabitant of other regions > [adjective]
Nubian1600
Somali1809
Meroitic1852
Zande1873
Somalian1884
Ubangi1915
Twa1951
Chadian1960
Watusi1960
1809 Visct. Valentia Voy. & Trav. India II. viii. 377 By securing the friendship of one of the Samauli chiefs, and learning the language, an European might..make the journey in safety.
1839 C. W. Isenberg & J. L. Krapf Jrnl. 2 May in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. (1840) 10 459 The traders..proceeded through the Somáli country on the confines of Harrar to Shwá.
1937 K. Blixen Out of Afr. iii. iii. 188 The circle of Somali women in my household.
1948 D. Diringer Alphabet ii. iv. 300 This script, called..‘the Osmanya script’..has been created recently for the Somali language by Isman Yusuf.
2020 Somali National News Agency (Nexis) 12 Feb. The Somali police force has a huge role in fighting crime and ensuring security to create a safe environment for the Somali people.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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