A Semantic Field: The Camel

Abstract

The article presents a study to discover the role of the camel in the life of Somali people from at least two points of view: the linguistic one, exploring the semantic field represented by the camel in Somali language, and the literary one, providing songs of cameleers, proverbs and poems.Maqaalku wuxuu muujinayaa daraasaad lagu xiriira dowrka uu geela ku leeyahay nolosha bulshada soomaaliyeed, gaar ahaan xagga afka iyo suugaanta la xiriirta geela, sida heesaha geela, maahmaahyada iyo maansada.L'articolo presenta uno studio per approfondire il ruolo del cammello nella vita del popolo somalo da almeno due punti di vista: quello linguistico, esplorando il campo semantico relativo al cammello in lingua somala, e quello letterario, fornendo canzoni di cammellieri, proverbi e poesie.Thomas Labahn (ed.