maayad

Higaonon

Etymology

Akin to Cebuano maayo.

Adjective

maayad

1. good

Somali

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *ma?-/*miʔ- (to be wet) from Proto-Afroasiatic *maʔ-. Compare Aasax maʔa, Dahalo maʔa; also Egyptian mw, Hebrew מים (máyim), Classical Syriac ܡܝܐ (mayyā) and Somali maanyo.

Noun

maayad f (plural maayado m)

1. tide
2. flood
3. flow / gurgling / stream of the water

References

• Puglielli, Annarita, Mansuur, Cabdalla Cumar (2012) “maayad”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaliga‎^[1], Rome: RomaTrE-Press, →ISBN, page 581