@Misc{mo04-024, author = {Cerulli, Enrico}, title = {Personal names in Somali}, year = {1959}, publisher = {A Cura dell'Amministrazione Fiduciaria Italiana della Somalia ; Instituto poligrafico dello Stato P.V.}, address = {Roma}, volume = {Vol. 2}, pages = {HRAF Ms: 6 [original: 191--195 ]}, keywords = {Somalis; Somali; Personal names}, abstract = {In this short description of Somali names a distinction is made between the original Somali names and those adopted from Arabic. The former usually indicate a physical quality of a child, or a quality desired for it. The original meaning of the latter is sometimes misunderstood due to similarity with a certain Somali word.}, note = {Enrico Cerulli}, note = {Translation of: Les noms personnels en Somali.}, note = {The original Italian text is not included}, note = {Includes bibliographical references}, note = {Translated for the HRAF files by Frieda Sch{\"u}tze}, url = {https://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/document?id=mo04-024}, language = {English} note = {Accessed on: 2022-06-30} }