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Higaonon
Etymology
Akin to Cebuano maayo.
Adjective
maayad
- 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)
- tide
- flood
- flow / gurgling / stream of the water
References
- Puglielli, Annarita, Mansuur, Cabdalla Cumar (2012) “maayad”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaliga, Rome: RomaTrE-Press, →ISBN, page 581