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266.among the Arussi. A possible connection with the
Arabic root b-l-y need not be due to borrowing
but to proto~Hamito-Semitic derivation. See
Andrzejewski 1972, pp. 9-10.See Cerulli 1957, pp. 147-151.
See Lewis 1955-56, p. 594.
See BUKHARI, p. 28.See Cerulli 1957, pp. 147-151, Andrzejewski and
Lewis 1964, pp. 150-167 and Andrzejewski 1974a,
pp. 37-40 and 45-48.
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1. These poems have been dealt with in a paper delivered
at the Centre of African Studies of the School of
Oriental and African Studies during a seminar on
Islamic influences on the literary cultures of
Africa. The seminar was held on 6th June, 1968.
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- Sitaad is a form of Sufi poetry which is composed
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by Somali women in praise of women saints. The word
sitaad is derived from the colloquial Arabic word
STTKT (the plural of SITAH) which means women.
I." Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac(see References) has written
a series of articles, the first of which I have
quoted here, in the Somali daily Xiddigta Oktoobar.
In these articles, he examines the Somali metres
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and of his formulates ideas about his the own observations. nature of Somali Although poetry and some
its prosody have recently come under attack (see
Xiddigta Oktoobar 1976, No. 4/108), his major con-
clusions about the Somali metres remain unchallenged;and his method and approach are undoubtedly a break
through in the studies of the Somali scansion. For
further detail see Xiddigta Oktoobar 17. 1. 1976,
No. 425/3.- Dhamac This type as of sagaal1~·1 jiifto is the referred one which to by has Maxamcd nine uni Xaashi ts I.
The longer version is tobanley 'the one which has ten