. cabbage n  su, supome
. cable n  fiil
. cage n  kaaf
. cake n  laamarsees
. calabash n  koog, lekket
. calamity n  estuwaar
. calculate v  kalkil
. call n  oote
. call v  oo
. call someone's attention v  ee
. calm adj  jat
. calm va  giif, kew, miskar
. camel n  gëlëm
. can v  noo
. can n  pot
. cancel v  baay, fooma
. candle n  sondeel
. candy n  tangal
. cannon n  kënu
. cannon v  kënu
. canoe n  looco
. canteen n  mbaar
. cap n  mbaxana
. capability n  mën mën
. car n oto, woto
. car park n  gaaraas
. careful va  em
. carpenter n minisé
. carpet n  tapi
. carrot n  karot
. carry n  uuf
. carry v  fob, fab
. carry away v  yóobu
. carry on one's shoulder v  gaddu
. carry on the head v  enu
. carry someone on the back v  boot
. cart n  sareet, saret
. carve n  eeta
. carve v  eeta
. carver n  laobe
. cashew n  kasu
. cassava n  ñambi
. cassava dough n  fufu
. castle v  korte (?)
. castrate v  taapa
. catch v  japp, nap
. catfish n  koŋ
. Catholic n  katolik
. cattle n  jur
. cause n  tax
. cause to bend v  juutal
. cave v  maaba
. celebrate v  baaxental, maagal
. celebration n  feet, xew
. cemetery n  baameel, janaase, waraaj
. censer n  anda
. center of the house n  diggi-néeg
. cereal n  findi
. ceremony n  xew
. certainly adv  ko, saalaaw
. chaff n  cox
. chain n  toogu
. chair n  siis
. challenge n  sas
. chance n  alaafiya
. change v  wecci
. change n  weccit
. change direction v  baakanti
. character n  jikko
. charcoal n  keriñ
. charred va  xóm
. chase v  riitée
. chat n  waxtaan
. chat v  waxtaan
. chatting place n  garaŋ-palaas
. cheap va  yomba
. cheat v  muuse
. check n  lex
. chest n  dënna, kees
. chew v  saxaarmi, yëy, warax
. chewing stick n  soccu
. chick n  cuuc
. chicken n  ganaar
. chief n  njiit, seef
. child n  doom, guné /goné, xale
. child's word for father n  paa
. chin n  sikim
. Chinese green tea n  warge, attaya
. chip v  ekati, féela
. chip n  feelit
. choke v  fët
. choose v  taanal
. choose a leader v  jiital
. chop v  ferej
. Christian n  katolik
. christening n  ngénté
. christian n  gurmet
. church n  jangu
. cinema n  sinemaa
. circle n  géew
. circumcise v  jonga
. circumcision n  lël
. citizens n  waa
. claim one's due v  feyu
. clap v  taccu
. clarify v  leeral
. class n  kalaas
. clay n  potopoto
. clean v  laabu, laab
. clean (fish) v  waas
. cleanliness n  set
. clear v  laali, ruuj
. client n  kiliyaŋ
. climax v  guu
. climb v  éeg
. climb down v  jii
. climb over v  ñaay
. clitoris n  cóola, coota
. cloak n  tegu
. close v  tëj, ub
. close one's eyes v  góma
. closed v  ubbu
. closed to someone va  jaxasoo
. cloth n  piis, sër
. clothe v  ooda
. clothes n  yéré
. clothes pin n  keppu
. clots n  gallox
. cloudly va  xiin
. club n  kompin, mbootaay
. coal pot n  furno
. coastal village n  teeru
. coat n  palto
. cobbler n  uude
. cock n  séexa
. cockroach n  mbóot
. coffee n  kafe
. coincidence n  toombee
. coins n  xanjar
. cold n  xurfaan
. cold v  liw
. cold v  sedd
. collapse v  maaba
. collect v  for
. collect rain water v  taataan
. collegue n  njaati gi
. collide v  kënu
. color n  kuloor
. come v  dikka
. come and take v  jëlsi
. come back v  dellusi
. come down v  wacc
. come from v  baayeekoo, faxeeku, jóggi
. come out suddenly v  pól
. comfortable vA  tedd
. command n  ndigtal
. command v  ilif
. commanding appearance n  jëmma, jomma
. commence v  door, taambali
. commit adultery v  saacoo
. commit suicide v  xaru
. companion n  andandoo
. company n  kompin
. compare v  toolaale
. complain v  jaambaat, tawat
. complainer n  jaambaatkat
. complete v  éegali, fëgël, mutali
. completed vA  sooti, sutal, suti
. completely adv  fer
. conceal a person's secret v  sutura
. concealed adj  sutura
. conch n  yéet
. confront v  aaka, laanga
. confrontation n  aaka
. confront (slang) v  dal
. confuse v  jaawaatle
. congratulate vnjukkal
. congregation n  mbooloo
. conjunctivitis  n  waaent
. conspicious v  xumba
. conspiracy n  janfaa
. conspire v  janfaa
. constable n  konsumél
. constipated v  sere
. construct v  tabax
. consult v  seetlu
. consult a marabout v  seruñtu
. consult together v  gisee
. contagious v  waale
. container n  mbuus, ndab, saaku
. contaminate v  waala
. content v  tuux
. contest v  loo
. continue v  kontine
. continuous adj  takkarnaase
. contribute to v  feelu
. conversation n  waxtaan
. converse v  waxtaan
. convert v  tuub, tuubal
. convey v  gungi
. cook v  rëndee, tooga
. cook n  toogkat
. cooked va  ñor
. cooking oil n  diwliin
. cooking pot n  cin
. cool off v  jéeri
. cooperative n  koparatiif
. copulate v  maa
. copy v  roy
. cork n  kubeer, saañ
. corn n  mboq
. corner n  koñ
. corpse n  niiw
. corrupt v  ger, dukku
. cost n  jar
. cotton n  witéen
. cough v  sëxat
. count v  konte, lim, woññi
. counter n  kontuwar
. counterpart n  njaati gi
. country n  réew
. courage n  fit
. courageous man n  jambaaryaa
. court v  doxaan
. courthouse n  aateekaay
. courtyard n  diggi-kër
. cover n  kubeer
. cover v  biti dóppa/deppa, iir, muur, saanga, ub
. cover (the face) v  ŋaaw
. covered  sutura
. cover (oneself) v  saangu
. cow n  kuy, nag
. co-wife n  wujja
. crack v  feeta
. crawl v  raam
. crawl under v  bóta
. crazy va  kanasu, wéy
. cream n  feene, soow
. create v  jur
. create confusion & enemy v  dëdale
. Creole n  Aku
. crevice n  seela
. cricket n  soocet
. crime n  estuwaar, tafaar
. crocodile n  jasig/ jësig
. crooked legs n  las, rënka
. cross v  galan
. cross a river, etc. v  tey
. cross-eyed n  jéela
. crossing point n  jaaleekaay
. crossroad n  cële/cëla
. crow n  baaxoñ
. crowd v  sëm
. crowd n  mbooloo, ndaje
. crowd (someone/something) va  séexa
. crucibe n  njaxa
. cry (loudly) v  yuuxu
. cube n  donja
. cucumber n  kokumber
. cultivation n  mbay, mbey
. cup n  pot
. cup one's chin v  dégmu
. cupboard n  almoor
. cure v  faj
. cure oneself v  faju
. curiosity va  kumpa
. curious adj  kumpa
. current n  kuraŋ, résën
. curse v  danka
. cursed va  torox
. curtains n  rido
. curve v  jadda, laaxa
. custom n  cosaan
. cut n  góom
. cut v  dog, gaja, nama, xosi
. cut down v  gor, kaja
. cutlass n  jaasi
. cutlet of fish n  tëla

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