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Entry Orthography  IPA Transcription  English Notes 
1  ban ban  plain  (spelling in Somali is not standardized) 
2  saan saːn  skin   
3  dheg dʰekʼ  ear   
4  geed geːd  tree   
5  mid mitʼ  one   
6  miid miːd  cooking oil   
7  lkol koɭ  time   
8  gool goːɭ  lioness   
9  kun kun  thousand   
10  fuul fuːɭ  ride on   
11  cayn ʕaj̃n  sort, kind   
12  wuutegey ˈwuːtəge  he left   
13  awr awr  male camel   
14  hoy hoj  hey!   
15  madow ˈmɛðu  black   
16  baʼan baʔan  bad tempered   
17  baan baːn  I am   from baa aan 
18  haddaan hadˈdaːn  if I  from haddii aan 
19  sicii siʕiː / saʕiː  the cow  from sac ii 
20  barbaar barʰbaːr  youth   
21  xabbad ˈxaːbbʌt  bullet   
22  madax ˈmaðax  head   
23  lammaan lamˈmãːn  pair   
24  fool foːɭ  labor (childbirth)   
25  walaal walaːɭ  brother   
26  tuko ˈtukʊ  pray   
27  dar dar  to draw out of   
28  middii ˈmiddiː  the one   
29  dhar dʰar  cloth   
30  raac raːʕ  accompany   
31  carruur ʕarˈruːr  children   
32  saan saːn  skin   
33  libaax liˈbɛx  lioness   
34  Cabdillaahi ʕæbdillˈehi  Abdillah (name)   
35  naag naːkʼ  woman   
36  xannaano xannˈaːno  rearing   
37  joog tʃoːg  stay   
38  shirr ʃir  conference   
39  yar jer  small   
40  geel geːɭ  camels   
41  raggii ˈraggiː  the men   
42  qor qor  write   
43  kaali ˈkaːli  come here   
44  khad kʰad  ink   
45  ciid ʕiːd  sand   
46  xun xũn  bad    
47  harag harag̚  sheepskin   
48  fool fo̞ːɭ  labor (childbirth)   
49  fool foːɭ  face, front teeth   
50  weyl we̞ʎ  female calf   
51  weyl weʎ  male calf   
52  beer beːr  liver   
53  beer be̞ːr  farm   
54  xabbad xabˈbʌtʼ  bullet   
55  xabad ˈxabʌt  chest   
56  carrab ʕarˈrʌb  Arabian   
57  carab ˈʕarʌb  tongue