CHAPTER IX. 
Glossary of useful Somali words and phrases. 
Tamboo 
- 
- tent. 
Lubeatuban 
twelve. 
Soccer hi 
- 
- go fetch. 
Labarten - 
twenty. 
Halcar 
- 
- over there ; in that 
Kobealabarten - 
twenty- one. 
direction. 
Sudun 
thirty. 
Waraba 
- 
- hyaena. 
Affertun 
forty. 
Ferol 
- 
- zebra. 
Kuntun 
fifty. 
Chebelle 
- 
- leopard. 
Bogol 
one hundred. 
Beit - 
- 
- oryx. 
Wahlii, belihi, 
, 
Libah 
- 
- lion. 
terlii suder wa- 
Marodi 
- 
- elephant. 
hind 
I swear truly. 
Gael - 
- 
- camel. 
War kumah ? 
who is there ? 
Ardi - 
- 
- sheep. 
Hangol ki me ? - 
where is the hangol ? 
Damarah 
- 
- donkey. 
Warrior 1 - 
I say ! hallo there I 
Urgi - 
- 
- kid. 
La karli 
bring here. 
Lor - 
- 
- lot of cow. 
War wassidi ? 
what’s up ? 
Sar - 
- 
- one cow. 
Kubidi 
look out. 
Sakaro 
- 
- a ‘ dik-dik ’ antelope. 
Muddu 
black. 
Kodur 
- 
- koodoo. 
Assan 
red. 
Dofar 
- 
- wart hog. 
Addan 
white. 
Feruska 
- 
- pony. 
Bundoo 
rifle. 
Mus - 
- 
- small white snake. 
Baghar 
stone. 
Averso 
- 
- big blue snake. 
Ait, amoot - 
sand. 
Gelbis 
- 
- black snake. 
Gate - 
tree. 
Munso 
- 
- very large snake. 
Sudier 
thorn bush. 
Gorango 
- 
- small ant. 
Sorbishice - 
cook. 
Gemer 
- 
- large ant. 
Bob - 
rain. 
Debro low 
- 
- scorpion. 
Dagal 
to fight. 
Shindy 
- 
- bee. 
War - 
I 
Ko - 
- 
- one. 
Ardeggar - 
you 
Luber 
- 
- two. 
Hagar kartemi? - 
where do you come 
Sadder 
- 
- three. 
from ? 
After - 
- 
- four. 
Tubmati 
what tribe are you? 
Shan - 
- 
- five. 
Kubber 
sandal. 
Lier - 
- six. 
Ushara murro 
} take your stick and 
Todubber 
- seven. 
arro gurdo 
Sedate 
- 
- eight. 
skutter - 
1 clothes and be off. 
Sagale 
- 
- nine. 
Warmoor - 
spear. 
Duban 
- 
- ten. 
Garshen 
shield. 
JKobeatuban 
- eleven. 
' Garasor e guboe - 
bow and arrows. 
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