| SINGULAR | PLURAL | ENGLISH |
|---|---|---|
| amar | imperative | |
| astaan | punctuation mark | |
| astaan weyddiin | question mark | |
| astaan yaab | exclamation mark | |
| codad [-ka] | sound | |
| codayn | phonetics | |
| codrogid | phonem | |
| diddoley | negative | |
| dhaddigayn | feminisation | |
| dheddig | feminine | |
| dhawaaq [-a] | pronunciation | |
| dhibic | full-stop | |
| dhibic hakad | semi-colon | |
| fal | verb | |
| fale | suject | |
| falkaab | adverb | |
| farrinley | imperative | |
| fonologiye | phonology | |
| gadaal | termination, ending | |
| hab | mood | |
| hadal | sentence, speach | |
| hadalka tooska | direct speach | |
| haqad | comma | |
| horjooge | preposition | |
| jamac | plural | |
| jidadka naxwaha | grammatical rules | |
| keli | singular | |
| kelma | inverted commas | |
| koobid | abbreviation | |
| kook | collective | |
| kudhufasho | stress | |
| lab | masculin | |
| laba dhibcood | colon | |
| labayn | maculinisation | |
| layeele | object | |
| layli | exercise | |
| layn | gender | |
| luqad [-a] | luqado [-/aha] | language |
| magac | a noun | |
| magac dhaddig | feminine noun | |
| magac gaar | proper noun | |
| magac guud | common noun | |
| magac kadin ah | collective noun | |
| magac lab | masculine noun | |
| magac qarson | abstract noun | |
| magacuyaal | pronoun | |
| magacuyaal dad | personal noun | |
| magacuyaal noqod | reflexive pronoun | |
| magacuyaal su'aaleed | interrogative pronoun | |
| meeleeye | preposition | |
| naxwe | grammar | |
| qaanso | bracket | |
| qodob | paragraph | |
| sal | root | |
| shaqal | shaqallo | vowel |
| shardiley | conditional, subjunctive | |
| shibane | shibaneyaal | consonant |
| sugidley | indicative | |
| tilmaane | adjective | |
| tusaale | example | |
| wadar | plural | |
| waqti | tense | |
| weyddiinley | interrogative | |
| xaraf | letter | |
| xiriiriye | conjunction | |
| xubin | syllable | |
| xuruuf | alphabet | |
| yeele | subject |