English to Somali dictionary
food in Somali
cunto[1]
Any solid substance consumed for nutritional support
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Reviewed August 4, 2026Review record: Codex source audit
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Cunto is feminine
Cunto takes feminine agreement: cuntadu waa macaan tahay (the food is delicious). Adjectives and verbs must agree with feminine gender.[2]
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Questions about food in Somali
How do you say food in Somali?
Food in Somali is cunto. It is a feminine noun.
What are some common Somali foods?
Common Somali foods include bariis (rice), baasto (pasta), hilib (meat), canjeero (Somali pancake), and sambuusa (samosa).
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[1] Somali-English Dictionary (R. David Zorc)
Checked cunto as the Somali lexical entry for food and related food vocabulary.
Open source ↗[2] Somali Textbook, Chapters 1-5 (Zorc and Issa)
Checked gender agreement and basic sentence patterns used in the learner examples.
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