| xorom si
         salt / sel  | 
	  poobar bi
		 pepper / poivre  | 
	  tibmasi bi / jimbo 
        
 stock cubes  | 
	  laaj ji![]() garlic / ail  | 
| tamaate lóqati ji
         tomato paste / purée de tomates  | 
diw gi
         animal fat, oil / corps gras  | 
dëwlin/diwlin ji
         cooking oil / huile alimentaire  | 
suukar si
         sugar / sucre  | 
| sunguf si
         flour of any cereal / farine  | 
bol bi
         flour of any cereal / farine  | 
fëriñ/fariñ si
         wheat flour / farine de blé  | 
sanqal si
         semolina of any grain / semoule  | 
| araw / karaw li 
        
 small balls of millet or rice flour  | 
ruy bi
         millet porridge / bouillie  | 
cere ji
 millet couscous  | 
cere faas ji
 moroccan couscous  | 
| gejj wi
         dried fish / poisson sec  | 
yéet ji
 type of dried shellfish  | 
paañ bi
 type of shellfish  | 
njar mi
 mixture of curdled milk and water  | 
| soow mi / meew mi 
        
 milk  | 
      mbaanig mi / yaawuur bi 
        
         creamy whey / yogurt  | 
kàcc mi
         sour whey / lait caillé aigre  | 
dax bi
         whey / beurre  | 
| lewuur de buulaansi?
         yeast / levure de boulangerie  | 
         
  | 
kafe gi
         coffee / café  | 
warga wi
 green tea  | 
| cin li
         cooking pot / marmite  | 
      ndab li / bool bi 
        
 eating bowl  | 
furno bi
 charcoal stove  | 
      leket / leget gi 
        
         calabash bowl / calebasse  | 
| paaka bi
         knife / couteau  | 
kuddu gi
         spoon / cuillère  | 
      macaat / mucaat mi 
        
 fish bones head etc which is taken out of the meal  | 
|
| xóoñ yi
         hard cooked rice / gratin  | 
ñeex mi
 sauce  | 
roof bi
         stuffing / farce  | 
laalo ji
 thickener made of the leaves of baobab tree  | 
ceebu jën bi  
     | 
    maafe mi   | 
    laax![]() millet porridge  | 
    cafaay
 sauce served with laax  | 
| cere mbuum | yaasa bi   | 
    suppu-kànje  
     | 
cu bi | 
domodaa bi  
     | 
mbaxal mi | ñànkata bi | mbuum mi | 
| sómbi bi | fataaya | beñe bi | 
| dak (to make balls) | sàqami (to chew) | yëy (to chew) [hard foods] | wann (to swallow) | 
| warax (to swallow without chewing) | mar (to lick) | macc (to suck) | |
| yabbi (spit out of one's mouth) | gallaxndiku (rinse the mouth) | mos (to taste) | sotti (to pour) | 
| talaale (to saute) | ñulug (add water to the pot) | sebet (wash the rice) | xeppi (pour out) | 
| tay (steam rice by sealing the pot with a rag) | suus (to be stream cooked) | suusal (to steam) | |
| seppi (remove cooked vegetables or fish from the pot) | yakk (to remove from the pot and place in serving bowl) | ||
| séddale (to divide prepared food into serving bowls) | sóor (to put steamed rice in the sauce) | xóoyal (to thin down, mix with water) |