Wolof — top 180 words

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#	Wolof	English
1		hello (peace be upon you)
2		and peace upon you (reply)
3		how are you? (sing.)
4		I'm fine (here only)
5		peace only (I'm well)
6		what's your name?
7		my name is...
8		thank you
9		you're welcome (we share it)
10		yes
11		no
12		excuse me / sorry
13		please (if it pleases you)
14		goodbye (until next time)
15		see you tomorrow
16		I / me
17		you (sing.)
18		he / she / it
19		we / us
20		you (plural)
21		they / them
22		person
23		people
24		man
25		woman
26		child
27		mother
28		father
29		elder / older sibling
30		younger sibling
31		wife
32		husband
33		friend
34		the household / family
35		water
36		to eat / food
37		rice
38		rice and fish (national dish)
39		fish
40		meat
41		bread
42		milk
43		Senegalese mint tea
44		coffee
45		sugar
46		salt
47		one
48		two
49		three
50		four
51		five
52		six
53		seven
54		eight
55		nine
56		ten
57		hundred
58		thousand
59		to go
60		to come
61		to walk
62		to cook
63		to buy
64		to sell
65		to see
66		to listen
67		to speak / say
68		to know
69		to want / to love
70		to have
71		to be (located)
72		to study / read
73		to write
74		to work
75		to sleep
76		to pay
77		to give
78		to do / make
79		beautiful / nice
80		good
81		bad
82		small / a little
83		many / a lot
84		fast
85		slowly / gently
86		hot
87		cold
88		now
89		today
90		tomorrow / morning
91		yesterday
92		night
93		town / village / country
94		house / home
95		market
96		school
97		hospital
98		money
99		peace
100		hospitality
101		why?
102		guest
103		mother, or one's maternal aunt
104		father
105		you (second-person plural object pronoun)
106		eleven
107		twelve
108		twenty
109		body
110		eye
111		ear
112		nose
113		mouth
114		tooth
115		tongue
116		lip
117		neck
118		arm, hand
119		finger
120		breast
121		stomach
122		leg, foot
123		knee
124		skin
125		blood
126		heart
127		liver
128		meat
129		maize
130		potato
131		banana (fruit)
132		onion
133		tea (dried leaves of the tea plant)
134		peanut
135		animal
136		dog
137		cat
138		cow, cattle
139		bull
140		goat
141		sheep
142		horse
143		donkey, ass
144		chicken
145		bird
146		mouse, rat
147		rat
148		rabbit
149		lion
150		leopard
151		elephant
152		giraffe
153		hippopotamus
154		hyena
155		monkey
156		baboon
157		snake
158		insect (especially a beetle)
159		mosquito
160		rain
161		wind
162		fire
163		sand
164		river
165		island
166		plant, tree
167		grass
168		tree leaf
169		door
170		spoon
171		knife
172		clothes
173		key
174		country
175		moment, time
176		red
177		to be green
178		to be born
179		thing
180		war