Somali
li, sə- noun
1.
a member of a Hamitic population showing an admixture of Arab, black, and other ancestry, and dwelling in Somalia and adjacent regions.
2.
the Cushitic language of the Somali.
adjective
3.
of or pertaining to Somalia,its people, or their language.
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| —n , -lis, -li | |
| 1. | a member of a tall dark-skinned people inhabiting Somalia |
| 2. | the language of this people, belonging to the Cushitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages |
| —adj | |
| 3. | of, relating to, or characteristic of Somalia, the Somalis, or their language |
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