Fox
Dawaco is the fox. In Somali folk tales the fox is the clever trickster who outwits bigger animals, so calling someone a dawaco means they are cunning. In the countryside the same word is used for the jackal, which looks similar. Dawaco is feminine: the fox is dawacada, and the plural is dawacooyin.
Tip: Dawaco is a feminine noun, so this is a fox is tani waa dawaco, with tani rather than kani.
Point at the real thing and say "Dawaco" whenever it comes up, then let your child hear the native recording and say it back. One word used ten times in a day beats ten words drilled once. In the Luuqad app, Dawaco is taught with a picture, tested in the Animals quiz and practised in Baadiyo Journey and Animal Trails.
Libaax, Maroodi, Shabeel, Haramcad, Dawaco, Daanyeer and more. Then take the quiz.