Colors · Midabada

Madow

Black

MA-dow (dow rhymes with "how")
Madow = black
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Meaning

Madow means black, and it is also the everyday word for dark. It describes the night, hair, coffee and shoes, and it is used for people of African descent, so it is a word children hear in many contexts.

Example sentences

Timahaygu waa madow.My hair is black.
Habeenku waa madow.The night is dark.

Using Madow at home

Point at the real thing and say "Madow" 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, Madow is taught with a picture, tested in the Colors quiz and practised in Coloring.

Learn all 11 Colors words with real voices

Guduud, Buluug, Cagaar, Jaalle, Madow, Cadaan and more. Then take the quiz.

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