| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Hyphenation | see·koei |
| Plural | seekoeie |
| Diminutive | |
|---|---|
| Singular | Plural |
| seekoeitjie | seekoeitjies |
| Catalan | sirena |
|---|---|
| Danish | søko |
| Dutch | zeekoe |
| English | sea‐cow |
| Esperanto | marbovo; sireno |
| French | sirénien |
| German | Seekuh |
| Spanish | sirenia; sirena |
| Sranan | seku |
| Swahili | nguva |
| Swedish | sirendjur; sjöko |
| Thai | อันดับพะยูน |
| West Frisian | seeko |