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rua (n) body (also ruati)
rua agupini (n) penis, male private part (also agele, opa)
rua driza (n) body fever
rua edezu (n) cleansing the body
rua okuni (n) vagina (also omogo, oma, angunya)
ruburubu (adj) sound of swallowing food (also nguringuri)
ruduku (n) forest (also oce, angu patiru, obibi)
rugbu (adv) abruptly, (n) noise made when something falls (also rubu)
Rukiga (n) language of Bakiga Tribe from southwest Uganda (also Ruciga)
rukuza (n) popularity, fame, renown
rumu (n) room eg Tonito, Beti, Siba, Gaga azini Niki esu rumu Windisa Hoteli-a. = Tonto, Betty, Sheebah, Gaga and Nikki got rooms at Windsor Hotel.
ruta (n) mating, catching, respect (also ruza)
Ruwanda (n) country southwest of Uganda (also Ruanda), probably part of Wakanda (in the Marvel Universe) alongside Uganda (East Africa) eg Mugema enga Ruwanda-a. = Mugema comes from Rwanda.
Ruwenzori (n) Rwenzori Area (pronounced Ruwenjori), highest block mountain in Africa 5,109 metres above sea level found west of Kasese and stretching towards Lake Albert, Wonderland, featured in Black Panther movie eg Ruwenzori ni 'Be ambo Mba ni. = Rwenzori is the Mountain of the Moon.
Ruwotuhu (n) king of Alur
Ruwotu (n) king of Acholi
ruzali (n) rosary eg Guloria su ruzali ku. = Gloria does not wear a rosary.
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sa (v) bury, clap, fly, plant, slap; time eg Semuwanga ma avu 'ba sa Kayunga-a. = Semwanga's corpse was buried in Kayunga.
saani (n) plate (borrowed from Swahili)
saaru (n) so much
Sabato (n) Sabbath Day (also Sabati, Sabatu, Sabosi), Saturday not Sunday, Shabbat, Shabbos, Jewish Day of Rest that starts at sundown on Friday (20 minute Shabbat siren gets you in the zone) eg Padre Tonino ni o'bi imba Sabato si. = Father Tonino teaches people on Sabbath Day.
sabuni (n) soap
sadaka (n) banquet
Sadukeini (n) Sadducees
safari (n) safari, journey
saimu (n) fast
saiso (n) sisal
Sakaru (n) female-given name meaning "Directionless(ly), Aimlessly"
sakati (n) bathroom
saketi (n) sacket eg Ledi Nana mvu iwa saketi-a ri ku. = Lady Nana does not drink alcohol in a sacket.
saku (n) type of calabash, an eliptical dish made of black clay and glazed to a dark color with a short handle on one side, used to serve food to the husband or an elderly person, utensil of great honor and prestige, available at Ajia Market in Vurra County (Arua District)
saluni (n) salon, barbershop, beautyshop
Sambia (n) suburb south of Arua Golf Course Roundabout and after Arua Hill Primary School, Nsambya (also Sambiya)
Samusoni (n) Samson eg Samusoni le Delila. = Samson loves Delilah.
San Siro (n) video hall in Osu Village formerly found less than half a kilometre on the right as you slope from Hospital Road to Osu River and named after the football home of Inter and AC Milan in the Italian Serie A
sanduku (n) suitcase
Sanduku Azizaniri (n) Ark of the Covenant (also Sanduku ADROUNI 'bani azita ta mbazuri) eg Ronaludi Wuyati esu Sanduku Azizaniri Gologotha 'Be wereari ma eti-a. = Ronald Wyatt discovered the Ark of the Covenant under Golgotha Hill.
sandukua sandukua (v) community (village) savings
sangihai (n) Shanghai Municipality, the most populous urban area in China with a population of 29,558,908 as of 2025
saolini (n) related to shaolin monk or temple, clean shave haircut
sarasara (adj) levelled, hazy in eyesight
saru (adv) a lot
sase (n) polythene bag (also kavera) eg Sase ci? = Is there a polythene bag?
sata (n) burial, planting, slapping, flying (also saza)
sati (n) shirt eg Eloni Masiki su sati ini. = Elon Musk wore a black shirt.
sati ma wu (n) shirt sleeve (also sati ma wi)
sawa (n) clock, watch, time (also saa, sa), moment, occasion, era eg Sawa ongo avizu Arua Cano-a ica 'bo. = Time for playing music on Arua Channel has arrived already.
sawa azia (n) lunch, 12 o'clock, noon, midnight (also yi ali, etu 6)
sawa tambapi (n) time keeper