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sitediamu (n) stadium (also mupira pari, sitadia, sitediumu) eg Fosita si sitediumu 'da-i. = Forster built that stadium.
sitesoni (n) station eg UNHCR (pronounced UwNaHaChaRa) ma sitesoni azi Bidibidi-a. = UNHCR has another station in Bidibidi.
sitowa (n) store eg Aseru ni sitowa we. = Aseru is sweeping the store.
sitresi (n) stress
situdio (n) studio eg Ojara ni wura ma situdio-a. = Ojara is in the art studio.
siweta (n) sweater
siwici (n) switch eg Maritini ipa siwici. = Martin pressed the switch.
Siwideni (n) Sweden eg Yofasi ni Siwideni-a. = Yofasi is in Sweden.
siza (n) construction, building (activity), architecture
sizoni (n) season (also wangi, mange) eg Danieli Kawesa nde "Coca-Cola Rated Next", Sizoni Alu. = Daniel Kawesa won Coca-Cola Rated Next, Season One.
so (v) gather, collect, together, prick, pierce
sobi (n) tail (sometimes so'bi)
soda (n) soda eg Ajua mu Mirinda soda mvu "Golden Courts Hotel"-a. = Ajua went to drink Mirinda soda at Golden Courts Hotel.
Soga (n) sb or sth from Busoga
soka (n) bedsheet (also suka), association football, soccer (also mopira, mupira)
sokisi (n) socks eg Pamela su sokisi imve. = Pamela wore white socks.
sokolo (n) thin line inside cassava tuber, sth to do with sitting
sola (n) solar eg Oyako ni sola ayu. = Oyako uses solar.
solusitisi (n) solstice, shortest or longest day in the year
solusoni (n) ORS first aid dehydration solution for running stomach made by mixing half teaspoon of salt, one cup of water and two teaspoons of sugar
Somali (n) Somali(an), sb or sth from Somalia
Somalia (n) Somalia, territory bordering Kenya in the northeast and west of the Indian Ocean eg Mugenyi mu Somalia-a. = Mugyenyi went to Somalia.
soro (n) board game
soroko (n) part of cassava root
Soroti (n) town in Eastern Uganda, southwest of Lira and northwest of Mbale, predominantly occupied by the Teso, Solot eg Eja enga Soroti-a. = Eja is from Soroti.
sosa (n) saucer, small plate eg Aleru ni sosa oji Chai-3 Pari Inyanyazuri-a. = Aleru is washing saucers at Chai-3 Restaurant.
sowani (n) plate, satellite dish (also bakule)
su (n) four, (v) put in, score, hurt, pain; wear, put on, pour eg water, to have diarrhoea eg Adele ma asi su. = Adele's heart pained.
Sudani (n) country north of Uganda and South Sudan, zone in Mvara Cell near where Emmanuel Cathedral is located eg Julieti imvi Sudani-a risi. = Juliet returned from Sudan.
sufaria (n) saucepan (also sufariya, sufuria, sopiria)
suhuru (n) suhoor, iftar, Muslim breakfast before sunrise during Ramadan (also futuru)
sukari (n) sugar eg Sukari 'di enga Lobe-a. = This sugar is from Lobe.
sukari azo (n) diabetes
sukulu (n) school eg Sukulu pe ma mile ni, mi iza mi sawa akua ku! = School attracted my eye, do not waste your time at home!
sukulu drile (n) school head, headmaster, headteacher, headmistress
sukulu fizi (n) school fees
sukuma wiki (n) spinach eg Popayi ni sukuma wiki nya opo isuzu. = Popeye eats spinach to get power.
sukuta (n) scooter
Sulutani Isara (n) Sultan Isara, great Vurra chief who died on 26th July 1949
suluwayiwayi (n) small donuts usually less than 2 centimetres in length and width
Suma (n) Sumer, oldest civilisation that invented and improved technology (including the wheel, cuneiform script, arithmetic, geometry, irrigation, saws and other tools), located in the southernmost part of Mesopotamia (modern-day Southern Iraq) between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, land of Shinar (Genesis 10:10 and...
supakomuputa (n) supercomputer eg USIO (Aeoniani AI) ni Yuganda ma supakomuputa MegaWati 10 ayupi Karuma-a. = USIO (Aeonian AI) is Uganda's 10 MW supercomputer in Karuma.
suru (n) tribe, clan, nation, country, kingdom, culture eg Afirika ni tutuni suru ini. = Africa is mainly a black culture.
suru dricepi (n) nation leader, president
suru ma e'yo (n) meeting as a clan to discuss difficulties
suru ma kala andraleru (n) downcountry
suru ma kala oruleru (n) upcountry
suruali (n) shorts (also pa ali, pali)
sururu (n) mattock, pick axe, metal tool with two pointed ends (one sharper) for digging hard soil and attached to a long handle
suta (n) pain (also suza)