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Letter S has 2,193 entries.
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ssimbo EN→LG

e- no plur. (li/ma) dignity; grace, mu ngeri y'essimbo, in a dignified way. omuntu ow'essimbo, a dignified person, okutambuza essimbo, to walk in a dignified manner, okuzinyisa essimbo, to dance gracefully.

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ssimu EN→LG

e- (n/n) CSu>.,Pers. ] telephone; telephone call; telegram, wire, okukuba essimu, to telephone; to send a wire, essimu empandiike or essimu ey'omu ngalo, telegram, ennamba y'essimu, telephone number.

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ssira EN→LG

e- (li/ma) stress, emphasis; special attention. Buli ggwanga liteekwa okussa essira ku kuyigiriza abantu abakulu. Every nation should stress adult education. Ba- taddeko essira okutumbula eby okulima. They have put emphasis on the development of agriculture.

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ssogolero EN→LG

e- (li/ma) place where bananas are crushed for the purpose of making beer; brewery, .essogolero ly'omwenge, brewery. cf. sogola.

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ssonko EN→LG

e- (li/ma) shell, hard covering of a tortoise/snail, etc. amasonko ag'enfudu, tortoise shells, cf. enkoonamasonko.

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ssubi EN→LG

e- (li/ma) grass, enju y'essubi, thatched house, kukubya ssubi, to excel (a person in doing something), Abaana abawala abalenzi abamu baabakubizza ssubi mu kudduka. The girls excelled some of the boys in running, cf. akasubi, ^eki- subi, olusubi, omusubi, ensubi.

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ssukkamugga EN→LG

e- (li/ma) mason wasp, kwe- tala nga ssukkamugga, to fuss about, flutter around, busy oneself \ sometimes with the implication of futility or irritation to other people), cf. sukka, omugga. See also- bbumbuzzi.

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ssuumwa EN→LG

e- (li/ma) sponge for washing a dead body, mwenge gwa ssuumwa, beer drunk after a burial, cf. ekisuumwa.

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stand EN→LG

v.i., okuyimirira. s. up, okugolokoka, okuyimuka. s. fast, okunywera, okugumiikiriza. s. on head, okwefuula, okwesimba nnakakongo, okusimba omutwe, okwevuunika. s. on tiptoe, okukangalala.

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