Lugungu Dictionary Sep 2012

siḻi ̱pa
siḻi̱pa Pl: masiḻi ̱pa. From: English. n.
sandal.
si̱miṉti ̱ From: English. n. 1 • cement;
gray powder used in building to stick
bricks or stones together or for
plastering houses.
2 • floor.
si̱mu̱ Pl: masi ̱mu̱. n. telephone; machine
that uses wires or air in order to talk to
s.b. far away.
kukuuta si ̱mu̱ v. Idiom. phone; talk
on the telephone with s.b. far away
as information passes through wires
or air.
siṉi ̱a Pl: masiṉi ̱a. From: English. n.
secondary school, high school; second
level of education that s.b. joins after
primary.
si̱pi ̱iḏi̱ Pl: si ̱pi ̱iḏi. ̱ From: English. n.
speed, rate, velocity.
si̱ponci ̱ Pl: si ̱ponci. ̱ From: English. n.
sponge; soft and light piece of material
full of holes that can easily hold water,
used for washing, cleaning or for filling
furniture, cushions, etc.
siṟiṉgi ̱ Pl: siṟiṉgi. ̱ From: English. n.
shilling.
siṯenseni ̱1 Pl: siṯenseni. ̱ From:
English. n. station; place equipped with
special equipment and personnel for a
particular purpose, e.g., Police station.
siṯenseni ̱2 Pl: siṯenseni. ̱ From:
English. n. station; frequency assigned
to a radio or television channel.
siṯookiṉgi ̱ From: English. n. stockings;
garment of stretchy material, worn in
suuka
pairs on the legs covering the whole
lower part of the legs and worn inside
the shoes.
siṯoovu̱ Pl: siṯoovu̱. From: English. n.
stove, cooker; household appliance with
wicks, and sometimes pumped, that
uses paraffin to cook.
siṯu̱u̱lu̱ Pl: siṯu̱u̱lu̱. From: English. n.
stool; small timber seat without a back.
sojo Pl: sojo. n. spear grass; plant sp. that
blossoms with white flowers, used in
mattresses, for thatching huts, and to
weed it you have to dig deep.
soki ̱si̱ Pl: masoki ̱si ̱. From: English. n.
sock; elastic piece of clothing, worn in
pairs over the feet, inside shoes.
somboli ̱-somboli̱ adv. partially done.
sonsonsa Pl: masonsonsa. n. small
green, brown, or purple locust; tropical
flying insect that resembles a
grasshopper, stays in the grass, and that
children are fond of playing with.
sonsooni ̱a Pl: masonsooni ̱a. n.
Pyxicephalus adspersus. toad; small
animal that resembles a frog that mostly
stays on land, without a tail, likes living
under pots and breeds in water.
Sonsyo n. name of a river.
sooda Pl: masooda. From: English. n.
soda; drink that is bottled and capped in
which there is carbon dioxide.
Sudaani n. name of a country.
sukaali Pl: sukaali. n. sugar; sweet
substance made from sugarcane that is
stirred in such drinks as tea, juice, etc.
sunsa Pl: sunsa. n. pumpkin leaves or
the vegetable sauce made from pumpkin
leaves.
suuka Pl: masuuka. n. bed sheet; piece
of cloth of about two metres width,
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