Tangle words starting with S

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• Sa Eat it
• Saaga Fight
• Saagu Mix up or blend
• Saba Issue, matter, discussion
• Sabbi-ago Unhapiness, sadness, grief, anger, displeasure
• Sabbiji promiscuous, immoral, licentious, naughty
• Sabbaigo He has become promiscuous, naughty
• Sabbaugu They have become licentious, naughty
• Sabbiyo Waywardness, promiscuity
• Sabbuthu Spoil, mess up
• Sabiji Thin, emaciated, haggard
• Sabul Hausa
• Sadak To pick something quietly or stealthily or to go out quietely
• Sadda Bandicoot rat
• Sadda Pit latrine
• Sade tool for removing thorn in the leg
• Sadu Jump, skip
• Sadaigo She has crossed, skipped, jumped over. sadaugu
• Saga Having a party, celebration, a festivity
• Sagan Thorny plant used in fencing house/ compound
• Sagu Entangle, enmesh, mix
• Saju To singe i.e. burn hair of animal or grass lightly
• Sajugo Has singed
• Sakaara Funnel used in pouring wine into a pot
• Sakalthag A high place, building or seat
• Sakda ambush;
• Sakdak/sakudak Chair, stool, bench
• Sakdakankultede/sakudak antedum Mushroom
• Sakkam Knife
• Sakku To bring something down, e.g. from the roof of a house or from someone’s head
• Sakkunaugu They have come down
• Saksak To feel itchy
• Sala Seeds
• Salaido Eye(s)
• Salaidok Eleven
• Salang Cf
• Salankorok Rice
• Salau Cf Iddi
• Salla Arabic/Hausa
• Sallangu Entangle, entwine, ensnare
• Sallangugo Has/have (been) entwined, entangled, ensnared
• Salthu ka wugor Abuse, temptation, stumbling block, trial
• Salthu Accuse, blame, indict
• Salu Whisper it
• Sambara A bag
• Samdassa An unpalatable matter/issue, bad news
• Samkong Truth
• Samlukutuk Interjection
• Sana Food
• Sanang Holy, sacred, divine
• Sangal Taxation
• Sang/sangsang Clear, understood, very clear, without confusion
• Sangge Pond
• Sangrang Skeleton
• Sangu Carry, take (usually something heavy)
• Sangyi Will carry
• Sangur Louse/lice
• Sanjara To shout, to bellow
• Sanlaik Backbiting; to say bad things about someone who is absent
• Sanpok Argument, dispute, debate
• Santondowei Progress, advancement, development
• Sanwa/ sanuwa Holy Communion
• Sarang Transparent, see-through
• Sarre Support put round a grass basket
• Sassap Broom
• Sassulab Sin, transgression
• Sati Hausa
• Sau Guinea corn
• Se Cut, fell ( with an axe, hoe or cutlass)
• Seiyadu Pl
• Sebadu Search, look for
• Sebadei Looking for, searching
• Sebneng A tree whose bark is used for various medicinal purposes
• Sebu See, look at
• Sebur Shovel
• Seddu To pluck leaves from the tree or stem
• Seddutho Go and pluck it
• Seebu A type of axe
• Se’ele To hatch (eggs)
• Segi Will get lost
• Sekkeu A type of bird of the family of pigeons
• Sega A type of pot
• Segna Mourning, grief, bereavement
• Segyo Loss, Mourning, sorrow, sadness
• Sego Meanness, miserliness, parsimonious
• Segu Mourn
• Sekkei Selection, picking . Sekkadei
• Sekkeb Huge, gigantic
• Sekkou Dove
• Sekku Sort out, select, pick
• Sekkum/Sengum Maize
• Selle Bird of prey belonging to the family of hawks
• Selpidi Foreigner
• Semuthe To service or re – grow
• Sem An instrument used by men for traditional dance
• Sen/ Senni Knowledge, wise, wisdom, perception.Lamollen sen pon senni puthug pidin ma Moli…
• Senagei Worshipping, appeasing a spirit.. Senango
• Sene Raining season
• Seng A smaller species of millipede usually found around groundnut farms ( their pre…
• Senga courtyard
• Sengji To keep/put sideways
• Sengunu To roll something, especially a heavy thing like a big stone
• Seramkong Goodnews
• Serangye A large storage pot
• Sero friend/friendship
• Seru Stand/ Stop it/him/her
• Settu Complete, top something
• Seu A clan
• Seuwu Learn, study
• Seuwe Will learn, study
• Shebur Shovel
• Sheegu v To force something into a hole or sack
• Shekuddu Limp
• Sheleng Potash(dried/solid)
• Shettu Wrap, enfold, enclose
• Shi Sing
• Shididdi High and lenthy ululation
• Shiib to shot down somebody while talking especially somebody you undermine
• Shiddu Pierce, stab, prick
• Shiddo To protrude or germinate
• Shiddu – kori Hatred
• Shiddu saba To always talk against somebody
• Shidiu Describing the manner one climbs up or comes down a tree swiftly
• Shigu Attempt, try doing something or offering something to someone
• Shikko Have/has tried offering someone something
• Shii Afterbirth, placenta
• Shiigo Has/have gone back
• Shiijii The return, going/coming back
• Shinkapa Rice
• Shiino to deny
• Shino To rest/resting Shinom.n
• Shinong lazy or slow in doing things
• Shirot n Fat
• Shiru To tear
• Shirwula Adultery, infedelity
• Shitha Pepper
• Shit – shit Describing how animals urinate
• Shokku To feed a child by force especially with liquid form of food like pap or water
• Shondi Stool
• Shonjurong State of paralysis
• Shujuruk Chicken lice usually found during the raining season or when their shelter is u…
• Shumo Odour from human body, animal or food
• Shuppu Pack, jamb-pack, collect in large quantity
• Shuppugo Has packed things
• Shurshur To move en masse
• Sibu Hausa
• Sidam Seedling, seed
• Sidamgo Your (masc. sing.) type
• Siddiru Tear it, rip it
• Sidok Ideop
• Signa Whirlwind
• Sigum describes a meat that has no fat
• Sii Placenta
• Siji Urine
• Siili Testicles
• Siiru Tear, split, shred
• Siiradgo Have torn, split
• Siji Grandfather
• Sijitom Bilharzia
• Siji Return, coming back
• Sikka Jigger insect, chigger, a flea
• Silip Difficult, hard, not easy, painful
• Silipwa Difficulty, suffering
• Silman Hausa.Silma.Cinema
• Silu Break, cut a piece
• Simbu Meet. v
• Simbaugu They have met.Idiom
• Simbo Meeting
• Simbil A protraction from the anus/ pile
• Siminti Hausa
• Simu To fasten together, to join
• Sin’am Haze
• Sindi Tale, a made up story
• Singa Bread/ cake
• Sing-rukutuk Comfort, consolation
• Singu Force down, press
• Singule Will break into pieces/parts/portions
• Sinu Rest
• Sino Resting, to rest, vacation
• Sir Yam
• Sirbe Fish Cf
• Sir/Siri Steal
• Siri theft, stealing
• Sitha Red, tiny pepper (zingiber officinale)
• Sittu To use something sparingly; to be moderate in use of something; to be thrifty
• Siyu Go back, return there
• Sobu Catch, hold, grasp . Sobe
• Sobbol Pointed
• Sobbulu To eat sparingly, particularly soup when not much is available
• Sobbule To be economical with soup
• Sobok Slave
• Sobji Describes an abnormal person; mentally deranged
• Soble A village in Kalmai
• Sobnong A type of medicinal tree
• Sobot To suddenly stand up with fear
• Sobyelli Small ants that eat termites
• Sogan House
• Soja Hausa
• Sokloke A kind of grass
• Sokome A type of traditional festival/worship
• Sollu Drag it, pull it along
• Solo Begging
• Solu Beg, plead, beseech, implore
• Solodgo Have begged, beseeched
• Som Sour, vinegary
• Sombo Fly (flies)
• Sombol A wooden spoon; a spoon made from a calabash-like plant
• Somthe Sorrel used in making soup and has a sour taste
• Sondi Dung, droppings
• Sondu To press, liquid eg water out of clothes or to extract oil from groundnuts etc
• Soni Fig
• Sonthongji Describes the brain that is mentally affected
• Sonu To warm oneself by fireside
• Soppa To jog
• Sor Age, year(s)
• Sori Tall
• Sor kwi wa Hope, expectation, anticipation
• Sorrol Describes the pouring of liquid into a container with a small opening, like a b…
• Soru Hope for something to happen, to expect/anticipate
• Soso Hausa
• Sotlong Name of a high hill
• Sotturo locust, locusts: large grasshopper-like insects
• Subbol To fill above normal level, for example salt in a dish
• Subet Perfect., faultless
• Sudmi A reddish bird that flies short distance/ flies in a hop like manner
• Sudom To keep something in a piling manner
• Sudum To walk quietly
• Suga Hausa
• Sugma Anklets used for dancing
• Sugna Squat, crouch.Sugnei
• Sugno Squatting, crouching
• Sugthu Pierce, prick, make a hole
• Sugthei Piercing, pricking, making a hole out of a wall , a calabash etc
• Sugutgo Has discovered, got used to
• Sugu Praise
• Sugensuge Praise
• Sugur Madness, insanity, mental illness; not a serious person
• Sugutgo Has bolted, run off
• Sugutkup Eagle
• Sukko Rod, walking stick
• Sulthi/suldi worm, caterpillar, maggot
• Sulut Type of tree
• Sum Night
• Sum Because
• Sumbu Suck(s)
• Sumbugo Has/have sucked
• Sumo NC. Name
• Sumu To pack something in good quantity
• Sumummu Describes the act of being quiet/ staying quietly
• Sung Baboon
• Suppo Conveyance of grain by women or ants
• Suppu/suttu Straighten it
• Suppadaugu They have all straightened
• Suppatgo He has straightened
• Suppuji Packed
• Surmen A type of tree used in making leather
• Suro Devil, evil spirit, Satan
• Suur Descriptive of rushing water eg
• Sursur Narrow, constricted
• Surut Ideop
• Suthun Lest; because of the possibility of; so that…. De min dimmu yuu, suthun wenni.L…
• Suyo Fear, fright, afraid
• Swabthong Describes a short dress
• Swag/swagu Erode, wear away, lose potency
• Swali Nagging, troublesome
• Swame’e a type of shrub that animals eat
• Swanu To separate good and bad grain
• Swathu to spread seeds for planting on the farm
• Swibilik Pointed,sharp
• Swirit Describes the forcing of an object into mud
• Swiya A tall type of grass used for weaving fences
• Swaddak Short
• Swal Stream
• Swang Reed
• Swapthang Short (particularly dress)
• Swar A type of traditional festival/worship
• Swaral Pale, unripe
• Swathu Beat, slap, blow, hit
• Swathswathe Beating, smacking
• Swiik Hiss
• Swik Erect, sraight
• Swikkiddik Sharp, pointed (used mainly for trees and mountains)
• Swirmin A type of tree