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ሾትስ/ሾት (Shots)

ካፋ/ካፋ (Kafa) - shovel

ሹሩባ/ሹሩባ (Shuruba) - hair braiding

ሲዳማ/ሲዳማ (Sidama) - Sidama people

ስደት/ስደት (Sidet) - migration

ስድስት ኪሎ/ስድስት ኪሎ (Six kilo)

ስግደት/ስግደት (Sigdet) - prostration

ሐር/ሐር (Har) - silk

ሥልጣኔ/ሥልጣኔ (Siltane) - civilization

ስሜን/ስሜን (Simien) - mountains

ለአንድ ሰው ክፍል/ለአንድ ሰው ክፍል (Le'and sew kifil) - single room

ስራ/ስራ (Work/job)

ስርቀት/ስርቀት (Sirket) - theft

ፀናፅል/ፀናፅል (Sistrum)

ስኬትቦርድ/ስኬትቦርድ (Skateboard) - skateboard

ንድፍ ደብተር/ንድፍ ደብተር (Nidif debter) - sketch pad

የጭስ መፈተሻ/የጭስ መፈተሻ (Yechis mefetesha) - smoke detector

ለስላሳ መጠጥ/ለስላሳ መጠጥ (Leslasa metet) - soft drink

የፀሐይ ኃይል/የፀሐይ ኃይል (Yetsehay hayl) - solar energy

ሶሎ ትራቭል/ብቸኛ ጉዞ (Solo travel)

ሶማሌ/ሶማሌ (Somale) - Somali people/language

የመታሰቢያ ሱቅ/የመታሰቢያ ሱቅ (Yemetasebiya suk) - souvenir shop

ስፔር ፓርት/ስፔር ፓርት (Spare part) - spare part

ስፔሻል ፉል/ልዩ ፉል (Special ful)

ቅመም/ቅመም (Kimem) - spicy

ስፕሪስ/ስፕሪስ (Spris) - juice with layers

ቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ/ቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ (St. George beer)

ቅድስት ማርያም/ቅድስት ማርያም (St. Mary's)

ቴምብር/ቴምብር (Tembir) - stamps

ስታንድ አፕ ኮሜዲ/ስታንድ አፕ ኮሜዲ (Stand up comedy) - stand-up comedy

በእንፋሎት ማብሰል/በእንፋሎት ማብሰል (Be'infalot mabisel) - steaming

የሱቅ ሰዓት/የሱቅ ሰዓት (Yesuk seat) - store hours

ቀጥታ/ቀጥታ (Ketita) - straight ahead

ስትሪትዌር/የጎዳና ልብስ (Streetwear)

ሰረገላ/ሰረገላ (Seregela) - stroller

የጥናት እረፍት/የጥናት እረፍት (Yetinat ireft) - study break

የጥናት ክፍለ ጊዜ/የጥናት ክፍለ ጊዜ (Yetinat kifle gize) - study session

ሰክሰስ/ስኬት (Success)

ሱክ/ፀጉር (Hair)

ሱቅ ጣም/ሱቅ ጣም (Suketam) - street vendor

ሱቅ/ሱቅ (Suq) - shop

የቀዶ ጥገና ሐኪም/የቀዶ ጥገና ሐኪም (Yekedo tigena hakim) - surgeon

ቀዶ ጥገና/ቀዶ ጥገና (Kedo tigena) - surgery

ዋና/ዋና (Wana) - swimming

መዋኛ ገንዳ/መዋኛ ገንዳ (Mewanya genda) - swimming pool