Definition of Sengi

1. Noun. elephant shrew ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sengi

1. a monetary unit of Zaire [n SENGI]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sengi

senegas
senegin
senes
senesce
senesced
senescence
senescences
senescent
senescent cell antigen
senesces
seneschal
seneschals
seneschalship
senescing
senga root
sengi (current term)
sengierite
sengis
sengreen
sengreens
senhora
senhoras
senhores
senhorita
senhoritas
senhors
senicide
senie
senile
senile amyloidosis

Literary usage of Sengi

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada: Déliberations by Royal Society of Canada (1898)
"... fix " sen " cf the following : cf Sta-tu = light, etc., Sumai, etc., etc sengi-sengi = twi-light, Sam. ..."

2. An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origins and Migrations, and the by Abraham Fornander, John F. G. Stokes (1885)
"Sam., senga-senga, to be yellowish from disease; senga-vale, shine dimly, as the sun through a mist, be pale from fear ; sengi-sengi, twilight; se-se, ..."

3. Kuaiwa Hen: Twenty-five Exercises in the Yedo Colloquial, for the Use of by Ernest Mason Satow (1873)
"After sengi no uye understand danji wo ... and-so (kara) after (no uye) further (nawo) inquiry (sengi)... Soko is for sono tokoro, ie kui-chigai no tokoro, ..."

4. A Zulu-English Dictionary with Notes on Pronunciation: A Revised Orthography by Alfred T. Bryant (1905)
"... um-sengi.ji./. I'erson of a pleasing though not distinctly handsome appearance ; any commoner who is a favourite at court, though occupying no high ..."

5. A Zulu-English Dictionary with Notes on Pronunciation: A Revised Orthography by Alfred T. Bryant (1905)
"... um-sengi,M. /. Person of a pleasing though not distinctly handsome appearance; any commoner who is a favourite at court, though occupying no high ..."

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