sengi

English
a black and rufous sengi (Rhynchocyon petersi)

Etymology

From Swahili sengi. First used in print in English by Jonathan Kingdon in 1997.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɛŋɡi/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun

sengi (plural sengis)

  1. An elephant shrew (family Macroscelidae).
    • 2007, George A. Feldhamer, Lee C. Drickamer, Stephen H. Vessey, Joseph F. Merritt, Carey Krajewski, Mammalogy: Adaptation, Diversity, Ecology, 3rd edition, page 251:
      Sengis feed on insects and other animal and plant material. […] Young sengis are highly precocial at birth—they will forage 1 day after birth (figure 12.14).
    • 2007, Marian Armstrong, Wildlife and Plants, volume 9, page 540:
      The order formerly known as Insectivora included solenodons; shrews; moles and desmans; hedgehogs and moonrats or gymnures; golden moles, tenrecs, and otter shrews; and sengis or elephant shrews.
    • 2010, Joseph F. Merritt, The Biology of Small Mammals, page 237:
      Like small African antelopes, sengis spend their life exposed to the elements while relying on disruptive coloration to act as camouflage from the plethora of African predators.
  2. A former (1967-1993) monetary unit of Zaire, 1/100 of a likuta.

References
  1. Rathbun, G. B. and Kingdon, J. 2006. The etymology of 'sengi'. Afrotherian Conservation — Newsletter of the IUCN/SSC Afrotheria Specialist Group 4:14-15

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

sengi f

  1. (non-standard since 2012) definite singular of seng

Welsh

Alternative forms

Verb

sengi (first-person singular present sangaf, not mutable)

  1. (transitive) to trample, tread on, stamp down
    Synonym: sathru
  2. (transitive) to push in, insert

Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future sangaf sengi sang, sanga sangwn sengwch, sangwch sangant sengir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional		 sangwn sangit sangai sangem sangech sangent sengid
preterite sengais sengaist sangodd sangasom sangasoch sangasant sangwyd
pluperfect sangaswn sangasit sangasai sangasem sangasech sangasent sangasid, sangesid
present subjunctive sangwyf sengych sango sangom sangoch sangont sanger
imperative — sang, sanga sanged sangwn sengwch, sangwch sangent sanger
verbal noun sengi
verbal adjectives sangedig
sangadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future sanga i, sangaf i sangi di sangith o/e/hi, sangiff e/hi sangwn ni sangwch chi sangan nhw
conditional sangwn i, sangswn i sanget ti, sangset ti sangai fo/fe/hi, sangsai fo/fe/hi sangen ni, sangsen ni sangech chi, sangsech chi sangen nhw, sangsen nhw
preterite sangais i, sanges i sangaist ti, sangest ti sangodd o/e/hi sangon ni sangoch chi sangon nhw
imperative — sanga — — sangwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms
  • sangfa
  • sangiad

Further reading
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “sengi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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