seni
- from
FromMalayseni(“art”), probably fromSanskritसनी(sanī,“reward, gift”).
sêni (pluralseni-seni)
- art
1934, Soetomo,Kenang kenangan[1], page12:
Possibly contains the prefixse- + and from the same root asnik.
seni (comparativelebih seni,superlativepaling seni)
- (uncommon)fine
- Synonyms:kecil,halus,tipis
FromDutchgenie. FromFrenchgénie, fromLatingenius.Doublet ofzeni.
seni (pluralseni-seni)
- (dated)genius
- Synonyms:genius,zeni
seni m pl
- plural ofseno
seni m pl
- plural ofsene
seni m
- plural ofsenio
seni
- romanization ofꦱꦼꦤꦶ
sēnī
- inflection ofsēnus:
- nominative/vocativemasculineplural
- genitivemasculine/neutersingular
Inflected form ofsenex(“old”).
senī
- dativesingular ofsenex
senī
- dativemasculine/feminine/neutersingular ofsenex
- (post-Classical)ablativemasculine/feminine/neutersingular ofsenex
1725, Petrus Polo,Mansiones Festaque Hebraeorum: Literaliter Descripta, Moraliter, Mistice, & Encomiastice exposita...[2], Barcelona:Conceptus ex patreSeni, et matre sterili- Conceived from anelderly father, and sterile mother
- “seni”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879),A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “seni”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891),An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “seni”, inGaffiot, Félix (1934),Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
seni
- nominativemasculineplural ofsens
seni̇̀
- nominative/vocativemasculineplural ofsenas
Attested in 1921, in Sri Poestaka magazine, volume 11, in article: Djalan baroe oentoek kepandaian seni (kunst)
seni (Jawi spellingسني,pluralseni-seni)
- art
seni (Cyrillic spellingсени)
- dative/locativesingular ofsena
FromEnglishsend.
seni
- tosend
1978, “Di Krisneti Kisi”, inKerstmis in Suriname, performed byAlberto en het gemengd koor "Gloria":Di Kresneti kisi, Nana benseni en pikin / na ini a grontapu fu krin wi ala siki / A no ben kon leki wan kownu, ma leki wan mofinawan / na ini wan pina-oso, na ini na sabana / Kon meki wi begi, begi da Anana / Kon meki wi begi, begi da Anana- When Christmas occurred, Godsent his son / into the world to cleanse all our illnesses / He didn't come as a king, but as a poor man/ into a hut in the desert / Come let us pray to the Creator / Come let us pray to the Creator
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
seni
- accusative ofsen:you
Unknown, maybe the same as above. Also comparesizi, of the same form and function.
seni
- Form ofsen used in some vocative and attributive constructions.
Gel buraya,seni pislik!- Come here,you scum!
seni
- accusative ofsen
