seni

seni

1. from

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /səˈni/ [səˈni]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: se‧ni

From Malay seni (“art”), probably from Sanskrit सनी (sanī, “reward, gift”).

sêni (plural seni-seni)

1. art
   • 1934, Soetomo, Kenang kenangan‎^[1], page 12:

     ...sport dan seni (kunst).

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Possibly contains the prefix se- +‎ and from the same root as nik.

seni (comparative lebih seni, superlative paling seni)

1. (uncommon) fine

   Synonyms: kecil, halus, tipis

From Dutch genie. From French génie, from Latin genius. Doublet of zeni.

seni (plural seni-seni)

1. (dated) genius

   Synonym: genius

• “seni” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key): /ˈse.ni/
• Rhymes: -eni
• Hyphenation: sé‧ni

seni m pl

1. plural of seno

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ni/
• Rhymes: -ɛni
• Hyphenation: sè‧ni

seni m pl

1. plural of sene

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ni/
• Rhymes: -ɛni
• Hyphenation: sè‧ni

seni m

1. plural of senio

• Ines, Nesi, in sé

seni

1. romanization of ꦱꦼꦤꦶ

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈseː.niː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛː.ni]

sēnī

1. inflection of sēnus:
   1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
   2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Inflected form of senex (“old”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛ.niː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛː.ni]

senī

1. dative singular of senex

senī

1. dative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of senex
2. (post-Classical) ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of senex
   • 1725, Petrus Polo, Mansiones Festaque Hebraeorum: Literaliter Descripta, Moraliter, Mistice, & Encomiastice exposita...‎^[2], Barcelona:

     Conceptus ex patre Seni, et matre sterili

     Conceived from an elderly father, and sterile mother

• “seni”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “seni”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• seni in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

seni

1. nominative masculine plural of sens

• IPA^(key): [sʲɛˈnʲɪ]

seni̇̀

1. nominative/vocative masculine plural of senas

Attested in 1921, in Sri Poestaka magazine, volume 11, in article: Djalan baroe oentoek kepandaian seni (kunst)

• IPA^(key): /səˈni/ [səˈni]
• Rhymes: -i

seni (Jawi spelling سني, plural seni-seni)

1. art

• Indonesian: sêni

• “seni” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

seni (Cyrillic spelling сени)

1. dative/locative singular of sena

From English send.

seni

1. to send
   • 1978, “Di Krisneti Kisi”, in Kerstmis in Suriname, performed by Alberto en het gemengd koor "Gloria":

     Di Kresneti kisi, Nana ben seni 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, God sent 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 corresponding lemma form.

seni

1. accusative of sen: you

Unknown, maybe the same as above. Also compare sizi, of the same form and function.

seni

1. Form of sen used in some vocative and attributive constructions.

   Gel buraya, seni pislik!

   Come here, you scum!

seni

1. accusative of sen