senke

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senke

1. inflection of senken:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

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• (Venezuela) IPA^(key): [seŋke]
• (Suriname) IPA^(key): [seŋɡe]

senke

1. being near

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 366
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “senge”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 431; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 421

From Danish sænke, from Old Danish sænckæ, from Old Norse *sænkja (east) / søkkva (west), from Proto-Germanic *sankwijaną, cognate with German senken. Causative of Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną (“to sink”) (cf. Danish synke (“to sink”)).

senke (imperative senk, present tense senker, passive senkes, simple past and past participle senka or senket, present participle senkende)

1. to lower
2. to reduce
3. to sink (a ship; compare with synke)

• nedsenkbar
• senkning

• “senke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

senke

1. genitive singular of senka
2. nominative plural of senka
3. accusative plural of senka
4. vocative plural of senka

From Senke, a motorcycle brand.

senke class ? (plural [please provide])

1. (Sheng) boda-boda (motorcycle used as a taxi)

   Synonym: bodaboda