seng

Possibly from Portuguese sem, from Old Portuguese sen, from Latin sine, from Proto-Indo-European *sene.

seng

1. not (verbal negation marker)

• D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998) Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia‎, Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

From Old Norse sæng, sæing.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛnɡ/, [ˈsɛ̝ŋˀ]

seng c (singular definite sengen, plural indefinite senge)

1. bed (a piece of furniture to sleep on)

• “seng” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Dutch zink. Compare to its cognate Afrikaans sink (“zinc”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈseŋ]
• Hyphenation: seng

seng (plural seng-seng, first-person possessive sengku, second-person possessive sengmu, third-person possessive sengnya)

1. zinc.

• → Ternate: seng

• “seng” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Burmese ဆိုင် (hcuing).

seng

1. shop

• Kurabe, Keita (2016-12-31), “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎, volume 35, DOI:10.14989/219015, ISSN 1349-7804, pages 91–128

• zink
• زيڠک‎
• سيڠ‎

From Indonesian seng, from Dutch zink, from German Zink, from Zinken.

• IPA^(key): /seŋ/
• Rhymes: -seŋ, -eŋ

seng (Jawi spelling سيڠ)

1. Alternative form of zink

seng

1. Nonstandard spelling of sēng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of sèng.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

From Old Norse sæing, sæng.

• IPA^(key): /sɛŋː/

seng f or m (definite singular senga or sengen, indefinite plural senger, definite plural sengene, genitive sengs)

1. (furniture) a bed

   Hva gjør du i senga mi?!

   What are you doing in my bed?!

• “seng” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse sæing, sæng.

• IPA^(key): /sɛŋː/

seng f (definite singular senga, indefinite plural senger, definite plural sengene) (genitive form sengs)

1. (furniture) a bed

• “seng” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): [sɛŋ]

seng

1. not

• Zufri Hidayat et al. (2015). Kamus Bahasa Simalungun–Indonesia (2nd ed.). Medan: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sumatera Utara, p.212.

From Indonesian sen, from Dutch cent, from Old French cent.

• IPA^(key): [ˈseŋ]

seng

1. an Indonesian sen

From Indonesian seng, from Dutch zink, from German Zink.

• IPA^(key): [ˈseŋ]

seng

1. a metal sheet

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

From Chinese 生 (MC ʃˠæŋ).

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /θeːŋ˨˦/
• Tone numbers: seng¹
• Hyphenation: seng

seng (1957–1982 spelling seŋ)

1. to give birth

   Synonyms: (dialectal) sengsanj, (dialectal) byoeng

2. to be born

seng (1957–1982 spelling seŋ)

1. uncooked; raw; underdone
2. unprocessed; raw
3. unneutered; intact
4. unfamiliar; strange

   Synonyms: (dialectal) moq, (dialectal) lax

5. out of practice; rusty