# seni
## Chuukese
### Preposition

seni
* from

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

seni (plural seni-seni)
* art
** 1934, Soetomo, Kenang kenangan‎, page 12:...sport dan seni (kunst).(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** the conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the senses and emotions, usually specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium
** skillful creative activity, usually with an aesthetic focus
** artwork

##### Affixed terms

* berkesenian
* berseni
* kesenian
* menyeni

##### Compounds

* seni arca
* seni badingkut
* seni bangunan
* seni belanja
* seni berteater
* seni bina
* seni budaya
* seni derita
* seni drama
* seni drama amatir
* seni dramatik
* seni eksperimental
* seni grafis
* seni instalasi
* seni keramik
* seni kriya
* seni Kubro Siswo
* seni kuliner
* seni lukis
* seni murni
* seni pahat
* seni panggung
* seni penjing
* seni peran
* seni pertunjukan
* seni ritual
* seni rupa
* seni rupa pertunjukan
* seni sastra
* seni suara
* seni suara instrumental
* seni suara vokal
* seni sungging
* seni syubanul muslimin
* seni taman
* seni tari
* seni tradisional
* seni tutur
* seni ukir
* seni urban
* seni vektor
* seni visual
* seni wayang

### Etymology 2

From earlier se- (“one”) +‎ *nik (“small, fine”).

#### Adjective

seni
* fine
    Synonyms: kecil, halus, tipis

##### Affixed terms

* menyeni
* ular seni

### Etymology 3

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

#### Noun

seni (plural seni-seni)
* genius
    Synonym: genius

### Further reading

* “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.

## Italian
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈse.ni/
* Rhymes: -eni
* Hyphenation: sé‧ni

#### Noun

seni m pl
* plural of seno

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛ.ni/
* Rhymes: -ɛni
* Hyphenation: sè‧ni

#### Noun

seni m pl
* plural of sene

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛ.ni/
* Rhymes: -ɛni
* Hyphenation: sè‧ni

#### Noun

seni m
* plural of senio

### Anagrams

* Ines, Nesi, in sé

## Javanese
### Romanization

seni
* Romanization of ꦱꦼꦤꦶ

## Latin
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈseː.niː/, [ˈs̠eːniː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈse.ni/, [ˈsɛːni]

#### Numeral

sēnī
* inflection of sēnus:
** nominative/vocative masculine plural
** genitive masculine/neuter singular

### Etymology 2

Inflected form of senex (“old”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈse.niː/, [ˈs̠ɛniː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈse.ni/, [ˈsɛːni]

#### Noun

senī
* dative singular of senex

#### Adjective

senī
* dative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of senex
* (post-Classical) ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of senex
** 1725, Petrus Polo, Mansiones Festaque Hebraeorum: Literaliter Descripta, Moraliter, Mistice, & Encomiastice exposita...‎, Barcelona:Conceptus ex patre Seni, et matre steriliConceived from an elderly father, and sterile mother

### References

* “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.

## Latvian
### Adjective

seni
* nominative masculine plural of sens

## Lithuanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sʲɛˈnʲɪ]

### Adjective

seni̇̀
* nominative/vocative masculine plural of senas

## Malay
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /səˈni/ [səˈni]
* Rhymes: -i

### Noun

seni (Jawi spelling سني, plural seni-seni, informal 1st possessive seniku, 2nd possessive senimu, 3rd possessive seninya)
* art

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: sêni

### References

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

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

seni (Cyrillic spelling сени)
* dative/locative singular of sena

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

From English send.

### Verb

seni
* 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 AnanaWhen 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

## Turkish
### Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronoun

seni
* accusative of sen (you)

### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronoun

seni
* Form of sen used in some vocative and attributive constructions.
    Gel buraya, seni pislik!Come here, you scum!

## Turkmen
### Pronoun

seni
* accusative of sen