# seng
## Ambonese Malay
### Etymology

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

### Particle

seng
* not (verbal negation marker)

### References

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

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse sæng, sæing.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛnɡ/, [ˈsɛ̝ŋˀ]

### Noun

seng c (singular definite sengen, plural indefinite senge)
* bed (a piece of furniture to sleep on)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “seng” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Hokkien

* For pronunciation and definitions of seng – see 勝 (“to be able to bear; to be able to withstand; to be equal to; to match; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 勝).
* For pronunciation and definitions of seng – see 先 (“first; ahead of time; before; beforehand; first; preceding; prior; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 先).

## Indonesian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈseŋ/ [ˈseŋ]
* Rhymes: -eŋ
* Syllabification: seng

### Noun

seng (plural)
* zinc

#### Descendants

* → Ternate: seng

### Further reading

* “seng” 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.

## Jingpho
### Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ဆိုင် (hcuing).

### Noun

seng
* shop

### References

* Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎, volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

## Malay
### Alternative forms

* zink
* زيڠک
* سيڠ

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /seŋ/
* Rhymes: -seŋ, -eŋ

### Noun

seng (Jawi spelling سيڠ)
* Alternative form of zink

## Mandarin
### Romanization

seng
* Nonstandard spelling of sēng.
* Nonstandard spelling of sèng.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse sæing, sæng.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɛŋː/

### Noun

seng f or m (definite singular senga or sengen, indefinite plural senger, definite plural sengene, genitive sengs)
* (furniture) a bed
    Hva gjør du i senga mi?!What are you doing in my bed?!

#### Derived terms

* dobbeltseng
* enkeltseng
* gå til sengs
* himmelseng
* køyeseng
* sengetid
* sengetøy
* sykeseng
* vannseng

### References

* “seng” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse sæing, sæng.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɛŋː/

### Noun

seng f (definite singular senga, indefinite plural senger, definite plural sengene) (genitive form sengs)
* (furniture) a bed

#### Derived terms

* dobbeltseng, dobbelseng
* gå til sengs (Norwegian Bokmål)
* himmelseng
* køyeseng, køyseng
* sengetid
* sengetøy

### References

* “seng” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /senj/, [send͡ʒ]

### Verb

senġ
* singular imperative of senġan

## Simalungun Batak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sɛŋ]

### Adverb

seng
* not

### References

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

## Ternate
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈseŋ]

#### Noun

seng
* an Indonesian sen

### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈseŋ]

#### Noun

seng
* a metal sheet

### References

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

## Vietnamese

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### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [sɛŋ˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʂɛŋ˧˧] ~ [sɛŋ˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʂɛŋ˧˧] ~ [sɛŋ˧˧]

### Noun

(classifier cái, cấy) seng
* (Hà Tĩnh) Alternative form of sanh

## Zhuang
### Etymology

From Chinese 生 (MC sraeng).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Zhuang) IPA: /θeːŋ˨˦/
* Tone numbers: seng$^1$
* Hyphenation: seng

### Verb

seng (1957–1982 spelling seŋ)
* to give birth
    Synonyms: (dialectal) sengsanj, (dialectal) byoeng
* to be born

### Adjective

seng (1957–1982 spelling seŋ)
* uncooked; raw; underdone
* unprocessed; raw
* unneutered; intact
* unfamiliar; strange
    Synonyms: (dialectal) moq, (dialectal) lax
* out of practice; rusty