senke

See also: Senke

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

senke

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

Kari'na

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Adverb

senke

1. being near

References

• 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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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”)).

Verb

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)

Derived terms

• nedsenkbar
• senkning

References

• “senke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

senke

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

Swahili

Etymology

From Senke, a motorcycle brand.

Noun

senke (needs class)

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

   Synonym: bodaboda