/ˈsɛŋɡi/
OriginBorrowed from Swahili sengi, probably from another Bantu language (compare Giryama sanje).
- Any of several small, insectivorous long-nosed mammals, of the family Macroscelididae within the Macroscelidea order, native to Africa.
“Four-toed elephant shrew or sengi Petrodromus tetradactylus”
“The order formerly known as Insectivora included solenodons; shrews; moles and desmans; hedgehogs and moonrats or gymnures; golden moles, tenrecs, and otter shrews; and sengis or elephant shrews.”
“Sengis feed on insects and other animal and plant material. […] Young sengis are highly precocial at birth—they will forage 1 day after birth[…].”
- historicalA former (1967–1993) monetary unit of Zaire, one hundredth of a likuta, and one ten-thousandth of a zaire; it was issued only in ten sengi coins.
Formssengis(plural) · sengi(plural) · senghi(alternative)
Source: Wiktionary