shenzi
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]shenzi (plural shenzis)
- (dated, Africa) A barbarian (variously used to refer to foreigners, Europeans, or pagans)
- 1919, Stewart Edward White, The Land of Footprints, page 263:
- We instructed our men to shoot first and inquire afterward, if a shenzi so much as showed himself in the clearing.
Anagrams
[edit]Swahili
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain, perhaps from the same source as Arabic زَنْج (zanj, “Zanj”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]-shenzi (declinable)
Declension
[edit]Inflected forms of -shenzi
| Noun class | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| m-wa class(I/II) | mshenzi | washenzi |
| m-mi class(III/IV) | mshenzi | mishenzi |
| ji-ma class(V/VI) | shenzi | mashenzi |
| ki-vi class(VII/VIII) | kishenzi | vishenzi |
| n class(IX/X) | shenzi | shenzi |
| u class(XI) | mshenzi | see n(X) or ma(VI) class |
| pa class(XVI) | pashenzi | |
| ku class(XVII) | kushenzi | |
| mu class(XVIII) | mushenzi |