Senan.adj.

Brit.

/ˈsɛnə/, U.S.

/ˈsɛnə/

Inflections: Plural Senas, unchanged.

Origin: A borrowing from Sena. Etymon: Sena -sena.

Etymology: < Sena -sena, self-designation (in Asena, denoting the people (singular Msena) and Cisena, Chisena, denoting the language).

A. n.

1. The Bantu language of the Sena, a people inhabiting central and northwestern Mozambique and adjacent areas of Malawi and Zimbabwe.

1879 Trans. Cambr. Philos. Soc. 12 195 Local name in Sena (Mozambique) nhamodéma.

1989 New Yorker 22 May 53/2 Mr. Namanyanga, speaking in Sena, a local language, said that he and his wife had lived as peasants near the Minduru Mission.

2019 Mozambique News Agency (Nexis) 17 Sept. They were speaking in Sena and Ndau.

2. A member of the Sena people.

1964 J. van Velsen Polit. Kinship p. v A third group [of Tonga peoples] live on the lower Zambezi area in Mozambique... These people..appear to be like the Sena.

1977 J. D. Kesby Cultural Regions E. Afr. vii. 170 The Zambezi valley..is inhabited by a number of small groups, all culturally similar to the Nyanja, and including the Sena who have given their name to a town founded by the Portuguese on the Zambezi.

2003 Africa News (Nexis) 16 Oct. There are two main ethnic groups in Beira, the majority Senas and the minority Ndaus.

B. adj.

Of, belonging to, or relating to the Sena or their language.

1897 W. G. Anderson Introd. Gram. Sena Lang. 5 The home of the Sena language is the district bordering the Zambesi from Shupanga to the Lupata gorge.

1993 Indian Ocean Newslet. (Nexis) 30 Oct. The Sena tribe..come from the Zambeze valley.

2012 P. Theroux Lower River 34 He fell in love with a Sena woman who was a student teacher in Port Herald.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	sena
释义	Senan.adj. Brit. /ˈsɛnə/, U.S. /ˈsɛnə/ Inflections: Plural Senas, unchanged. Origin: A borrowing from Sena. Etymon: Sena -sena. Etymology: < Sena -sena, self-designation (in Asena, denoting the people (singular Msena) and Cisena, Chisena, denoting the language). A. n. 1. The Bantu language of the Sena, a people inhabiting central and northwestern Mozambique and adjacent areas of Malawi and Zimbabwe. Π 1879 Trans. Cambr. Philos. Soc. 12 195 Local name in Sena (Mozambique) nhamodéma. 1989 New Yorker 22 May 53/2 Mr. Namanyanga, speaking in Sena, a local language, said that he and his wife had lived as peasants near the Minduru Mission. 2019 Mozambique News Agency (Nexis) 17 Sept. They were speaking in Sena and Ndau. 2. A member of the Sena people. Π 1964 J. van Velsen Polit. Kinship p. v A third group [of Tonga peoples] live on the lower Zambezi area in Mozambique... These people..appear to be like the Sena. 1977 J. D. Kesby Cultural Regions E. Afr. vii. 170 The Zambezi valley..is inhabited by a number of small groups, all culturally similar to the Nyanja, and including the Sena who have given their name to a town founded by the Portuguese on the Zambezi. 2003 Africa News (Nexis) 16 Oct. There are two main ethnic groups in Beira, the majority Senas and the minority Ndaus. B. adj. Of, belonging to, or relating to the Sena or their language. Π 1897 W. G. Anderson Introd. Gram. Sena Lang. 5 The home of the Sena language is the district bordering the Zambesi from Shupanga to the Lupata gorge. 1993 Indian Ocean Newslet. (Nexis) 30 Oct. The Sena tribe..come from the Zambeze valley. 2012 P. Theroux Lower River 34 He fell in love with a Sena woman who was a student teacher in Port Herald. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.adj.1879
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