shenzi

shenzi

See also: shēnzi and shěnzi

English

Etymology

From Swahili -shenzi.

Noun

shenzi (plural shenzis)

1. (dated, Africa) A barbarian (variously used to refer to foreigners, Europeans, or pagans)
   • 1919, Stewart Edward White, The Land of Footprints, p. 263:

     We instructed our men to shoot first and inquire afterward, if a shenzi so much as showed himself in the clearing.

Anagrams

• Hinzes

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Swahili

Etymology

Of uncertain origin, perhaps from the same source as Arabic زَنْج‎ (zanj, “Zanj”).

Adjective

-shenzi (declinable)

1. uncivilized, barbarian

Inflection

Inflected forms of -shenzi

Noun class	singular	plural
M-wa class	mshenzi	washenzi
M-mi class	mshenzi	mishenzi
Ma class	shenzi	mashenzi
Ki-vi class	kishenzi	vishenzi
N class	shenzi	shenzi
U class	mshenzi	shenzi
Pa class	pashenzi	pashenzi
Ku class	kushenzi	kushenzi
Mu class	mushenzi	mushenzi

Derived terms

• mshenzi