sensi

See also: Sensi

English

Alternative forms

• sensie, sensy

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛnsiː/
• Hyphenation: sen‧sie

Noun

sensi

1. (Rastafari, Jamaica, slang) Clipping of sensimilla.
   • 1985, Wayne Smith (lyrics and music), “Under Me Sleng Teng”:

     In Westmoreland, where the sensi come from / Me put it in a crocus barrel, upon the mini van

   • 2013, “Herb Shuttles”, in Indigoism‎^[1], performed by Underachievers:

     [AK The Savior]: Smoking sensi, high sensei in your membrane.

   • 2015, “Man Don’t Care”, in Integrity‎^[2], performed by Jme and Giggs:

     Yeah, man used to move that white, yeah, we be them old school dealers. She’s lighting up some sensis, he’s lighting up amnesias.

   • 2018, “Help The Weak”‎^[3]performed by Capleton and Sizzla:

     That’s why me haffi lead and set the trend fi dem. Dash ‘way the coke dem and go sensi dem.

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛnsi]
• Hyphenation: sèn‧si

Adjective

sènsitif

1. Short for sensitif (“sensitive”).

Italian

Noun

sensi m

1. plural of senso

Anagrams

• nessi

Latin

Verb

sēnsī

1. first-person singular perfect active indicative of sentiō

Participle

sēnsī

1. inflection of sēnsus:
   1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
   2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Sranan Tongo

Etymology 1

Likely from Dutch cent.

Noun

sensi

1. (numismatics) cent (a subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency, such as the former Surinamese guilder and the current Surinamese dollar)

Derived terms

• afusensi
• bigi sensi
• feifisensi
• tinsensi

Etymology 2

From English since and/or Dutch sinds.

Preposition

sensi

1. since