senget

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay senget.

Pronunciation

• (Singapore, Malaysia) IPA^(key): /ˈseŋ.et/, /ˈsɛŋ.ɛt/, [-t̚]

Adjective

senget (comparative more senget, superlative most senget)

1. (Singlish, Manglish) Askew, uneven, not straight.
2. (Singlish, by extension, never attributive) Crooked or dishevelled.
   • 1991 March 26, The Straits Times, quoted in Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings Limited:

     What do you dislike about your appearance? My hair. It’s very difficult to maintain and when it’s too long it becomes senget (untidy).

References

• Lee, Jack Tsen-Ta (2004) “senget”, in A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English‎^[1]

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

senget

1. second-person plural subjunctive I of sengen

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Standard Malaysian) IPA^(key): /se.ŋet/

Adjective

séngét (Jawi spelling سيڠيت)

1. atilt, askew, leaning

Further reading

• “senget” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.