Dickens speaks of a young man "singeing" his calves before a fire. I wondered about etymology of "singe".
First site I looked at, by that médicin extraordinair, Dr. Wertelecki, I saw an Egyptian statue of a large panther
(I guess) licking its kitten, with this footnote:
"Singe embrassan son chaton" (Cat embracing kitten), Egyptian, c.
4th century BC. - Louvre Museum, Paris, France."

I learned French "singe" = monkey. Since when did it mean a kitten?

Singa is the Indonesian for lion (hence Singapura = lion city). I believe it's from an Indian or Arabic etymon.

Bingley

I remember seeing "Simba" as name for lion. But that seems unrelated to "singe". Surprisingly I did not find a good site to confirm this.

I think Simba is Swahili, but I could very well be wrong. On further reflection, I'm inclining to singa being from Sanskrit. Maahey?

Bingley

Perhaps Singe was the cat's name.

Simha = lion in Sanskrit.

Dunno about Simba - may be convergent evolution?

cheer

the sunshine warrior

If Simba is Swahili only, I wouldn't exclude loan word from a Hindic language. If it has cognates in other Bantu languages I'd tend to go with shanks on the convergence idea.