shilingi

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Swahili shilingi, from English shilling.

Noun[edit]

shilingi (plural shilingi)

  1. A unit of currency in East Africa, currently only in use by Tanzania, and divided into 100 senti.

Swahili[edit]

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English shilling.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun[edit]

shilingi (n class, plural shilingi)

  1. shilingi (currency formerly used across East Africa, now only in Tanzania)
  2. shilling (former British unit of currency)
  3. (by extension, chiefly Tanzania) money
    Synonym: pesa
  4. (Kenya) scalp ringworm
    Synonym: (Tanzania) punye

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mugane, John M. (2015) The Story of Swahili (Africa in World History), Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 55: “English terms for currencies, though appearing late in East African trading circles, now dominate in Swahili. These include pauni (pound) and shilingi (shilling, in the colonial currency), peni (coin), and more recently still dola (dollar).”
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