shilingi
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Swahili shilingi, from English shilling.
Noun
[edit]shilingi (plural shilingi)
Swahili
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English shilling.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]shilingi (n class, plural shilingi)
- shilingi (currency formerly used across East Africa, now only in Tanzania)
- shilling (former British unit of currency)
- (by extension, chiefly Tanzania) money
- Synonym: pesa
- (Kenya) scalp ringworm
- Synonym: (Tanzania) punye
References
[edit]- ^ 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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