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SWAHILI · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

dala.

five shilling

4 characters2 syllables approx.Kiswahili language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. five shilling

    class-ix · dated · slang
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *dalą Proto-West Germanic *dal Old High German tal Middle High German tal German Tal German Talerder. Middle Low German dālerbor. Dutch dalerbor. English dollarbor. Swahili dala Borrowed from English dollar.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.