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SWAHILI · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

hela.

money

4 characters2 syllables approx.Kiswahili language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhɛ.lɑ/
  1. money

    class-ix
  2. heller

    class-ix · historical
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from German Heller, which was introduced in 1904 at the value of 1/100 rupee.

intj/ˈhɛ.lɑ/
  1. Exclamation to get attention: hey

Where this word comes from

Probably from dialectal Arabic هَلَا (halā). Compare also هَلُمَّ (halumma).

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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.