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peni.

penny (1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Kiswahili language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. penny (1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound)

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  2. 10-cent coin

    class-v · uncommon
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek πᾰτᾰ́νη (pătắnē)bor. Latin patina Latin panna? Latin pannus? Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *panningaz Proto-West Germanic *panning Old English peniġ Middle English peny English pennybor. Swahili peni Borrowed from English penny.

noun

  1. pen

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Where this word comes from

Borrowed from English pen.

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