"shilingi" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-shilingi.flac [Kenya] Forms: shilingi [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from English shilling. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|sw|en|shilling|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} English shilling, {{bor+|sw|en|shilling}} Borrowed from English shilling Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} shilingi, {{sw-noun|n}} shilingi (n class, plural shilingi)
  1. shilingi (currency formerly used across East Africa, now only in Tanzania) Tags: class-10, class-9 Categories (topical): Currency
    Sense id: en-shilingi-sw-noun-T31CvwfM Disambiguation of Currency: 35 38 23 4 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 48 8 0 45
  2. shilling (former British unit of currency) Tags: class-10, class-9 Categories (topical): Currency
    Sense id: en-shilingi-sw-noun-dWRm2-j6 Disambiguation of Currency: 35 38 23 4
  3. (by extension, chiefly Tanzania) money Tags: broadly, class-10, class-9 Categories (topical): Currency Synonyms: pesa
    Sense id: en-shilingi-sw-noun-jSrItY6t Disambiguation of Currency: 35 38 23 4 Categories (other): Tanzanian Swahili
  4. (Kenya) scalp ringworm Tags: Kenya, class-10, class-9 Synonyms: punye (english: Tanzania)
    Sense id: en-shilingi-sw-noun-l1f7mNc3 Categories (other): Kenyan Swahili, Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Swahili entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 48 8 0 45 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with topic categories using raw markup: 37 6 0 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Sh

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swahili dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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