Swahili
kikumi
ki-KU-mi
How to say it
Swahilikikumiki-KU-misoon
Englishten-cent coinsoon
Frenchpièce de dix centssoon
Meaning
an old ten-cent coin.
Good to know
a historical currency term, from kumi (ten), now mostly found in older writing.
Examples
- Zamani, soda ilikuwa na bei ya vikumi viwili.In the old days, a soda cost two ten-cent pieces.
- Bibi alihifadhi vikumi vya zamani kwenye sanduku.Grandmother kept old ten-cent coins in a box.
- Je, kikumi bado kina thamani leo?Does a ten-cent piece still have value today?
- Hakuna aliyekumbuka kikumi kilivyokuwa kikitumika.No one remembered how the ten-cent piece used to be used.
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