kulipana
koo-lee-PAH-nah
How to say it
Swahilikulipanakoo-lee-PAH-nah
Englishto pay each other; to settle up
Meaning
Said of people who pay one another what each owes, or who settle their debts between them.
Good to know
The reciprocal of kulipa, to pay, with a plural subject: tulilipana, we paid each other. Kulipana kisasi is to take revenge on each other.
Examples
- Wafanyabiashara hao hulipana kila mwisho wa mwezi.Those traders pay each other at the end of every month.
- Tulilipana deni tukabaki marafiki.We settled the debt between us and stayed friends.
- Majirani walilipana kwa mazao badala ya pesa.The neighbors paid each other in crops instead of money.
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