shilingi
shee-LEE-ngee
How to say it
Swahilishilingishee-LEE-ngeesoon
Englishshillingsoon
Frenchshillingsoon
Meaning
The money of Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Somalia, and one unit of it.
Good to know
The plural is the same word; amounts follow it (shilingi elfu moja, one thousand shillings). Written Sh or TSh and KSh; kuondoa shilingi is a parliamentary move to block a minister’s pay in the budget.
Examples
- Mkate huu unauzwa shilingi elfu mbili.This loaf sells for two thousand shillings.
- Nilimlipa fundi shilingi elfu kumi.I paid the craftsman ten thousand shillings.
- Thamani ya shilingi imeshuka mwezi huu.The value of the shilling has fallen this month.
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