kapeika
- noun
- A kapeika is worth one hundredth of a rubel.
Examples
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The smallest groceries sometimes list prices down to the kapeika.
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He found a kapeika coin at the bottom of his pocket.
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Tourists exchanged their rubels for coins and found they had many kapeikas.
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I found a kapeika on the street yesterday.
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He discovered a kapeika lying on the pavement while walking through the market.
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The price of the bread was listed in kapeika, making it easy to pay exactly.
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After counting his coins, he realized he had several kapeikas to spare.
Synonyms
A small coin worth one hundredth of a ruble
A small Russian coin worth one hundredth of a ruble
A small coin worth one hundredth of a hryvnia
A small Albanian coin worth one hundredth of a lek
A former small Finnish coin worth one hundredth of the old markka
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word kapeika comes from the Russian word kop'yo, which means 'spear', because old coins showed a horseman holding a spear and people named the small coin after that. You may know the coin as kopek, and a kapeika is the small coin worth one hundredth of a rubel.