pya
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A small unit of money in Myanmar equal to one hundredth of a kyat
- noun
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pya
- A hundred pyas make up one kyat in the Myanmar currency system.
Examples
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The price of the snack was only fifty pyas in the local market.
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Coins of one pya are rarely used since their value is so low.
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I paid pya for the bus fare.
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The cost of the meal was 500 pyas.
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A hundred pyas make up one kyat in the Myanmar currency system.
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The price of the snack was only fifty pyas in the local market.
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Coins of one pya are rarely used since their value is so low.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pya comes from Burmese and names a very small coin in Myanmar; one hundred pyas make one kyat. A helpful way to remember it is to think of pya like the English 'cent' — many pyas together equal one kyat, so the word means a 'tiny unit' of money.
