seniti
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A small coin in Tonga that is one hundredth of a paʻanga
- noun
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seniti
- The price of bread in Tonga is one paʻanga and fifty seniti.
Examples
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The price of the book is 10 seniti.
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Tourists were unfamiliar with the seniti and asked for a currency conversion.
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She exchanged ten seniti coins at the bank before leaving.
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I have several senitis in my wallet.
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The price of bread in Tonga is one paʻanga and fifty seniti.
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She exchanged ten seniti coins at the bank before leaving.
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Tourists were unfamiliar with the seniti and asked for a currency conversion.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Seniti comes from the English word cent, which means 'one hundredth', and was adapted into Tongan as the name for the small coin. That's why a seniti is one hundredth of a paʻanga, just like a 'cent' is a small part of a dollar.
