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butut

butut

9.9
A small coin worth one hundredth of a Gambian dalasi
  • noun
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  • The coin was worth only one butut, the smallest denomination in Gambian currency.

Examples

  • He exchanged all his bututs for dalasis at the local market.

  • Prices have risen so much that a butut has almost no purchasing power left.

  • I found a butut on the street.

  • The price is 50 bututs for this item.

  • He exchanged all his bututs for dalasis at the local market.

  • The coin was worth only one butut, the smallest denomination in Gambian currency.

  • The price is 50 bututs for this item.

Synonyms

senti
vsbutut
  • South African
9.9

A small coin used in some African countries equal to one hundredth of the main currency

is the Gambian hundredth unit of the national currency
pesewa
vsbutut
9.9

A small unit of money in Ghana equal to one hundredth of a cedi

is the Gambian version of the same hundredth subunit
tambala
vsbutut
9.9

A small unit of Malawian money worth one hundredth of a kwacha

is the Gambian hundredth currency unit rather than that country's
bani
vsbutut
9.1

A small Romanian coin worth one hundredth of a leu

is the Gambian hundredth unit used in a West African currency

Surface Forms

butut singular
bututs plural

Etymology

Butut is the name of a very small Gambian coin and probably comes from a local West African word meaning 'small' or 'little'. So a butut is the smallest part of the dalasi, which makes it easy to remember as a tiny amount.