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toea

toea

9.9
A small coin used in Papua New Guinea worth one hundredth of a kina
  • noun
: toea
  • You can exchange your dollars for toea and kina at the airport currency counter.

Examples

  • I found some old toea coins in a drawer from my trip to Papua New Guinea.

  • I found a toea on the ground.

  • The market vendor refused to accept payment in anything less than a full toea.

  • How many toea do you need?

  • I found some old toea coins in a drawer from my trip to Papua New Guinea.

  • You can exchange your dollars for toea and kina at the airport currency counter.

  • The market vendor refused to accept payment in anything less than a full toea.

Surface Forms

toea singular
toea plural

Etymology

Toea comes from the languages of Papua New Guinea and names the small coin worth 'one hundredth' of a kina. A helpful way to remember it is to think of a toea as PNG's little 'cent' or tiny change.