toea

[ toi-uh ]

noun

, plural toe·a, toe·as.

1. a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, one 100th of a kina.

toea

/ ˈtəʊɑː /

noun

1. a monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, worth one-hundredth of a kina

Word History and Origins

Origin of toea¹

First recorded in 1970–75; from Hiri Motu (a Papua New Guinea pidgin); “conical shell” (formerly used as currency)

Word History and Origins

Origin of toea¹

from a Papuan language

Example Sentences

"I—I have been telling them that you will marry Pan� and Velo to-day, and that all going well, Toea and I will return to Arrecifos certainly within two years."

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Mr. Barradas opened the tierce of tobacco, and Pan� and Toea and I dug out the nasty sticky layers with sheath knives.

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Toea threw away her cigarette and swiftly settled herself on the other side of Mrs. Tracey, pushing aside Pan� in mock jealousy, and, taking her mistress's hand, hugged it to her full and rounded bosom.

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Toea would go with her mistress to Sydney and remain with her for perhaps a year or more.

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It may be that Toea and I shall come back with this our friend Parri"—she smiled into Barry's eyes—"when the ship returns; it may be that she and I will live in Sydney for a while and not return till twenty moons have passed.

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