pa'anga

[ pahng-guh, pah-ahng- ]

noun

1. a paper money, cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of Tonga equal to 100 seniti.

pa'anga

/ pɑːˈɑːŋɡə /

noun

1. the standard monetary unit of Tonga, divided into 100 seniti

Word History and Origins

Origin of pa'anga¹

First recorded in 1965–70; from Tongan, originally, “a kind of vine producing large, reddish, disk-shaped seeds,” now “a seed of this vine”