paʻanga

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Tongan paʻanga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɑːˈɑːŋɡə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

paʻanga (plural paʻanga)

  1. The official currency of Tonga, equal to 100 seniti.

Tongan

Etymology

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Semantic broadening of toy into money has parallels in Samoan tupe plus Fijian lavo and ilavo.[1]

Noun

paʻanga

  1. St. Thomas bean, a creeper plant with flat seeds used in traditional game lafo, Entada phaseoloides
  2. money

References

  1. ^ Orans, Martin, Pouesi, Daniel (1987) “Lafoga Tupe an Ethno-Historical Account of a Polynesian Game”, in Anthropos‎[1], volume 82, number 1/3, pages 41–2
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