fulusi

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Swahili

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic فُلُوس (fulūs, “money”),[1] ultimately from Latin follis (“bag”).

Noun

fulusi class IX (plural fulusi class X)

  1. currency (money or other item used to facilitate transactions)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic فُلُوس (fulūs), plural of فَلْس (fals, “fish scale”), from φολίς (pholís, “reptile or fish scale”).

Noun

fulusi class IX (plural fulusi class X)

  1. a mahi-mahi fish

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 237 Nr. 2185
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