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English
Noun
toea (plural toeas or toea)
- A unit of currency, equivalent to one hundredth of a Papua New Guinean kina.
Anagrams
Peranakan Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay tua (“old”). Doublet of toewa.
Adjective
toea
- old
- Satoe orang Tionghoa toea di Soerabaja jang sekarang soeda wafat dan jang soeda ngalamin gerakan Hok Kian Kong Tik Soe dari awal-moelanja.[1] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
References
- ^ Kwee Hing Tjiat (1921) Doea Kapala Batoe [Two Hardheaded (Persons)] (in Peranakan Indonesian), Nauer & Dimmick, page 9