toea

See also: töa

English

Noun

toea (plural toeas or toea)

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. ^ Kwee Hing Tjiat (1921) Doea Kapala Batoe [Two Hardheaded (Persons)] (in Peranakan Indonesian), Nauer & Dimmick, page 9
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