likuta

[ li-koo-tuh ]

noun,plural ma·ku·ta [mah-koo-tuh]. /mɑˈku tə/.
  1. a paper money, aluminum coin, and monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, one 100th of a zaire.

Origin of likuta

1
First recorded in 1965–70; from a Bantu language such as Lingala likútá, equivalent to li- singular prefix + -kútá “gather, bundle”

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British Dictionary definitions for likuta

likuta

/ (liːˈkuːtɑː) /


nounplural makuta (mɑːˈkuːtɑː)
  1. (formerly) a coin used in Zaïre

Origin of likuta

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C20: from Congolese

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