pesewa

American

[pey-sey-wah] / peɪˈseɪ wɑ /

noun

a bronze coin and monetary unit of Ghana, one 100th of a cedi.

pesewa British

/ pɪˈseɪwɑː /

noun

a Ghanaian monetary unit worth one hundredth of a cedi

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

Etymology

Origin of pesewa

First recorded in 1965–70; from Akan pέsewa “penny”

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