toea

American  

[toi-uh] / ˈtɔɪ ə /

noun

plural

toea, toeas

1. a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, one 100th of a kina.

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toea British  

/ ˈtəʊɑː /

noun

1. a monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, worth one-hundredth of a kina

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Etymology

Origin of toea

First recorded in 1970–75; from Hiri Motu (a Papua New Guinea pidgin); “conical shell” (formerly used as currency)

Example Sentences

The two girls, Pan� and Toea, are, however, a great comfort to me, and if all goes well I shall ask you a favour.

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Mrs. Tracey and Pan� and Toea clambered up over the bulwarks, and Velo noiselessly conducted them to the sail locker in the deck-house and bade them remain there for the present.

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Toea would go with her mistress to Sydney and remain with her for perhaps a year or more.

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So that she may comfort me in my loneliness," said Mrs. Tracey; "for my husband is dead and I have no child, and it will be good for me to have Toea, so that I may hear the sound of the tongue of Ujilong and think of ye all.

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It may be that Toea and I shall come back with this our friend Parri"—she smiled into Barry's eyes—"when the ship returns; it may be that she and I will live in Sydney for a while and not return till twenty moons have passed.

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