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Re: Florin

From:Roger Mills <romilly@...>
Date:Tuesday, September 5, 2000, 4:20
Inuwak (they have asked):
>> >ObConlang: What do y'all call currencies in your languages, if any such >> >exist?
Kash (at least in Holunda & the 5 federated states of Yanatros Island): money in general: toye paper money: tokapra (toye+kapra 'paper'), colloq. kapi coins, small change: tomimik (...+mimik 'little'), colloq. miki principal unit of currency: taruna, colloq. truni. Since _t_ in the Kash alphabet is similar to our _C_, the truni symbol is idential to the beloved euro: €. I have no idea of its worth or buying power; perhaps about US$1.20. It is divided into 100 _kurok_ (ult. < kurongo 'hundredth'), colloq. kroki. There are coins for k1,2,5,10,25,50, €1,2,5; bills for €5, 10, 25, 50, 100,500; also larger bills not in general circulation. Most other currencies, even in the Gwr lands, are pegged to the truni, and it is the currency of world-wide trade. The banking system is not unlike ours. There are ATMS; most large purchases are by credit card or check.