dalasi

English

Etymology

From (stem form of) Mandinka dalasoo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dəˈlɑːsi/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

Noun

dalasi (plural dalasis or dalasi)

1. The currency of the Gambia, divided into 100 bututs.
   • 2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 386:

     I stood at the desk, about to pay my twenty-five dalasi for fifteen minutes.

Anagrams

• Dalias, Salida

Bambara

Noun

dalasi

1. moustache