likuta
English
editEtymology
editFrom a Bantu language spoken in the Congo region. Compare Lingala li- + -kútá. Perhaps ultimately from Kongo nkúta (“provisions”).
Noun
editlikuta (plural makuta)
- (historical) A former unit of currency, one hundredth of a zaïre.
References
edit- “likuta, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.