Pene
/ˈpeɪ.ni/noun
A monetary unit of Papua New Guinea equal to one hundredth of a kina.
Did you know?Pene entered Tok Pisin from English penny, while penny ultimately belongs to a wider family of words connected with weighing, payment, and measured value.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*pend-
“To stretch out or weigh; the reconstructed root behind later words for weighing and payment.”
Classical Latin
Latin
pendere
“To weigh, pay, or cause something to hang.”
Old English
Old English
pening
“A penny or small unit of currency.”
19th–20th Century
Tok Pisin
pene
“A penny; later, a small monetary unit used in Papua New Guinea.”
Modern English
English
pene
“One hundredth of a Papua New Guinean kina.”