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kobole

noun

five shillings.

Kobole means five shillings in Sheng.

Origins

Kobole names the seven-sided five-shilling coin introduced in 1985; the word’s own linguistic origin has not been traced.

  1. Chege Githiora, Sheng: peer language, Swahili dialect or emerging Creole? (2002), printed 179.

    Research study records kobole for five shillings in its Sheng material; this publication date is not a coinage date.

  2. 10 old skul slang names for money (The Standard)

    States kobole named the cornered Sh5 coin introduced in 1985.

Examples

  1. Nina kobole.

    I have five shillings.

  2. Una kobole?

    Do you have five shillings?

  3. Nahitaji kobole.

    I need five shillings.

  4. Bei ni kobole.

    The price is five shillings.

  5. Nimetuma kobole.

    I have sent five shillings.

  6. Nimepata kobole.

    I have received five shillings.

  7. Nipe kobole.

    Give me five shillings.

  8. Nauli ni kobole.

    The fare is five shillings.

  9. Chenji ni kobole.

    The change is five shillings.

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