ngiri
noun
one thousand shillings.
Ngiri means one thousand shillings in Sheng.
Origins
Ngiri entered Sheng from Gikuyu, where it means one thousand. In Sheng, the meaning narrowed to one thousand shillings.
Youth Health and Psychosocial Support Program, Guide to Key Resources for Psychosocial Welfare of LGBT Youth in Nairobi (2015), p. 7, Communication.
One thousand shillings in Sheng.
Nathan Oyori Ogechi, On Lexicalization in Sheng (2005), p. 342.
One thousand shillings in Sheng.; Ngiri comes from Gikuyu, where it means one thousand. In Sheng, its meaning narrowed to one thousand shillings.
Examples
Ngiri hapa ni shilingi elfu moja.
Ngiri here means one thousand shillings.
Una ngiri ya kulipa nauli?
Do you have one thousand shillings to pay the fare?
Nahitaji ngiri ya nauli.
I need one thousand shillings for the fare.
Bei ni ngiri.
The price is one thousand shillings.
Nimelipa ngiri.
I have paid one thousand shillings.
Nimetuma ngiri.
I have sent one thousand shillings.
Nimepata ngiri.
I have received one thousand shillings.
Nauli ni ngiri.
The fare is one thousand shillings.
Chenji ni ngiri.
The change is one thousand shillings.
