ceiniog

From Middle Welsh kenyawc, keinhauc (“penny”). Perhaps ultimately related to cant (“circle, rim, hoop”).

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkei̯njɔɡ/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈkei̯njɔɡ/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈkei̯nɔɡ/, /ˈkiːnɔɡ/

ceiniog f (plural ceiniogau)

1. a penny, a cent
2. (historical) a penny of 24 or 32 grains of silver

• ceiniog cwta (Middle Welsh keynyauc cotta)
• ceiniog cyfreith (Middle Welsh keynyauc kefreyth)

• punt (“pound”)

• ffyrling (“farthing”)
• dimai (“halfpenny”)
• dwygeiniog (“twopence, tuppence”)
• chwecheiniog (“sixpence”)
• swllt (“shilling”)
• hanner coron (“half-crown”)
• coron (“crown”)
• sofren (“sovereign”)
• gini (“guinea”)

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