• n. 寶貝；瑪瑙貝；貨貝（從前南亞和非洲部分地區(qū)作貨幣用的）

來(lái)自印度語(yǔ)，貝殼。

cowrie (n.)

small shell, used as money in parts of Asia, 1660s, from Hindi and Urdu kauri, from Mahrati kavadi, from Sanskrit kaparda, perhaps related to Tamil kotu "shell."

1. A hundred years ago you could still pay your taxes in Uganda in cowrie shells.

100年前你還能用子安貝貝殼在烏干達(dá)繳稅.

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