macuten.

Brit.

/məˈkjuːt/, U.S.

/məˈk(j)ut/

Forms: 1700s maccuta, 1700s maccute, 1700s macoute, 1700s– macuta Brit.

/məˈkjuːtə/, U.S.

/məˈk(j)udə/, 1700s– macute, 1800s– makuta.

Origin: A borrowing from Portuguese. Etymon: Portuguese macuta.

Etymology: < Portuguese macuta < a Bantu language of western Central Africa; compare Kongo makuta , plural of likuta likuta n.The explanation provided in quot. 1933 at sense 1 is plausible, since other words for money and monetary units in the area have a similar origin. Compare Kongo mbongo, glossed as ‘cloth, goods, wealth, possessions, property, money, treasure, riches’ (W. H. Bentley, Dict. & Gram. of Kongo Lang. as spoken at San Salvador (1887)), forms of which are still in use in the sense ‘money’ in Gabon, and which, according to older speakers, originally referred to traditional cloth woven from fibres of raffia.

West African. Now historical.

1. In the Guinea Coast and Angola: a monetary unit used in trade between Europeans and local peoples, and thought to be developed from a native currency based on pieces of cloth.

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macute1704

pesewa1963

leone1964

cedi1965

kwacha1966

likuta1967

makuta1967

sengi1967

zaire1967

tambala1969

kobo1972

naira1972

lilangeni1974

birr1976

thebe1976

lwei1977

maloti1977

loti1979

metical1980

sente1980

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > other mediums of exchange > [noun] > other mediums of exchange

salt money1535

macute1704

1704 tr. G. Merolla Voy. Congo ii, in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. I. 740/2 The current Coins here are the Maccuta's, being certain pieces of Straw-Cloth of about the largeness of a Sheet of Pastboard each.

1704 tr. M. Guattini & D. Carli Curious Acct. Voy. Congo in J. Churchill Coll. Voy. I. 620 There is but little Mony passes in that Country, but instead of it they buy and sell with Maccutes... The Maccutes are pieces of coarse Cotton Cloth..five Ells long, and cost 200 Reys the Piece.

1704 tr. M. Guattini & D. Carli Curious Acct. Voy. Congo in J. Churchill Coll. Voy. I. 620 Two thousand of them [sc. Zimbis] are worth a Maccute.

1748 T. Nugent tr. C.-L. de S. de Montesquieu Spirit of Laws (1752) xxii. viii. 77 The negroes on the coast of Africa have a sign of value without money. It is a sign merely ideal... A certain commodity or merchandise is worth three macoutes; another six macoutes; another ten macoutes... The price is formed by a comparison of all merchandises with each other. They have therefore no particular money; but each kind of merchandise is money to the other.

1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. iii. vii. §1 .

1933 N.E.D. Suppl. Addns. & Emendations, 329/1 Macute. The Rev. W. Holman Bentley, writing from the Congo Free State, informs us that makuta is the plural of *ekuta, and denotes a bundle of ten mats of palm-fibre, still used as currency north of the Congo near the French frontier... Mr. Bentley says that it is derived from a Congo verb kuta to tie, now obsolete, but preserved in the reversing form kutulula to untie.

2. A denomination of silver and bronze coinage issued by the Portuguese from 1762 in Portuguese Guinea (Guinea-Bissau) and Angola, one macute being equal to about 1.4 grams of silver.

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1847 A. Jones Revenue Bk. 60 Portuguese Colonies. Silver. Pieces of 8 macutes, of Portuguese Africa.

1933 N.E.D. Suppl. Addns. & Emendations, 329/1 Macute... Elsewhere the word survives only as the name of the Angola ‘penny’ piece or its value.

3. A denomination popularly given to a silver coin (one-tenth of a dollar) issued between 1791 and 1805 by the British for its Guinea Coast colony of Sierra Leone.

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1874 C. W. H. Schultz Universal Interest & Gen. Percentage Tables 18 Guinea... The silver coin called macuta, or 10-cent. piece, supplied by the British mint, has a value of 4¾d.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	macute
释义	macuten. Brit. /məˈkjuːt/, U.S. /məˈk(j)ut/ Forms: 1700s maccuta, 1700s maccute, 1700s macoute, 1700s– macuta Brit. /məˈkjuːtə/, U.S. /məˈk(j)udə/, 1700s– macute, 1800s– makuta. Origin: A borrowing from Portuguese. Etymon: Portuguese macuta. Etymology: < Portuguese macuta < a Bantu language of western Central Africa; compare Kongo makuta , plural of likuta likuta n.The explanation provided in quot. 1933 at sense 1 is plausible, since other words for money and monetary units in the area have a similar origin. Compare Kongo mbongo, glossed as ‘cloth, goods, wealth, possessions, property, money, treasure, riches’ (W. H. Bentley, Dict. & Gram. of Kongo Lang. as spoken at San Salvador (1887)), forms of which are still in use in the sense ‘money’ in Gabon, and which, according to older speakers, originally referred to traditional cloth woven from fibres of raffia. West African. Now historical. 1. In the Guinea Coast and Angola: a monetary unit used in trade between Europeans and local peoples, and thought to be developed from a native currency based on pieces of cloth. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > standards and values of currencies > [noun] > specific monetary units or units of account > other specific African macute1704 pesewa1963 leone1964 cedi1965 kwacha1966 likuta1967 makuta1967 sengi1967 zaire1967 tambala1969 kobo1972 naira1972 lilangeni1974 birr1976 thebe1976 lwei1977 maloti1977 loti1979 metical1980 sente1980 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > other mediums of exchange > [noun] > other mediums of exchange salt money1535 macute1704 1704 tr. G. Merolla Voy. Congo ii, in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. I. 740/2 The current Coins here are the Maccuta's, being certain pieces of Straw-Cloth of about the largeness of a Sheet of Pastboard each. 1704 tr. M. Guattini & D. Carli Curious Acct. Voy. Congo in J. Churchill Coll. Voy. I. 620 There is but little Mony passes in that Country, but instead of it they buy and sell with Maccutes... The Maccutes are pieces of coarse Cotton Cloth..five Ells long, and cost 200 Reys the Piece. 1704 tr. M. Guattini & D. Carli Curious Acct. Voy. Congo in J. Churchill Coll. Voy. I. 620 Two thousand of them [sc. Zimbis] are worth a Maccute. 1748 T. Nugent tr. C.-L. de S. de Montesquieu Spirit of Laws (1752) xxii. viii. 77 The negroes on the coast of Africa have a sign of value without money. It is a sign merely ideal... A certain commodity or merchandise is worth three macoutes; another six macoutes; another ten macoutes... The price is formed by a comparison of all merchandises with each other. They have therefore no particular money; but each kind of merchandise is money to the other. 1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. iii. vii. §1 . 1933 N.E.D. Suppl. Addns. & Emendations, 329/1 Macute. The Rev. W. Holman Bentley, writing from the Congo Free State, informs us that makuta is the plural of *ekuta, and denotes a bundle of ten mats of palm-fibre, still used as currency north of the Congo near the French frontier... Mr. Bentley says that it is derived from a Congo verb kuta to tie, now obsolete, but preserved in the reversing form kutulula to untie. 2. A denomination of silver and bronze coinage issued by the Portuguese from 1762 in Portuguese Guinea (Guinea-Bissau) and Angola, one macute being equal to about 1.4 grams of silver. ΚΠ 1847 A. Jones Revenue Bk. 60 Portuguese Colonies. Silver. Pieces of 8 macutes, of Portuguese Africa. 1933 N.E.D. Suppl. Addns. & Emendations, 329/1 Macute... Elsewhere the word survives only as the name of the Angola ‘penny’ piece or its value. 3. A denomination popularly given to a silver coin (one-tenth of a dollar) issued between 1791 and 1805 by the British for its Guinea Coast colony of Sierra Leone. ΚΠ 1874 C. W. H. Schultz Universal Interest & Gen. Percentage Tables 18 Guinea... The silver coin called macuta, or 10-cent. piece, supplied by the British mint, has a value of 4¾d. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1704
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