a monetary unit of Gambia, equal to one hundredth of a dalasi (the Gambian currency).
From Mandinka language origin, borrowed into English to name Gambia's fractional currency unit; introduced when Gambia established its modern currency system.
Currency names reflect power—'butut' comes from West African languages but wouldn't exist as an English word without colonialism and the imposition of modern currency systems.
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