monēta

Via other European languages (cf. Russian монета (monéta)), ultimately borrowed from Latin monēta (“mint; money, coinage”), from Moneta, one of the surnames of the goddess Juno, in whose temple money was coined.

monēta f (4th declension)

1. coin (a piece of currency, usually metallic and circular)

   sudraba, zelta monēta ― silver, gold coin

   monētu kolekcija ― coin collection

   Cēsīs atrastās arābu un bizantiešu 1. gadsimta monētas stāsta par dzīvu tirdzniecību tajā laikā ― the 1st-century Arab and Byzantine coins found in Cēsis tells (us) about the blooming trade in those times

   meitenes pirktsi ilgi un drudžaini meklēja maciņā sīknaudu; dažas monētas izkrita un aizripoja pa ietvi ― the girl's fingers searched frantically and long for change; a few coins fell on the sidewalk and rolled away

• banknote
• nauda
• valūta