kasu meaning in english

[Tel.] n. A small copper coin, a pie. A coin in general, whether gold, silver or copper, thus bangaru kasu a gold coin. madikasu a silver coin (lit. white coin. “adi sudhakarabimbama kadu madikasuvanne veluputannuvatti gani.” P. iv. 251, 551. kasaina ledu there is not even a farthing. (The kasu or farthing was called cash by the English, and the coin called ten cash was about one halfpenny: “twenty cash” being a penny, and eighty cash a fanam.) kasanta kasanta. n. A pie’s worth kasantaledu not a bit remains.