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• susu
  susu

  noun

  an institutionalized kinship group among the Dobuans, composed of a woman, her brother, and the woman's children.
• Susu
  Susu

  noun

  a member of a Negroid people of W Africa, living chiefly in Guinea, the Sudan, and Sierra Leone

susu

American  

[soo-soo] / ˈsuˌsu /

noun

1. an institutionalized kinship group among the Dobuans, composed of a woman, her brother, and the woman's children.

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Susu ¹ British  

/ ˈsuːsuː /

noun

1. a member of a Negroid people of W Africa, living chiefly in Guinea, the Sudan, and Sierra Leone

2. the language of this people, belonging to the Mande branch of the Niger-Congo family

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susu ² British  

/ ˈsuːsuː /

noun

1. a variant form of sou-sou

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Etymology

Origin of susu

From Dobuan, dating back to 1915–20, said to mean literally, milk of the mother

Example Sentences

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The milk-man has not come yet— Bĕlum orang bawa susu lagi.

From A Manual of the Malay language With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay by Sir William Edward Maxwell

S. susu. susu 3. v. i., to be firm; susu too, to be steadfast.

From Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Solomon Islands by W. G. (Walter George) Ivens

Thus the English word breast = susu, Kowrarega; tyu-tyu, Gudang, and the English outrigger float = sarima, Kowrarega; charima, Gudang, which of these two forms is the older?

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 2 by John MacGillivray

S. susu. susu 4. v. i., to stretch out; susu aba, stretch out the arm.

From Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Solomon Islands by W. G. (Walter George) Ivens

Lu Ke, also known as Susu, has been handed a 12-month prison sentence, which he has already served in police custody.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2023

Small plates by Jordan Anderson of the restaurant Sami & Susu accompany natural wines.

From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2021

We developed the first speech recognition models for Maninka, Pular and Susu, languages spoken by a combined 10 million people in seven countries with up to 68 percent illiteracy.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 1, 2021

He speaks French, English, a bit of Spanish and the three national languages of Guinea — Susu, Pular and Maninka.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2017

Not much chance for another ship to load at Susu.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham