susu

[ soo-soo ]

/ ˈsuˌsu /

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noun

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

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Origin of susu

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

Words nearby susu

sustentation, sustentation fund, sustention, sustineo alas, Sustiva, susu, susurrant, susurrate, susurration, susurrous, susurrus

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How to use susu in a sentence

Binger states that the manati was the totem of the Mande group, to which perhaps belonged originally the Susu and the Dyula.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 5|Various
The gold collected at Achin comes partly from the mountains in the neighbourhood but chiefly from Nalabu and Susu.
The History of Sumatra|William Marsden
The Susu, although said to be Fulah, are certainly Mandingo.
The Natural History of the Varieties of Man|Robert Gordon Latham
There is apparently but one species, P. gangetica, the "Susu."
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia|Frank Evers Beddard

The long snout of the Susu has been compared to the long snout of the Gharial, a native of the same region.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia|Frank Evers Beddard

British Dictionary definitions for susu (1 of 2)

susu

/ (ˈsuːsuː) /

noun

a variant form of sou-sou

British Dictionary definitions for susu (2 of 2)

Susu

/ (ˈsuːsuː) /

noun

plural -su or -sus a member of a Negroid people of W Africa, living chiefly in Guinea, the Sudan, and Sierra Leone

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

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