susu

[ soo-soo ]
/ ˈsuˌsu /

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

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