vatu
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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It was not necessary that the doomed person should himself be made to touch Katalewe; it was enough if the victim's clothing, or hair, or scraps of food he had been eating were laid against the stone with suitable prayers by the taukei ni vatu.
From Project Gutenberg
This time, Bing and Bob are a couple of broken down vaudevillians who hire themselves out as deep sea divers in a quest for sunken treasure off the island of Vatu.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Vatu has a place here," he says, "but it shouldn't do away with traditional currencies, which help keep ceremonies alive."
From Time Magazine Archive
There was nothing in the way with the exception of Vatu Leile, a miserable little island that persisted in poking up through the sea some twenty miles to the west-southwest— just where I wanted to go.
From Project Gutenberg
The man at the wheel must be told what direction to steer in order to miss Vatu Leile.
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