susu
an institutionalized kinship group among the Dobuans, composed of a woman, her brother, and the woman's children.
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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.
The gold collected at Achin comes partly from the mountains in the neighbourhood but chiefly from Nalabu and susu.
The History of Sumatra | William MarsdenThe susu, although said to be Fulah, are certainly Mandingo.
The Natural History of the Varieties of Man | Robert Gordon LathamThere is apparently but one species, P. gangetica, the "susu."
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia | Frank Evers BeddardThe 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)
/ (ˈsuːsuː) /
a variant form of sou-sou
British Dictionary definitions for Susu (2 of 2)
/ (ˈsuːsuː) /
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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