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susu

[ soo-soo ]

noun

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


susu

1

/ ˈːː /

noun

  1. a variant form of sou-sou
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Susu

2

/ ˈːː /

noun

  1. -su-sus 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of susu1

From Dobuan, dating back to 1915–20, said to mean literally, milk of the mother
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Lu Ke, also known as Susu, has been handed a 12-month prison sentence, which he has already served in police custody.

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The men didn’t speak French or Susu, the local language, and Diaby didn’t speak Chinese or English.

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Once they’ve staffed up appropriately, they’ll also be able to get back to Susu — which has been temporarily closed while T55 gets off the ground.

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When Katie Pohl and Muhammad “Fai” Fairoz Rashed opened their Bothell bakery T55 Patisserie in September, they thought they would escape the perpetual lines that snaked around their Chinatown International District dessert bar Susu.

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Before gracing Albert Square, Hammond portrayed Auntie Susu in the Channel 4 sitcom Desmond's in the early 1990s, and its subsequent spin-off, Porkpie.

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