susu
English edit
Etymology edit
Possibly from West African Igbo isusu / esusu (“pooling the funds”) or Yoruba esúsú (“revolving loan fund”)[1].
Noun edit
susu (plural susus)
- (finance) An informal money pooling scheme practised in Africa, the Caribbean, and some immigrant communities.
- Hypernym: ROSCA
- 2004, Mr. Rodolphe Blavy, Mr. Anupam Basu, Dr. Murat  Yülek, Microfinance in Africa: Experience and Lessons From Selected African Countries, International Monetary Fund, →ISBN, page 9:
- The informal credit sector has been very active in Ghana and covers a range of activities known as susu, including individual savings […]
- 2011, Tamara Mose Brown, Raising Brooklyn: Nannies, Childcare, and Caribbeans Creating Community, NYU Press, →ISBN, page 128:
- Irene empathized with her susu members as immigrants who were earning low wages in New York, but there appeared to be some socioeconomic advantages to being an organizer that she was not acknowledging.
References edit
Further reading edit
- Susu (informal loan club) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
'Are'are edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu, from Proto-Austronesian *susu.
Noun edit
susu
References edit
- Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)
Chamorro edit
Etymology edit
From Pre-Chamorro *sus, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu, from Proto-Austronesian *susu.
Noun edit
susu
Ewe edit
Noun edit
susu
Verb edit
susu
- to think
French edit
Etymology edit
Reduplication of sueur with clipping.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
susu m (plural susus)
Guinea-Bissau Creole edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese sujo. Cognate with Kabuverdianu suja.
Adjective edit
susu
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay susu, from Proto-Malayic *susu(ʔ) (“breast”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu, from Proto-Austronesian *susu. The current sense of "milk" is developed from "breast" (commonly displaced by payudara) → "breast milk" (now replaced by the specific term air susu ibu, literally "mother's milk water") → "milk" (generalized to all types of milk).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
susu (first-person possessive susuku, second-person possessive susumu, third-person possessive susunya)
- (uncountable) milk:
- Aku minum segelas susu setiap hari. ― I drink a glass of milk every day.
- a white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals to nourish their young. From certain animals, especially cows, it is also called dairy milk and is a common food for humans as a beverage or used to produce various dairy products such as butter, cheese, and yogurt.
- a white (or whitish) liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as almonds, coconuts, oats, rice, and/or soy beans. Also called non-dairy milk.
- (countable) breast
- (now colloquial, vulgar) two organs on the front of a female chest.
- Kecil sekali susunya! ― (Those are) very small breasts!
- the analogous organs in other animals.
- (now colloquial, vulgar) two organs on the front of a female chest.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- susu asam
- susu awet
- susu bubuk
- susu formula
- susu formula ekstensif hidrolisat
- susu formula parsial hidrolisat
- susu kaleng; susu kental
- susu khusus diabetes
- susu kocok
- susu kuda liar
- susu kulit
- susu lanjutan
- susu macan
- susu mandi
- susu murni
- susu pasteurisasi
- susu pembersih
- susu pengganti
- susu puan
- susu segar
- susu sisa
- susu skim
- susu steril
- susu tepung
- susu tepung tanpa lemak
Verb edit
susu
- to breastfeed
- Ibu itu sedang menyusui anaknya.
- The mother is breastfeeding her son.
Further reading edit
- “susu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
susu
Javanese edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu, from Proto-Austronesian *susu.
Noun edit
susu
- (uncountable) milk
- Aku ngombe sagelas susu saben dina.
- I drink a glass of milk everyday.
- (colloquial, vulgar) breasts (of a woman)
- Cilik banget susune!
- So small, her breasts are!
Synonyms edit
Kapampangan edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu, from Proto-Austronesian *susu. Compare Indonesian susu, Tagalog suso, Fijian sucu, Tongan huhu and Hawaiian ū.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
súsu
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susuq. Compare Ilocano soso, Tagalog suso, Cebuano suso, Old Javanese susuh, and Balinese susuh.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
susû
Derived terms edit
Laboya edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu, from Proto-Austronesian *susu. Compare Laboya huhhu (“milk”).
Noun edit
susu
References edit
- Rina, A. Dj.; Kabba, John Lado B. (2011), “susu”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 89
Limos Kalinga edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu, from Proto-Austronesian *susu. Compare Indonesian susu, Tagalog suso, Fijian sucu, Tongan huhu and Hawaiian ū.
Noun edit
susu
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayic *susu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu, from Proto-Austronesian *susu.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
susu (Jawi spelling سوسو, informal 1st possessive susuku, 2nd possessive susumu, 3rd possessive susunya)
- (uncountable) milk
- (less used) breast (female organ)
Synonyms edit
Descendants edit
Verb edit
susu
- to breastfeed
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “سوسو soesoe”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, pages 58
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “سوسو susu”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 420
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “susu”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 507
Further reading edit
- “susu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Maltese edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
susu
Manchu edit
Romanization edit
susu
- Romanization of ᠰᡠᠰᡠ
Maquiritari edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
susu
- breast milk
- breast with milk
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “susu”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
- Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela[2], Santa Barbara: University of California, page 217
- Gongora, Majoí Fávero (2017) Ääma ashichaato: replicações, transformações, pessoas e cantos entre os Ye’kwana do rio Auaris[3], corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, page 178
Palauan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Oceanic, from Proto-Oceanic *susu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu, from Proto-Austronesian *susu. Palauan regularly has the sound change *s > t, found in tut.
Noun edit
susu
Samoan edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu, from Proto-Austronesian *susu.
Noun edit
susu
Sranan Tongo edit
Etymology edit
Probably a reduplication of English shoe.
Noun edit
susu
Tagakaulu Kalagan edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu, from Proto-Austronesian *susu.
Noun edit
susu
Tetum edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu, compare Malay susu.
Verb edit
susu
- to suck
Tok Pisin edit
Etymology edit
From Malay susu, from Proto-Malayic *susu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu, from Proto-Austronesian *susu.
Noun edit
susu
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- susuim (“suck”)
See also edit
West Makian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
susu
Verb edit
susu
- (transitive) to suckle
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of susu (action verb) | ||||
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singular | plural | |||
inclusive | exclusive | |||
1st person | tosusu | mosusu | asusu | |
2nd person | nosusu | fosusu | ||
3rd person | inanimate | isusu | dosusu | |
animate | ||||
imperative | nususu, susu | fususu, susu |
References edit
Yakan edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu, from Proto-Austronesian *susu.
Noun edit
susu
Derived terms edit
- pasusu (“to breastfeed”)