vasu

noun

va·​su

ˈvä(ˌ)sü,

-)zü

plural -s

: a child of a sister of a Fijian male upon whom the child has particular claims (as for food, portable property, or land)

also : the peculiar right or claim of a vasu

Word History

Etymology

Fijian

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