susu
susu noun: an informal money pooling scheme practised in Africa, the Caribbean, and some immigrant communities.
Noun (1)
susu (plural susus)
- An informal money pooling scheme practised in Africa, the Caribbean, and some immigrant communities.
- The informal credit sector has been very active in Ghana and covers a range of activities known as susu, including individual savings […]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
- 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.2011, Tamara Mose Brown, Raising Brooklyn: Nannies, Childcare, and Caribbeans Creating Community, NYU Press, →ISBN, page 128
Noun (2) capitalized: Susu
Susu pl (plural only)
- A Mande ethnic group living primarily in Guinea.
Proper noun capitalized: Susu
Susu
- The language spoken by the Susu people.
Forms of susu
| plural | susus |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Soso |
| alternative form | Susoo |
Origin of susu
Possibly from West African Igbo isusu / esusu (“pooling the funds”) or Yoruba esúsú (“revolving loan fund”).
Questions about susu
- What does susu mean?
- Susu means an informal money pooling scheme practised in Africa, the Caribbean, and some immigrant communities.
- What part of speech is susu?
- Susu can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of susu?
- The plural of susu is susus.
Words near susu in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: susu (page history and authors); Susu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “susu.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/susu. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.