vatu
/ˈvɑːtuː/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The unit of currency is the vatu (VUV) with no minor unit. There are coins of 1, 2, 5, 10, 50 and 100 vatu, and notes of 100, 500, 1,000 and 5,000 vatu. In March 1996 UK£1 = 172 vatu; US$1 = 113 vatu and DM1 = 76.38 vatu."
- "In November 1998 the Reserve Bank reintroduced the SRD^([Statutory Reserve Deposit]) at the rate of 10 percent on vatu deposits and reduced the PRA^([Prescribed Reserve Asset]) to 6 percent."
- "2007, Island States: Small Island States Handbook, Volume 1: Development Strategy and Programs, International Business Publications, USA, page 145, One estimate in 2007 for the total value of cattle heads sold was 135 million vatu; cattle were first introduced into the area from Australia by British planter James Paddon."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Austronesian *batux Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *batu Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *batu Proto-Oceanic *patu Raga vatubor. Bislama vatubor. English vatu Borrowed from Bislama vatu (“stone”), borrowed from Raga vatu (“stone”), from Proto-Oceanic *patu (“stone”).