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- noun South Africa a
weevil (or similar insect)
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Examples
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Her beloved daughter, her "nunu", will soon give her what she longs for most: a grandbaby, as she puts it, and she was having a wonderful time planning for the new arrival.
Muti 2010
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Dave & Erin – thanks for posting and I hope you can stop by! nunu on 19 Aug 2009 at 2: 03 am # amazing, they are really succeed combining fine art and craftsmanship
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Great i dea Very Interesting this project! nunu on 19 Aug 2009 at 12: 54 am #
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Maybe you can try your luck on eBay haha nunu Says:
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It is a fancy of the woman, before the birth of the child, that the infant will be the _nunu_, which may be translated the echo, of such an object.
The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day Alexander F. Chamberlain
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Women also fancy that a child is the _nunu_ of some dead person.
The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day Alexander F. Chamberlain
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Philippine, that which comes from the old belief in the nunu, in the asuang, the anito and all the spirits of the old idolatry preached before the implantation of Catholicism by the Spanish missionaries.
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S.nunu, 44, served three terms in the U.S. House from 1996 to 2002.
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I based this design on the form of the trunkon nunu, or banyan tree, which grows on Guam.
Critical Mass 2008
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i want candy name that candy bar nunu chocolates deep fried creme egg lollipop cat (shown above) mexican sugar skulls battenberg simulator cake wrecks tangerine sherbet liz wolfe previously on web zen candy zen
Boing Boing 2009
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The early chaos that formed the world, according to NPR's Says You.
November 17, 2012