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Is vatu a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word vatu is a Scrabble US word. The word vatu is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is vatu a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word vatu is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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4-letter words (2 found)

VATU,VAUT,

3-letter words (6 found)

TAU,TAV,UTA,UVA,VAT,VAU,

2-letter words (3 found)

AT,TA,UT,

You can make 11 words from vatu according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of vatu

vatu avtu vtau tvau atvu tavu vaut avut vuat uvat auvt uavt vtua tvua vuta uvta tuva utva atuv tauv autv uatv tuav utav

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Definitions and meaning of vatu

vatu

Etymology

Borrowed from Raga vatu (“stone”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɑːtuː/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːtu

Noun

vatu (plural vatus or vatu)

  1. The national currency of Vanuatu.
    • 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.

Anagrams

  • Tuva, vaut

Bislama

Etymology

Borrowed from Raga vatu (“stone”).

Noun

vatu

  1. vatu, or money in general

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *vatu, from Proto-Oceanic *patu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Noun

vatu

  1. stone (substance)
  2. stone (small piece of rock)

Paiwan

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *(w)asu.

Noun

vatu

  1. dog

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *patu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /βatu/

Noun

vatu

  1. stone

Further reading

  • Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.
  • Pawley, Andrew and Malcolm Ross. 2006. The Prehistory of Oceanic Languages: A Current View. In The Austronesians: Historical and Comparative Perspectives.
  • Sarah Elizabeth Byrne, A practice-centred approach to Uneapa Island's archaeology in a long-term context (2008). Oceania (vol. 87, no. 1). Ph.D. dissertation. University College London.

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