‖sussie, noun

/ˈsəsi//ˈsœsi/
Forms:
Also sisi, sissie.
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, sus short form of suster + diminutive suffix -ie.
A little sister; also used as a form of address. Cf. sisi, suster.
1867 E.L. Price Jrnls (1956) 253’Tis the ruling principle of every action, I think — love for the ‘vrow & kinderen’ — ‘the man & the kinderen’ — ‘the buttie & Sisi’.
1966 J. Taylor ‘Mommy I’d Like to Be’. (lyrics)Daddy, stop the car, There’s still another sixty miles of tar, And sussie and me can’t last that far, Ag, please man, stop the car.
1966 J. Taylor ‘Mommy I’d Like to Be’. (lyrics)Sussie, I chaff I’ll win, Win my bet to make you grin, With a blade of grass I’ll tickle your chin.
1978 L. Barnes in The 1820 Vol.51 No.12, 19A large number of Afrikaans words are in common use [in Natal English] — broer, sussie, swaer, tannie — although the latter usually refers to an older woman rather than an aunt.
1986 M. Picardie in S. Gray Market Plays 94I was the youngest, you see. My boeties and sussies were all at school.
A little sister; also used as a form of address.
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Susequa, plural nounpl. n.suster, nounn.
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