vatu

參見：våťü

英語

詞源

源自斐濟語 vatu (“石頭”)。

名詞

vatu (複數 vatus 或 vatu)

1. 瓦圖，瓦努阿圖的貨幣
   • 1998, Ademuni Odeke, Bareboat Charter (Ship) Registration, page 355,

     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.

   • 2000, International Monetary Fund, IMF Staff Country Report 00/129 Vanuatu - Recent Economic Developments, page 14,

     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.

異序詞

• Tuva, vaut

比斯拉馬語

詞源

源自斐濟語 vatu (“石頭”)。

名詞

vatu

1. 瓦圖（貨幣）

斐濟語

詞源

源自原始中大洋洲語 *vatu ← 原始大洋洲語 *patu ← 原始馬來-波利尼西亞語 *batu ← 原始南島語 *batu。

名詞

vatu

1. 石頭
2. 石塊

派生語彙

• → 英語: vatu

排灣語

詞源

源自原始南島語 *(w)asu。

名詞

vatu

1. 狗