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| has gloss | eng: The Livatu (possibly from Raga livo "tooth" or "tusk") is a unit used by the Turaga indigenous movement and the Tangbunia Bank in Vanuatu to reckon the worth of items of traditional currency such as pigs and textiles. One livatu is equivalent to one fully-curved boar's tusk, a symbolic item of value in Vanuatu culture. Long dyed mats, a less valuable item of exchange, are worth up to a half a livatu. |
| lexicalization | eng: livatu |
| instance of | c/Currencies of Oceania |
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