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No·su | \ ˈnō(ˌ)sü \
plural Nosu or Nosus
Definition of Nosu
1 : a Tibeto-Burman people of the high plateaus and mountains of southwest Szechwan, former eastern Sikang and northern Yunnan
— called also Lolo
2 : a member of the Nosu people
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