Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/datu

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *datu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.tu/

Noun

*datu

1. king

Descendants

• Proto-Philippine:
  • Central Philippine
    • Mansakan
      • Mandayan
        • Mansaka: dato (“chief”)
    • Palawanic
      • Palawan Batak: datu
    • Tagalog: datu
    • Visayan
      • Cebuano: dato, datu (“rich man”)
  • Manobo
    • North Manobo
      • Higaonon: datu (“king”)
• Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian: *fatu
  • Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
    • Proto-Oceanic:
      • Fijian: ratu
      • Proto-Polynesian: *ɸatu
        • Hawaiian: haku
• Old Javanese: ḍatu, ratu
  • Javanese: ꦝꦠꦸ (dhatu)
  • Javanese: ꦫꦠꦸ (ratu)
  • → Balinese: ᬭᬢᬸ (ratu)
  • → Malay: ratu
    • Indonesian: ratu
• Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
  • Proto-Malayo-Chamic:
    • Proto-Malayic: *datu
      • Malay: datu, datuk, datung, datuk, datok; atuk; tuk
        • Indonesian: datu
        • Indonesian: datuk
        • → Hokkien: 拿督
    • Balinese: ᬤᬢᬸ (datu)

See also

• *qariki

Further reading

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *datu