batu

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See also: Batu, ba'tu, batû, and Ba Tư

English[edit]

Noun[edit]

batu (uncountable)

  1. (Hawaii, colloquial) The drug methamphetamine hydrochloride, crystal meth.

Anagrams[edit]

Balinese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

batu

  1. Romanization of ᬩᬢᬸ.

Banjarese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayic *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Noun[edit]

batu

  1. stone

Brunei Malay[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayic *batu (compare Malay batu), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /batu/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧tu

Noun[edit]

batu

  1. rock or stone of any size, including boulder and pebble

Central Malay[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayic *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Noun[edit]

batu

  1. stone

Cocos Islands Malay[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Malay batu, from Proto-Malayic *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

batu

  1. stone

Dibabawon Manobo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Philippine *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Noun[edit]

batu

  1. stone

Esperanto[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio(file)

Verb[edit]

batu

  1. imperative of bati

Fula[edit]

Noun[edit]

batu o (plural batuuji ɗi)

  1. (Maasina) meeting, assembly, council, court, entourage
    Synonyms: kawrital, jiidal, yewto

References[edit]

  • D. Osborn, D. Dwyer, et J. Donohoe, Lexique Fulfulde (Maasina)-Anglais-Français: Une compilation basée sur racines et tirée de sources existantes, suivie de listes en anglais-fulfulde et français-fulfulde, East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1993.
  • Richard Smith, Urs Niggli, Dictionnaire fulfulde - anglais - français, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2016.

Iban[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayic *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Noun[edit]

batu

  1. stone

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Malay batu, from Proto-Malayic *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈbatu]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ba‧tu

Noun[edit]

batu (plural batu-batu, first-person possessive batuku, second-person possessive batumu, third-person possessive batunya)

  1. stone
    1. a hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.
    2. a small piece of stone, a pebble.
    3. a gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
      Synonym: intan
    4. (board games) a playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games.
      Synonym: buah
  2. agate
    Synonym: akik
  3. battery: a device used to power electric devices, consisting of a set of electrically connected electrochemical or, archaically, electrostatic cells. A single such cell when used by itself.
    Synonyms: aki, baterai
  4. (rare) milestone
    Synonyms: mil, pal, tonggak
  5. (figurative) anything hard.

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Isubu[edit]

Noun[edit]

batu

  1. plural of motu (men)

References[edit]

  • Joseph Merrick, Alfred Saker, A Grammar of the Isubu Tongue (1852)

Javanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

batu

  1. Romanization of ꦧꦠꦸ

Kapampangan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Noun[edit]

batu

  1. stone (substance)
  2. stone (small piece of stone)

Keley-I Kallahan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Philippine *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Noun[edit]

batu

  1. stone; rock

Limos Kalinga[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Philippine *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Noun[edit]

batú

  1. stone

Malay[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Malayic *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu. Cognate with Hawaiian pōhaku and Tagalog bato.

Noun[edit]

batu (Jawi spelling باتو, plural batu-batu, informal 1st possessive batuku, 2nd possessive batumu, 3rd possessive batunya)

  1. stone (substance)
  2. stone (small piece of stone)
  3. (figurative) anything hard.
    Keras macam batu.
    Hard as rock.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Indonesian: batu
  • Cocos Islands Malay: batu
  • → Hokkien: 礣砥 (bá-tû)

Etymology 2[edit]

Semantic loan from English milestone.

Noun[edit]

batu (Jawi spelling باتو, plural batu-batu, informal 1st possessive batuku, 2nd possessive batumu, 3rd possessive batunya)

  1. mile (unit of measurement)
Synonyms[edit]
  • mil (Indonesia)

References[edit]

  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “باتو batoe”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 40
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “باتو batu”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 75
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “batu”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 91

Further reading[edit]

Maltese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

batu

  1. plural imperative of bata

Matigsalug Manobo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Philippine *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Noun[edit]

batu

  1. stone; rock

Minangkabau[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayic *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Noun[edit]

batu

  1. stone

Old Javanese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /batu/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧tu

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Noun[edit]

batu

  1. golden grain
Descendants[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

batu

  1. certain part of the palace yard

Further reading[edit]

  • "batu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Polish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈba.tu/
  • Rhymes: -atu
  • Syllabification: ba‧tu

Noun[edit]

batu m

  1. dative singular of bat

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Noun[edit]

batu (Cyrillic spelling бату)

  1. dative/locative singular of bat

Sundanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

batu

  1. Romanization of ᮘᮒᮥ

Tausug[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu.

Noun[edit]

batu

  1. stone

Derived terms[edit]

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