datu

See also: dátú and Datu

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ceb‧da‧tu

Noun

datu

1. (chiefly historical) a datu

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:datu.

Derived terms

• dato

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdatu/

Verb

datu

1. imperative of dati

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay datu, from Proto-Malayic *datu, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *datu, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *datu, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *datu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu. Compare with Javanese ratu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdatu/
• Hyphenation: da‧tu

Noun

datu (first-person possessive datuku, second-person possessive datumu, third-person possessive datunya)

1. (literary) monarch

   Synonyms: raja, ratu

2. (Minangkabau) shaman, medicine man

   Synonym: dukun

3. sacred person

Related terms

• kedaton
• kedatuan
• ratu

 

Further reading

• “datu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) datū

1. ablative singular of datus

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Malay

Alternative forms

• datuk
• datung
• داتو
• داتوق
• داتوڠ

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Malayic *datu, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Malayo-Chamic *datu, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *datu, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *datu, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu. Compare with Javanese ratu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /datu/
• Rhymes: -atu, -tu, -u

Noun

datu (Jawi spelling داتو, plural datu-datu)

1. king (a male of a royal family who is the supreme ruler of his nation)

Synonyms

• raja / راج

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Palawan Batak

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu.

Noun

datu

1. (animism) priest, traditional medicine practitioner