ratu

English

Noun

ratu (plural ratus)

1. A Fijian chief.
   • 2006, Thomas Reuter, Sharing the Earth, Dividing the Land (page 257)

     For the purposes of this discussion, however, it is sufficient to know that all land is traditionally vested in the ratu, and there are no higher order structures of customary landownership.

Anagrams

• UART

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Asturian

Noun

ratu m (plural ratos)

1. mouse

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Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu. Cognate with Toba Batak datu, Malay datuk, Javanese ratu.

Noun

ratu

1. a monarch or honorific title used by Fijians of chiefly rank for males

Coordinate terms

• adi (for females)

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ratu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈratu/
• Hyphenation: ra‧tu

Noun

ratu (first-person possessive ratuku, second-person possessive ratumu, third-person possessive ratunya)

1. (archaic) A monarch.
2. A queen
   1. female monarch
   2. wife of a king
   3. powerful or forceful female person

Related terms

• datu
• datuk
• keraton

 

Further reading

• “ratu” 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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Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese ratu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu.

Noun

ratu

1. king, queen, monarch.

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Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese rato.

Noun

ratu

1. mouse
2. rat

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) ratū

1. ablative supine of reor

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Latvian

Noun

ratu m

1. (deprecated template usage) accusative singular form of rats
2. (deprecated template usage) instrumental singular form of rats
3. (deprecated template usage) genitive plural form of rats

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Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu (compare Fijian ratu, Indonesian ratu, Javanese ratu).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ratu

1. a monarch
   1. a queen
   2. (obsolete) a king

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Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu.

Noun

ratu

1. king

Descendants

• Javanese : ratu