Wiktionary

batu

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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