datu
Balinese edit
Romanization edit
datu
- Romanization of ᬤᬢᬸ
Basque edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
datu inan
Declension edit
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | datu | datua | datuak |
ergative | datuk | datuak | datuek |
dative | daturi | datuari | datuei |
genitive | daturen | datuaren | datuen |
comitative | daturekin | datuarekin | datuekin |
causative | daturengatik | datuarengatik | datuengatik |
benefactive | daturentzat | datuarentzat | datuentzat |
instrumental | datuz | datuaz | datuez |
inessive | datutan | datuan | datuetan |
locative | datutako | datuko | datuetako |
allative | datutara | datura | datuetara |
terminative | datutaraino | daturaino | datuetaraino |
directive | datutarantz | daturantz | datuetarantz |
destinative | datutarako | daturako | datuetarako |
ablative | datutatik | datutik | datuetatik |
partitive | daturik | — | — |
prolative | datutzat | — | — |
Derived terms edit
- datu-banku
- datu-base (“database”)
Further reading edit
Cebuano edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Philippine *datu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu (“lineage priest”). Uncertain. Related to Malay datuk, and Fijian ratu. The sense of being wealthy stemmed from the datus being prosperous members of pre-Hispanic societies.
Pronunciation edit
- (General Cebuano) IPA(key): /ˈdaːtuʔ/
Noun edit
datu
- (chiefly historical) a datu
- a wealthy person.
Adjective edit
datu
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:datu.
Esperanto edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
datu
- imperative of dati
Higaonon edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Philippine *datu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu (“lineage priest”).
Noun edit
datu
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay datu, from Old Malay dātu (“king”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu (“lineage priest”). Doublet of datuk and ratu.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
datu (plural datu-datu, first-person possessive datuku, second-person possessive datumu, third-person possessive datunya)
- (literary) monarch
- (Minangkabau) shaman, medicine man
- Synonym: dukun
- sacred person; passed away person
- (Bima) Datu
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Further reading edit
- “datu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latin edit
Noun edit
datū
Malay edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu. Cognate to Javanese ꦫꦠꦸ (ratu).
First attested in the Kota Kapur inscription, 686 CE, as Old Malay [script needed] (dātu, “king”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
datu (Jawi spelling داتو, plural datu-datu, informal 1st possessive datuku, 2nd possessive datumu, 3rd possessive datunya)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Indonesian: datu
Further reading edit
- “datu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Palawan Batak edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu.
Noun edit
datu
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu. Compare with Fijian ratu, Javanese ꦫꦠꦸ (ratu), and Malay datu. Doublet of dato.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
datu (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜆᜓ)
- (historical, politics) datu (title denoting a ruler of various pre-colonial and modern indigenous peoples of the Philippines)
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See also edit
Further reading edit
- “datu”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018