catu

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay catu, from Old Javanese catu (“portion, part, share”), probably from Tamil சத்து (cattu, “flour”), from Sanskrit सक्तु (saktu, “coarsely ground meal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃatu]
• Hyphenation: ca‧tu

Noun

catu (first-person possessive catuku, second-person possessive catumu, third-person possessive catunya)

1. ration: a portion of some limited resource allocated to a person or group.

   Synonyms: jatah, pelabur, ransum

Derived terms

• catuan
• mencatu
• pencatu
• pencatuan

 

• catu cahaya
• catu daya

 

Further reading

• “catu” 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.

Javanese

Romanization

catu

1. Romanization of ꦕꦠꦸ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably from Tamil சத்து (cattu, “flour”), from Sanskrit सक्तु (saktu, “coarsely ground meal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃa.tu/
• Rhymes: -tu
• Hyphenation: ca‧tu

Noun

catu

1. portion, part, share
2. a measure

Derived terms

• acatu

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦕꦠꦸ (catu) (inherited)
• → Indonesian: catu

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀘𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• चतु (Devanagari script)
• চতু (Bengali script)
• චතු (Sinhalese script)
• စတု or ၸတု (Burmese script)
• จตุ or จะตุ (Thai script)
• ᨧᨲᩩ (Tai Tham script)
• ຈຕຸ or ຈະຕຸ (Lao script)
• ចតុ (Khmer script)
• 𑄌𑄖𑄪 (Chakma script)

• catur

Alternative forms

• catur (Latin script)
• 𑀘𑀢𑀼𑀭𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• चतुर् (Devanagari script)
• চতুর্ (Bengali script)
• චතුර් (Sinhalese script)
• စတုရ် or ၸတုရ် (Burmese script)
• จตุรฺ or จะตุร (Thai script)
• ᨧᨲᩩᩁ᩺ (Tai Tham script)
• ຈຕຸຣ຺ or ຈະຕຸຣ (Lao script)
• ចតុរ៑ (Khmer script)
• 𑄌𑄖𑄪𑄢𑄴 (Chakma script)

Numeral

catu

1. Alternative form of catur (“four”), which see for further information.

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin catīnus.

Noun

catu

1. bucket