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datu

See also: dátú and Datu

Balinese

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Romanization

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datu

  1. Romanization of ᬤᬢᬸ

Basque

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Etymology

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From Spanish dato.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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datu inan

  1. data

Declension

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Declension of datu (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
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

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Further reading

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  • “datu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • “datu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Cebuano

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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.

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Noun

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datu

  1. (chiefly historical) a datu
  2. a wealthy person

Adjective

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datu

  1. wealthy

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:datu.

Esperanto

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Verb

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datu

  1. imperative of dati

Higaonon

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Etymology

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From Proto-Philippine *datu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu (“lineage priest”).

Noun

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datu

  1. king

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay datu, from Old Malay dātu (“king”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu (“lineage priest”). Doublet of datuk and ratu.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. (literary) monarch
    Synonyms: raja (“king”), ratu (“queen”)
  2. (Minangkabau) shaman, medicine man
    Synonym: dukun
  3. sacred person; passed away person
  4. (Bima) Datu

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Latin

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Noun

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datū

  1. ablative singular of datus

Malay

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Etymology

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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”)

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datu (Jawi spelling داتو, plural datu-datu, informal 1st possessive datuku, 2nd possessive datumu, 3rd possessive datunya)

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

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Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Descendants

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  • Indonesian: datu

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Palawan Batak

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu.

Noun

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datu

  1. (religion) priest, traditional medicine practitioner

Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu. Compare with Fijian ratu, Javanese ꦫꦠꦸ (ratu), and Malay datu. Doublet of dato.

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Noun

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datu (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜆᜓ) (historical, politics)

  1. datu (title denoting a ruler of various pre-colonial and modern indigenous peoples of the Philippines)

Derived terms

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See also

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Further reading

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  • “datu”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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