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ratu

English

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Noun

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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.

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Asturian

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Noun

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ratu m (plural ratos)

  1. mouse
  2. while; short time
  3. reflection

Balinese

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Romanization

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ratu

  1. Romanization of ᬭᬢᬸ

Fijian

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Etymology

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

Noun

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ratu

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

Coordinate terms

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  • adi (for females)

Indonesian

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Alternative forms

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  • ratoe (van Ophuijsen (1901–1947))

Etymology

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From Malay ratu, from Old Javanese ratu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu. Doublet of datu and datuk.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. (archaic) monarch.
    Synonym: raja
  2. queen:
    1. queen regnant: female monarch
      Synonym: rani
    2. queen consort: wife of a king
      Synonyms: permaisuri, rani
    3. powerful or forceful female person
    4. (chess) the most powerful piece, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
      Synonyms: menteri, ster

Derived terms

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See also

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Chess pieces in Indonesian · buah catur (see also: catur) (layout · text)
           
raja menteri, patih, ratu, ster benteng gajah, loper, menteri, luncung, luncur, peluncur kuda bidak, pion, prajurit

Further reading

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Javanese

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Romanization

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ratu

  1. Romanization of ꦫꦠꦸ

Kabuverdianu

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Etymology

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From Portuguese rato.

Noun

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ratu

  1. mouse
  2. rat

Latin

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Verb

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ratū

  1. ablative supine of reor

Latvian

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Noun

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ratu m

  1. inflection of rats:
    1. accusative/instrumental singular
    2. genitive plural

Malay

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Etymology

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From Old Javanese ratu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu. Cognate to Fijian ratu and Javanese ratu. Doublet of datuk, datu, and datung.

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Noun

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ratu (Jawi spelling راتو, plural ratu-ratu, informal 1st possessive ratuku, 2nd possessive ratumu, 3rd possessive ratunya)

  1. A queen:
    1. A queen regnant.
      Synonym: permaisuri
    2. (uncommon) A queen consort.
      Synonym: permaisuri
    3. (figurative) A title for a female winner in beauty-based contests and others.
      ratu fesyen ― queen of fashion
    4. (sports) The queen piece in chess.
      Synonyms: bendahara, menteri, permaisuri
  2. (obsolete) A king.
    Synonyms: raja, sultan, syah, datu (archaic)

Usage notes

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The term ratu is usually used for queens regnant while permaisuri is usually used for queens consort.

Affixations

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Descendants

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  • Indonesian: ratu

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Chess pieces in Malay · buah catur
بواه چاتور (layout · text)
           
raja, syah
راج, شاه 		bendahara, menteri, permaisuri, ratu
بنداهارا, منتري, ڤرمايسوري, راتو 		benteng, tir
بينتيڠ, تير 		gajah
ݢاجه 		kuda
کودا 		bidak, piadah, pion
بيدق, ڤياده, ڤيون

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Old Javanese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu. Doublet of ḍatu.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ra.tu/
  • Rhymes: -tu
  • Hyphenation: ra‧tu

Noun

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ratu

  1. king

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • "ratu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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ratu (Cyrillic spelling рату)

  1. dative/locative singular of rat

Noun

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ratu (Cyrillic spelling рату)

  1. accusative singular of rata
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