datu
Basque
Etymology
From Spanish dato.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /datu/, [d̪a.t̪u]
Noun
datu inan
- data
Declension
| 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
- datu-banku
- datu-base (“database”)
Further reading
- "datu" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
- “datu” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
Cebuano
Alternative forms
- dato
Etymology
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
- (General Cebuano) IPA(key): /ˈdaːtuʔ/
Noun
datu
- (chiefly historical) a datu
- a wealthy person.
Adjective
datu
- wealthy.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:datu.
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdatu/
Verb
datu
- imperative of dati
Higaonon
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *datu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu (“lineage priest”).
Noun
datu
- king
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay datu, from Old Malay dātu (“king”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu (“lineage priest”). Doublet of datuk and ratu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdatu/
- Hyphenation: da‧tu
Noun
datu (plural datu-datu, first-person possessive datuku, second-person possessive datumu, third-person possessive datunya)
- (literary) monarch
- Synonyms: raja (“king”), ratu (“queen”)
- (Minangkabau) shaman, medicine man
- Synonym: dukun
- sacred person; passed away person
- (Bima) Datu
Derived terms
- kedatuan
- datu banan
- datu petinggi
- datu rawan
Related terms
- datuk
- kedaton
- ratu
Further reading
- “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
Noun
datū
- ablative singular of datus
Malay
Alternative forms
- datuk, datung
Etymology
First attested in the Kota Kapur inscription, 686 CE, as Old Malay [script needed] (dātu, “king”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu. Cognate to Javanese ꦫꦠꦸ (ratu).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /datu/
- Rhymes: -atu, -tu, -u
Noun
datu (Jawi spelling داتو, plural datu-datu, informal 1st possessive datuku, 2nd possessive datumu, 3rd possessive datunya)
- king (a male of a royal family who is the supreme ruler of his nation)
- Synonym: raja
Derived terms
Regular affixed derivations:
- kedatuan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
Further reading
- “datu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Palawan Batak
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu.
Noun
datu (transliteration needed)
- (animism) priest, traditional medicine practitioner
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- dato
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu. Compare with Fijian ratu, Javanese ratu, and Malay datu. Doublet of dato.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: da‧tu
- IPA(key): /ˈdatu/, [ˈda.tʊ]
- IPA(key): /ˈdatuʔ/, [ˈda.tʊʔ] (obsolete)
Noun
datu (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜆᜓ)
- (historical, politics) datu (title denoting a ruler of various pre-colonial and modern indigenous peoples of the Philippines)
Derived terms
- datuin
- magdatu
- magpadatu
- pagdatuan
- papagdatuin
- pinagdatuan
See also
- kabesa de barangay