datu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "datu"

English

Noun

datu (plural datus)

1. An indigenous Malay or Filipino chief.

Balinese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.tu/
• Rhymes: -atu
• Hyphenation: da‧tu

Etymology 1

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

Noun

datu (Balinese script ᬤᬢᬸ)

1. king
2. queen

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Javanese dhātu (“constituent, ingredient; element”), from Sanskrit धातु (dhātu).

Noun

datu (Balinese script ᬥᬵᬢᬸ)

1. element
2. metal

Further reading

• “datu”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish dato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /datu/ [d̪a.t̪u]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -atu, -u
• Hyphenation: da‧tu

Noun

datu inan

1. data

Declension

Declension of datu (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	datu	datua	datuak	datuok
ergative	datuk	datuak	datuek	datuok
dative	daturi	datuari	datuei	datuoi
genitive	daturen	datuaren	datuen	datuon
comitative	daturekin	datuarekin	datuekin	datuokin
causative	daturengatik	datuarengatik	datuengatik	datuongatik
benefactive	daturentzat	datuarentzat	datuentzat	datuontzat
instrumental	datuz	datuaz	datuez	datuotaz
inessive	datutan	datuan	datuetan	datuotan
locative	datutako	datuko	datuetako	datuotako
allative	datutara	datura	datuetara	datuotara
terminative	datutaraino	daturaino	datuetaraino	datuotaraino
directive	datutarantz	daturantz	datuetarantz	datuotarantz
destinative	datutarako	daturako	datuetarako	datuotarako
ablative	datutatik	datutik	datuetatik	datuotatik
partitive	daturik	—	—	—
prolative	datutzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• datu-banku
• datu-base (“database”)

Further reading

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

Brunei Malay

Noun

datu

1. great-grandparent

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

• Hyphenation: da‧tu
• IPA^(key): /ˈdatuʔ/ [ˈd̪aː.t̪oʔ]

Noun

datù (Badlit spelling ᜇᜆᜓ)

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

Adjective

datù (Badlit spelling ᜇᜆᜓ)

1. wealthy

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdatu/
• Rhymes: -atu
• Syllabification: da‧tu

Verb

datu

1. imperative of dati

Higaonon

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *datu

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu

Proto-Philippine *datu

Higaonon datu

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

Noun

datu

1. king

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈdatu/ [ˈda.t̪u]
• Rhymes: -atu
• Syllabification: da‧tu

Noun

datu (plural datu-datu)

1. (literary) monarch

   Synonyms: raja (“king”), ratu (“queen”)

2. (Minangkabau) shaman, medicine man

   Synonym: dukun

3. sacred person; passed away person
4. (Bima) Datu

Derived terms

• kedatuan

• datu banan
• datu petinggi
• datu rawan

Related terms

• datuk
• kedaton
• ratu

Further reading

• “datu”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latin

Noun

datū

1. ablative singular of datus

Malay

Alternative forms

• datuk, datung

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu. Doublet of datuk and ratu. Cognate to Javanese ꦫꦠꦸ (ratu).

First attested in the Kota Kapur inscription, 686 CE, as Old Malay [script needed] (dātu, “king”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdatu/ [ˈda.t̪u]
• Rhymes: -atu, -tu, -u

Noun

datu (Jawi spelling داتو, plural datu-datu)

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

   Synonym: raja

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• kedatuan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)

Descendants

• Indonesian: datu

Further reading

• "datu" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "datu" at PRPM first version)

Palawan Batak

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *datu

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu

Palawan Batak datu

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu.

Noun

datu

1. (religion) priest, traditional medicine practitioner

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• dato

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *datu

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu

Tagalog datu

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈdatu/ [ˈd̪aː.t̪ʊ]
    • Rhymes: -atu
  • IPA^(key): /ˈdatuʔ/ [ˈd̪aː.t̪ʊʔ] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: da‧tu

Noun

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

• datuin
• magdatu
• magpadatu
• pagdatuan
• papagdatuin
• pinagdatuan

Related terms

• Datu

See also

• kabesa de barangay

Further reading

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