ꦕꦠꦸ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese catu (“portion, part, share”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ꦕꦠꦸ (catu)

1. ration: a portion of some limited resource allocated to a person or group.
2. communal rice field
3. cultivated rice fields done by others as gift
4. wage for rice harvester
5. pet: an animal kept as a companion.

Derived terms

• ꦕꦠꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (caton)
• ꦢꦶꦕꦠꦸ (dicatu)

 

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “catu”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN