ꦝꦠꦸ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese ḍatu, ratu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu (“lineage priest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɖa.tu/
• Rhymes: -tu
• Hyphenation: dha‧tu

Noun

ꦝꦠꦸ (dhatu)

1. (literary) king

Derived terms

• ꦏꦼꦝꦠꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (kedhaton)

 

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “dhatu”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN