datu

See also: dátú and Datu

Balinese

Romanization

datu

1. Romanization of ᬤᬢᬸ

Basque

Etymology

From Spanish dato.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /datu/, [d̪a.t̪u]

Noun

datu inan

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

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

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈdaːtuʔ/

Noun

datu

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

Adjective

datu

1. wealthy

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdatu/

Verb

datu

1. imperative of dati

Higaonon

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈdatu/
• Hyphenation: 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, 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. Cognate to Javanese ꦫꦠꦸ (ratu).

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

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)

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 | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Palawan Batak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu.

Noun

datu

1. (religion) priest, traditional medicine practitioner

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• dato

Etymology

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, Manila, 2018