datu (pluraldatus)

1. An indigenousMalay orFilipinochief.

datu

1. Romanization ofᬤᬢᬸ

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• IPA^(key):/datu/,[d̪a.t̪u]

datu inan

1. data

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

• dato

FromProto-Philippine*datu, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*datu(“lineage priest”). Uncertain. Related toMalaydatuk, andFijianratu. The sense of being wealthy stemmed from the datus being prosperous members of pre-Hispanic societies.

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

datu

1. (chieflyhistorical) adatu
2. a wealthy person

datu

1. wealthy

• IPA^(key):/ˈdatu/

datu

1. imperative ofdati

FromProto-Philippine*datu, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*datu(“lineage priest”).

datu

1. king

FromMalaydatu, fromOld Malaydātu(“king”), fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*datu(“lineage priest”).Doublet ofdatuk andratu.

• IPA^(key):/ˈdatu/
• Hyphenation:da‧tu

datu (pluraldatu-datu)

1. (literary)monarch

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

2. (Minangkabau)shaman,medicine man

   Synonym:dukun

3. sacredperson;passed awayperson
4. (Bima)Datu

• “datu” inKamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta:Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

datū

1. ablativesingular ofdatus

• datuk,datung

FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*datu. Cognate toJavaneseꦫꦠꦸ(ratu).

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

• IPA^(key):/datu/
• Rhymes:-atu,-tu,-u

datu (Jawi spellingداتو,pluraldatu-datu)

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

   Synonym:raja

• Indonesian:datu

• “datu” inPusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur:Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*datu.

datu

1. (religion)priest, traditional medicine practitioner

• dato

FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*datu. Compare withFijianratu,Javaneseꦫꦠꦸ(ratu), andMalaydatu.Doublet ofdato.

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

datu (Baybayin spellingᜇᜆᜓ)(historical,politics)

1. datu(title denoting a ruler of various pre-colonial and modern indigenous peoples of the Philippines)

• kabesa de barangay

• “datu”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila,2018