ratu (pluralratus)
- AFijianchief.
2006, Thomas Reuter,Sharing the Earth, Dividing the Land, page257:For the purposes of this discussion, however, it is sufficient to know that all land is traditionally vested in theratu, and there are no higher order structures of customary landownership.
FromLatinrattus.
ratu m (pluralratos)
- mouse
- Synonyms:mur,xurnia
- while; short time
- Synonyms:nadria,(Western Asturias)ratáu
- reflection
Borrowed fromOld Javaneseratu(“king”), fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*datu.Doublet ofdatu.
ratu (Balinese scriptᬭᬢᬸ)
- king
- “ratu”, inBalinese–Indonesian Dictionary[Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province[Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali]
From Proto-Central Pacific*ratu, fromProto-Oceanic*ratu, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*datu. Cognate withToba Batakdatu,Malaydatuk,Javaneseratu.
ratu
- amonarch or honorific title used by Fijians of chiefly rank for males
- ratoe(van Ophuijsen (1901–1947))
FromMalayratu, fromOld Javaneseratu, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*datu.Doublet ofdatu anddatuk.
ratu (pluralratu-ratuorpara ratu)
- (archaic)monarch
- Synonym:raja
- queen:
- queen regnant: female monarch
- Synonym:rani
- queen consort: wife of a king
- Synonyms:permaisuri,rani
- powerful or forceful female person
- (chess) the most powerful piece, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally
- Synonyms:menteri,ster
| Chess pieces in Indonesian ·buah catur (see also:catur)(layout ·text) |
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| raja | menteri,patih,ratu,ster | benteng | gajah,loper,menteri,luncung,luncur,peluncur | kuda | bidak,pion,prajurit |
ratu
- romanization ofꦫꦠꦸ
FromPortugueserato.
ratu
- mouse
- rat
ratū
- ablativesupine ofreor
ratu m
- inflection ofrats:
- accusative/instrumentalsingular
- genitiveplural
Inherited fromProto-South Sulawesi*datu, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*datu.
- IPA(key): /ˈratu/,[ˈra.t̪ʰu]
- Hyphenation:ra‧tu
ratu (Lontara spellingᨑᨈᨘ)
- ruler,monarch(in Makassar, an old word forkaraeng).
Makkanami karaeng rongo-rongoia mannyaʼbuʼmiratu beru bakkakia- The young karaeng sons spoke, the newly maturerulers said
12.VI.1723 nanikana mateiratuia riUlawang ilalang ripaʼrasanganna- 12.VI.1723 It is told that theruler(datu) of Ulawĕng died in his land
- In Old Makassar writings, Buginese rulers appear as bothratu anddatu, e.g.,ratua, the ruler of Luwuʼ (in a 16th century contract).
- Cense, A. A. (1979),Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek, 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff,→ISBN
FromOld Javaneseratu, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*datu. Cognate toFijianratu andJavaneseratu.Doublet ofdatuk,datu, anddatung.
- IPA(key): /ˈratu/ [ˈra.t̪u]
- Rhymes:-tu,-u
- Hyphenation:ra‧tu
ratu (Jawi spellingراتو,pluralratu-ratuorratu2)
- Queen:
- Aqueen regnant.
- Synonym:permaisuri
- (uncommon) Aqueen consort.
- Synonym:permaisuri
- (figurative) A title for a femalewinner in beauty-basedcontests and others.
- ratu fesyen ―queen of fashion
- (chess) Thequeen piece inchess.
- Synonyms:bendahara,menteri,permaisuri
- (obsolete) Aking.
- Synonyms:raja,sultan,syah,datu(archaic)
The termratu is usually used forqueens regnant whilepermaisuri is usually used forqueens consort.
Chess pieces in Malay ·buah catur
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raja,syah
راج,شاه | bendahara,menteri,permaisuri,ratu
بنداهارا,منتري,ڤرمايسوري,راتو | benteng,tir
بينتيڠ,تير | gajah
ݢاجه | kuda
کودا | bidak,piadah,pion
بيدق,ڤياده,ڤيون |
rātu
- instrumentalsingular ofrāt
Inherited fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*datu.Doublet ofḍatu.
ratu
- king
- "ratu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson,Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
ratu (Cyrillic spellingрату)
- dative/locativesingular ofrat
ratu (Cyrillic spellingрату)
- accusativesingular ofrata
