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English
Noun
batu (uncountable )
( Hawaii , colloquial ) The drug methamphetamine hydrochloride , crystal meth .
Anagrams
Balinese
Romanization
batu
Romanization of ᬩᬢᬸ .
Banjarese
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *batu , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu , from Proto-Austronesian *batu .
Noun
batu
stone
Brunei Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *batu (compare Malay batu ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu , from Proto-Austronesian *batu .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /batu/
Hyphenation: ba‧tu
Noun
batu
rock or stone of any size, including boulder and pebble
Central Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *batu , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu , from Proto-Austronesian *batu .
Noun
batu
stone
Cocos Islands Malay
Etymology
Inherited from Malay batu , from Proto-Malayic *batu , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu , from Proto-Austronesian *batu .
Pronunciation
Noun
batu
stone
Dibabawon Manobo
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *batu , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu , from Proto-Austronesian *batu .
Noun
batu
stone
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Verb
batu
imperative of bati
Fula
Noun
batu o (plural batuuji ɗi )
( Maasina ) meeting , assembly , council , court , entourage
Synonyms: kawrital , jiidal , yewto
References
D. Osborn, D. Dwyer, et J. Donohoe, Lexique Fulfulde (Maasina)-Anglais-Français: Une compilation basée sur racines et tirée de sources existantes, suivie de listes en anglais-fulfulde et français-fulfulde, East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1993.
Richard Smith, Urs Niggli, Dictionnaire fulfulde - anglais - français , Webonary.org, SIL International, 2016.
Iban
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *batu , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu , from Proto-Austronesian *batu .
Noun
batu
stone
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay batu , from Proto-Malayic *batu , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu , from Proto-Austronesian *batu .
Pronunciation
Noun
batu (plural batu -batu , first-person possessive batuku , second-person possessive batumu , third-person possessive batunya )
stone
a hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.
a small piece of stone, a pebble.
a gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond .
Synonym: intan
( board games ) a playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games.
Synonym: buah
agate
Synonym: akik
battery : a device used to power electric devices, consisting of a set of electrically connected electrochemical or, archaically, electrostatic cells. A single such cell when used by itself.
Synonyms: aki , baterai
( rare ) milestone
Synonyms: mil , pal , tonggak
( figurative ) anything hard .
Derived terms
Further reading
Isubu
Noun
batu
plural of motu ( men )
References
Joseph Merrick, Alfred Saker, A Grammar of the Isubu Tongue (1852)
Javanese
Romanization
batu
Romanization of ꦧꦠꦸ
Kapampangan
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu , from Proto-Austronesian *batu .
Noun
batu
stone ( substance )
stone ( small piece of stone )
Keley-I Kallahan
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *batu , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu , from Proto-Austronesian *batu .
Noun
batu
stone ; rock
Limos Kalinga
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *batu , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu , from Proto-Austronesian *batu .
Noun
batú
stone
Malay
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayic *batu , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu , from Proto-Austronesian *batu . Cognate with Hawaiian pōhaku and Tagalog bato .
Noun
batu (Jawi spelling باتو , plural batu -batu , informal 1st possessive batuku , 2nd possessive batumu , 3rd possessive batunya )
stone ( substance )
stone ( small piece of stone )
( figurative ) anything hard .
Keras macam batu . Hard as rock .
Derived terms
Descendants
Indonesian: batu
Cocos Islands Malay: batu
→ Hokkien: 礣砥 ( bá-tû )
Etymology 2
Semantic loan from English milestone .
Noun
batu (Jawi spelling باتو , plural batu -batu , informal 1st possessive batuku , 2nd possessive batumu , 3rd possessive batunya )
mile ( unit of measurement )
Synonyms
References
Pijnappel, Jan (1875 ) “باتو batoe ”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek , John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 40
Wilkinson, Richard James (1901 ) “باتو batu ”, in A Malay-English dictionary , Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 75
Wilkinson, Richard James (1932 ) “batu ”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised) , volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 91
Further reading
Maltese
Pronunciation
Verb
batu
plural imperative of bata
Matigsalug Manobo
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *batu , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu , from Proto-Austronesian *batu .
Noun
batu
stone ; rock
Minangkabau
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *batu , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu , from Proto-Austronesian *batu .
Noun
batu
stone
Old Javanese
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /batu/
Hyphenation: ba‧tu
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu , from Proto-Austronesian *batu .
Noun
batu
golden grain
Descendants
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Noun
batu
certain part of the palace yard
Further reading
"batu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary . 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Polish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈba.tu/
Rhymes: -atu
Syllabification: ba‧tu
Noun
batu m
dative singular of bat
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
batu (Cyrillic spelling бату )
dative / locative singular of bat
Sundanese
Romanization
batu
Romanization of ᮘᮒᮥ
Tausug
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu .
Noun
batu
stone
Derived terms