batu

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See also: Batu, ba'tu, batû, and Ba Tư

English

Noun

batu (uncountable)

  1. (Hawaii, colloquial) The drug methamphetamine hydrochloride, crystal meth.

Anagrams

Balinese

Romanization

batu

  1. Romanization of ᬩᬢᬸ.

Banjarese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Noun

batu

  1. stone

Basque

Etymology

From bat (one) +‎ -tu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /batu/
  • Rhymes: -atu
  • Hyphenation: ba‧tu

Verb

batu da/du (imperfect participle batzen, future participle batuko, short form bat, verbal noun batze)

  1. to unite, to unify, to collect

Derived terms

Further reading

  • batu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • batu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. stone

Dibabawon Manobo

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Noun

batu

  1. stone

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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Verb

batu

  1. imperative of bati

Fula

Noun

batu o (plural batuuji ɗi)

  1. (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

  1. stone

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay batu, from Proto-Malayic *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Pronunciation

Noun

batu

  1. stone, rock
  2. rock (a formation of minerals)
    Synonym: batuan
  3. agate
    Synonym: (more common) akik
  4. an artificial jewel, especially one that is used to smooth the shafts of a watch
  5. flint (a hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck)
  6. (uncommon) battery
    Synonym: (more common) baterai
  7. milestone (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
    Synonym: tonggak

Adjective

batu

  1. (figurative) rocky, stony (not easily affected or impressed; obdurate; unfeeling)

Classifier

batu

  1. (chiefly obsolete) A classifier used for counting teeth and pawns.

Derived terms

Compounds

See also

Further reading

Isubu

Noun

batu

  1. plural of motu (men)

References

  • Joseph Merrick, Alfred Saker, A Grammar of the Isubu Tongue (1852)

Javanese

Romanization

batu

  1. Romanization of ꦧꦠꦸ

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Noun

batu

  1. stone (substance)
  2. stone (small piece of stone)

Keley-I Kallahan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Noun

batu

  1. stone; rock

Limos Kalinga

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Noun

batú

  1. 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)

  1. stone (substance)
  2. stone (small piece of stone)
  3. (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)

  1. mile (unit of measurement)
Synonyms
  • mil (Indonesia)

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

  1. plural imperative of bata

Matigsalug Manobo

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Noun

batu

  1. stone; rock

Minangkabau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Noun

batu

  1. stone

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /batu/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧tu

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Noun

batu

  1. golden grain
Descendants

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

batu

  1. 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

  1. dative singular of bat

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

batu (Cyrillic spelling бату)

  1. dative/locative singular of bat

Sundanese

Romanization

batu

  1. Romanization of ᮘᮒᮥ

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu.

Pronunciation

  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /batu/
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Syllabification: ba‧tu

Noun

batu (Sulat Sūg spelling بَتُ)

  1. stone

Derived terms