catu

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay catu, from Old Javanese catu (“portion, part, share”), probably from Tamil சத்து (cattu, “flour”), from Sanskrit सक्तु (saktu, “coarsely ground meal”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ca‧tu

Noun

catu (first-person possessive catuku, second-person possessive catumu, third-person possessive catunya)

  1. ration: a portion of some limited resource allocated to a person or group.
    Synonyms: jatah, pelabur, ransum

Derived terms

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

catu

  1. Romanization of ꦕꦠꦸ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably from Tamil சத்து (cattu, “flour”), from Sanskrit सक्तु (saktu, “coarsely ground meal”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃa.tu/
  • Rhymes: -tu
  • Hyphenation: ca‧tu

Noun

catu

  1. portion, part, share
  2. a measure

Derived terms

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦕꦠꦸ (catu) (inherited)
  • → Indonesian: catu

Pali

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Numeral

catu

  1. Alternative form of catur (“four”), which see for further information.

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin catīnus.

Noun

catu

  1. bucket
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