ratu

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English

Noun

ratu (plural ratus)

  1. A Fijian chief.
    • 2006, Thomas Reuter, Sharing the Earth, Dividing the Land, page 257:
      For the purposes of this discussion, however, it is sufficient to know that all land is traditionally vested in the ratu, and there are no higher order structures of customary landownership.

Anagrams

Asturian

Noun

ratu m (plural ratos)

  1. mouse
  2. while; short time
  3. reflection

Balinese

Romanization

ratu

  1. Romanization of ᬭᬢᬸ

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *ratu, from Proto-Oceanic *ratu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu. Cognate with Toba Batak datu, Malay datuk, Javanese ratu.

Noun

ratu

  1. a monarch or honorific title used by Fijians of chiefly rank for males

Coordinate terms

  • adi (for females)

Indonesian

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Alternative forms

  • ratoe (van Ophuijsen (1901–1947))

Etymology

From Malay ratu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu. Doublet of datu and datuk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈratu/
  • Hyphenation: ra‧tu

Noun

ratu (plural para ratu, ratu-ratu, first-person possessive ratuku, second-person possessive ratumu, third-person possessive ratunya)

  1. (archaic) monarch.
    Synonym: raja
  2. queen:
    1. queen regnant: female monarch
      Synonym: rani
    2. queen consort: wife of a king
      Synonyms: permaisuri, rani
    3. powerful or forceful female person
    4. (chess) the most powerful piece, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
      Synonyms: menteri, ster

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

Chess pieces in Indonesian · buah catur (see also: catur) (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
raja menteri, patih, ratu, ster benteng gajah, loper, menteri, luncung, luncur, peluncur kuda bidak, pion, prajurit

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

ratu

  1. Romanization of ꦫꦠꦸ

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese rato.

Noun

ratu

  1. mouse
  2. rat

Latin

Verb

ratū

  1. ablative supine of reor

Latvian

Noun

ratu m

  1. inflection of rats:
    1. accusative/instrumental singular
    2. genitive plural

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu (compare Fijian ratu, Indonesian ratu, Javanese ratu).

Pronunciation

Noun

ratu (Jawi spelling راتو, plural ratu-ratu, informal 1st possessive ratuku, 2nd possessive ratumu, 3rd possessive ratunya)

  1. a monarch
    1. a queen regnant
    2. (obsolete) a king

Descendants

  • Indonesian: ratu

Further reading

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu. Doublet of ḍatu.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ratu

  1. king

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • "ratu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

ratu (Cyrillic spelling рату)

  1. dative/locative singular of rat

Noun

ratu (Cyrillic spelling рату)

  1. accusative singular of rata
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