ꦕꦠꦸ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese catu (“portion, part, share”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ꦕꦠꦸ (catu)

  1. ration: a portion of some limited resource allocated to a person or group.
  2. communal rice field
  3. cultivated rice fields done by others as gift
  4. wage for rice harvester
  5. pet: an animal kept as a companion.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “catu”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
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