catu

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃatu]
• Hyphenation: ca‧tu

catu (plural catu-catu)

1. ration: a portion of some limited resource allocated to a person or group

   Synonyms: jatah, pelabur, ransum

• “catu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

catu

1. romanization of ꦕꦠꦸ

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

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

catu

1. portion, part, share
2. a measure

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

• catur

catu

1. alternative form of catur (“four”)

From Latin catīnus.

catu

1. bucket