ratu

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.

• Ruta, UART

From Latin rattus.

ratu m (plural ratos)

1. mouse

   Synonyms: mur, xurnia

2. while; short time

   Synonyms: nadria, (Western Asturias) ratáu

3. reflection

Borrowed from Old Javanese ratu (“king”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu. Doublet of datu.

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

ratu (Balinese script ᬭᬢᬸ)

1. king

• “ratu” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

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

ratu

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

• adi (for females)

• ratoe (van Ophuijsen (1901–1947))

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

• Semantic loan from Javanese ratu (ꦫꦠꦸ).
• For sense of the most powerful piece in chess, semantic loan from Dutch koningin.
• For sense of powerful or forceful female, semantic loan from English queen.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈratu/ [ˈra.t̪u]
• Rhymes: -atu
• Syllabification: ra‧tu

ratu (plural ratu-ratu or para ratu)

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

• “ratu” 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.

ratu

1. romanization of ꦫꦠꦸ

From Portuguese rato.

ratu

1. mouse
2. rat

ratū

1. ablative supine of reor

ratu m

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

• datu

Inherited from Proto-South Sulawesi *datu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈratu/, [ˈra.t̪ʰu]
• Hyphenation: ra‧tu

ratu (Lontara spelling ᨑᨈᨘ)

1. ruler, monarch (in Makassar, an old word for karaeng).

   Makkanami karaeng rongo-rongoia mannyaʼbuʼmi ratu beru bakkakia

   The young karaeng sons spoke, the newly mature rulers said

   12.VI.1723 nanikana matei ratuia riUlawang ilalang ripaʼrasanganna

   12.VI.1723 It is told that the ruler (datu) of Ulawĕng died in his land

• In Old Makassar writings, Buginese rulers appear as both ratu and datu, e.g., ratua, the ruler of Luwuʼ (in a 16th century contract).

• Cense, A. A. (1979) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek, 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

From Old Javanese ratu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu. Cognate to Fijian ratu and Javanese ratu. Doublet of datuk, datu, and datung.

• IPA^(key): /ˈratu/ [ˈra.t̪u]
• Rhymes: -tu, -u
• Hyphenation: ra‧tu

ratu (Jawi spelling راتو, plural ratu-ratu)

1. A queen:
   1. A queen regnant.

      Synonym: permaisuri

   2. (uncommon) A queen consort.

      Synonym: permaisuri

   3. (figurative) A title for a female winner in beauty-based contests and others.

      ratu fesyen ― queen of fashion

   4. (sports) The queen piece in chess.

      Synonyms: bendahara, menteri, permaisuri

2. (obsolete) A king.

   Synonyms: raja, sultan, syah, datu (archaic)

The term ratu is usually used for queens regnant while permaisuri is usually used for queens consort.

• Indonesian: ratu

• “ratu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

rātu

1. instrumental singular of rāt

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

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

ratu

1. king

• Javanese: ꦫꦠꦸ (ratu)
• → Balinese: ᬭᬢᬸ (ratu)
• → Malay: ratu
  • Indonesian: ratu

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

ratu (Cyrillic spelling рату)

1. dative/locative singular of rat

ratu (Cyrillic spelling рату)

1. accusative singular of rata