ꦝꦠꦸ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese ḍatu, ratu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu (“lineage priest”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ꦝꦠꦸ (dhatu)

  1. (literary) king

Derived terms

Further reading

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