"vatu" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Bislama]

Etymology: Borrowed from Raga vatu (“stone”). Etymology templates: {{bor|bi|lml|vatu||stone}} Raga vatu (“stone”) Head templates: {{head|bi|noun}} vatu
  1. vatu, or money in general Categories (topical): Currencies
    Sense id: en-vatu-bi-noun-rLH~bgo3 Categories (other): Bislama entries with incorrect language header

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈvɑːtuː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vatu.wav [Southern-England] Forms: vatus [plural], vatu [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːtu Etymology: Borrowed from Raga vatu (“stone”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|lml|vatu||stone}} Raga vatu (“stone”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|vatu}} vatu (plural vatus or vatu)
  1. The national currency of Vanuatu. Wikipedia link: vatu Categories (topical): Currencies Categories (place): Vanuatu
    Sense id: en-vatu-en-noun-YH7YptOI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Fijian]

Etymology: From Proto-Central Pacific *vatu, from Proto-Oceanic *patu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu. Etymology templates: {{inh|fj|poz-oce-pro|*patu}} Proto-Oceanic *patu, {{inh|fj|poz-pro|*batu}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, {{inh|fj|map-pro|*batu}} Proto-Austronesian *batu Head templates: {{head|fj|noun}} vatu
  1. stone (substance)
    Sense id: en-vatu-fj-noun--KxiCztZ Categories (other): Fijian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Fijian entries with incorrect language header: 80 20
  2. stone (small piece of rock)
    Sense id: en-vatu-fj-noun-qcSFL-fJ

Noun [Paiwan]

Etymology: From Proto-Austronesian *(w)asu. Etymology templates: {{inh|pwn|map-pro|*(w)asu}} Proto-Austronesian *(w)asu Head templates: {{head|pwn|noun}} vatu
  1. dog
    Sense id: en-vatu-pwn-noun-zWNX792W Categories (other): Paiwan entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Uneapa]

IPA: /βatu/
Etymology: From Proto-Oceanic *patu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu. Etymology templates: {{inh|bbn|poz-oce-pro|*patu}} Proto-Oceanic *patu, {{inh|bbn|poz-pro|*batu}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, {{inh|bbn|map-pro|*batu}} Proto-Austronesian *batu Head templates: {{head|bbn|noun}} vatu
  1. stone
    Sense id: en-vatu-bbn-noun-3D1Q2o2s Categories (other): Uneapa entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.