"datu" meaning in Malay

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Noun

IPA: /datu/ Forms: داتو [Jawi], datu-datu [plural], datuku [first-person, informal, possessive], datumu [possessive, second-person], datunya [possessive, third-person]
Rhymes: -atu, -tu, -u Etymology: From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu. Cognate to Javanese ꦫꦠꦸ (ratu). First attested in the Kota Kapur inscription, 686 CE, as Old Malay [script needed] (dātu, “king”) Etymology templates: {{inh|ms|poz-pro|*datu}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu, {{cog|jv|ꦫꦠꦸ|tr=ratu}} Javanese ꦫꦠꦸ (ratu), {{m+|ms-old|t=king|tr=dātu}} Old Malay [script needed] (dātu, “king”) Head templates: {{ms-noun|j=داتو}} datu (Jawi spelling داتو, plural datu-datu, informal 1st possessive datuku, 2nd possessive datumu, 3rd possessive datunya)
  1. king (a male of a royal family who is the supreme ruler of his nation) Categories (topical): Monarchy, Occupations Synonyms: raja, datuk, datung Derived forms: kedatuan [abstract (alt: ke-an), locative] (ke-an) (alt: ke-an)

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