datuk

From Malay datuk, probably from Old Malay datūa (“regent”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdatʊk̚/
• Hyphenation: da‧tuk

datuk (first-person possessive datukku, second-person possessive datukmu, third-person possessive datuknya)

1. grandfather

   Synonyms: aki, kakek

2. elder
3. title for elder
4. (dialect, Minangkabau) traditional chief.

   Synonyms: kepala adat, penghulu adat

5. (dialect, Minangkabau) genie, jinn

   Synonyms: jin, toapekong

6. (dialect, obsolete) synonym of harimau (“tiger”)

• “datuk” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key): /datuk/
• Rhymes: -atuk, -tuk, -uk
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [dätʊʔ, -oʔ, -o̞ʔ]

datuk (Jawi spelling داتوق‎, plural datuk-datuk, informal 1st possessive datukku, 2nd possessive datukmu, 3rd possessive datuknya)

1. grandfather

• atuk
• tuk

• Indonesian: datuk
• → Hokkien: 拿督

• nenek (“grandmother”)

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