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

ratu m (plural ratos)

1. mouse
2. while; short time
3. reflection

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 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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈratu/
• Hyphenation: ra‧tu

ratu (plural ratu-ratu, first-person possessive ratuku, second-person possessive ratumu, third-person possessive ratunya)

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: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

ratu

1. Romanization of ꦫꦠꦸ

From Portuguese rato.

ratu

1. mouse
2. rat

ratū

1. ablative supine of reor

ratu m

1. accusative singular form of rats
2. instrumental singular form of rats
3. genitive plural form of rats

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu (compare Fijian ratu, Indonesian ratu, Javanese ratu).

• IPA^(key): /ratu/
• Rhymes: -atu, -tu, -u

ratu (Jawi spelling راتو‎, plural ratu-ratu, informal 1st possessive ratuku, 2nd possessive ratumu, 3rd possessive ratunya)

1. a monarch
   1. a queen
   2. (obsolete) a king

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

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu.

ratu

1. king

• Javanese : ratu

ratu (Cyrillic spelling рату)

1. dative/locative singular of rat