batu

batu (uncountable)

1. (Hawaii, colloquial) The drug methamphetamine hydrochloride, crystal meth.

• buat, Ṭūbā, tabu, Taub, buta, abut, tuba, Tuba

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

batu (Balinese script ᬩᬢᬸ)

1. stone

   Alternative form: watu

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*batu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• “batu”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

From Proto-Malayic *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

batu

1. stone

From bat (“one”) +‎ -tu.

• IPA^(key): /batu/ [ba.t̪u]
• Rhymes: -atu, -u
• Hyphenation: ba‧tu

batu da/du (imperfect participle batzen, future participle batuko, short form bat, verbal noun batze)

1. to unite, to unify, to collect

• “batu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “batu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

From Classical Malay batu, from Proto-Malayic *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu. For the "battery cell" sense, compare dialectal Chinese 電石／电石 (“battery”, literally “electric stone”) and Japanese 電石(エレクトレット) (erekutoretto, “electret”).

• IPA^(key): /batu/
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: ba‧tu

batu

1. stone; rock
2. electric battery cell

   Synonym: batu bateré

   Tu bateré kaga' batunya.

   That flashlight has no battery.

batu (not comparable)

1. hard as a rock
2. (figurative) stubborn

   Synonyms: degil, didong, gembleng, bèngkèng, ketot

   Batu bener, sih, lu, dibilangin ogah mulu!

   You're so stubborn, you never want to listen!

• Chaer, A. (2009) [1976], “batu”, in Kamus dialek Jakarta [Dictionary of the Jakarta dialect], revised edition (in Indonesian), Depok: Masup Jakarta, →ISBN, page 32

From Proto-Malayic *batu (compare Malay batu), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

• IPA^(key): /batu/
• Hyphenation: ba‧tu

batu

1. rock or stone of any size, including boulder and pebble

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *batux.

batu

1. stone

• 原住民族語言線上辭典 [Online Dictionary of Indigenous Languages]‎^[1] (in Mandarin), Taipei: Indigenous Languages Research and Development Foundation, 2014–2026

From Proto-Malayic *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

batu

1. stone

Inherited from Malay batu, from Proto-Malayic *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

• IPA^(key): [ˈba.t̪u]

batu

1. stone

From Proto-Philippine *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

batu

1. stone

• IPA^(key): /ˈbatu/

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• Rhymes: -atu
• Syllabification: ba‧tu

batu

1. imperative of bati

batu o (plural batuuji ɗi)

1. (Maasina) meeting, assembly, council, court, entourage

   Synonyms: kawrital, jiidal, yewto

• D. Osborn, D. Dwyer, et J. Donohoe, Lexique Fulfulde (Maasina)-Anglais-Français: Une compilation basée sur racines et tirée de sources existantes, suivie de listes en anglais-fulfulde et français-fulfulde, East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1993.
• Richard Smith, Urs Niggli, Dictionnaire fulfulde - anglais - français, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2016.

From Proto-Malayic *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

batu

1. stone

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.tu/

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• Rhymes: -atu
• Hyphenation: ba‧tu

Inherited from Malay batu, from Proto-Malayic *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

• For the sense of battery, compare Betawi batu (“stone, battery cell”), dialectal Chinese 電石／电石 (“battery”, literally “electric stone”), and Japanese 電石(エレクトレット) (erekutoretto, “electret”).
• For the sense of gemstone and agate, compare to Baba Malay batu (“gem”, literally “stone”) and Japanese 石(せき) (seki, counter for gemstones).
• Semantic loan from Simalungun Batak [Term?] (“customary money”)
• Semantic loan from Malay (Jambi) [Term?] (“divorce money”)

batu (plural batu-batu)

1. stone, rock
2. rock (a formation of minerals)

   Synonym: batuan

3. agate

   Synonym: (more common) akik

4. an artificial jewel, especially one that is used to smooth the shafts of a watch
5. flint (a hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck)

   Synonyms: batu api, rijang

6. (uncommon) battery

   Synonym: (more common) baterai

7. milestone (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)

   Synonyms: pal, tonggak

8. (dialect Simalungun Batak) customary money placed on betel in even numbers, for example 8 pieces or sheets
9. (dialect Jambi Malay) money given by the husband to the ninik mamak to take care of the divorce
10. (slang) the size for narcotics, especially marijuana, 2 kilograms

batu

1. (figurative) rocky, stony (not easily affected or impressed; obdurate; unfeeling)

batu

1. (chiefly obsolete) a classifier used for counting teeth and pawns

Borrowed from Javanese (East Java) [Term?] (“to eat together”).

batu

1. (dialect East Java) to eat together in the same container, usually done by two or three people

• “batu”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

batu

1. plural of motu: men

• Joseph Merrick, Alfred Saker, A Grammar of the Isubu Tongue (1852)

batu

1. romanization of ꦧꦠꦸ

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

batu

1. stone (substance)
2. stone (small piece of stone)

From Proto-Philippine *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

batu

1. stone; rock

From Proto-Philippine *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

batú

1. stone

See Lingala motu.

batu class 2

1. people

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

• Audio (Malaysia):

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Inherited from Proto-Malayic *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu. Compare with Hawaiian pōhaku and Tagalog bato.

batu (Jawi spelling باتو, plural batu-batu or batu²)

1. stone (substance)
2. stone (small piece of stone)
3. (figurative) anything hard.

   Keras macam batu.

   Hard as rock.

4. (slang) methamphetamine

   Synonyms: syabu, ais, sejuk

• Indonesian: batu
• Cocos Islands Malay: batu
• → Hokkien: 礣砥 (bá-tû)

Semantic loan from English milestone.

batu (Jawi spelling باتو, plural batu-batu or batu²)

1. mile (unit of measurement)

• mil (Indonesia)

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “باتو batoe”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 40
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “باتو batu”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 75
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “batu”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 91

• "batu" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaː.tu/
• Homophone: bagħtu (except archaically)
• Rhymes: -aːtu

batu

1. plural imperative of bata

From Proto-Philippine *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

batu

1. stone; rock

From Proto-Malayic *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

batu

1. stone

• IPA^(key): /batu/
• Hyphenation: ba‧tu

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

batu

1. golden grain

• Javanese: ꦧꦠꦸ (batu)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

batu

1. certain part of the palace yard

• "batu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

• batowi

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.tu/
• Rhymes: -atu
• Syllabification: ba‧tu

batu m

1. dative singular of bat

batu (Cyrillic spelling бату)

1. dative/locative singular of bat

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

batu (Sundanese script ᮘᮒᮥ)

1. rock; stone

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu.

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /batu/ [baˈt̪u]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: ba‧tu

batu (Sulat Sūg spelling بَتُ)

1. stone
2. rock