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

From Latin rattus.

ratu m (plural ratos)

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

ratu

1. Romanization of ᬭᬢᬸ

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 Old Javanese 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 para ratu, 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

Chess pieces in Indonesian · buah catur (see also: catur) (layout · text)
raja	menteri, patih, ratu, ster	benteng	gajah, loper, menteri, luncung, luncur, peluncur	kuda	bidak, pion, prajurit

• “ratu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

ratu

1. Romanization of ꦫꦠꦸ

From Portuguese rato.

ratu

1. mouse
2. rat

ratū

1. ablative supine of reor

ratu m

1. inflection of rats:
   1. accusative/instrumental singular
   2. genitive plural

From Old Javanese ratu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu. Cognate to Fijian ratu and Javanese ratu. Doublet of datuk, datu, and datung.

• IPA^(key): [ra.tu]
• Rhymes: -tu, -u
• Hyphenation: ra‧tu

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

1. A queen:
   1. A queen regnant.

      Synonym: permaisuri

   2. (uncommon) A queen consort.

      Synonym: permaisuri

   3. (figurative) A title for a female winner in beauty-based contests and others.

      ratu fesyen ― queen of fashion

   4. (sports) The queen piece in chess.

      Synonyms: bendahara, menteri, permaisuri

2. (obsolete) A king.

   Synonyms: raja, sultan, syah, datu (archaic)

The term ratu is usually used for queens regnant while permaisuri is usually used for queens consort.

• Indonesian: ratu

Chess pieces in Malay · buah catur بواه چاتور (layout · text)
raja, syah راج, شاه	bendahara, menteri, permaisuri, ratu بنداهارا, منتري, ڤرمايسوري, راتو	benteng, tir بينتيڠ, تير	gajah ݢاجه	kuda کودا	bidak, piadah, pion بيدق, ڤياده, ڤيون

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

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu. Doublet of ḍatu.

• IPA^(key): /ra.tu/
• Rhymes: -tu
• Hyphenation: ra‧tu

ratu

1. king

• Javanese: ꦫꦠꦸ (ratu)
• → Balinese: ᬭᬢᬸ (ratu)
• → Malay: ratu
  • Indonesian: ratu

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

ratu (Cyrillic spelling рату)

1. dative/locative singular of rat

ratu (Cyrillic spelling рату)

1. accusative singular of rata