batu

See also: Batu, ba'tu, batû, bátu, and Ba Tư

Languages (29)

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English

Noun

batu (uncountable)

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

Anagrams

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

Balinese

Etymology

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

Noun

batu (Balinese script ᬩᬢᬸ)

1. stone

   Alternative form: watu

References

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

Further reading

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

Banjarese

Etymology

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

Noun

batu

1. stone

Basque

Etymology

From bat (“one”) +‎ -tu.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

1. to unite, to unify, to collect

Derived terms

• Ameriketako Estatu Batuak (“United States of America”)
• batu-banatu izan
• batugai (“addend”)
• batugailu
• batukari
• batuketa (“sum”)
• batura
• Erresuma Batua (“United Kingdom”)
• euskara batua (“standard Basque”)

Further reading

• “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

Betawi

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

batu

1. stone; rock
2. electric battery cell

   Synonym: batu bateré

   Tu bateré kaga' batunya.

   That flashlight has no battery.

Adjective

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!

Derived terms

• batu bateré
• batu ketipé
• batu kolar
• kena batunya
• ketemu batunya

Further reading

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

Brunei Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

batu

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

Bunun

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *batux.

Noun

batu

1. stone

Further reading

• 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

Central Malay

Etymology

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

Noun

batu

1. stone

Cocos Islands Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈba.t̪u]

Noun

batu

1. stone

Dibabawon Manobo

Etymology

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

Noun

batu

1. stone

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbatu/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -atu
• Syllabification: ba‧tu

Verb

batu

1. imperative of bati

Fula

Noun

batu o (plural batuuji ɗi)

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

   Synonyms: kawrital, jiidal, yewto

References

• 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.

Iban

Etymology

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

Noun

batu

1. stone

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.tu/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -atu
• Hyphenation: ba‧tu

Etymology 1

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”)

Noun

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

Adjective

batu

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

Classifier

batu

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

Derived terms

• batu-batuan
• batuan
• bebatuan
• berbatu
• berbatu-batu
• berbatuan
• membatu
• membatui
• pembatuan

Compounds

• batu air
• batu ajuk
• batu akik
• batu akuamarin
• batu alam
• batu ambar
• batu amber
• batu amril
• batu anggur
• batu anting
• batu api
• batu apung
• batu arang
• batu asahan
• batu badar
• batu bata
• batu baur
• batu belah
• batu belanda
• batu berani
• batu bersurat
• batu bertulis
• batu besi
• batu bintang
• batu canai
• batu cermin
• batu dacin
• batu damar
• batu delima
• batu duga
• batu empedu
• batu endapan
• batu gamping
• batu gantung
• batu gelas
• batu geliga
• batu gelondongan
• batu geretan
• batu giling
• batu ginjal
• batu giok
• batu gips
• batu hampar
• batu hangat
• batu hidup
• batu jala
• batu kail
• batu kali
• batu kapur
• batu karang
• batu kawi
• batu kawin
• batu kecubung
• batu kenong
• batu kepala
• batu keping
• batu kilir
• batu kisaran
• batu kolar
• batu koral
• batu kubur
• batu kulansing
• batu lada
• batu ladung
• batu lahar
• batu lantai
• batu lengan
• batu litografi
• batu loncatan
• batu lumut
• batu marmer
• batu mata kucing
• batu merah
• batu minyak
• batu nisan
• batu padas
• batu paras
• batu pelinggam
• batu penarung
• batu pengalang
• batu perum
• batu petir
• batu pijakan
• batu pirus
• batu pualam
• batu ratna cempaka
• batu sabak
• batu safir
• batu sandungan
• batu sauh
• batu semberani
• batu sempadan
• batu sendi
• batu serawak
• batu serpih
• batu susu
• batu tahu
• batu tapakan
• batu telerang
• batu telinga
• batu tetes
• batu timbang
• batu timbul
• batu topas
• batu tulis
• batu tungku
• batu turkois
• batu ubin
• batu uji
• batu ultramarin
• batu umpak
• batu unam
• batu urat
• batu zamrud

• kepala batu (“rock headed”)

Etymology 2

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

Verb

batu

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

Further reading

• “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

Isubu

Noun

batu

1. plural of motu: men

References

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

Javanese

Romanization

batu

1. romanization of ꦧꦠꦸ

Kapampangan

Etymology

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

Noun

batu

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

Keley-I Kallahan

Etymology

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

Noun

batu

1. stone; rock

Limos Kalinga

Etymology

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

Noun

batú

1. stone

Lingala

Etymology

See Lingala motu.

Noun

batu class 2

1. people

Malay

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Malaysia):

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

Derived terms

• batuan
• membatu
• pembatuan

• air batu
• anak batu
• arang batu
• batu api
• batu apung
• batu arang
• batu bata
• batu berani
• batu besi
• batu karang
• batu nisan
• batu puala
• jambu batu
• kepala batu

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

Semantic loan from English milestone.

Noun

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

1. mile (unit of measurement)

Synonyms

• mil (Indonesia)

References

• 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

Further reading

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

Maltese

Pronunciation

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

Verb

batu

1. plural imperative of bata

Matigsalug Manobo

Etymology

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

Noun

batu

1. stone; rock

Minangkabau

Etymology

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

Noun

batu

1. stone

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

batu

1. golden grain

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦧꦠꦸ (batu)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

batu

1. certain part of the palace yard

Further reading

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

Polish

Alternative forms

• batowi

Pronunciation

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

Noun

batu m

1. dative singular of bat

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

batu (Cyrillic spelling бату)

1. dative/locative singular of bat

Sundanese

Etymology

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

Noun

batu (Sundanese script ᮘᮒᮥ)

1. rock; stone

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

batu (Sulat Sūg spelling بَتُ)

1. stone
2. rock

Derived terms

• atay-batu
• batu balani
• batu hihilug
• batu lantup
• kabatuhan
• mabatu (rocky; stony)
• tubig batu (ice)