| WMP | ||
| Pangasinan | dátu | leader of a tribal group, chief |
| Ilokano | dato | Muslim ruler |
| Kapampangan | dátu-ʔ | leader, rarely used except with reference to southern Philippines or to olden days |
| Tagalog | dáto-ʔ | high priest; tribal chief in pre-Christian days |
| Masbatenyo | dáto-ʔ | chief, ruler (from Cebuano) |
| Tboli | datu-ʔ | a traditional leader over a group of people living in a particular geographical area … it was expected that the position would be passed on from father to son |
| Aklanon | dátu-ʔ | ruler, king; rich, wealthy, powerful (through money) |
| Cebuano | dátu-ʔ | rich, wealthy; title of a chief, now said only to Muslim leaders |
| Binukid | datu-ʔ | chieftain, mediator |
| Maranao | dato-ʔ | chieftain, leader, boss, lord, master, king, gentleman |
| Manobo (Western Bukidnon) | datu-ʔ | chief, leader |
| Mansaka | dato-ʔ | leader, chief; a is usually someone who has wealth |
| Tiruray | datu-ʔ | a Moslem nobleman; a male leader among superhuman beings |
| Yakan | datu-ʔ | chief, headman |
| Mapun | datu-ʔ | chief; headman; any male member or descendant of a chief’s family |
| anak datu-ʔ | prince, the child of a chief | |
| Tausug | datu-ʔ | prince, any male member of a royal family; a rank bestowed on certain people |
| Gayō | datu | ancestor in the female line |
| Acehnese | datu ~ datoʔ ~ toʔ | grandfather, ancestor; term of address for elders; title for the guardians of traditional law on the west coast; title of animals or things that are regarded as holy or especially feared |
| Sangir | datu | prince, king |
| ka-ra-ratu-aŋ | time or place of ascent to kingship | |
| Dairi-Pakpak Batak | datu | function among animists (‘’) worshipping idols; shaman |
| Simalur | datu-ʔ | head of a kin group and guardian of traditional law |
| Toba Batak | ha-datu-on | skill in the science of the which could sometimes be found in a ’ (political leader; ) |
| datu | shaman, magician, soothsayer, doctor who makes offerings to the spirits, reads the signs in chicken entrails, selects auspicious days, and whose advice is sought in all matters of daily concern | |
| Karo Batak | datu-k | title of the head of the (federations of different villages related through a “mother” village); he is subordinate to the sultan; title of powerful magicians, spirits and deities |
| Malay | dato-k | head of family, elder; used as a term of relationship to or of a grandfather; as a term of distinction to or of any great non-royal chief; as a term of respect to any man of age and standing |
| ke-datu-an | kindgom (of Srivijaya) | |
| datu | ruler, chief … this is the old Malay sovereign title borne by the Srivijaya king of the Kota Kapur inscription (AD 686) | |
| dato-k nenek | ancestors generally | |
| dato-ŋ | grandfather (very literary, and used only of or to one’s own grandfather) | |
| Salako | datuʔ | term of address for one’s parent-in-law |
| Mongondow | datu | lord, prince, king; in earlier times people hardly dared to use the word , and generally called the prince ‘the lord’ |
| ko-datu-an | be designated a prince | |
| Minangkabau | datu-aʔ | title for administrators of customary law; term of address to an elder; grandfather |
| datu | title for a native medical practitioner; clever, learned | |
| Ba'amang | datu-ʔ | great grandparent (PaPaPa) |
| Bare'e | datu | the title of the princes of Luwu’, who until 1906 were the overseers of the Toraja people (from Buginese) |
| Lawangan | datu-ʔ | great grandparent (PaPaPa) |
| Ma'anyan | datu-ʔ | great grandparent (PaPaPa) |
| Samihim | datu | great grandparent (PaPaPa) |
| Makassarese | ka-ratu-aŋ | (old and poetic) princely quality |
| datu | Buginese princely title | |
| ratu | old word for , prince | |
| Sundanese | ratu | prince, king, princess; in south Bantam the highest title for noblewomen |
| Madurese | rato | king |
| Old Javanese | ka-ratu-n | kingship, royal dignity |
| Madurese | ka-rato-n | palace |
| Old Javanese | ratu | king (rarely, queen) |
| Javanese | ratu | king, queen, monarch |
| kraton | palace, court | |
| Balinese | ḍatu | king, chief (an archaic form of ) |
| Sasak | datu | prince |
| Bikol | dáto-ʔ | (archaic) headman, chief; also referring to the rich and influential members of pre-Hispanic Bikol society |
| Proto-South Sulawesi | datu | prince, chieftain |
| CMP | ||
| Boano₂ | latu | chief |
| Manusela | latu | king |
| Alune | latu | village head |
| Paulohi | latu | king |
| Asilulu | latu | king, village chief |
| latu kairupaŋ | the ancient ruler of Asilulu before the descent to the coast, and the spirit which guards over the site of the old village | |
| Nusa Laut | laʔu-l | king |
| Laha | latu | village head, chief |
| Kei | rāt | king, ruler |
| Fordata | ratu | king |
| Yamdena | ratu | great man, king; guardian of the truth; God |
| Sika | ratu | king |
| Ngadha | ratu | lord, king; noble, aristocrat |
| Kambera | marapu ratu | oldest, now deified ancestors from whom superior lineages trace their ancestry |
| ratu | leader in religious ritual; priest | |
| Hawu | ratu | prince |
| Proto-Ambon | datu | king |
| Wetan | rai | chieftain, king; to rule |
| OC | ||
| Fijian | ratu | honorific particle and title of rank before names of males who are chiefs |