The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*datu lineage priest (?)

PMP datu lineage priest (?)

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