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.

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ratu m (plural ratos)

1. mouse

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)

From Javanese ratu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu.

ratu (plural ratu-ratu, first-person possessive ratuku, second-person possessive ratumu, third-person possessive ratunya)

1. A monarch, usually addressing a female one (a queen).

From Old Javanese ratu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu.

ratu

1. king, queen, monarch.

From Portuguese rato.

ratu

1. mouse
2. rat

ratū

1. ablative supine of reōr

ratu m

1. accusative singular form of rats
2. instrumental singular form of rats
3. genitive plural form of rats

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu (compare Fijian ratu, Indonesian ratu, Javanese ratu).

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

ratu

1. a monarch
   1. a queen
   2. (obsolete) a king

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu.

ratu

1. king

• Javanese : ratu