catu

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay catu, from Old Javanese catu (“portion, part, share”), probably from Tamil சத்து (cattu, “flour”), from Sanskrit सक्तु (saktu, “coarsely ground meal”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃatu]
  • Hyphenation: ca‧tu

Noun

catu (first-person possessive catuku, second-person possessive catumu, third-person possessive catunya)

  1. ration: a portion of some limited resource allocated to a person or group.
    Synonyms: jatah, pelabur, ransum

Derived terms
  • catuan
  • mencatu
  • pencatu
  • pencatuan

Further reading

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀘𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
  • चतु (Devanagari script)
  • চতু (Bengali script)
  • චතු (Sinhalese script)
  • စတု or ၸတု (Burmese script)
  • จตุ or จะตุ (Thai script)
  • ᨧᨲᩩ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຈຕຸ or ຈະຕຸ (Lao script)
  • ចតុ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄌𑄖𑄪 (Chakma script)
Alternative forms
  • catur (Latin script)
  • 𑀘𑀢𑀼𑀭𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • चतुर् (Devanagari script)
  • চতুর্ (Bengali script)
  • චතුර් (Sinhalese script)
  • စတုရ် or ၸတုရ် (Burmese script)
  • จตุรฺ or จะตุร (Thai script)
  • ᨧᨲᩩᩁ᩺ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຈຕຸຣ຺ or ຈະຕຸຣ (Lao script)
  • ចតុរ៑ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄌𑄖𑄪𑄢𑄴 (Chakma script)

Numeral

catu

  1. Alternative form of catur (“four”), which see for further information.

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin catīnus.

Noun

catu

  1. bucket
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