catu

See also: 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 (plural catu-catu)

1. ration: a portion of some limited resource allocated to a person or group

   Synonyms: jatah, pelabur, ransum

Derived terms

• catuan
• mencatu
• pecaton
• pencatu
• pencatuan

• catu cahaya
• catu daya

Further reading

• “catu”, 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

Javanese

Romanization

catu

1. romanization of ꦕꦠꦸ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably from Tamil சத்து (cattu, “flour”), from Sanskrit सक्तु (saktu, “coarsely ground meal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃa.tu/
• Rhymes: -tu
• Hyphenation: ca‧tu

Noun

catu

1. portion, part, share
2. a measure

Derived terms

• acatu

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦕꦠꦸ (catu) (inherited)
• → Indonesian: catu

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 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)

• catur

Alternative scripts

• 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”)

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin catīnus.

Noun

catu

1. bucket