# batu
## English
### Noun

batu (uncountable)
* (Hawaii, colloquial) The drug methamphetamine hydrochloride, crystal meth.

### Anagrams

* buat, Ṭūbā, tabu, Taub, buta, abut, tuba, Tuba

## Balinese
### Romanization

batu
* Romanization of ᬩᬢᬸ.

## Banjarese
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

### Noun

batu
* stone

## Basque
### Etymology

From bat (“one”) +‎ -tu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /batu/ [ba.t̪u]
* Rhymes: -atu, -u
* Hyphenation: ba‧tu

### Verb

batu da/du (imperfect participle batzen, future participle batuko, short form bat, verbal noun batze)
* to unite, to unify, to collect

#### Derived terms

* Ameriketako Estatu Batuak (“United States of America”)
* batu-banatu izan
* batugai (“addend”)
* batugailu
* batukari
* batuketa (“sum”)
* batura
* Erresuma Batua (“United Kingdom”)
* euskara batua (“standard Basque”)

### Further reading

* “batu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
* “batu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Brunei Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *batu (compare Malay batu), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /batu/
* Hyphenation: ba‧tu

### Noun

batu
* rock or stone of any size, including boulder and pebble

## Central Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

### Noun

batu
* stone

## Cocos Islands Malay
### Etymology

Inherited from Malay batu, from Proto-Malayic *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈba.t̪u]

### Noun

batu
* stone

## Dibabawon Manobo
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

### Noun

batu
* stone

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

batu
* imperative of bati

## Fula
### Noun

batu o (plural batuuji ɗi)
* (Maasina) meeting, assembly, council, court, entourage
    Synonyms: kawrital, jiidal, yewto

### References

* D. Osborn, D. Dwyer, et J. Donohoe, Lexique Fulfulde (Maasina)-Anglais-Français: Une compilation basée sur racines et tirée de sources existantes, suivie de listes en anglais-fulfulde et français-fulfulde, East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1993.
* Richard Smith, Urs Niggli, Dictionnaire fulfulde - anglais - français, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2016.

## Iban
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

### Noun

batu
* stone

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Malay batu, from Proto-Malayic *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.
* For the sense of battery, compare to dialectal Chinese 電石／电石 (“battery”, literally “electric stone”) and Japanese 電石(エレクトレット) (erekutoretto, “electret”).
* For the sense of gemstone and agate, compare to Baba Malay batu (“gem”, literally “stone”) and Japanese 石(せき) (seki, counter for gemstones).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈba.tu/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -atu
* Hyphenation: ba‧tu

### Noun

batu
* stone, rock
* rock (a formation of minerals)
    Synonym: batuan
* agate
    Synonym: (more common) akik
* an artificial jewel, especially one that is used to smooth the shafts of a watch
* flint (a hard fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck)
* (uncommon) battery
    Synonym: (more common) baterai
* milestone (one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals)
    Synonym: tonggak

### Adjective

batu
* (figurative) rocky, stony (not easily affected or impressed; obdurate; unfeeling)

### Classifier

batu
* (chiefly obsolete) a classifier used for counting teeth and pawns

#### Derived terms

* batu-batuan
* batuan
* bebatuan
* berbatu
* berbatu-batu
* berbatuan
* membatu
* membatui
* pembatuan

#### Compounds

* batu air
* batu ajuk
* batu akik
* batu akuamarin
* batu alam
* batu ambar
* batu amber
* batu amril
* batu anggur
* batu anting
* batu api
* batu apung
* batu arang
* batu asahan
* batu badar
* batu bata
* batu baur
* batu belah
* batu belanda
* batu berani
* batu bersurat
* batu bertulis
* batu besi
* batu bintang
* batu canai
* batu cermin
* batu dacin
* batu damar
* batu delima
* batu duga
* batu empedu
* batu endapan
* batu gamping
* batu gantung
* batu gelas
* batu geliga
* batu gelondongan
* batu geretan
* batu giling
* batu ginjal
* batu giok
* batu gips
* batu hampar
* batu hangat
* batu hidup
* batu jala
* batu kail
* batu kali
* batu kapur
* batu karang
* batu kawi
* batu kawin
* batu kecubung
* batu kenong
* batu kepala
* batu keping
* batu kilir
* batu kisaran
* batu kolar
* batu koral
* batu kubur
* batu kulansing
* batu lada
* batu ladung
* batu lahar
* batu lantai
* batu lengan
* batu litografi
* batu loncatan
* batu lumut
* batu marmer
* batu mata kucing
* batu merah
* batu minyak
* batu nisan
* batu padas
* batu paras
* batu pelinggam
* batu penarung
* batu pengalang
* batu perum
* batu petir
* batu pijakan
* batu pirus
* batu pualam
* batu ratna cempaka
* batu sabak
* batu safir
* batu sandungan
* batu sauh
* batu semberani
* batu sempadan
* batu sendi
* batu serawak
* batu serpih
* batu susu
* batu tahu
* batu tapakan
* batu telerang
* batu telinga
* batu tetes
* batu timbang
* batu timbul
* batu topas
* batu tulis
* batu tungku
* batu turkois
* batu ubin
* batu uji
* batu ultramarin
* batu umpak
* batu unam
* batu urat
* batu zamrud

### See also

* kepala batu (“rock headed”)

### Further reading

* “batu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Isubu
### Noun

batu
* plural of motu (men)

### References

* Joseph Merrick, Alfred Saker, A Grammar of the Isubu Tongue (1852)

## Javanese
### Romanization

batu
* Romanization of ꦧꦠꦸ

## Kapampangan
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

### Noun

batu
* stone (substance)
* stone (small piece of stone)

## Keley-I Kallahan
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

### Noun

batu
* stone; rock

## Limos Kalinga
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

### Noun

batú
* stone

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /batu/
* Rhymes: -atu, -tu, -u
* Audio (Malaysia):(file)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayic *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu. Cognate with Hawaiian pōhaku and Tagalog bato.

#### Noun

batu (Jawi spelling باتو, plural batu-batu, informal 1st possessive batuku, 2nd possessive batumu, 3rd possessive batunya)
* stone (substance)
* stone (small piece of stone)
* (figurative) anything hard.
    Keras macam batu.Hard as rock.

##### Derived terms

* batuan
* membatu
* pembatuan
* air batu
* anak batu
* arang batu
* batu api
* batu apung
* batu arang
* batu bata
* batu berani
* batu besi
* batu karang
* batu nisan
* batu puala
* jambu batu
* kepala batu

##### Descendants

* Indonesian: batu
* Cocos Islands Malay: batu
* → Hokkien: 礣砥 (bá-tû)

### Etymology 2

Semantic loan from English milestone.

#### Noun

batu (Jawi spelling باتو, plural batu-batu, informal 1st possessive batuku, 2nd possessive batumu, 3rd possessive batunya)
* mile (unit of measurement)

##### Synonyms

* mil (Indonesia)

### References

* Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “باتو batoe”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 40
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “باتو batu”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 75
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “batu”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 91

### Further reading

* “batu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Maltese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbaː.tu/
* Homophone: bagħtu (except archaically)
* Rhymes: -aːtu

### Verb

batu
* plural imperative of bata

## Matigsalug Manobo
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

### Noun

batu
* stone; rock

## Minangkabau
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

### Noun

batu
* stone

## Old Javanese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /batu/
* Hyphenation: ba‧tu

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

#### Noun

batu
* golden grain

##### Descendants

* Javanese: ꦧꦠꦸ (batu)

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

batu
* certain part of the palace yard

### Further reading

* "batu" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* batowi

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈba.tu/
* Rhymes: -atu
* Syllabification: ba‧tu

### Noun

batu m
* dative singular of bat

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

batu (Cyrillic spelling бату)
* dative/locative singular of bat

## Sundanese
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

### Noun

batu (Sundanese script ᮘᮒᮥ)
* rock; stone

## Tausug
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu.

### Pronunciation

* (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA: /batu/ [baˈt̪u]
* Rhymes: -u
* Syllabification: ba‧tu

### Noun

batu (Sulat Sūg spelling بَتُ)
* stone
* rock

#### Derived terms

* atay-batu
* batu balani
* batu hihilug
* batu lantup
* kabatuhan
* mabatu (rocky; stony)
* tubig batu (ice)