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datuk.

grandfather

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈdatuʔ/Standard-Indonesian[ˈda.t̪ʊʔ]Standard-Indonesian

  1. grandfather

  2. elder

  3. title for elder

  4. traditional chief

    dialectal

  5. genie, jinn

    dialectal

  6. synonym of harimau (“tiger”)

    dialectal · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay datuk, from Proto-Malayic *datuʔ (“head of a clan, elderly leader”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu, from Proto-Austronesian *datu. Doublet of datu, datung, and ratu.

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