Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/datu

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *datu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /da.tu/

Noun

*datu

king

Descendants

Proto-Philippine:
- Central Philippine
  - Mansakan
    - Mandayan
      - Mansaka: dato (“chief”)
  - Palawanic
    - Palawan Batak: datu
  - Tagalog: datu
  - Visayan
    - Cebuano: dato, datu (“rich man”)
- Manobo
  - North Manobo
    - Higaonon: datu (“king”)
Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian: *fatu
- Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
  - Proto-Oceanic:
    - Fijian: ratu
    - Proto-Polynesian: *ɸatu
      - Hawaiian: haku
Old Javanese: ḍatu, ratu
- Javanese: ꦝꦠꦸ (dhatu)
- Javanese: ꦫꦠꦸ (ratu)
- → Balinese: ᬭᬢᬸ (ratu)
- → Malay: ratu
  - Indonesian: ratu
Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
- Proto-Malayo-Chamic:
  - Proto-Malayic: *datu
    - Malay: datu, datuk, datung, datuk, datok; atuk; tuk
      - Indonesian: datu
      - Indonesian: datuk
      - → Hokkien: 拿督
  - Balinese: ᬤᬢᬸ (datu)