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batu

Pronunciation: /batu/

“batu” is a Malay word. Its 20 meanings in English:

noun

  1. stone; a hard earthen substance that form rocks, can be used as a building material
  2. piece of this material; a smaller stone, pebble
  3. rock; any natural material with a distinctive composition of minerals
  4. any hard and stone-like materials, including concrete, brick, tile etc.
  5. gemstone, jewel, especially agate
  6. calculus, a stone-like deposit
  7. anything small and hard
  8. someone that is unresponsive, stubborn or ignoring advice
  9. testicles
  10. courage
  11. methamphetamine
  12. a closed hand (resembling a rock), that beats scissors but loses to paper
  13. a native anchor, made out of stone

adjective

  1. stony, rock hard
  2. constructed of stone or any stone-like material
  3. heartless, emotionless
  4. stubborn
  5. can't swim, or lack of skills

verb

  1. to be as hard as a rock or stone
  2. to be still, motionless

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batux. Compare with Hawaiian pōhaku and Tagalog bato.

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