batau
See also: Ba Tàu
Indonesian
Etymology
From Hokkien 媌頭 / 媌头 (bâ-thâu), from 媌 (bâ, “prostitute”) + 頭/头 (thâu, “chief; boss; leader”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.taʊ̯/
- Hyphenation: ba‧tau
Noun
batau
- (informal) alternative form of baktau
Alternative forms
Further reading
- “batau”, 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