bato
Cebuano
noun
Definitions
- a stone; a pebble, rock, or boulder
- a gem
- a calculus in the kidney; a kidney stone
- a gallstone
- (metonym) the kidney
- (bingo) a token, a pebble or seed used to mark a bingo card.
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu inherited from Proto-Austronesian *batu.
Origin
Proto-Austronesian
*batu
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- vatu English
- Batuan Cebuano
- Cabatu Cebuano
- Polambato Cebuano
- balani Cebuano
- batoa Cebuano
- batobalani Cebuano
- batoon Cebuano
- pula Cebuano
- batu Indonesian
- bato Tagalog
- mabato Tagalog
- batu Malay
- batu karang Malay
- batu kawi Malay
- *batu Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- *batu Proto-Austronesian
- *batu Proto-Malayic
- whatu Maori
- *patu Proto-Oceanic
- vato Malagasy
- vatomamy Malagasy
- vorombato Malagasy
- bato Hiligaynon
- vatu Fijian
- bato Ilocano
- bad Palauan
- ᮘᮒᮥ Sundanese
- vatu Bislama
- batu Kapampangan
- bettu Kavalan
- batu Limos Kalinga
- fatu Tsou