Bahasa Melayu

datu

Bahasa Melayu

English

traditional herbalist, medicine man

Datu is a traditional Malay herbalist or healer.

داتو

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  1. Orang kampung itu pergi berjumpa datu untuk mendapatkan ubat herba.

    The villagers went to see the datu to get herbal medicine.

  2. Datu itu merawat pesakit dengan ramuan tradisional.

    The datu treated patients with traditional mixtures.

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datu

Here it refers to a traditional Malay healer.

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Historical MyKamus entry, originally published 30 September 2010.