gātu गातु gātú us, m. going, motion, unimpeded motion, [RV.]; [AV. x, 2, 12] way, course, egress, access, [RV.] (rarely f., [i, 136, 2] and [v, 32, 10]), [AV. xiii]; [VS. ii, 21] progress, increase, welfare, [RV.]; [AV. ii]; [ŚBr. i] free space for moving, place of abode (‘earth’, [Naigh.]), [RV.]; [AV. x], [xiii] (for gā́tave See s.v. √ 1. gā; cf. áriṣṭa-g°, turá-g°, su-g°.) gātú m. a song, [RV.] a singer ([i, 100, 4.] ?), [Uṇ. i, 73] a Gandharva or celestial chorister, [ib.] the male Koïl or Indian cuckoo, [ib.] a bee, [ib.] N. of a descendant of Atri (author of [RV. v, 32]), [RAnukr.] gātú mfn. angry, wrathful, [L.] gātú &c. See √ 1. gā & 3. gā. gātuya गातुय Nom. P. (Impv. 2. sg. °yā: pr. p. °yát; 3. pl. gātūyánti, Pada-pāṭha gātuy°) to wish to obtain or to procure free progress, [RV. i, 52, 8] and [169, 5]; [viii, 16, 12.] gātumat गातुमत् gātu—mát mfn. spacious, commodious (‘having good moving-space’, [Gmn.]), [RV. vii, 54, 3.] gātuvid गातुविद् gātu—víd mfn. clearing the way for unimpeded motion or progress, finding or opening a way, promoting welfare, [RV. i]; [iii, 62, 13] [viii f.]; [AV. vii], [xi]; [xiii, 2, 43.]