atau

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See also: atáu and ʻatau

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier ataoe, from Malay atau (“or”), from Old Malay अथवा (athavā), from Pali atha vā (“or”), from Sanskrit अथो (atho) < अथवा (athavā, “or, rather”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /atau̯/
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Conjunction

atau

  1. or

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अथवा (athavā, “or, rather”).

Pronunciation

Conjunction

atau (Jawi spelling اتاو)

  1. or
    • 1812, William Marsden, A Dictionary of the Malayan language in two parts, Malayan and English and English and Malayan‎, →OCLC, page 2:
      Pada sūltan atau pada mantrī-nia
      To the sultan or to his ministers
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