atau

Language

See also: atáu and ʻatau

Indonesian

Alternative forms

atawa (1901–1947)
ataoe (1901–1947)

Etymology

From earlier ataoe, from Malay Category:Indonesian terms inherited from Malay#ATAU Category:Indonesian terms derived from Malay#ATAU atau (“or”), from Old Malay Category:Indonesian terms inherited from Old Malay#ATAU Category:Indonesian terms derived from Old Malay#ATAU अथवा (athavā)Category:Malay terms in nonstandard scripts#ATAU, from Pali Category:Indonesian terms derived from Pali#ATAU atha vā (“or”), from Sanskrit Category:Indonesian terms derived from Sanskrit#ATAU अथो (atho) < अथवा (athavā, “or, rather”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈatau̯/ [ˈa.t̪au̯]Category:Indonesian 2-syllable words#ATAU Category:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#ATAU
Audio: (file)
Category:Indonesian terms with audio pronunciation#ATAU
Rhymes: -atau̯Category:Rhymes:Indonesian/atau̯#ATAU Category:Rhymes:Indonesian/atau̯/2 syllables#ATAU
Syllabification: a‧tau

Conjunction

atauCategory:Indonesian lemmas#ATAU Category:Indonesian conjunctions#ATAU Category:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#ATAU Category:Pages with entries#ATAU Category:Pages with 3 entries#ATAU

or

Further reading

“atau”, 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

Japanese

Romanization

atauCategory:Japanese non-lemma forms#ATAU Category:Japanese romanizations#ATAU Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes#ATAU Category:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#ATAU Category:Pages with entries#ATAU Category:Pages with 3 entries#ATAU

Rōmaji transcription of あたう

Malay

Alternative forms

atawa (uncommon)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit Category:Malay terms borrowed from Sanskrit#ATAU Category:Malay terms derived from Sanskrit#ATAU अथवा (athavā, “or, rather”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [a.tau̯]Category:Malay 2-syllable words#ATAU Category:Malay terms with IPA pronunciation#ATAU
Rhymes: -tau̯, -au̯Category:Rhymes:Malay/tau̯#ATAU Category:Rhymes:Malay/au̯#ATAU Category:Rhymes:Malay/au̯/2 syllables#ATAU
Hyphenation: a‧tau

Conjunction

atau (Jawi spelling اتاو)Category:Malay lemmas#ATAU Category:Malay conjunctions#ATAU Category:Malay entries with incorrect language header#ATAU Category:Pages with entries#ATAU Category:Pages with 3 entries#ATAU

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
  Category:Malay terms with quotations#ATAU

Further reading

"atau" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Category:Indonesian 2-syllable words Category:Indonesian conjunctions Category:Indonesian lemmas Category:Indonesian terms derived from Malay Category:Indonesian terms derived from Old Malay Category:Indonesian terms derived from Pali Category:Indonesian terms derived from Sanskrit Category:Indonesian terms inherited from Malay Category:Indonesian terms inherited from Old Malay Category:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Indonesian terms with audio pronunciation Category:Japanese non-lemma forms Category:Japanese romanizations Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes Category:Malay 2-syllable words Category:Malay conjunctions Category:Malay lemmas Category:Malay terms borrowed from Sanskrit Category:Malay terms derived from Sanskrit Category:Malay terms in nonstandard scripts Category:Malay terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Malay terms with quotations Category:Pages with 3 entries Category:Pages with entries Category:Rhymes:Indonesian/atau̯ Category:Rhymes:Indonesian/atau̯/2 syllables Category:Rhymes:Malay/au̯ Category:Rhymes:Malay/au̯/2 syllables Category:Rhymes:Malay/tau̯