walau

• IPA^(key): /wà.làu/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [wə̀.làu]

wàlàu

1. showing open palms

From Malay walau, from Arabic وَلَوْ (walaw, “albeit”).^[1]

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈwalau̯/ [ˈwa.lau̯]
• Rhymes: -alau̯
• Syllabification: wa‧lau

walau

1. even if (regardless of whether)

   Synonym: bahkan jika

2. though (despite the fact that)

   Synonym: meski

• “walau”, 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

From Arabic ولو

walau

1. even if
2. though

• meski / مسكي
• kendati / كنداتي

• “walau”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017