dia orang

• diorang, dorang

Calque of Hokkien 伊儂 / 伊侬 (i-lâng, “they; them; their”, literally “he/she people”). Originally Baba Malay.^[1] Compare kita orang and kau orang.

• (short form):
  • IPA^(key): [di.o.raŋ]

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  • IPA^(key): [do.raŋ]

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• (full form, uncommon):
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [di.ə ʔo.raŋ]

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  • (Baku) IPA^(key): [di.a ʔo.raŋ]

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• Hyphenation: di‧a o‧rang

dia orang

1. (informal) Third person plural pronoun; they, them.

   Synonyms: mereka (formal), depa (Kedah)

   Dia orang tengah buat apa?

   What are they doing?

• “dia orang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.