kita orang

• kitorang, torang

Calque of Hokkien 我儂 / 我侬 (góa-lâng, “we; us; our”, literally “me people”), in which kita is likely meant to be a first-person singular pronoun. Compare dia orang and kau orang, and also the development of French on (“we, person”).

• (short form):
  • IPA^(key): [ki.to.raŋ]

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  • IPA^(key): [to.raŋ]
• (full form, uncommon):
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [ki.tə ʔo.raŋ]

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  • (Baku) IPA^(key): [ki.ta ʔo.raŋ]

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• Hyphenation: kita orang

kita orang

1. (informal) Exclusive first person plural pronoun; we, us (excluding the person spoken to).

   Synonym: kami

   Kita orang nak keluar makan kejap. Kau nak ikut?

   We are going out to eat for a bit. You wanna come too?

• Manado Malay: torang
• North Moluccan Malay: torang
• Papuan Malay: kitorang

• dia orang
• kita
• kau orang

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