kitorang

Malay

Etymology

Contraction of kita orang.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kiˈtoraŋ/ [kiˈt̪o.raŋ]

Pronoun

kitorang

  1. (informal) we; us; our

North Moluccan Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kiˈtɔraŋ/
  • Hyphenation: ki‧to‧rang

Pronoun

kitorang

  1. (uncommon, sounds formal) alternative form of torang

Papuan Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Malay kita orang, kitorang.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kitoraŋ/, [ki.ˈtɔ.ɾɐŋ]

Pronoun

kitorang

  1. we, first-person plural personal pronoun
    Synonym: kita
    • 2008 October 6, Papuan Malay corpus, recording 22, line 168:
      ada setang datang ganggu-ganggu kitorang
      there is an evil spirit who comes and continuously bothers us

References

  • Kluge, Angela (2017) A grammar of Papuan Malay (Studies in Diversity Linguistics 11), Berlin: Language Science Press, →DOI, pages 199, 577
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