kita orang

Malay

Alternative forms

• kitorang, torang

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kita oraŋ/, [kitoraŋ], [toraŋ]

Pronoun

kita orang

1. (colloquial, exclusive) we; us; our

Descendants

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

See also

• dia orang
• kita
• kau orang

Further reading

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