kitorang

Malay

Etymology

Contraction of kita orang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.to.räŋ/

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

• kitong, torang, tong (short 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