sorangan

Sundanese

Sundanese register set
lemes	nyalira
lemes ka sorangan	{{{les}}}
lemes ka batur	{{{leb}}}
loma	sorangan
cohag	{{{co}}}

Etymology

Analyzed as sa- +‎ urang +‎ -an. Compare Banjarese saurangan/surangan (“alone, oneself”), Malay seorang (“one (of a person)”).

Adjective

sorangan (Sundanese script ᮞᮧᮛᮍᮔ᮪)

1. alone, by oneself

   Manéhna hirup sorangan

   He lives alone

2. own

   batur sorangan

   one's own friend

Pronoun

sorangan (Sundanese script ᮞᮧᮛᮍᮔ᮪)

1. oneself

   nyilakakeun sorangan

   to harm oneself

Derived terms

• lemes ka sorangan
• nyorangan
• sosoranganan

See also

Sundanese personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person exclusive	lemes	abdi1, sim kuring2	abdi sadayana1, simkuring sadayana2
	loma	urang1, kuring2, kami3, 4	kuring sareréa
	cohag	aing	aing kabéhan
1st person inclusive	lemes	-	urang samudayana
	loma	-	arurang, urang
2nd person	lemes	anjeun, hidep5	aranjeun, haridep5
	loma	manéh, silaing	maranéh
	cohag	sia, dia4	saria, sararia
3rd person	lemes	mantenna6, anjeunna	aranjeunna
	loma	manéhna, inya4, nyana4, inyana4	maranéhna
	cohag	si éta	-
reflexive	lemes	nyalira
	loma	sorangan, diri

¹ Informal.
² Formal.
³ Expressing speaker's superiority.
⁴ Dialectal form.
⁵ Toward younger.
⁶ Respectful.

Notes:

• The personal pronouns may vary depending on the dialect.
• The second person pronouns maybe replaced by kinship terms, titles, or the like.
• The second and third person singular pronouns maybe used plurally.

See each entry for more information.

Further reading

• Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij