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torang

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Manado Malay

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Etymology

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From North Moluccan Malay torang, from Malay kita orang.

Pronoun

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torang

  1. we: plural, first-person pronoun

North Moluccan Malay

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Malay kitorang. Compare to dorang.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtɔraŋ/
  • Hyphenation: to‧rang

Pronoun

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torang

  1. First person plural pronoun, both exclusive and inclusive: we, us, our
    Torang mo pi di pante.
    We will go to beach.
    Depe mama kase torang makanan.
    Her mother gave us food.
    Torang pe ikang so masa.
    Our fish is cooked.

See also

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Papuan Malay

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /toraŋ/, [ˈtɔ.ɾɐŋ]

Pronoun

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torang

  1. Short form of kitorang (we).
    • 2023, Wyclyff translators, Melayu Papua, Luke 23:18:
      Tapi dong smua batariak, “Bunu Dia, kas bebas Barabas untuk torang.”
      But all of them shouted, “Kill Him, free Barabbas for us.”
    • 2008 November 15, Papuan Malay corpus, recording 1a, line 282:
      [] itu ana itu, de hormat torang
      [] that is that kid, she respects us

References

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  • Kluge, Angela (2017) A grammar of Papuan Malay (Studies in Diversity Linguistics 11), Berlin: Language Science Press, →DOI, pages 294, 591