torang

Manado Malay

Etymology

From North Moluccan Malay torang, from Malay kita orang.

Pronoun

torang

1. we: plural, first-person pronoun

North Moluccan Malay

Alternative forms

• kitorang
• tong

Etymology

From Malay kitorang. Compare to dorang.

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

torang

1. First person plural pronoun, both exclusive and inclusive: we, us, our

   Torang mo pi di pante.

   We are going to beach.

   Depe mama kase torang makanan.

   Her mother gave us food.

   Torang pe ikang so masa.

   Our fish is cooked.

See also

North Moluccan Malay personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person	long	kita, saya	torang
	short	ta	tong
2nd person	long	ngana	ngoni
	short	nga	ngo
3rd person	long	dia	dorang
	short	de	dong
reflexive		diri
emphatic		sandiri

The short forms are mostly dependant.
The second person pronouns are usually avoided
when talking to someone of higher status or older.
See each entry for more information.

Papuan Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toraŋ/, [ˈtɔ.ɾɐŋ]

Pronoun

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

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