kita orang

Malay

Etymology

Calque of Hokkien 我人／我儂／我侬 (góa-lâng, “we, us”, literally “me people”) and the usage of kita as me.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kitə oraŋ/, /kitoraŋ/, /toraŋ/

Pronoun

kita orang (colloquial, nonstandard usage for kami)

we (exclusive); I and other(s) but not those ones I am addressing to.
us (exclusive); me and other(s) but not those ones I am addressing to.
our (exclusive); my and of other(s) but not of those ones I am addressing to.
ours (if used with milik, kepunyaan, etc.)

Related terms

Further reading

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

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