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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.)
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