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dia orang

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Malay

Alternative forms

diorang, dorang

Etymology

Calque of Hokkien 伊儂／伊侬 (i-lâng, “they; them; their”, literally “he/she people”). Originally Baba Malay.^[1] Compare kita orang and kau orang.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dia oraŋ/, [dioraŋ], [doraŋ]

Pronoun

(informal) they; them; their

References

^ An English-Malay Dictionary, 1916.

Further reading

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

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