kita orang
Malay edit
Etymology edit
Calque of Hokkien 我人/我儂/我侬 (góa-lâng, “we, us”, literally “me people”) and the usage of kita as me.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
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 edit
Further reading edit
- “kita orang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.