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orang.

human, person

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈoraŋ/Standard-Indonesian[ˈo.raŋ]Standard-Indonesian

  1. human, person

  2. a vassal; a subject

  3. a subordinate

  4. a person who belongs to a particular group, citizen

  5. a person who belongs to a particular group, inhabitant

  6. a person who belongs to a particular group, race, ethnic

  7. a person who belongs to a particular group, foreigner

  8. third person

    third-person
Where this word comes from

From Malay orang, from Old Malay urang, from Proto-Malayic *uraŋ (“person”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀaŋ (“outsider”). Doublet of bong and wong. There has been no explanation yet behind the development of the conjunction sense.

conj/ˈoraŋ/Standard-Indonesian[ˈo.raŋ]Standard-Indonesian

  1. because (in actuality)

    colloquial · dialectal
    orang gak keliatan, gimana sih!
    "orang salah kirim", lah, "orang iseng-iseng", lah
Where this word comes from

From Malay orang, from Old Malay urang, from Proto-Malayic *uraŋ (“person”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀaŋ (“outsider”). Doublet of bong and wong. There has been no explanation yet behind the development of the conjunction sense.

classifier/ˈoraŋ/Standard-Indonesian[ˈo.raŋ]Standard-Indonesian

  1. used to count humans

    formal
    dua orang anak
Where this word comes from

From Malay orang, from Old Malay urang, from Proto-Malayic *uraŋ (“person”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀaŋ (“outsider”). Doublet of bong and wong. There has been no explanation yet behind the development of the conjunction sense.

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