Where does “torang” come from?

torang (Manado Malay) comes from North Moluccan Malay torang, from Malay kitorang, from Malay kita orang, from Chinese 我儂 — I; me; we; us.

torang (Manado Malay): we: plural, first-person pronoun

Definitions

  1. we: plural, first-person pronoun

Ancestry of “torang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1North Moluccan MalaytorangFirst person plural pronoun, both exclusive and inclusive: we, us, our
2Malaykitorangwe; us; our
3Malaykita orangexclusive [[we, us excluding the person spoken to
4Chinese我儂I; me; we; us
Every word from Chinese 我儂 →Every word from Malay kita orang →Every word from Malay kitorang →
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