orang
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
orang (plural orangs)
- An orangutan.
- 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 115:
- To judge from its sinuses, Hispanopithecus crusafonti is the earliest known hominine (the group including all great apes except orangs).
Anagrams edit
Iban edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayic *uraŋ (“outsider”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀaŋ (“outsider”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
orang
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay orang, from Old Malay urang, from Proto-Malayic *uraŋ (“person”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀaŋ (“outsider”). Doublet of bong and wong.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
orang (plural orang-orang, first-person possessive orangku, second-person possessive orangmu, third-person possessive orangnya)
- human, person
- a vassal; a subject.
- a subordinate.
- a person who belongs to a particular group,
- citizen
- Synonyms: rakyat, warga negara
- inhabitant
- Synonym: penduduk
- race, ethnic
- Synonym: suku bangsa
- foreigner
- citizen
- third person
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
- orang aluan
- orang am
- orang antum
- orang asing
- orang atasan
- orang awak
- orang awam
- orang banyak
- orang Barat
- orang batu
- orang belakang
- orang besar
- orang biasa
- orang buangan
- orang dagang
- orang dalam
- orang gajian
- orang gedean
- orang halimunan
- orang halus
- orang hanyut
- orang helat
- orang hilir
- orang hulu
- orang hutan
- orang jauh
- orang kampung
- orang kaya
- orang keblangsak
- orang kota
- orang kulit putih
- orang luar
- orang luntang-lantung
- orang lurus
- orang merdeka
- orang muda
- orang ombak
- orang palung
- orang pangan
- orang patut
- orang pesisir
- orang pintar
- orang ramai
- orang rumah
- orang sabun
- orang sebelah
- orang semenda
- orang setangga
- orang sipil
- orang tani
- orang tengah
- orang tepi
- orang tua
- orang Tugu
- orang udik
- orang utan
Classifier edit
orang (singular seorang)
Conjunction edit
orang
- (colloquial) because
- Synonym: karena
Further reading edit
- “orang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayic *uraŋ (“person”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀaŋ (“outsider”). Possible cognate with Javanese wong.
First attested in the Telaga Batu inscription, 683 CE, as Old Malay [script needed] (urang).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
orang (Jawi spelling اورڠ, informal 1st possessive orangku, 2nd possessive orangmu, 3rd possessive orangnya)
Classifier edit
orang (singular seorang)
- a (for people)
Derived terms edit
Maranao edit
Noun edit
orang
References edit
- A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya