orang

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔˈræŋ/, /oʊˈræŋ/, /əˈɹæŋ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

orang (plural orangs)

1. (informal) Clipping of orangutan.
   • 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 81:

     Three days after I had shot this one and lost it, Charles found three small Orangs feeding together.

   • 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

• nagor, grano, angor, organ, rango, groan, rag on, Goran, Organ, Ongar, Angor, Agron, argon, Garon, Rogan, Grano, Ragon, Ronga

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *uraŋ (“outsider”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀaŋ (“outsider”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uəraəŋ/
• Rhymes: -aəŋ
• Hyphenation: o‧rang

Noun

orang

1. person, people

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay orang, from Old Malay urang, from Proto-Malayic *uraŋ (“person”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀaŋ (“outsider”). Doublet of bong and wong.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈoraŋ/ [ˈo.raŋ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oraŋ
• Syllabification: o‧rang

Noun

orang (plural orang-orang)

1. human, person

   Synonyms: insan, manusia

2. a vassal; a subject

   Synonyms: suruhan, taklukan

3. a subordinate

   Synonyms: anak buah, bawahan

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

      Synonyms: rakyat, warga negara

   2. inhabitant

      Synonym: penduduk

   3. race, ethnic

      Synonyms: etnik, kaum, ras, suku bangsa

   4. foreigner
5. third person

   Synonyms: orang ketiga, orang lain

Derived terms

• berorang-orang
• keseorangan
• mengorangkan
• orang-orangan
• orkay
• perorangan
• perseorangan
• seorang
• seseorang

Compounds

• 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

orang (singular seorang)

1. (chiefly formal) used to count humans

   dua orang anak ― two [people of] children

Conjunction

orang

1. (dialectal or obsolete) because (in actuality)

   Synonyms: sebab, gara-gara, karena, lantaran, soalnya

   orang gak keliatan, gimana sih!

   it's because I can't see, the hell!

   "orang salah kirim", lah, "orang iseng-iseng", lah

   "that's because I missend", you said, "that's because I'm curious", you said

Usage notes

Used as conjunction to explain something by someone being asked, usually when cornered.

Further reading

• “orang”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Alternative forms

• org (abbreviation, Internet, text messaging)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *uraŋ (“person”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀaŋ (“outsider”). Possible cognate with Javanese wong. For the pronoun senses, Calque of Hokkien 儂 / 侬 (lâng).

First attested in the Telaga Batu inscription, 683 CE, as Old Malay [script needed] (urang).

Pronunciation

• (Baku, schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈoraŋ/ [ˈo.raŋ]

• Audio (Malaysia):

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• Rhymes: -oraŋ, -aŋ
• Hyphenation: o‧rang

Noun

orang (Jawi spelling اورڠ, plural orang-orang or orang²)

1. person; people
2. human being

   Synonym: manusia

Derived terms

Affixations

• berorang

Compounds

• orang utan

Descendants

• > Indonesian: orang (inherited)

Classifier

orang (Jawi spelling اورڠ, singular seorang)

1. classifier for human beings

   seorang lelaki ― a man

Pronoun

orang (Jawi spelling اورڠ)

1. (usually used to parent or the elderly) I, me, my, one

   Synonym: saya

   Orang tak buat semua benda ni. Sumpah!

   I didn't do all of these. (I) swear!

Derived terms

Compounds

• dia orang (“they; them; their”)
• kita orang (“we; us; our”)

Further reading

• "orang" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Maranao

Noun

orang

1. scorpion

References

• Howard P. McKaughan, Batua A. Macaraya (1967), A Maranao Dictionary‎^[1] (overall work in Maranao and English), University of Hawaii Press