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orang

Pronunciation: /ˈoraŋ/

“orang” is an Indonesian word. Its 10 meanings in English:

noun

  1. human, person
  2. a vassal; a subject
  3. a subordinate
  4. citizen
  5. inhabitant
  6. race, ethnic
  7. foreigner
  8. third person

classifier

  1. used to count humans

conjunction

  1. because (in actuality)

Etymology

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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