oryente

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish oriente.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔoɾˈjente/ [ʔoɾˈjɛn̪.t̪ɛ]
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Syllabification: or‧yen‧te

Noun

oryente (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

  1. (uncommon) orient; east
    Synonyms: silangan, este

Coordinate terms

compass points:  [edit]

hilagang-kanluran hilaga hilagang-silangan
kanluran silangan
timog-kanluran timog timog-silangan

Further reading

  • oryente”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018