episyente
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Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish eficiente.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔepisˈjente/ [ʔɛ.pɪˈʃɛn.tɛ]
- Rhymes: -ente
- Syllabification: e‧pis‧yen‧te
Adjective
[edit]episyente (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)
- efficient
- Synonym: matalab
- 2015, Virgilio S. Almario, Pagpaplanong Wika at Filipino[1], archived from the original on 27 August 2018, page 120:
- Hindi sapat ang wasto at episyenteng wika; gusto ng tao na mapaunlad at maging kasangkapan niya sa pag-unlad ang kaniyang wika.
- Correct and efficient language is not sufficient; the people desire progress and that language become their implement for progress.
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “episyente”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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