oranggutan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• orang-utang
• oranggutang
• urangutang

Etymology

Borrowed from English orangutan, from Malay orang (“person, man”) + hutan (“forest”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔoˈɾaŋɡutan/ [ʔoˌɾaːŋ.ɡʊˈtan]
• Rhymes: -aŋɡutan
• Syllabification: o‧rang‧gu‧tan

Noun

oránggután (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜇᜅ᜔ᜄᜓᜆᜈ᜔)

1. orangutan

Further reading

• “oranggutan” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “oranggutan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018