tenyente

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish teniente, from tener.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tenˈjente/ [t̪en̪ˈjin̪.t̪e]
  • Hyphenation: ten‧yen‧te

Noun

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tenyente

  1. (military) lieutenant (lowest commissioned officer rank or ranks in many military forces)

Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish teniente, from Latin tenentem. Doublet of tininte.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tenyente (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ) (military)

  1. lieutenant
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Further reading

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  • tenyente”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018