From root: silang
Usage Note
Pasilangan indicates a direction or movement towards the east.
Examples
" Lumakad ka pasilangan. "
Natural Translation
Walk eastward.
Literal Translation
Walk you eastward.
" Tumingin ka sa pasilangan. "
Natural Translation
Look toward the east.
Literal Translation
Look you to the eastward.
" Kung magmamaneho ka pasilangan ng halos isang oras, makakarating ka sa tabing-dagat na sinasabi ko. "
Natural Translation
If you drive eastward for almost an hour, you will reach the beach I am talking about.
Literal Translation
If will-drive you eastward of almost one hour, can-arrive you at beach that talking-about I.
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