"Timor" is derived from ''timur'', the word for "east" in Malay, which became recorded as ''Timor'' in Portuguese, thus resulting in the tautological toponym meaning "East East": In Portuguese ''Timor-Leste'' (''Leste'' being the word for "east"); in Tetum ''Timór Lorosa'e'' (''Lorosa'e'' being the word for "east" (literally "rising sun")). In Indonesian, the country is called ''Timor Timur'', thereby using the Portuguese name for the island followed by the word for "east".