Chapter 6. Dictionary Tetun - English

Table of Contents

Dictionary Tetun A
Dictionary Tetun B
Dictionary Tetun D
Dictionary Tetun E
Dictionary Tetun F
Dictionary Tetun G
Dictionary Tetun H
Dictionary Tetun I
Dictionary Tetun J
Dictionary Tetun K
Dictionary Tetun L
Dictionary Tetun M
Dictionary Tetun N
Dictionary Tetun O
Dictionary Tetun R
Dictionary Tetun S
Dictionary Tetun T
Dictionary Tetun U

(P) = Portuguese word

(I) = Indonesian word

Dictionary Tetun A

AAS, high, tall

AAT, bad, evil

ABAN, tomorrow

ABUT, root

AGORA (P), now

AHI, fire

AHI ANAR, ember, glowing coal

AHI HAHAN, cook by charring

AHI KELAN, ash

AHI KOSE, AI KOSE, match

AHI LAKAN, flame

AHI OAN, lamp

AHI SUAR, smoke

AHU, lime

AHU KRESAN, ash

AI, tree, wood, firewood

AI ABUT, root

AI BALU, box, chest

AI BEN, AI UEN, sap, juice, resin

AI BUBUR METAN, eucalyptus (black)

AI DILA, pawpaw tree

AI DILA FUAN, pawpaw fruit

AI FARINA, cassava flour

AI FUAN, fruit

AI FUAN ISIN, edible portion of fruit

AI FUAN KULIT, fruit skin

AI FUAN MUSAN, fruit seed

AI FUNAN, flower

AU FUNAN KINAS, petal

AI HUN, tree base

AI KAMELI, sandalwood

AI KEBELAK, plank, board

AI KULIT, bark of tree

AI LARAN, ALAS, forest

AI LELE, kapok

AI LIA, ginger

AI LOLON, trunk of a tree

AI LOS, straight tree

AI LUKA, AI FARINA, cassava

AI MAHON, shade

AI MANAS, chilli

AI MORUK, medicine

AI NAR, rose bush

AI RAHUN, sawdust

AI RII, AI RIIN, stake, post

AI SNAK, branch of a tree

AI SAR, broom

AI SARIAN, mahogany tree

AI SUAK, digging stick

AI TAHAN, leaf

AI TAHAN DIKIN, shoot

AI TAHAN SOKAT, young leaf

AI TARAK, thorn

AI FUKUN, knot in tree

AIN, leg, foot

AIN FATIN, footprint

AIN HIRA, how many sticks

AI SUKAT, measuring stick

AKA, sago

ALIN, younger brother

ALIN FETO, younger sister

ALU, ALUN, pestle

AMAK, masculine

AMAN, father, male of animals

AMAN BOOT, uncle older than father

AMAN KI'IK, uncle younger than father

AMAN SARANI, godfather

AMAN TUAN, grandfather

AMI, we (exclusive)

AMIGU (P), friend

ANANAS (P), pineapple

ANAR, ash (see AHI NAR)

ANIN, wind

ANIN BOOT, strong wind

ANIN FUIK, cyclone

ASU, dog

ASU (P), steel, hard

ASU KUTIN, dog flea

ATAN, slave

ATEN METAN, liver

ATUS, hundred

AU, bamboo

AU TOUHU, sugarcane