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Language: Tetun Terik (Fehan dialect)

Source/Author:  Catharina Williams-van Klinken (field notes 1993 and 1995) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:tet  Glottocode: tetu1245 
Notes:  Language name is spelled  
Data Entry:  Typed By: Catharina Williams-van Klinken  Checked By:  
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern:Central Malayo-Polynesian:Timor-Babar:Nuclear Timor 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
86 to grow word info      
178 that      
190 other      
193 if      
194 how? word info      
196 to count      
201 Five word info      
202 Six word info      
203 Seven word info      
204 Eight word info      
205 Nine word info      
206 Ten word info      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
10 dirty fo'er Cliff Morris lists alternative    
28 to breathe hasa'e lit. 'raise/lower breath';    
33 to laugh hanasa      
38 to chew word info haknaan      
38 to chew word info hakmolak?      
38 to chew word info haktamis 'chew noisily'    
39 to cook word info te'in do cooking (in general), boil (food)    
41 to bite tata bite - eg by dog    
41 to bite hanisi sting, bite - eg by insect    
56 child lawarik child (in age)    
56 child oa(n) offspring (Final 'n' is used when possessed)    
69 to hunt word info tama rai (lit 'enter land') 'hunt with dogs'    
72 to hit word info fota slap/hit with stick    
74 to kill ho'o      
80 to split word info hakbaluk 'split wood/slice'    
80 to split word info haknees      
81 sharp kmeik sharp point    
82 dull, blunt kbetek short/blunt (of point)    
84 to plant furi plant seeds    
89 to hold word info kumu      
94 to throw word info soe throw    
103 meat/flesh na'an meat    
104 fat/grease kbokur fat    
111 fish na'an tasi (lit. 'meat sea')    
126 lake ue lihun from Blust 2008    
131 cloud word info kalo'an      
132 fog ababun      
134 thunder kokur      
141 wet botes      
142 heavy ktodan      
143 fire ha'i      
144 to burn word info sunu      
150 yellow kmodok 'yellow, beige    
153 big boot      
156 thin word info ni'is      
157 thick word info ma'ar      
162 old word info ferik old/married (of woman)    
162 old word info katuas old/married (of man)    
165 bad, evil aat      
166 correct, true loos true/straight/correct    
170 when? word info wainhira for questions about future    
170 when? word info hori-hirak for questions about past    
171 to hide word info hakfunin      
175 above leten from Blust 2008    
176 below kraik from Blust 2008    
177 this ne'e from Blust 2008    
179 near kreis from Blust 2008    
181 where? word info iha ne'i be from Blust 2008    
191 all hotu hotu from Blust 2008    
192 and ho from Blust 2008    
4 leg/foot ain   1  
5 to walk la'o   1  
6 road/path dalan   1  
7 to come mai   1  
12 skin kulit   1  
16 intestines teek   1  
17 liver aten   1  
18 breast susun   1  
22 to fear hata'uk   1  
23 blood raan   1  
24 head ulun   1  
26 hair word info fuhuk   1  
27 nose inur   1  
28 to breathe hatuun nawan 'nawan' also means something like 'anger' 1  
31 tooth ne'an   1  
34 to cry tanis   1  
35 to vomit muta   1  
37 to eat haa   1  
38 to chew word info mama mama = 'chew (esp. betel)' 1  
40 to drink hemu   1  
42 to suck susu   1  
44 to hear rona   1  
45 eye matan   1  
54 man/male mane   1  
60 father ama(n) Final 'n' if possessed 1  
61 house uma(n) Final 'n' if possessed 1  
63 name naran   1  
65 rope tali(n)   1  
68 needle daun   1  
70 to shoot word info hana   1  
75 to die, be dead mate   1  
77 to scratch word info ko'i   1  
78 to cut, hack word info taa   1  
79 stick/wood ai   1  
85 to choose hili   1  
93 to pound, beat word info fai pound with point of stick, eg rice 1  
94 to throw word info tuda throw overarm eg spear or stone 1  
96 dog asu   1  
97 bird manu   1  
98 egg tolun e.g. manu-tolun '(bird/chicken) egg' 1  
102 rat laho   1  
104 fat/grease mina oil 1  
105 tail ikun   1  
107 worm (earthworm) latik   1  
108 louse word info utu   1  
111 fish ikan   1  
116 flower funan Preceded by type of flower, or 'ai funan' (lit. 'plant flower') if unidentified or generic 1  
117 fruit fuan Preceded by type of fruit, or 'ai fuan' (lit. 'plant fruit) if unidentified or generic 1  
120 stone fatuk   1  
124 sea tasi   1  
127 woods/forest alas   1  
129 moon fulan   1  
133 rain udan   1  
136 wind anin   1  
138 warm word info manas   1  
139 cold word info malirin   1  
140 dry word info maran   1  
146 ash ahu ahu = 'lime fine ash' 1  
146 ash ahu kresan ahu = 'lime fine ash' 1  
147 black metan   1  
148 white mutin   1  
149 red mean   1  
151 green matak 'green, unripe' 1  
155 long word info naruk   1  
162 old word info tuan old (not of people) 1  
163 new foun   1  
174 in, inside iha ... laran   1  
180 far dook from Blust 2008 1  
182 I ha'u from Blust 2008 1  
183 thou o from Blust 2008 1  
185 we word info ita from Blust 2008 1  
187 they sia from Blust 2008 1  
189 who? word info se from Blust 2008 1  
197 One word info ida from Blust 2008 1  
198 Two word info rua from Blust 2008 1  
199 Three word info tolu from Blust 2008 1  
200 Four word info haat from Blust 2008 1  
59 mother ina(n) Final 'n' if possessed 1, 74  
95 to fall word info monu (general term) 1, 106  
186 you emi from Blust 2008 1, 13  
50 to dream me'i   1, 37  
43 ear tilun   1, 4  
9 to swim nani   1, 45  
73 to steal hana'o   1, 58  
3 right kuana   1, 62  
1 hand liman   1, 64  
76 to live, be alive moris   1, 76  
89 to hold word info kaer   104  
72 to hit word info ta'e hit/punch/slap 109  
128 sky lale'an sky, heaven 10?  
25 neck kakorok   12  
152 small ki'ik   121  
66 to tie up, fasten kesi tie/fasten 124  
51 to sit tuur   15  
64 to say ha'ak   151  
47 to yawn maas   19  
11 dust rai rahun Unsure whether 1?  
29 to sniff, smell hora(n)   1?  
110 spider labadain   1?  
159 wide luan   1?  
184 he/she nea from Blust 2008 1?  
14 belly kabun   2  
15 bone ruin   2  
122 water word info wee   2  
172 to climb word info sa'e   2  
185 we word info ami from Blust 2008 2  
188 what? word info sa from Blust 2008 2  
167 night kalan   20  
173 at iha   20?  
80 to split word info fera 'chop/split' 22  
85 to choose boi   22  
99 feather rahun body hear, feather, particle 24  
90 to dig ke'e   26  
168 day loron   26  
55 woman/female feto   27  
123 to flow suli   28  
113 branch word info sanak   2?  
78 to cut, hack word info tetak 'chop finely' 3  
87 to swell word info bubu   3  
115 root abut   3  
125 salt masin   3, 45  
46 to see haree   30  
130 star kfitun   30  
58 wife feen   31  
91 to buy sosa   31  
103 meat/flesh isin contents/body/flesh (in contrast to bones/spirit)' 31  
52 to stand hariik   33  
104 fat/grease boran fat/lard 33  
161 shy, ashamed moe   33  
166 correct, true tebes certainly 34  
20 to know, be knowledgeable hatene   35  
112 rotten word info dodok mushy, rotten 35  
49 to lie down word info toba   36  
80 to split word info baka   36  
145 smoke word info dubun   36  
13 back word info kotuk   37  
30 mouth ibun   39  
119 earth/soil rai   4  
195 no, not la from Blust 2008 4  
106 snake samea   40  
101 to fly semo   42  
118 grass hae   42  
135 lightning mameran   42  
169 year tinan   42  
48 to sleep toba   43  
164 good di'ak   43  
67 to sew word info lita   44  
109 mosquito susuk   45  
160 painful, sick moras   46  
121 sand raihenek   48  
8 to turn word info fila 'faur' (in your list), I noted as meaning 'trick' 4?  
151 green modo   4?  
21 to think hanoin   5  
88 to squeeze word info kumu   5  
137 to blow word info huu   5  
154 short word info kbadak   54  
19 shoulder kbaas   6  
92 to open, uncover loke   6  
100 wing liras   6  
32 tongue nanaan   6, 12  
62 thatch/roof soor primarily thatched roof 64  
72 to hit word info baku slap/hit with stick 7  
83 to work word info karian   7  
114 leaf tahan Preceded by type of leaf, or 'ai tahan' (lit. 'plant leaf') if unidentified or generic 7  
82 dull, blunt ufak blunt (edge) 75  
158 narrow kloot   8  
53 person/human being ema   81  
2 left karuk   83  
71 to stab, pierce sona   89  
36 to spit tafii   9  
36 to spit tafou   9  
57 husband la'en   9  
81 sharp kro'at sharp edge 99  
66 to tie up, fasten futu tie into bundle 9?  

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