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

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