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Language: Tetun (Dili)

Resources:

•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Tetum
•  Ethnologue Information for tdt
•  OLAC Information for tdt
•  [Suggest a resource]

Change History:

Showing all of 56 entries

• Changed #248865 from "hare", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2012-10-21 10:59:06)
• Changed #248943 from "sulin", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2012-10-21 10:59:06)
• Changed #249005 from "ita", "", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2012-10-21 10:59:06)
• Changed "typedby" from "Katrina Langford" - Simon Greenhill (2012-10-17 03:52:58)
• Changed #248918 from "tolun", "Usually specify source: e.g. mantolun=bird egg", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2012-10-17 03:52:58)
• Changed #248932 from "dodok", "dodok=rotten, mushy", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2012-10-17 03:52:58)
• Changed #248992 from "sae", "=ascend, climb", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2012-10-17 03:52:58)
• Changed #248994 from "iha ... nia laran", "= at ... 's inside", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2012-10-17 03:52:58)
• Changed #248995 from "iha ... nia leten", "= at ...'s top", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2012-10-17 03:52:58)
• Changed #248996 from "iha ... nia okos", "= at ...'s bottom", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2012-10-17 03:52:58)
• Changed #249008 from "saida", "Lit 'what one'; Rarely: saa", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2012-10-17 03:52:58)
• Changed #249058 from "se", "Portugese", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2012-10-17 03:52:58)
• Changed #249059 from "karik", "'perhaps', often used in combination", "", "L" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2012-10-17 03:52:58)
• Changed "author" from "Katrina Langford (fieldnotes)" - Simon Greenhill (2012-10-17 03:48:51)
• Changed #248825 from "dalan", "Also common are: luroon (road), Portuguese: estrada (street)", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2012-10-17 03:48:51)
• Changed #248830 from "rai rahun", "Less common term: rai uut", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2012-10-17 03:48:51)
• Changed #248839 from "hatene", "knowledgable, clever: matenek", "35", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2012-10-17 03:48:51)
• Changed #248844 from "kakorok", "means: neck, throat", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2012-10-17 03:48:51)
• Changed #248857 from "nata", "chew betel = mama (malus)", "1", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2012-10-17 03:48:51)
• Changed #248867 from "toba", "toba = sleep, lie down", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2012-10-17 03:48:51)
• Changed #248875 from "labarik", "labarik=child (young person); oan = child (son/daughter)", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2012-10-17 03:48:51)
• Changed #249048 from "katuas oan", "katuas oan = 'old.man + child'", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2012-10-17 03:48:51)
• Changed #248881 from "", "uma duut = house with thatch roof", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2012-10-17 03:48:51)
• Changed #248888 from "kasa", "From Portuguese 'caça'", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2012-10-17 03:48:51)
• Changed #248902 from "servisu", "From Portuguese 'serviço'='service'", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2012-10-17 03:48:51)
• Changed #248913 from "fai", "fai=pound using end of stick, eg corn; tuku=pound with stone, eg garlic", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2012-10-17 03:48:51)
• Changed #248919 from "fulun", "fulun=body hair, feather, fur; Usually specify source: manu fulun=bird feather", "", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2012-10-17 03:48:51)
• Source: Endie Van Binsbergen (Word 164) - Simon Greenhill (2009-11-29 08:04:06)
• Source: Endie van Binsbergen (Word 86) - Simon Greenhill (2009-11-29 08:03:48)
• Source: Endie van Binsbergen (Word 149) - Simon Greenhill (2009-11-29 08:03:43)
• Source: Endie van Binsbergen (Word 153) - Simon Greenhill (2009-11-29 08:03:37)
• Source: Endie van Binsbergen (Word 152) - Simon Greenhill (2009-11-29 08:03:30)
• Source: Endie van Binsbergen (Word 160) - Simon Greenhill (2009-11-29 08:03:24)
• Source: Endie van Binsbergen (Word 168) - Simon Greenhill (2009-11-29 08:03:19)
• Source: Endie van Binsbergen (Word 199) - Simon Greenhill (2009-11-29 08:03:14)
• Source: Endie van Binsbergen (Word 169) - Simon Greenhill (2009-11-29 08:03:08)
• Source: katrina langford (Word 198) - Simon Greenhill (2008-04-13 08:17:25)
• Source: katrina langford (Word 142) - Simon Greenhill (2008-03-02 06:04:17)
• Source: katrina langford (Word 143) - Simon Greenhill (2008-03-02 06:04:15)
• Source: katrina langford (Word 147) - Simon Greenhill (2008-03-02 06:04:14)
• Source: katrina langford (Word 148) - Simon Greenhill (2008-03-02 06:04:12)
• Source: katrina langford (Word 197) - Simon Greenhill (2008-02-28 04:52:06)
• Source: katrina langford (Word 11) - Simon Greenhill (2008-02-28 04:52:04)
• Source: katrina langford (Word 127) - Simon Greenhill (2008-02-28 04:52:03)
• Source: katrina langford (Word 133) - Simon Greenhill (2008-02-28 04:51:50)
• Source: katrina langford (Word 130) - Simon Greenhill (2008-02-28 04:51:48)
• Source: katrina langford (Word 129) - Simon Greenhill (2008-02-28 04:51:47)
• Source: katrina langford (Word 134) - Simon Greenhill (2008-02-28 04:51:08)
• Source: katrina langford (Word 135) - Simon Greenhill (2008-02-28 04:51:06)
• Source: katrina langford (Word 137) - Simon Greenhill (2008-02-28 04:51:05)
• Source: katrina langford (Word 123) - Simon Greenhill (2008-02-28 04:50:54)
• Source: katrina langford (Word 139) - Simon Greenhill (2008-02-28 04:50:11)
• Source: katrina langford (Word 140) - Simon Greenhill (2008-02-28 04:50:09)
• Source: katrina langford (Word 141) - Simon Greenhill (2008-02-28 04:50:04)
• Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2008-02-26 00:41:20)
• Language Added - Simon Greenhill (2008-02-26 00:40:17)

Entries:

ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:	Loan:
47	to yawn
82	dull, blunt
126	lake
178	that
165	bad, evil	aat
132	fog	abu-abu
115	root	abut	Must be possessed
143	fire	ahi
146	ash	ahi kdesan	Variant: ahu kdesan
145	smoke	ahi suar	= fire smoke/exhaust/steam
79	stick/wood	ai
127	woods/forest	ai laran	= plant + inside
4	leg/foot	ain		1
60	father	aman
185	we	ami	excl.
136	wind	anin
96	dog	asu
17	liver	aten
209	One Hundred	atus ida	= hundred one
154	short	badak
170	when?	bainhira	when (for future)
72	to hit	baku
122	water	bee
179	near	besik
141	wet	bokon
104	fat/grease	bokur	fat
153	big	boot
87	to swell	bubu
88	to squeeze	buti
28	to breathe	dada iis	iis = breath; dada = pull in
6	road/path	dalan
68	needle	daun
64	to say	dehan
164	good	diak
112	rotten	dodok	rotten, mushy
180	far	dook
118	grass	duut
53	person/human being	ema
85	to choose	eskolya	Portuguese 'escolha'='choice'		L
6	road/path	estrada	Portuguese: estrada (street)		L
93	to pound, beat	fai	pound using end of stick, e.g. corn
120	stone	fatuk
58	wife	feen		5
80	to split	fera
162	old	ferik	old (for women)
58	wife	ferik oan	lit. 'old.woman + child'
55	woman/female	feto		27
85	to choose	fihir	stare at, choose
8	to turn	fila		4?
130	star	fitun
10	dirty	foer
163	new	foun
117	fruit	fuan	Must be possessed: e.g. 'ai fuan'='tree fruit'
129	moon	fulan
99	feather	fulun	body hair, feather, fur
116	flower	funan	Must be possessed: e.g. 'ai funan'='tree flower', sabraka funan=citrus flower
26	hair	fuuk		1
37	to eat	haan		1
200	Four	haat
33	to laugh	hamnasa
52	to stand	hamriik
21	to think	hanoin		5
46	to see	haree
20	to know, be knowledgeable	hatene		35
182	I	hau
171	to hide	helik
40	to drink	hemu
85	to choose	hili	choose, pick
203	Seven	hitu
192	and	ho	NPs
170	when?	hori bainhira	when (for past)
29	to sniff, smell	horon
191	all	hotu
191	all	hotu-hotu
137	to blow	huu
192	and	i	i (from Portugese 'e') for clauses		L
30	mouth	ibun
197	One	ida		1
173	at	iha
174	in, inside	iha ... nia laran	at ... 's inside
175	above	iha ... nia leten	at ...'s top
176	below	iha ... nia okos	at ...'s bottom
181	where?	iha nebee
111	fish	ikan
105	tail	ikun
59	mother	inan
27	nose	inus
103	meat/flesh	isin	flesh (of body, fruit...) as opposed to spirit or bones or fat
185	we	ita	incl.
186	you	ita	"you"
186	you	ita boot	"you big" = more formal and respectful
19	shoulder	kabaas
57	husband	kaben	legally married spouse (husband, wife)
58	wife	kaben	legally married spouse (husband, wife)
14	belly	kabun
89	to hold	kaer
25	neck	kakorok	neck, throat
167	night	kalan
131	cloud	kalohan	Not aware of white/rain cloud distinction, but haven't asked.
193	if	karik	'perhaps', often used in combination
2	left	karuk (liman karuk)
69	to hunt	kasa	From Portuguese 'caça'		L
162	old	katuas	old (for men)
57	husband	katuas oan	lit. 'old.man + child'
90	to dig	kee
66	to tie up, fasten	kesi
152	small	kiik
150	yellow	kinur	= yellow, turmeric
158	narrow	kloot
77	to scratch	koi
13	back	kotuk
81	sharp	kroat
84	to plant	kuda
12	skin	kulit
195	no, not	la	not (verbs, adj)
110	spider	labadain
56	child	labarik	child (young person)
195	no, not	lae	no
57	husband	laen
102	rat	laho
128	sky	lalehan	= sky, heaven
5	to walk	lao		1
195	no, not	laos	not (other)
201	Five	lima
208	Fifty	lima-nulu
1	hand	liman		1
100	wing	liras
92	to open, uncover	loke
166	correct, true	loos	Also means 'right' (not 'left')
3	right	loos (liman loos)
168	day	loron
159	wide	luan
6	road/path	luroon	road
157	thick	mahar
7	to come	mai		1
139	cold	malirin
38	to chew	mama (malus)	chew betel
138	warm	manas
54	man/male	mane
97	bird	manu
99	feather	manu fulun	Usually specify source: e.g. manu fulun=bird feather
140	dry	maran
125	salt	masin
151	green	matak	fresh, green
45	eye	matan		1
75	to die, be dead	mate		1
20	to know, be knowledgeable	matenek	knowledgable, clever
149	red	mean
50	to dream	mehi
147	black	metan
156	thin	mihis
104	fat/grease	mina	oil, lard
151	green	modok	green
161	shy, ashamed	moe
95	to fall	monu	general term for 'fall'
160	painful, sick	moras
76	to live, be alive	moris
86	to grow	moris	No term. Use 'moris'='live' + word to show it is in process
35	to vomit	muta		1
148	white	mutin
103	meat/flesh	naan	meat
95	to fall	namtate	fall and scatter (of fruit or leaves from tree)
32	tongue	nanaal
9	to swim	nani		1
73	to steal	naok
63	name	naran
155	long	naruk
38	to chew	nata		1
177	this	nee
202	Six	neen
31	tooth	nehan	Variant: nihan	1?
184	he/she	nia
192	and	no	formal use
183	thou	o
56	child	oan	child (son/daughter)
74	to kill	oho
194	how?	oinsaa
23	blood	raan		1
119	earth/soil	rai
121	sand	rai henek
135	lightning	rai lakan	= earth shine
11	dust	rai rahun
134	thunder	rai tarutu	= land bang; Less common: tinan tarutu=year/wet.season+bang
11	dust	rai uut	Less common term
210	One Thousand	rihun ida	= thousand one
44	to hear	rona
198	Two	rua		1
207	Twenty	rua-nulu
15	bone	ruin
188	what?	saa	Rare
172	to climb	sae	ascend, climb
188	what?	saida	Lit 'what one'
106	snake	samea
113	branch	sanak
206	Ten	sanulu
193	if	se	Portugese		L
189	who?	see
190	other	seluk
101	to fly	semo
83	to work	servisu	From Portuguese 'serviço'='service'		L
205	Nine	sia
187	they	sira
94	to throw	soe	discard, throw underarm
71	to stab, pierce	sona
91	to buy	sosa
171	to hide	subar	'subar' is most common.
67	to sew	suku
123	to flow	suli
144	to burn	sunu
196	to count	sura
42	to suck	susu
109	mosquito	susuk
18	breast	susun
78	to cut, hack	taa	chop
36	to spit	tafui
114	leaf	tahan	Must be possessed: e.g. ai tahan 'tree leaf'
65	rope	tali
34	to cry	tanis		1
124	sea	tasi
41	to bite	tata
22	to fear	tauk		1
16	intestines	teen
39	to cook	tein
78	to cut, hack	tesi	cut, sever
43	ear	tilun		4
169	year	tinan
70	to shoot	tiru
48	to sleep	toba	sleep, lie down
49	to lie down	toba
142	heavy	todan
199	Three	tolu
98	egg	tolun
162	old	tuan	old (for things)
94	to throw	tuda	pelt, overarm
93	to pound, beat	tuku	pound with stone, e.g. garlic
51	to sit	tuur
133	rain	udan
107	worm (earthworm)	ular
24	head	ulun		1
61	house	uma		1
62	thatch/roof	uma duut	house with thatch roof
108	louse	utu
151	green	verde	Portugese 'verde'='green'		L
204	Eight	walu

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Please cite: Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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