Heston (2015): Fataluku Central
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Headword | IPA | Glosses | |
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a | a | ‘first person singular nonsubject pronoun’ (eng) | |
a | a | ‘subject marker’ (eng) | |
ā | aː | ‘second person singular subject pronoun’ (eng) | |
ā | aː | ‘yes-no question particle (which occurs clause-finally)’ (eng) | |
ā cene | aː tsene | ‘light a fire’ (eng) | |
ā ceru | aː tseru | ‘call’ (eng) | |
ā he'e | aː heʔe | ‘stuck’ (eng) | |
ā mire | aː mire | ‘sit on (something)’ (eng) | |
a'a | aʔa | ‘on’ (eng) | |
a'a kule | aʔa kule | ‘keep calling’ (eng) | |
a'a more | aʔa more | ‘place on, put on’ (eng) | |
a'a nāte | aʔa naːte | ‘take the place of, take the postion of’ (eng) | |
a'a pa'i | aʔa paʔi | ‘try, try out’ (eng) | |
a'ane | aʔane | ‘on’ (eng) | |
a'ape | aʔape | ‘encounter unexpectedly, run into’ (eng) | |
aca | atsa | ‘chicken’ (eng) | |
aca | atsa | ‘fire’ (eng) | |
aca tapin | atsa tapin | ‘smoke’ (eng) | |
aca ucu | atsa utsu | ‘chicken egg’ (eng) | |
aca'acak pa'i | atsaʔatsak paʔi | ‘to tease, to tease someone’ (eng) | |
aca'о̄p | atsaʔо̄p | ‘ashes’ (eng) | |
acak pa'i | atsak paʔi | 1. ‘try to fix something that is broken’ (eng) 2. ‘try to kill someone through supernatural means’ (eng) | |
acakne | atsakne | ‘looking in the same direciton, lined up’ (eng) | |
acane | atsane | ‘mature (of fruit), almost ripe’ (eng) | |
ācane | aːtsane | ‘enough’ (eng) | |
acar | atsar | ‘type of spirit that leaves a person's body while they are sleeping’ (eng); ‘buan’ (tet) | |
aci | atsi | ‘see, find’ (eng) | |
aci cene | atsi tsene | ‘hand someone something’ (eng) | |
aci lolo | atsi lolo | ‘tell to, tell a story to’ (eng) | |
aci pura | atsi pura | ‘sell something to someone’ (eng) | |
aci ta'a | atsi taʔa | ‘tell someone to do something’ (eng) | |
ācimese | aːtsimese | ‘sip (a drink), take a sip’ (eng) | |
acin | atsin | ‘finding’ (eng) | |
acu | atsu | ‘enough, sufficient (when everyone has the same amount)’ (eng) | |
acu'acupe | atsuʔatsupe | ‘wander around’ (eng) | |
acuina | atsuina | ‘something fits, is equal’ (eng) | |
acune | atsune | ‘over something’ (eng) | |
acur | atsur | ‘sp. of cuscus’ (eng) | |
afa | afa | ‘first person plural inclusive subject pronoun’ (eng) | |
afarika | afarika | ‘portion, half, slice (of food)’ (eng) | |
afi | afi | ‘first person plural inclusive nonsubject pronoun’ (eng) | |
aficālafar | afitsaːlafar | ‘crocodile (respectful)’ (eng) | |
afiri | afiri | ‘first person plural inclusive pronoun (citation form)’ (eng) | |
ahani | ahani | ‘mine’ (eng) | |
ahu | ahu | ‘for, for the benefit of’ (eng) | |
ailaci | ailatsi | ‘usually, always’ (eng) | |
ait | ait | ‘maybe’ (eng) | |
aitana | aitana | ‘if’ (eng) | |
aitula | aitula | ‘maybe’ (eng) | |
aja | aza | 1. ‘rain’ (eng) 2. ‘rainy season, November to June’ (eng) | |
aja'ira | azaʔira | ‘year’ (eng) | |
ajan mu'u | azan muʔu | ‘type of small plantain’ (eng) | |
ajane | azane | ‘chew’ (eng) | |
aka | aka | ‘not’ (eng) | |
aka ono | aka ono | ‘never’ (eng) | |
akan | akan | ‘slave, slave class’ (eng) | |
akare | akare | ‘stubborn’ (eng) | |
akatana | akatana | ‘burped up food’ (eng) | |
akate | akate | ‘burp up’ (eng) | |
ākina | aːkina | ‘firm’ (eng) | |
aku | aku | ‘feces’ (eng) | |
ākule | aːkule | ‘call (with the voice)’ (eng) | |
akumokor | akumokor | ‘intestine’ (eng) | |
alah pala | alah pala | ‘slash and burn farming’ (eng) | |
ale | ale | ‘rice, uncooked rice’ (eng) | |
ale macen | ale matsen | ‘cooked rice’ (eng) | |
ale pohen | ale pohen | ‘cooked rice’ (eng) | |
alehe | alehe | ‘again’ (eng) | |
alere | alere | ‘hit (can be used for inanimate objects)’ (eng) | |
ali | ali | ‘again’ (eng) | |
aliwana | aliwana | ‘place’ (eng) | |
ami | ami | 1. ‘breast, chest (can be applied to either men or women )’ (eng) 2. ‘(breast) milk’ (eng) | |
ami tapun | ami tapun | ‘female breast’ (eng) | |
amin | amin | ‘louse’ (eng) | |
amir | amir | ‘wing’ (eng) | |
ana | ana | ‘1sg nom’ (eng) | |
ana | ana | ‘or’ (eng) | |
anahe | anahe | ‘seek, look for’ (eng) | |
anahu | anahu | ‘for me, for my benefit’ (eng) | |
ane | ane | 1. ‘exist’ (eng) 2. ‘have’ (eng) | |
anete | anete | ‘not hit’ (eng) | |
anukai | anukai | ‘thread’ (eng) | |
apa | apa | ‘mountain’ (eng) | |
apa'apa pa'i | apaʔapa paʔi | ‘naughty’ (eng) | |
ape | ape | ‘encounter’ (eng) | |
api | api | ‘fish’ (eng) | |
api nail | api nail | ‘fishing pole’ (eng) | |
api naile | api naile | ‘fish, catch fish’ (eng) | |
api taru | api taru | ‘fishing line’ (eng) | |
apur | apur | ‘with’ (eng) | |
apure | apure | ‘scoop up’ (eng) | |
ara | ara | ‘plant, tree’ (eng) | |
arahe | arahe | ‘frightened’ (eng) | |
arakafal pa'i | arakafal paʔi | ‘drop’ (eng) | |
arakafale | arakafale | ‘drop, fall’ (eng) | |
arakalina | arakalina | ‘earing’ (eng) | |
arap | arap | ‘buffalo, water buffalo’ (eng) | |
arap ami | arap ami | ‘milk, buffalo milk’ (eng) | |
arapou | arapou | ‘water buffalo’ (eng) | |
ārohe | aːrohe | 1. ‘reach, grab (as in, grab a fruit)’ (eng) 2. ‘on time (not late)’ (eng) | |
aruma | aruma | ‘clean, tidy’ (eng) | |
arure | arure | ‘cry’ (eng) | |
aruru | aruru | ‘crying’ (eng) | |
āseile | aːseile | ‘rub, scour’ (eng) | |
asir | asir | ‘salt’ (eng) | |
asire | asire | ‘add salt’ (eng) | |
asise | asise | ‘firm’ (eng) | |
ata'atare | ataʔatare | ‘keep cracking’ (eng) | |
ātanana | aːtanana | ‘question’ (eng) | |
ātane | aːtane | ‘ask, ask a question’ (eng) | |
atare | atare | ‘crack (as with a machete)’ (eng) | |
atere | atere | ‘numeral classifier for humans’ (eng) | |
atu | atu | ‘belly’ (eng) | |
atu na'e | atu naʔe | ‘pregnant’ (eng) | |
aur | aur | ‘lime (the mineral), betel lime’ (eng) | |
awion | awion | ‘plane’ (eng) | |
baru | baru | ‘new’ (eng) | |
ben | ben | ‘band’ (eng) | |
ben uta | ben uta | ‘play a drum (with sticks), play a drumset’ (eng) | |
biasa | biasa | ‘usually’ (eng) | |
bir | bir | ‘beer’ (eng) | |
bis | bis | ‘bus’ (eng) | |
bola | bola | ‘ball’ (eng) | |
buku | buku | ‘book’ (eng) | |
ca'a | tsaʔa | ‘fish poison’ (eng) | |
ca'utapun | tsaʔutapun | ‘head’ (eng) | |
ca'uwari | tsaʔuwari | ‘hair’ (eng) | |
ca'uwele | tsaʔuwele | ‘skin of the head’ (eng) | |
cailor cailor | tsailor tsailor | ‘name of a tribe’ (eng) | |
cāl | tsaːl | 1. ‘grandparent’ (eng) 2. ‘grandchild’ (eng) | |
cāl mocor | tsaːl motsor | ‘decendent’ (eng) | |
cal nami | tsal nami | ‘grandfather’ (eng) | |
cal tupur | tsal tupur | ‘grandmother’ (eng) | |
capaku cewe | tsapaku tsewe | ‘smoke a cigarette’ (eng) | |
capuk | tsapuk | ‘crab’ (eng) | |
capur | tsapur | ‘kitchen’ (eng) | |
caruma | tsaruma | 1. ‘thread’ (eng) 2. ‘needle’ (eng) | |
catanu | tsatanu | ‘sign (like a logo)’ (eng) | |
cayare | tsajare | ‘tired’ (eng) | |
cecemālai | tsetsemaːlai | ‘pineapple’ (eng) | |
cecemālai ara | tsetsemaːlai ara | ‘pineapple plant’ (eng) | |
cecen | tsetsen | ‘pineapple’ (eng) | |
cele | tsele | ‘corn’ (eng) | |
cemaka | tsemaka | ‘brain, physical brain’ (eng) | |
ceren | tseren | ‘lover (can be either boyfriend or girlfriend)’ (eng) | |
ceru | tseru | ‘call (only applies to physically calling someone with the voice, not calling someone on the telephone)’ (eng) | |
cerun | tserun | ‘vocation, calling, one's set purpose from God, destiny?’ (eng) | |
cewe | tsewe | ‘burn’ (eng) | |
cī | tsiː | ‘thunderstorm, lightening, thunder’ (eng) | |
ci'ele | tsiʔele | ‘walk’ (eng) | |
ci'irana | tsiʔirana | ‘heavy’ (eng) | |
ci'ire | tsiʔire | ‘heavy’ (eng) | |
cicika | tsitsika | ‘shoulder’ (eng) | |
cicira'i | tsitsiraʔi | ‘play’ (eng) | |
cicira'ini | tsitsiraʔini | ‘toy’ (eng) | |
cila | tsila | ‘frog’ (eng) | |
cipicipi | tsipitsipi | ‘flower’ (eng) | |
cipito | tsipito | ‘forehead’ (eng) | |
cō | tsoː | ‘far’ (eng) | |
cō more | tsoː more | ‘located far’ (eng) | |
cō neure | tsoː neure | ‘chase away’ (eng) | |
coicoihana | tsoitsoihana | ‘mortar and pestle’ (eng) | |
coicoihana fuka | tsoitsoihana fuka | ‘pestle’ (eng) | |
Com | tsom | ‘place in East Timor in the northeast of the Fataluku-speaking region’ (eng) | |
coman | tsoman | ‘will definitely’ (eng) | |
comanan | tsomanan | ‘definitely, sure’ (eng) | |
cōnana | tsoːnana | ‘farthest one’ (eng) | |
cōne | tsoːne | ‘far’ (eng) | |
coro | tsoro | ‘spear’ (eng) | |
cū | tsuː | ‘shed, hut’ (eng) | |
cu'ale'u | tsuʔaleʔu | ‘sp. of snake that is green and very poisonous’ (eng) | |
cuare | tsuare | ‘sit’ (eng) | |
cūl | tsuːl | ‘knee’ (eng) | |
cul seisei | tsul seisei | ‘knee cap’ (eng) | |
cupu | tsupu | ‘water drop’ (eng) | |
cupucupu | tsuputsupu | ‘water drops’ (eng) | |
cura | tsura | ‘mouse, rat’ (eng) | |
cure | tsure | ‘wake up’ (eng) | |
curuk | tsuruk | ‘lime, lemon’ (eng) | |
curuk ara | tsuruk ara | ‘lime tree’ (eng) | |
depois | depois | ‘afterwards’ (eng) | |
derepenti | derepenti | ‘suddenly, accidently’ (eng) | |
designa | desiɡna | ‘designate’ (eng) | |
dewersifika | dewersifika | ‘diversify’ (eng) | |
Dili | dili | ‘Dili, the capital of East Timor’ (eng) | |
dōs | doːs | ‘box’ (eng) | |
dosi | dosi | ‘cake’ (eng) | |
doutor | doutor | ‘doctor’ (eng) | |
e | e | ‘proximal demonstrative, this’ (eng) | |
e | e | ‘second person singular nonsubject pronoun’ (eng) | |
e na'e | e naʔe | ‘here’ (eng) | |
e'ece | eʔetse | ‘two at a time’ (eng) | |
ece | etse | ‘two’ (eng) | |
eceremu | etseremu | ‘think’ (eng) | |
eceremun | etseremun | ‘thought, idea’ (eng) | |
eheni | eheni | ‘yours’ (eng) | |
ekehe | ekehe | ‘count’ (eng) | |
ele | ele | ‘relative pronoun’ (eng) | |
ele'elere | eleʔelere | ‘read, spend time reading’ (eng) | |
eleh | eleh | ‘husband’ (eng) | |
elei | elei | ‘yeah, that's right, right on’ (eng) | |
elere | elere | ‘read’ (eng) | |
ēlewe | eːlewe | ‘cold (of the weather)’ (eng) | |
eluhe | eluhe | ‘want’ (eng) | |
em ma'u | em maʔu | ‘bring’ (eng) | |
eme | eme | ‘take’ (eng) | |
emere | emere | ‘first’ (eng) | |
en | en | ‘proximal demonstrative, this’ (eng) | |
enen | enen | ‘proximal demonstrative, this’ (eng) | |
eni'i | eniʔi | ‘this’ (eng) | |
entaun | entaun | ‘then, and then’ (eng) | |
ere | ere | ‘chase away’ (eng) | |
ere | ere | ‘plural marker’ (eng) | |
erekana | erekana | ‘pumkin vine’ (eng) | |
ereke | ereke | ‘crawl as a vine’ (eng) | |
eri | eri | ‘scatter’ (eng) | |
ēri | eːri | ‘you’ (eng) | |
ērta | eːrta | ‘you (emph. subj.)’ (eng) | |
eru | eru | ‘famine’ (eng) | |
esasa | esasa | ‘vegetable’ (eng) | |
esturante | esturante | ‘student’ (eng) | |
ete | ete | ‘tree, wood, plant (refers to logs or trees without leaves)’ (eng) | |
ete ara | ete ara | ‘tree’ (eng) | |
ete karan | ete karan | ‘big branch (as of a tree)’ (eng) | |
ete kete | ete kete | ‘small stick’ (eng) | |
ete larin | ete larin | ‘root’ (eng) | |
ete lusu | ete lusu | ‘casava’ (eng) | |
ete pata | ete pata | ‘log’ (eng) | |
ete raka | ete raka | ‘small branch’ (eng) | |
ete sanak | ete sanak | ‘small branch’ (eng) | |
ete wele | ete wele | ‘tree bark’ (eng) | |
ewen | ewen | ‘extremely, really, really (more emphatic than tali)’ (eng) | |
fa'i | faʔi | ‘make’ (eng) | |
fāfāte | faːfaːte | ‘four at a time’ (eng) | |
fale | fale | ‘drive (as a car)’ (eng) | |
familia | familia | ‘family’ (eng) | |
fanar | fanar | ‘female (only of animals)’ (eng) | |
fanawana | fanawana | ‘teaching’ (eng) | |
fanawe | fanawe | ‘teach’ (eng) | |
fāne | faːne | ‘feed’ (eng) | |
fani | fani | ‘delicious, sweet’ (eng) | |
fanu | fanu | ‘face’ (eng) | |
fanu na'e | fanu naʔe | ‘in front of’ (eng) | |
fanuhene | fanuhene | ‘meet, face’ (eng) | |
faru | faru | ‘shirt, T-shirt’ (eng) | |
fata | fata | ‘origin, simple’ (eng) | |
fatahara | fatahara | ‘morning’ (eng) | |
Fataluku | fataluku | ‘Fataluku’ (eng) | |
fatatara | fatatara | ‘suddenly, immediately’ (eng) | |
fāte | faːte | ‘flooded’ (eng) | |
fāte | faːte | ‘four’ (eng) | |
fei | fei | ‘pretty (can only be used of women)’ (eng) | |
feinu | feinu | ‘pretty’ (eng) | |
fēl | feːl | ‘bow, bow and arrows’ (eng) | |
fel ka'u | fel kaʔu | ‘arrow’ (eng) | |
fel kete | fel kete | ‘arrow’ (eng) | |
fetil | fetil | ‘fall, stumble’ (eng) | |
fiare | fiare | ‘believe’ (eng) | |
fitu | fitu | ‘seven’ (eng) | |
foeh | foeh | ‘grass’ (eng) | |
folo | folo | ‘blunt’ (eng) | |
folopata | folopata | ‘dull, not sharp’ (eng) | |
foni | foni | ‘distal demonstrative, that’ (eng) | |
foni ni'i | foni niʔi | ‘distal demonstrative, that’ (eng) | |
fonin | fonin | ‘distal demonstrative, that’ (eng) | |
forsa | forsa | ‘strong’ (eng) | |
fōt | foːt | ‘gun’ (eng) | |
foto | foto | ‘photo’ (eng) | |
fūfūlehe | fuːfuːlehe | ‘go back and forth’ (eng) | |
fuhu | fuhu | ‘muscle’ (eng) | |
fūlehe | fuːlehe | ‘return, go back’ (eng) | |
gowerno | ɡowerno | ‘government’ (eng) | |
goyabas | ɡojabas | ‘guava’ (eng) | |
goyabas ara | ɡojabas ara | ‘guava tree’ (eng) | |
ha'ate | haʔate | ‘sharp’ (eng) | |
ha'i | haʔi | ‘species of large tree with edible seeds that are used to make purfume’ (eng) | |
haca | hatsa | ‘partner’ (eng) | |
hafa | hafa | ‘bone’ (eng) | |
hafa hala | hafa hala | ‘very thin, very skinny’ (eng) | |
hai | hai | ‘perfective, signifies that the speaker conceives of an action as finished’ (eng) | |
hair | hair | ‘then, well, but’ (eng) | |
hala | hala | ‘only’ (eng) | |
hapate | hapate | ‘sprout, grow’ (eng) | |
hapatu | hapatu | ‘general term for edible roots (including e.g. bamboo and ginger)’ (eng) | |
har | har | ‘that, which’ (eng) | |
hara | hara | ‘clear’ (eng) | |
harahara | harahara | ‘clear’ (eng) | |
haran | haran | ‘light’ (eng) | |
harus | harus | ‘must’ (eng) | |
hasa | hasa | ‘leaf’ (eng) | |
hau | hau | ‘fog’ (eng) | |
hau | hau | 1. ‘for (the benefit of)’ (eng) 2. ‘toward’ (eng) | |
hawarana | hawarana | ‘hunting’ (eng) | |
haware | haware | ‘hunt’ (eng) | |
he'e | heʔe | 1. ‘stuck, difficult’ (eng) 2. ‘difficult’ (eng) 3. ‘scarce, hard to find’ (eng) | |
hefe | hefe | ‘know’ (eng) | |
hei | hei | ‘hey, informal greeting’ (eng) | |
hei kinam | hei kinam | ‘hey buddy, informal greeting’ (eng) | |
helere | helere | ‘run’ (eng) | |
heru | heru | ‘sweat’ (eng) | |
hi'a | hiʔa | ‘on’ (eng) | |
hi'a ciele | hiʔa tsiele | ‘step on’ (eng) | |
hi'ahi'are | hiʔahiʔare | ‘repeatedly pay, pretend to pay’ (eng) | |
hi'amoi | hiʔamoi | ‘climb’ (eng) | |
hi'ane | hiʔane | ‘on the top’ (eng) | |
hi'ape | hiʔape | ‘ride (as of the bus)’ (eng) | |
hi'are | hiʔare | ‘pay’ (eng) | |
hi'aroun | hiʔaroun | ‘pure of heart’ (eng) | |
hi'ili | hiʔili | ‘animal trap’ (eng) | |
hici | hitsi | ‘located’ (eng) | |
hicine | hitsine | ‘located’ (eng) | |
hicipe | hitsipe | ‘located towards’ (eng) | |
hīkar | hiːkar | ‘knife’ (eng) | |
hilahila | hilahila | ‘smooth, slippery’ (eng) | |
hilate | hilate | ‘smooth, soft’ (eng) | |
hin | hin | ‘because of’ (eng) | |
hin | hin | ‘reflexive’ (eng) | |
hina | hina | ‘braid (hair)’ (eng) | |
hinta | hinta | ‘cause, make’ (eng) | |
hinu'a | hinuʔa | ‘in order to’ (eng) | |
hira | hira | ‘price’ (eng) | |
hīre | hiːre | ‘wait’ (eng) | |
hirohe | hirohe | ‘arrive, reach (a destination)’ (eng) | |
hītu | hiːtu | ‘sword’ (eng) | |
ho | ho | ‘and’ (eng) | |
hō | hoː | ‘yes’ (eng) | |
hō'ana | hoːʔana | ‘burning’ (eng) | |
hō'e | hoːʔe | ‘burn’ (eng) | |
hocatere | hotsatere | ‘both’ (eng) | |
hōcawa | hoːtsawa | 1. ‘owner, lord, master’ (eng) 2. ‘Christian God’ (eng) | |
hōk | hoːk | ‘mud’ (eng) | |
hōke | hoːke | ‘muddy’ (eng) | |
hor | hor | ‘with’ (eng) | |
hori | hori | ‘leave, stop’ (eng) | |
horu | horu | ‘horn, antler’ (eng) | |
horu | horu | ‘with, together’ (eng) | |
horun | horun | ‘togetherness’ (eng) | |
horune | horune | ‘together’ (eng) | |
hufa | hufa | ‘spit something out of the mouth’ (eng) | |
hufarana | hufarana | ‘dream’ (eng) | |
hūfina | huːfina | ‘tip, top (not necessarily sharp)’ (eng) | |
hufuraka | hufuraka | ‘boil’ (eng) | |
hūla | huːla | ‘spoon’ (eng) | |
huluhulu | huluhulu | ‘on fire’ (eng) | |
humār | humaːr | ‘soul’ (eng) | |
hura | hura | ‘take food from a pan, scoop’ (eng) | |
i | i | ‘second person plural nonsubject pronoun’ (eng) | |
ī | iː | ‘and’ (eng) | |
ī | iː | ‘possessive marker’ (eng) | |
i na'e | i naʔe | ‘there’ (eng) | |
i'a | iʔa | ‘road, path, way’ (eng) | |
i'an | iʔan | ‘while’ (eng) | |
ia | ia | ‘path, way’ (eng) | |
ia | ia | ‘second person plural subject pronoun’ (eng) | |
ia | ia | ‘that’ (eng) | |
ia tupur | ia tupur | ‘mother's brother's daughter’ (eng) | |
ica | itsa | ‘feeling’ (eng) | |
ica ci'ire | itsa tsiʔire | ‘feel tired, feel sad’ (eng) | |
ica kapare | itsa kapare | ‘sad’ (eng) | |
ica raurau | itsa raurau | ‘happy’ (eng) | |
ica tutu | itsa tutu | ‘like, love’ (eng) | |
ica tutun | itsa tutun | ‘love’ (eng) | |
ica'ini | itsaʔini | ‘maybe (refering to something that is not known), sometimes’ (eng) | |
icahici | itsahitsi | ‘sometimes’ (eng) | |
icauru | itsauru | ‘chest’ (eng) | |
icile | itsile | ‘tied’ (eng) | |
ifa | ifa | ‘fall (over)’ (eng) | |
īfāt | iːfaːt | 1. ‘fourth’ (eng) 2. ‘Thursday’ (eng) | |
ifi | ifi | ‘worm’ (eng) | |
igilejale | iɡilezale | ‘church’ (eng) | |
ihaneherana | ihaneherana | ‘Monday’ (eng) | |
ihec | ihets | ‘second (in order), Tuesday’ (eng) | |
ihemerana | ihemerana | ‘first’ (eng) | |
ihini | ihini | ‘his, his own’ (eng) | |
ikare | ikare | ‘cold (of a person)’ (eng) | |
ilah | ilah | ‘sweet potato’ (eng) | |
ilah makau | ilah makau | ‘potato’ (eng) | |
ili | ili | ‘huge stone’ (eng) | |
ilikuru | ilikuru | ‘cave’ (eng) | |
imire | imire | ‘sit’ (eng) | |
impresta | impresta | ‘lend’ (eng) | |
ina | ina | ‘eye’ (eng) | |
ina | ina | ‘first person plural exlusive subject pronoun’ (eng) | |
ina | ina | ‘then’ (eng) | |
ina | ina | ‘what?’ (eng) | |
ina ko'e | ina koʔe | ‘blind’ (eng) | |
inahara | inahara | ‘seer, someone who can see something beyond’ (eng) | |
inaleo | inaleo | ‘eyebrow’ (eng) | |
inawaya | inawaja | ‘tears’ (eng) | |
ini | ini | ‘first person plural exclusive nonsubject pronoun’ (eng) | |
inik | inik | ‘sand’ (eng) | |
inikerekere | inikerekere | ‘petroglyph’ (eng) | |
inir | inir | ‘first person plural exclusive pronoun (citation form)’ (eng) | |
ipar | ipar | ‘dog’ (eng) | |
ipil | ipil | ‘tongue’ (eng) | |
ipilana | ipilana | ‘flying, flight’ (eng) | |
ipile | ipile | ‘fly (can be used of butterflies, birds, planes, etc.)’ (eng) | |
ipilira | ipilira | ‘chicken comb’ (eng) | |
ipinaka | ipinaka | ‘star’ (eng) | |
ipiti | ipiti | ‘sea turtle’ (eng) | |
ipo | ipo | ‘but’ (eng) | |
ira | ira | ‘water’ (eng) | |
ira ina | ira ina | ‘fountain’ (eng) | |
ira tutun | ira tutun | ‘drinking water’ (eng) | |
ira'e | iraʔe | ‘add water’ (eng) | |
iraira | iraira | ‘wet’ (eng) | |
iri | iri | ‘second person plural pronoun (citation form)’ (eng) | |
irin | irin | ‘forest’ (eng) | |
irise | irise | ‘urinate’ (eng) | |
isi'isile | isiʔisile | ‘tie’ (eng) | |
isikola | isikola | ‘school’ (eng) | |
isikola lē | isikola leː | ‘schoolhouse’ (eng) | |
isile | isile | ‘tie’ (eng) | |
istura | istura | ‘study’ (eng) | |
ita | ita | ‘near’ (eng) | |
itane | itane | ‘near’ (eng) | |
itarapa'an | itarapaʔan | ‘greetings’ (eng) | |
iti'ele | itiʔele | ‘kick’ (eng) | |
iwari | iwari | ‘same’ (eng) | |
iwi | iwi | ‘that’ (eng) | |
iwi'itu | iwiʔitu | ‘and then, formed from the mesal demonstrative and the topicalization clitic’ (eng) | |
iwin | iwin | ‘mesal demonstrative, that’ (eng) | |
iwini'i | iwiniʔi | ‘mesal demonstrative, that’ (eng) | |
Jaco | zatso | ‘Jaco, Jaco island, an island just off the Northeast coast of East Timor’ (eng) | |
jaket | zaket | ‘jacket’ (eng) | |
jāmpata | zaːmpata | ‘road’ (eng) | |
japatu | zapatu | ‘pair of shoes’ (eng) | |
jatu | zatu | ‘airplane’ (eng) | |
Jawa | zawa | ‘Java’ (eng) | |
jeitu | zeitu | ‘cool, neat’ (eng) | |
jelu | zelu | ‘ice’ (eng) | |
jen | zen | ‘reflexive’ (eng) | |
jeu | zeu | 1. ‘wife’ (eng) 2. ‘man's mother's brother's daughter (which men are traditionally expected to marry)’ (eng) | |
jia | zia | ‘leg’ (eng) | |
jia fukar | zia fukar | ‘toes’ (eng) | |
jia lepen | zia lepen | ‘sole, bottom of one's foot (analogous to the palm of the hand)’ (eng) | |
jia mu'upoko | zia muʔupoko | ‘calf of leg’ (eng) | |
jia ocoh | zia otsoh | ‘anklet’ (eng) | |
jia punar | zia punar | ‘calf of the leg’ (eng) | |
jujur | zuzur | ‘honest’ (eng) | |
juka | zuka | ‘cards, card game’ (eng) | |
ka'are | kaʔare | ‘empty’ (eng) | |
ka'u | kaʔu | ‘stick’ (eng) | |
ka'ukisa | kaʔukisa | ‘small’ (eng) | |
ka'une | kaʔune | ‘break along the long axis, break a round object, break in two pieces, explode’ (eng) | |
ka'usila | kaʔusila | ‘small’ (eng) | |
kadera | kadera | ‘chair’ (eng) | |
kafa | kafa | ‘eight’ (eng) | |
kafale | kafale | 1. ‘fall, drop (intrans.)’ (eng) 2. ‘throw’ (eng) | |
kafe | kafe | ‘coffee’ (eng) | |
kafu | kafu | ‘seed’ (eng) | |
kafur | kafur | ‘scratch’ (eng) | |
kaihe | kaihe | ‘file’ (eng) | |
kailana | kailana | ‘sinfulness’ (eng) | |
kaile | kaile | 1. ‘bent’ (eng) 2. ‘sin’ (eng) | |
kaka | kaka | 1. ‘older brother’ (eng) 2. ‘mother's older sister's son (if older than oneself)’ (eng) | |
kaka tupur | kaka tupur | ‘older brother's wife’ (eng) | |
kakal | kakal | ‘palm tree (exluding coconut palms)’ (eng) | |
kalah | kalah | ‘taro’ (eng) | |
kale | kale | ‘throw’ (eng) | |
kaluse | kaluse | ‘compete (as in a race)’ (eng) | |
kama | kama | ‘bed’ (eng) | |
kanta | kanta | ‘sing’ (eng) | |
kanta | kanta | ‘song’ (eng) | |
kaparana | kaparana | ‘bad, evil’ (eng) | |
kaparasi | kaparasi | ‘ugly’ (eng) | |
kapare | kapare | 1. ‘bad’ (eng) 2. ‘severe’ (eng) 3. ‘huge’ (eng) | |
kar | kar | ‘right now’ (eng) | |
karase | karase | ‘yellow’ (eng) | |
kare | kare | ‘cold’ (eng) | |
karpenteru | karpenteru | ‘carpenter’ (eng) | |
karu'en | karuʔen | ‘right now’ (eng) | |
karunana | karunana | ‘nearest one’ (eng) | |
karune | karune | ‘near’ (eng) | |
kastiku | kastiku | ‘punish’ (eng) | |
katak | katak | ‘that (as a quotative)’ (eng) | |
katen | katen | ‘thigh, part of the leg from the hip to the knee’ (eng) | |
katuas | katuas | ‘old (person), old man’ (eng) | |
katuba | katuba | ‘kind of rice cake consisting of rice wrapped in coconut leaves (which is traditionally eaten around Christmas)’ (eng) | |
kaukaure | kaukaure | ‘scratch’ (eng) | |
kaure | kaure | 1. ‘scratch’ (eng) 2. ‘loose, untie, allow’ (eng) | |
kawa | kawa | ‘short’ (eng) | |
kawe | kawe | ‘marry’ (eng) | |
kayarana | kajarana | ‘tiredness, effort’ (eng) | |
kayare | kajare | ‘tired’ (eng) | |
ke'er | keʔer | ‘ladder’ (eng) | |
ke'ile | keʔile | ‘pick something with a tool’ (eng) | |
kekehana | kekehana | ‘counting’ (eng) | |
kēlana | keːlana | ‘laughter’ (eng) | |
kēle | keːle | ‘laugh, smile’ (eng) | |
kelici | kelitsi | ‘rabbit’ (eng) | |
kelu | kelu | ‘not want’ (eng) | |
keos | keos | ‘kiosk’ (eng) | |
kere | kere | 1. ‘write’ (eng) 2. ‘writing’ (eng) | |
kerekere | kerekere | ‘write’ (eng) | |
kerekerenana | kerekerenana | ‘writing’ (eng) | |
kete | kete | ‘thin, skinny (usually in reference to wood)’ (eng) | |
ketile | ketile | ‘fly through the air (after getting launched)’ (eng) | |
kiki'e | kikiʔe | ‘bite’ (eng) | |
kila'e | kilaʔe | ‘dirty’ (eng) | |
kilakila'e | kilakilaʔe | ‘dirty’ (eng) | |
kina | kina | ‘buddy’ (eng) | |
kiufatahara | kiufatahara | ‘dawn’ (eng) | |
klas | klas | ‘class’ (eng) | |
koire | koire | ‘stir’ (eng) | |
kokote | kokote | ‘grow’ (eng) | |
kolega | koleɡa | ‘friend’ (eng) | |
kolikolise | kolikolise | ‘later’ (eng) | |
kolis | kolis | ‘Indicates the near future’ (eng) | |
kolo | kolo | ‘person who is mute’ (eng) | |
komensa | komensa | ‘start’ (eng) | |
komprende | komprende | ‘understand’ (eng) | |
konfesa | konfesa | ‘confess’ (eng) | |
kota | kota | ‘town’ (eng) | |
Koun | koun | ‘Fataluku-speaking village on the northeast coast of Timor’ (eng) | |
koune | koune | ‘dark, evening’ (eng) | |
kuandu | kuandu | ‘when’ (eng) | |
kuartu | kuartu | ‘room’ (eng) | |
kuca | kutsa | ‘horse’ (eng) | |
kūle | kuːle | ‘yell’ (eng) | |
kurakura | kurakura | ‘argue, quarrel’ (eng) | |
kurisa | kurisa | 1. ‘(fresh) chile pepper’ (eng) 2. ‘paste made with chile peppers, garlic and dried shrimp served as a condiment’ (eng) | |
kuru | kuru | ‘hole’ (eng) | |
la'a | laʔa | ‘go’ (eng) | |
la'ala'a | laʔalaʔa | ‘walk’ (eng) | |
lāfai | laːfai | ‘big’ (eng) | |
lāfane | laːfane | ‘much, many’ (eng) | |
lafur | lafur | ‘traditional place to cook, made with 3 stones’ (eng) | |
lāhuna | laːhuna | ‘onion’ (eng) | |
lai | lai | ‘cut (a specific way of cutting something)’ (eng) | |
lailaine | lailaine | ‘chop repeatedly’ (eng) | |
lakaran | lakaran | ‘step’ (eng) | |
laki | laki | ‘dig’ (eng) | |
lakuware | lakuware | ‘black’ (eng) | |
lālāfai | laːlaːfai | ‘big’ (eng) | |
lalu | lalu | ‘high’ (eng) | |
lalune | lalune | ‘above, higher, on top’ (eng) | |
laman | laman | ‘inside’ (eng) | |
lamanu | lamanu | ‘bushes, area with bushes’ (eng) | |
lān | laːn | ‘friend’ (eng) | |
lanura | lanura | ‘friends’ (eng) | |
lapusa | lapusa | ‘spider’ (eng) | |
lār | laːr | ‘instance, time, repetition’ (eng) | |
larin | larin | ‘root’ (eng) | |
larin arapou | larin arapou | ‘water buffalo’ (eng) | |
larunate | larunate | ‘turn around’ (eng) | |
lau | lau | ‘clothes, blanket’ (eng) | |
lau'e | lauʔe | ‘melt, dissolve’ (eng) | |
lauhana | lauhana | ‘life’ (eng) | |
lauhe | lauhe | ‘live’ (eng) | |
lawalawan | lawalawan | ‘fake money’ (eng) | |
lawan | lawan | ‘money’ (eng) | |
lāware | laːware | ‘dress (trans.), put clothes on’ (eng) | |
lāwei | laːwei | ‘crocodile (not respectful)’ (eng) | |
lē | leː | ‘house’ (eng) | |
lē ho cu | leː ho tsu | ‘house and hut’ (eng) | |
lē teinu | leː teinu | ‘church’ (eng) | |
le'u | leʔu | 1. ‘fur, hair (not on the head)’ (eng) 2. ‘feathers’ (eng) | |
lēlē moko | leːleː moko | ‘toy house’ (eng) | |
lēlēre | leːleːre | ‘read for fun’ (eng) | |
leman | leman | ‘gentleman’ (eng) | |
lemesana | lemesana | ‘sweet’ (eng) | |
lemese | lemese | ‘sweet’ (eng) | |
lepikasa | lepikasa | ‘thin’ (eng) | |
lērana | leːrana | ‘reading’ (eng) | |
leren | leren | ‘older sister’ (eng) | |
leren kaka | leren kaka | ‘older sister’ (eng) | |
leren lafai | leren lafai | ‘older sister’ (eng) | |
leren noko | leren noko | ‘male's younger sister’ (eng) | |
leru'e | leruʔe | ‘roll (intrans.)’ (eng) | |
letana | letana | ‘in between’ (eng) | |
leura | leura | ‘meat (for eating)’ (eng) | |
liare fūlehe | liare fuːlehe | ‘go back and forth’ (eng) | |
lika | lika | ‘sp. of lizard that lives in a tree’ (eng) | |
līka | liːka | ‘skinny’ (eng) | |
likalika | likalika | ‘skinniness’ (eng) | |
limar | limar | ‘a (metal) file’ (eng) | |
limare | limare | ‘file’ (eng) | |
līme | liːme | ‘five’ (eng) | |
lita | lita | ‘bag’ (eng) | |
lō | loː | ‘sp. of cuscus’ (eng) | |
lōhai | loːhai | 1. ‘tall’ (eng) 2. ‘long’ (eng) | |
lolo | lolo | ‘tell, tell a story’ (eng) | |
lōlōhai | loːloːhai | ‘tall’ (eng) | |
lolon | lolon | ‘story’ (eng) | |
lolos | lolos | ‘fat’ (eng) | |
lōr | loːr | ‘heavy (as of a rainstorm)’ (eng) | |
lore | lore | 1. ‘hole that is made in the ground for planting seeds into’ (eng) 2. ‘large, pointed stick that is used for making holes in the ground for planting’ (eng) | |
loro | loro | ‘type of plant similar to a watermelon’ (eng) | |
Lospala | lospala | ‘Lospalos (a town in roughly the center of the Fataluku-speaking region of East Timor)’ (eng) | |
louke | louke | ‘jump’ (eng) | |
lōyasu | loːjasu | ‘ship’ (eng) | |
lu'a | luʔa | ‘monkey’ (eng) | |
luka | luka | ‘old’ (eng) | |
luku | luku | ‘talk (trans.)’ (eng) | |
lukuluku | lukuluku | ‘talk (intrans.)’ (eng) | |
lukulukun | lukulukun | ‘language’ (eng) | |
lukun | lukun | ‘language’ (eng) | |
lumulumure | lumulumure | ‘completely green’ (eng) | |
lumure | lumure | ‘green, blue’ (eng) | |
lutu | lutu | ‘large basin used for smashing rice’ (eng) | |
ma'amoko | maʔamoko | ‘what's up?’ (eng) | |
ma'ar | maʔar | ‘person (can be male or female)’ (eng) | |
ma'ar lāfai | maʔar laːfai | ‘authority figure’ (eng) | |
ma'ar tein | maʔar tein | ‘priest’ (eng) | |
ma'ate | maʔate | ‘bitter’ (eng) | |
ma'u | maʔu | ‘come’ (eng) | |
ma'unu | maʔunu | ‘arrival’ (eng) | |
maca | matsa | ‘bat’ (eng) | |
macamaca | matsamatsa | ‘butterfly’ (eng) | |
mace | matse | ‘eat’ (eng) | |
macemacen | matsematsen | ‘food’ (eng) | |
macen | matsen | ‘food’ (eng) | |
mahane | mahane | ‘fear, scared of’ (eng) | |
mai | mai | ‘eagle’ (eng) | |
mais | mais | ‘but’ (eng) | |
maisana | maisana | 1. ‘somthing that is correct, correct thing’ (eng) 2. ‘truth’ (eng) | |
maise | maise | ‘true, straight, correct’ (eng) | |
maka | maka | ‘kick’ (eng) | |
Makalero | makalero | ‘Makalero, a nearby related language’ (eng) | |
makamakase | makamakase | ‘whisper’ (eng) | |
Makasa'e | makasaʔe | ‘Makasa'e, a nearby related language’ (eng) | |
maksud | maksud | ‘meaning’ (eng) | |
mālai | maːlai | 1. ‘foreigner, stranger’ (eng) 2. ‘head of a village, king’ (eng) | |
mālete | maːlete | ‘narrow (space)’ (eng) | |
malu | malu | ‘outside’ (eng) | |
malupe | malupe | ‘go outside’ (eng) | |
mama | mama | ‘mother’ (eng) | |
mana | mana | ‘big sister’ (eng) | |
manamana | manamana | ‘fruit’ (eng) | |
manane | manane | ‘win, defeat’ (eng) | |
manda la'a | manda laʔa | ‘send’ (eng) | |
manikete | manikete | ‘neck’ (eng) | |
manimani | manimani | ‘necklace’ (eng) | |
manko | manko | ‘bowl’ (eng) | |
manu | manu | ‘big brother’ (eng) | |
manu | manu | ‘injury’ (eng) | |
manu pa'i | manu paʔi | ‘injure’ (eng) | |
manun | manun | ‘wounded’ (eng) | |
mara | mara | ‘go to’ (eng) | |
marteru | marteru | ‘hammer’ (eng) | |
masu | masu | ‘carefully’ (eng) | |
masu cina | masu tsina | ‘blow on a fire to kindle it well’ (eng) | |
masu pa'i | masu paʔi | ‘careful’ (eng) | |
matar | matar | ‘stone’ (eng) | |
matare | matare | ‘stone area’ (eng) | |
matu | matu | ‘used’ (eng) | |
mautūle | mautuːle | ‘lazy’ (eng) | |
meimeite | meimeite | ‘retarded, mentally handicapped’ (eng) | |
meja | meza | ‘table’ (eng) | |
menit | menit | ‘minute’ (eng) | |
merkadu | merkadu | ‘market’ (eng) | |
mesene | mesene | ‘show’ (eng) | |
mestri | mestri | ‘teacher’ (eng) | |
meti | meti | ‘tide’ (eng) | |
mimimimireke | mimimimireke | ‘red, very much red, always red’ (eng) | |
mimireke | mimireke | ‘red’ (eng) | |
mina | mina | ‘cooking oil’ (eng) | |
mine | mine | ‘have’ (eng) | |
mini | mini | ‘on the edge’ (eng) | |
mini mire | mini mire | ‘sit on the edge’ (eng) | |
mini more | mini more | ‘located near’ (eng) | |
minik | minik | ‘nose’ (eng) | |
minine | minine | ‘next to, beside, on the edge of’ (eng) | |
mire | mire | ‘sit’ (eng) | |
miri | miri | ‘new’ (eng) | |
mirimiri | mirimiri | ‘new, new and clean’ (eng) | |
miucia | miutsia | ‘midday’ (eng) | |
moco | motso | 1. ‘child’ (eng) 2. ‘brother's son’ (eng) | |
moco nami | motso nami | ‘brother's son’ (eng) | |
moco tupur | motso tupur | ‘brother's daughter’ (eng) | |
moco wāle | motso waːle | ‘bear a child’ (eng) | |
mocomoko | motsomoko | ‘baby’ (eng) | |
mohe | mohe | ‘run’ (eng) | |
moko | moko | ‘small, young’ (eng) | |
mokomoco | mokomotso | ‘baby’ (eng) | |
mokomokor | mokomokor | ‘children’ (eng) | |
morisa | morisa | ‘throw, throw away’ (eng) | |
mouk | mouk | ‘cloud’ (eng) | |
mu'a | muʔa | ‘atmosphere’ (eng) | |
mu'a | muʔa | ‘day’ (eng) | |
mu'a | muʔa | ‘soil’ (eng) | |
mu'a ca'uwele | muʔa tsaʔuwele | ‘earth’ (eng) | |
mu'a hōcawa | muʔa hoːtsawa | ‘landowner’ (eng) | |
mu'a koune | muʔa koune | ‘evening’ (eng) | |
mu'ahaka | muʔahaka | ‘caring’ (eng) | |
mu'ahara mu'ahara | muʔahara muʔahara | ‘every day’ (eng) | |
mu'aharan | muʔaharan | ‘day’ (eng) | |
mu'e | muʔe | ‘kiss’ (eng) | |
mu'u | muʔu | ‘banana’ (eng) | |
mu'u ara | muʔu ara | ‘banana plant’ (eng) | |
mu'umālai | muʔumaːlai | ‘papaya’ (eng) | |
mu'umālai ara | muʔumaːlai ara | ‘papaya tree’ (eng) | |
mu'upoko | muʔupoko | ‘banana bell, banana blossom, red bulb on the bottom of a bunch of bananas’ (eng) | |
mucu | mutsu | ‘in’ (eng) | |
mucu cene | mutsu tsene | ‘submit, reach out and put inside’ (eng) | |
mucu co'e | mutsu tsoʔe | ‘stuck inside’ (eng) | |
mucu he'e | mutsu heʔe | ‘stuck inside’ (eng) | |
mucu hufuhufute | mutsu hufuhufute | ‘outraged’ (eng) | |
mucune | mutsune | ‘in’ (eng) | |
mucupe | mutsupe | ‘into’ (eng) | |
muhare | muhare | ‘hungry’ (eng) | |
mumina | mumina | ‘iron’ (eng) | |
muralaku | muralaku | ‘take off (as of clothes)’ (eng) | |
nā | naː | ‘at’ (eng) | |
nā ceru | naː tseru | ‘call’ (eng) | |
nā neluhe | naː neluhe | ‘want’ (eng) | |
nā pale | naː pale | ‘touch’ (eng) | |
nā pati | naː pati | ‘distribute’ (eng) | |
na'a kēle | naʔa keːle | ‘laugh’ (eng) | |
na'e | naʔe | 1. ‘at’ (eng) 2. ‘live, breathe’ (eng) | |
na'u | naʔu | ‘yet’ (eng) | |
na'u taya | naʔu taja | ‘go to sleep directly’ (eng) | |
na'u'uku | naʔuʔuku | ‘all, everyone’ (eng) | |
na'unope | naʔunope | ‘morning’ (eng) | |
na'uwara | naʔuwara | ‘and’ (eng) | |
nail taru | nail taru | ‘fishing line’ (eng) | |
naile | naile | ‘hook out, fish’ (eng) | |
nāl | naːl | 1. ‘mother’ (eng) 2. ‘father's brother's wife’ (eng) | |
nāl kaka | naːl kaka | ‘mother's older sister’ (eng) | |
nāl noko | naːl noko | ‘mother's younger sister’ (eng) | |
nālpāl | naːlpaːl | ‘parents’ (eng) | |
nami | nami | ‘male, man, gentleman’ (eng) | |
nana | nana | ‘snake’ (eng) | |
nanakēle | nanakeːle | ‘smile’ (eng) | |
nānāl | naːnaːl | ‘big (wide)’ (eng) | |
nananana | nananana | ‘crazy’ (eng) | |
napaniki | napaniki | ‘not exactly, that's not right’ (eng) | |
nara | nara | ‘then, and then’ (eng) | |
naru'uru | naruʔuru | ‘buried underground’ (eng) | |
nasional | nasional | ‘national’ (eng) | |
natal | natal | ‘Christmas’ (eng) | |
nāte | naːte | ‘stand’ (eng) | |
naten | naten | ‘follow’ (eng) | |
nawa | nawa | ‘eat’ (eng) | |
naware | naware | 1. ‘know, understand’ (eng) 2. ‘know how to, able to’ (eng) | |
nē | neː | ‘name’ (eng) | |
nekulana | nekulana | ‘anger, frustration’ (eng) | |
nekule | nekule | ‘angry’ (eng) | |
nēl | neːl | ‘sky, heaven’ (eng) | |
nēme | neːme | ‘six’ (eng) | |
nērana | neːrana | ‘flat area’ (eng) | |
nere | nere | ‘follow (a person; animal or a path)’ (eng) | |
nēre | neːre | ‘flat’ (eng) | |
nerenere nāte | nerenere naːte | ‘follow’ (eng) | |
nerenu | nerenu | ‘follow, follow in order to do something’ (eng) | |
neru | neru | ‘traditional kitchen item used to thresh plants’ (eng) | |
neure | neure | ‘chase’ (eng) | |
nikini | nikini | ‘mosquito’ (eng) | |
ninau | ninau | ‘himself’ (eng) | |
nita | nita | ‘reciprocal’ (eng) | |
nita kurakura | nita kurakura | ‘argue with one another, try to undermine one another’ (eng) | |
nita uca | nita utsa | ‘kill each other, kill one another’ (eng) | |
nita uta | nita uta | ‘kill each other in mass quantities, commit genocide’ (eng) | |
noko | noko | 1. ‘younger same-sex sibling’ (eng) 2. ‘younger same-sex cousin from one's mother's older sister’ (eng) | |
noko tupur | noko tupur | ‘younger brother's wife’ (eng) | |
nope | nope | ‘tomorrow’ (eng) | |
nūcece | nuːtsetse | ‘wash, bathe’ (eng) | |
nutu | nutu | ‘cover’ (eng) | |
o | o | ‘also, too’ (eng) | |
o'o | oʔo | 1. ‘mouth’ (eng) 2. ‘door’ (eng) | |
o'opira | oʔopira | 1. ‘(physical) lip’ (eng) 2. ‘(metaphorical) edge (as in the edge of the ocean)’ (eng) | |
o'ose | oʔose | ‘steal’ (eng) | |
obrigadu | obriɡadu | ‘thank you’ (eng) | |
oco | otso | ‘orchard, grove’ (eng) | |
oco | otso | ‘touch’ (eng) | |
ocoh | otsoh | ‘bracelet’ (eng) | |
ofo'ofote | ofoʔofote | ‘cut, cut many times’ (eng) | |
ofote | ofote | ‘cut’ (eng) | |
okolewe | okolewe | ‘hug’ (eng) | |
okon | okon | ‘general term for dried, edible roots’ (eng) | |
olo | olo | ‘bird’ (eng) | |
olo le'u | olo leʔu | ‘bird's feathers’ (eng) | |
omo'omoke | omoʔomoke | ‘a quiet person’ (eng) | |
omoke | omoke | ‘quiet’ (eng) | |
ono | ono | ‘still’ (eng) | |
ōp | oːp | ‘ashes’ (eng) | |
oposana | oposana | ‘rotten’ (eng) | |
opose | opose | 1. ‘rot, spoil’ (eng) 2. ‘rude’ (eng) | |
oras | oras | ‘hour, hours’ (eng) | |
orasen | orasen | ‘nowadays’ (eng) | |
ore | ore | ‘quarrel’ (eng) | |
ore | ore | 1. ‘weaving’ (eng) 2. ‘kind of rice cake consisting of rice wrapped in coconut leaves’ (eng); ‘katuba’ (tet) | |
orite | orite | 1. ‘embarrassed, ashamed’ (eng) 2. ‘shy’ (eng) | |
oroma'i | oromaʔi | ‘hide’ (eng) | |
ōruma lalaruma | oːruma lalaruma | ‘loud (of people talking and chit-chatting)’ (eng) | |
ote | ote | ‘bean’ (eng) | |
otemina | otemina | ‘peanut’ (eng) | |
pa'a | paʔa | ‘lot, much’ (eng) | |
pa'in | paʔin | 1. ‘sister's child’ (eng) 2. ‘mother's older brother’ (eng) | |
pa'in matu | paʔin matu | ‘father's sister's husband (whether sister is older or younger)’ (eng) | |
pa'in noko | paʔin noko | ‘mother's younger brother’ (eng) | |
pa'in tupur | paʔin tupur | ‘mother's brother's wife’ (eng) | |
paca | patsa | ‘commoner, commoner class’ (eng) | |
paca | patsa | ‘portion (of game, for instance) set aside for a particular person’ (eng) | |
pacu | patsu | ‘forbid’ (eng) | |
paha | paha | ‘slap, hit’ (eng) | |
pahale | pahale | ‘wash (clothes)’ (eng) | |
pai | pai | ‘pig’ (eng) | |
paki | paki | ‘wall’ (eng) | |
paksat | paksat | ‘force (someone to do something)’ (eng) | |
pāl | paːl | 1. ‘father’ (eng) 2. ‘mother's sister's husband’ (eng) | |
pāl kaka | paːl kaka | ‘father's older brother’ (eng) | |
pāl noko | paːl noko | ‘father's younger brother’ (eng) | |
pala | pala | ‘farm’ (eng) | |
palake | palake | ‘stick on’ (eng) | |
palastiku | palastiku | ‘plastic bag’ (eng) | |
pali | pali | ‘not exist’ (eng) | |
palise | palise | ‘swim’ (eng) | |
pān | paːn | ‘bread’ (eng) | |
panak | panak | ‘heart’ (eng) | |
panake | panake | ‘ache’ (eng) | |
panleru | panleru | ‘man who acts feminine or who dresses like a woman’ (eng) | |
pantai | pantai | ‘beach’ (eng) | |
papanoko | papanoko | ‘uncle (specifically; mother's brother)’ (eng) | |
papasiare | papasiare | ‘take a walk’ (eng) | |
papu | papu | ‘great-grandparent’ (eng) | |
papu nami | papu nami | ‘great-grandfather’ (eng) | |
papu tupur | papu tupur | ‘great-grandmother’ (eng) | |
para | para | ‘so, so that’ (eng) | |
pari | pari | ‘wind’ (eng) | |
pari olioli | pari olioli | ‘whistle’ (eng) | |
pari silil | pari silil | ‘breeze’ (eng) | |
parir | parir | ‘dry season, July-October’ (eng) | |
parke | parke | ‘park’ (eng) | |
pasar | pasar | ‘market’ (eng) | |
pasar | pasar | ‘week’ (eng) | |
pasiare | pasiare | ‘walk’ (eng) | |
pasta | pasta | ‘bag’ (eng) | |
pata | pata | ‘log (from a tree)’ (eng) | |
pati | pati | ‘share, distribute’ (eng) | |
patin | patin | ‘separate’ (eng) | |
patu'e | patuʔe | ‘cough’ (eng) | |
paya | paja | ‘liquid’ (eng) | |
paya | paja | ‘special type of expensive necklace given from the husband to the wife when they get married’ (eng) | |
payah | pajah | ‘mango’ (eng) | |
payah ara | pajah ara | ‘mango tree’ (eng) | |
payapayah | pajapajah | ‘necklace (in general)’ (eng) | |
pelek | pelek | ‘boat’ (eng) | |
pemandana | pemandana | ‘view’ (eng) | |
pēt | peːt | ‘mattress’ (eng) | |
petun | petun | ‘bamboo’ (eng) | |
pī | piː | ‘type of hard seed from a palm tree’ (eng) | |
pi'apara | piʔapara | ‘raise, take care of’ (eng) | |
pinta | pinta | 1. ‘paint’ (eng) 2. ‘painting’ (eng) | |
pipi | pipi | ‘goat’ (eng) | |
pirapira | pirapira | ‘edge’ (eng) | |
piri | piri | ‘lie, tell an untruth’ (eng) | |
pirin | pirin | ‘lie’ (eng) | |
piripiri | piripiri | ‘a liar’ (eng) | |
pite | pite | ‘shine’ (eng) | |
pitine | pitine | ‘white’ (eng) | |
pitipitine | pitipitine | ‘white’ (eng) | |
po'iteke | poʔiteke | ‘back’ (eng) | |
po'opo'ote | poʔopoʔote | ‘sick’ (eng) | |
po'ote | poʔote | ‘sick’ (eng) | |
pohe | pohe | ‘cook’ (eng) | |
pohepohe | pohepohe | ‘cook’ (eng) | |
poki | poki | ‘punch’ (eng) | |
polu | polu | ‘full’ (eng) | |
pōpō | poːpoː | ‘grandparent’ (eng) | |
pōpō nami | poːpoː nami | ‘grandfather’ (eng) | |
pōpō tupur | poːpoː tupur | ‘grandmother’ (eng) | |
pōpoke | poːpoke | ‘soggy’ (eng) | |
poporawa | poporawa | ‘dragonfly’ (eng) | |
por ejemplu | por ezemplu | ‘for example’ (eng) | |
poron | poron | ‘in a circle’ (eng) | |
Portuges | portuɡes | ‘Portuguese’ (eng) | |
poru | poru | ‘smooth’ (eng) | |
posi | posi | ‘cat’ (eng) | |
posi | posi | ‘push slowly’ (eng) | |
pouke | pouke | ‘throw at and hit’ (eng) | |
pu'ina | puʔina | ‘roof’ (eng) | |
pua | pua | ‘betel nut’ (eng) | |
puhu | puhu | ‘pot’ (eng) | |
pui | pui | ‘man who acts like a girl’ (eng) | |
puicina | puitsina | ‘flatland’ (eng) | |
pulau | pulau | ‘island’ (eng) | |
puluh | puluh | ‘tens’ (eng) | |
pura | pura | ‘sell’ (eng) | |
purupale | purupale | ‘take care’ (eng) | |
ra'u | raʔu | ‘plate’ (eng) | |
ra'ulukun | raʔulukun | ‘bowl’ (eng) | |
rah | rah | ‘hundred’ (eng) | |
rahine | rahine | ‘yesterday’ (eng) | |
rakase | rakase | ‘fry’ (eng) | |
rame | rame | ‘fun (when a lot of people are having a good time)’ (eng) | |
ranuranu | ranuranu | ‘well’ (eng) | |
raparapake | raparapake | ‘rough’ (eng) | |
rapu | rapu | ‘type of leafy plant similar to spinach’ (eng) | |
rapurapu | rapurapu | ‘insecurity, lack of self-confidence’ (eng) | |
rarahe | rarahe | 1. ‘bloom, open wide’ (eng) 2. ‘twinkle (of stars)’ (eng) | |
rata | rata | ‘old’ (eng) | |
ratan | ratan | ‘long time ago’ (eng) | |
ratarata | ratarata | ‘in a little bit’ (eng) | |
ratu | ratu | 1. ‘tribe, clan’ (eng) 2. ‘ruling class’ (eng) | |
rau | rau | ‘good’ (eng) | |
raurau | raurau | ‘happy’ (eng) | |
rehabi | rehabi | ‘rebuild’ (eng) | |
rehun | rehun | ‘thousand’ (eng) | |
rekise | rekise | ‘chop, cut down (for instance; a tree)’ (eng) | |
ria | ria | ‘mother's brother's son’ (eng) | |
riku | riku | ‘riches’ (eng) | |
rohone | rohone | 1. ‘on the day before yesterday’ (eng) 2. ‘in the past’ (eng) | |
rohorohone | rohorohone | ‘in the past’ (eng) | |
roja | roza | ‘rose’ (eng) | |
ropisaro | ropisaro | ‘sweet things’ (eng) | |
rotoroto | rotoroto | ‘onomatopoeia for breathing’ (eng) | |
rukus | rukus | ‘ring’ (eng) | |
rūmau | ruːmau | ‘pomegranate’ (eng) | |
sā | saː | ‘tea’ (eng) | |
sai | sai | ‘finish’ (eng) | |
saline | saline | ‘carry (as of a bag)’ (eng) | |
salwa | salwa | ‘save’ (eng) | |
salwasaun | salwasaun | ‘salvation’ (eng) | |
sapu | sapu | ‘pomelo’ (eng) | |
sapun | sapun | ‘lung’ (eng) | |
sasake | sasake | ‘dry’ (eng) | |
sasale | sasale | ‘stupid’ (eng) | |
se | se | ‘if’ (eng) | |
semu | semu | ‘receive’ (eng) | |
senti | senti | ‘feel’ (eng) | |
sepu | sepu | ‘watermelon’ (eng) | |
sepusepu | sepusepu | ‘lawn’ (eng) | |
serika | serika | ‘little, little bit’ (eng) | |
siku | siku | ‘elbow’ (eng) | |
silaki | silaki | ‘grasshopper’ (eng) | |
sirike | sirike | ‘drive’ (eng) | |
siriwisi | siriwisi | ‘work’ (eng) | |
sīwa | siːwa | ‘nine’ (eng) | |
soele | soele | ‘slither’ (eng) | |
somone | somone | ‘carry (e g., a log)’ (eng) | |
sorot | sorot | ‘book, paper’ (eng) | |
sorot hasa | sorot hasa | ‘paper’ (eng) | |
sorot tein | sorot tein | ‘Bible’ (eng) | |
sosike | sosike | ‘slip’ (eng) | |
sūke | suːke | ‘duck’ (eng) | |
sumurelu | sumurelu | ‘umbrella’ (eng) | |
sune | sune | ‘blow (as of the wind)’ (eng) | |
susuka | susuka | ‘fork’ (eng) | |
sūsūke | suːsuːke | ‘walk while ducking, walk hunched, crawl’ (eng) | |
ta | ta | ‘despite’ (eng) | |
ta | ta | ‘in order to’ (eng) | |
ta'a | taʔa | ‘talk’ (eng) | |
ta'ane | taʔane | ‘tens’ (eng) | |
tafa | tafa | 1. ‘shoot (as with a spear, gun or catapult)’ (eng) 2. ‘pound (as with a morter and pestle)’ (eng) | |
tahi | tahi | ‘ocean, beach’ (eng) | |
tahi ira | tahi ira | ‘ocean water’ (eng) | |
tahi o'opira | tahi oʔopira | ‘beach’ (eng) | |
tahi wehe mocori | tahi wehe motsori | ‘child of the sea, person with salt water in their veins’ (eng) | |
tahinana | tahinana | ‘beauty’ (eng) | |
tahine | tahine | ‘good-looking, handsome, pretty’ (eng) | |
tahun | tahun | ‘year’ (eng) | |
tain | tain | ‘earlier today’ (eng) | |
tali | tali | 1. ‘beyond, surpassing’ (eng) 2. ‘very’ (eng) | |
taline | taline | ‘beyond, past, physically over’ (eng) | |
tamba | tamba | ‘because’ (eng) | |
tamu | tamu | ‘name (someone) (something), give someone a name’ (eng) | |
tamu kaka | tamu kaka | ‘father's older sister’ (eng) | |
tamu noko | tamu noko | ‘father's younger sister’ (eng) | |
tana | tana | ‘hand, arm’ (eng) | |
tana fukar | tana fukar | ‘finger’ (eng) | |
tana ocoh | tana otsoh | ‘bracelet’ (eng) | |
tanapungal | tanapunɡal | ‘bicep’ (eng) | |
tanu | tanu | ‘against’ (eng) | |
tapa | tapa | ‘don't!, negative imperative’ (eng) | |
tapalana | tapalana | ‘saddle’ (eng) | |
tapule | tapule | ‘buy’ (eng) | |
tapun | tapun | ‘round (thing)’ (eng) | |
tār | taːr | ‘third person plural pronoun’ (eng) | |
taru | taru | ‘gamble’ (eng) | |
taru | taru | ‘twine, rope’ (eng) | |
tarunu | tarunu | ‘gambling’ (eng) | |
tarupaha | tarupaha | ‘how many?, how much?’ (eng) | |
tarute | tarute | ‘when?’ (eng) | |
tatu | tatu | ‘tattooed’ (eng) | |
tatun | tatun | ‘on the day after tomorrow’ (eng) | |
taukawa | taukawa | ‘fat’ (eng) | |
tawa | tawa | ‘third person singular pronoun’ (eng) | |
tawar | tawar | ‘third person plural pronoun’ (eng) | |
taya | taja | ‘sleep, lay down’ (eng) | |
tayan | tajan | ‘sleep (as a noun)’ (eng) | |
teane | teane | ‘what, how’ (eng) | |
tefu'ana | tefuʔana | ‘broken one’ (eng) | |
tefu'e | tefuʔe | ‘broken (because someone broke it, refers to a long object that is broken along the short axis)’ (eng) | |
tei | tei | ‘holy, taboo’ (eng) | |
teile | teile | ‘slow’ (eng) | |
teiteile | teiteile | ‘slow’ (eng) | |
teku | teku | ‘stir’ (eng) | |
telewisaun | telewisaun | ‘television’ (eng) | |
telira | telira | ‘other’ (eng) | |
tena | tena | ‘which one (used in questions)’ (eng) | |
tena'e | tenaʔe | ‘where’ (eng) | |
tenen | tenen | ‘right (not left)’ (eng) | |
teni'it | teniʔit | ‘which’ (eng) | |
tenke | tenke | ‘must, have to’ (eng) | |
terlambati | terlambati | ‘to come late, to arrive late’ (eng) | |
tetere | tetere | ‘cut grass’ (eng) | |
tewa'ane | tewaʔane | ‘how?, what is it like?’ (eng) | |
tewa'awa'ane | tewaʔawaʔane | ‘what is it like?’ (eng) |