Tetun Dili

Introduction

Tetun Dili is a language of Timor-Leste. It is spoken in East Timor north coast, L1 in Dili area; L2 scattered in western part of East Timor.

Dialects

Heavy Portuguese (See: Portuguese) and Mambae (See: Mambae) influence; some Indonesian (See: Indonesian) or Malay influence.

The Tetun Dili Verb

Verblist

• baku, taè -- to hit
• booi, eskolya, fihir, hili, kakkan -- to choose
• bubu -- to swell
• buti, kumu -- to squeeze
• dada iis, hasaè nawan -- to breathe
• daʔan, nasu, teʔin, tein -- to cook
• dehan, haʔak -- to say
• fai, tuku -- to pound, beat
• faur, fila, filas -- to turn
• fera, fotta -- to split
• funin, helik, subar -- to hide
• furi, kuda -- to plant
• futu, kesi, kmeti -- to tie up, fasten
• ha, haan -- to eat
• hamnasa, hanassa -- to laugh
• hamriik, harik -- to stand
• hana, tiru -- to shoot
• hanaʔo, naok -- to steal
• hanisi, makkit, tata -- to bite
• hanoʔin, hanoin -- to think
• hare, haree -- to see
• hatana, hatene, matenek -- to know, be knowledgeable
• hatauk -- to fear
• hemu -- to drink
• hŏŏ, oho -- to kill
• horan, horon -- to sniff, smell
• hu, huu -- to blow
• humur, kaer -- to hold
• kalea, muta -- to vomit
• kasa, maraka -- to hunt
• kee, keʔe -- to dig
• knawar, serewisu, servisu -- to work
• koi -- to scratch
• lake, loke -- to open, uncover
• laʔo, lao -- to walk
• lita, suku -- to sew
• maas -- to yawn
• mai -- to come
• mama (malus), mamma, nata -- to chew
• mate -- to die, be dead
• mehi, mihin -- to dream
• monu, namtate -- to fall
• moris -- to grow
• moris -- to live, be alive
• namottuk, sunu -- to burn
• nani -- to swim
• rona -- to hear
• sae, saʔe -- to climb
• semo -- to fly
• soe, tuda -- to throw
• sona -- to stab, pierce
• sosa, sossa -- to buy
• suli -- to flow
• sura -- to count
• susu -- to suck
• ta, taa, tesi, tetak -- to cut, hack
• tafui, teniru -- to spit
• tanis -- to cry
• toba -- to lie down
• toba -- to sleep
• tur, tuur -- to sit

Notes

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