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Language: Tetun Terik (Fehan dialect)

Resources:

•  ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Tetun Fehan
•  Ethnologue Information for tet
•  OLAC Information for tet
•  World Atlas of Language Structures Information for ttn
•  [Suggest a resource]

Change History:

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• Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2016-07-11 11:37:44)
• Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2016-07-11 11:37:11)
• Source: (Word 126) - (2012-06-18 02:36:18)
• Source: (Word 192) - (2012-06-18 02:27:14)
• Source: (Word 191) - (2012-06-18 02:26:46)
• Source: (Word 189) - (2012-06-18 02:26:14)
• Source: (Word 188) - (2012-06-18 02:25:56)
• Source: (Word 187) - (2012-06-18 02:25:33)
• Source: (Word 186) - (2012-06-18 02:25:08)
• Source: (Word 185) - (2012-06-18 02:24:40)
• Source: (Word 185) - (2012-06-18 02:24:23)
• Source: (Word 184) - (2012-06-18 02:23:46)
• Source: (Word 183) - (2012-06-18 02:21:22)
• Source: (Word 182) - (2012-06-18 02:21:02)
• Source: (Word 181) - (2012-06-18 02:20:42)
• Source: (Word 180) - (2012-06-18 02:19:52)
• Source: (Word 179) - (2012-06-18 02:19:11)
• Source: (Word 177) - (2012-06-18 02:16:35)
• Source: (Word 176) - (2012-06-18 02:16:02)
• Source: (Word 175) - (2012-06-18 02:15:16)
• Source: (Word 195) - (2012-06-18 02:14:28)
• Source: (Word 200) - (2012-06-18 02:04:51)
• Source: (Word 199) - (2012-06-18 02:04:20)
• Source: (Word 198) - (2012-06-18 02:03:53)
• Source: (Word 197) - (2012-06-18 02:02:47)
• Updating Classification to Match Ethnologue 16. From: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Timor, Nuclear Timor, East To: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Timor, Extra-Ramelaic, Central - Simon Greenhill (2009-07-23 03:33:09)
• Updated Language Details - Simon Greenhill (2006-08-11 23:39:01)
• Language Added - Simon Greenhill (2006-07-25 13:42:10)

Entries:

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	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	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	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	haknaan
38	to chew	hakmolak?
38	to chew	haktamis	'chew noisily'
38	to chew	mama	mama = 'chew (esp. betel)'	1
39	to cook	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	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	lita		44
68	needle	daun		1
69	to hunt	tama rai	(lit 'enter land') 'hunt with dogs'
70	to shoot	hana		1
71	to stab, pierce	sona		89
72	to hit	baku	slap/hit with stick	7
72	to hit	fota	slap/hit with stick
72	to hit	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	ko'i		1
78	to cut, hack	taa		1
78	to cut, hack	tetak	'chop finely'	3
79	stick/wood	ai		1
80	to split	fera	'chop/split'	22
80	to split	hakbaluk	'split wood/slice'
80	to split	haknees
80	to split	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	karian		7
84	to plant	furi	plant seeds
85	to choose	hili		1
85	to choose	boi		22
86	to grow
87	to swell	bubu		3
88	to squeeze	kumu		5
89	to hold	kaer		104
89	to hold	kumu
90	to dig	ke'e		26
91	to buy	sosa		31
92	to open, uncover	loke		6
93	to pound, beat	fai	pound with point of stick, eg rice	1
94	to throw	soe	throw
94	to throw	tuda	throw overarm eg spear or stone	1
95	to fall	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	utu		1
109	mosquito	susuk		45
110	spider	labadain		1?
111	fish	ikan		1
111	fish	na'an tasi	(lit. 'meat sea')
112	rotten	dodok	mushy, rotten	35
113	branch	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	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	kalo'an
132	fog	ababun
133	rain	udan		1
134	thunder	kokur
135	lightning	mameran		42
136	wind	anin		1
137	to blow	huu		5
138	warm	manas		1
139	cold	malirin		1
140	dry	maran		1
141	wet	botes
142	heavy	ktodan
143	fire	ha'i
144	to burn	sunu
145	smoke	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	kbadak		54
155	long	naruk		1
156	thin	ni'is
157	thick	ma'ar
158	narrow	kloot		8
159	wide	luan		1?
160	painful, sick	moras		46
161	shy, ashamed	moe		33
162	old	ferik	old/married (of woman)
162	old	katuas	old/married (of man)
162	old	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?	wainhira	for questions about future
170	when?	hori-hirak	for questions about past
171	to hide	hakfunin
172	to climb	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?	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	ita	from Blust 2008	1
185	we	ami	from Blust 2008	2
186	you	emi	from Blust 2008	1, 13
187	they	sia	from Blust 2008	1
188	what?	sa	from Blust 2008	2
189	who?	se	from Blust 2008	1
190	other
191	all	hotu hotu	from Blust 2008
192	and	ho	from Blust 2008
193	if
194	how?
195	no, not	la	from Blust 2008	4
196	to count
197	One	ida	from Blust 2008	1
198	Two	rua	from Blust 2008	1
199	Three	tolu	from Blust 2008	1
200	Four	haat	from Blust 2008	1
201	Five
202	Six
203	Seven
204	Eight
205	Nine
206	Ten
207	Twenty
208	Fifty
209	One Hundred
210	One Thousand

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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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