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Tetun 10
Tetun Vocabulary 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| inan | mother, mother's sister |
| inan rasik | mother (as distinct from mother's sister) |
| inan boot | mother's older sister |
| inan kiik | mother's younger sister |
| tia | aunt; father's sisters; mother's brother's wife |
| aman | father, father's brother |
| aman rasik | father (as distinct from father's brother) |
| aman boot | father's older brother |
| tiu | uncle; mother's brother; father's sister's husband |
| maun | older brother, older son of someone classified as one's inan or aman |
| biin | older sister, older daughter of someone classified as one's inan or aman |
| alin | younger brother or sister, younger child of someone classified as one's inan or aman |
| feton | sister (of a man) |
| naan | brother (of a woman) |
| primu | male cross-cousin (son of one's mother's brother or father's sister) |
| prima | female cross-cousin (daughter of one's mother's brother or father's sister) |
| kunyadu, rian | brother-in-law |
| kunyada | sister-in-law |
| oan | child, child of a woman's sister or father's brother |
| oan rasik | own child (as distinct from children of one's brothers or sisters) |
| sobrinya | nephew; son of a woman's brother or man's sister |
| sobrinya | niece; daughter of a woman's brother or man's sister |
| linan | mother (one generation up) |
| aman | father (one generation up) |
| inan-aman | parents (one generation up) |
| main | mother (one generation up) |
| pai | father (one generation up) |
| banin | parent-in-law (one generation up) |
| banin feto | mother-in-law (one generation up) |
| banin mane | father-in-law (one generation up) |
| feto foun | daughter-in-law (one generation down) |
| mane foun | son-in-law (one generation down) |
| oan boot | oldest child (one generation down) |
| oan ikun | younger child (one generation down) |
| kaben | spouse (spouse) |
| kaben feto | wife (spouse) |
| kaben mane | husband (spouse) |
| feen | wife (spouse) |
| laen | husband (spouse) |
| familia | family, relatives |
| hotu | all |
| hotu-hotu | all |
| mak | focus marker |