Tetun words starting with F
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- faba bean·fava
- face·(confront) hasoru, enfrenta
- face fell, embarrassed·oin tuun
- face powder·bedaak
- face to face·oin ho oin
- face, look forward·see oin
- face-down·taka rabat
- Facebook friend·friend
- facial hair, beard, moustache, whiskers·hasan-rahun
- facial paralysis·n. paralízia fasiál
- facilitate·fasilita
- facilitate, enable, provide·fasilita
- facilitator·fasilitadór
- facility·fasilidade
- fact·faktu
- faction·kubu
- factor·fatór
- factorial·fatoriál
- factory·fábrika
- faculty·(university) fakuldade
- faded·kamutis
- faeces·(human) tee; (animal) teen
- fail·la konsege; la lao ba oin; la
- fail, go wrong, break down·falla
- failure, lack of success·insusesu
- faint·la moos; halo la ho laran
- faint (pass out)·v. dezmaia
- faint, unconscious, pass out·mate ki'ik
- fair·(just) justu , adil
- fair (impartial)·fer
- fair, exhibition·feira
- fair, just·adil
- faith·fiar, fé
- faith (in God)·fé
- faithful·foo laran
- faithful, loyal·setia
- faithfulness, loyalty·fidelidade
- Falciparum malaria·malária falsiparum
- fall·monu; (fall and scatter)
- fall and be scattered·namtate
- fall apart·naksobu
- fall for·laran kona, matan monu
- fall for, fall in love·matan monu
- fall in love·fuan-monu
- fall in love with·laran kona ho
- fall pregnant·kous
- fall, collapse·monu
- fall, drop·monu
- fallen leaves, dry leaf litter·ai-luruk
- false·falsu
- false teeth·nehan falsu
- false tooth·nehan falsu
- falsification, forgery·falsifikasaun
- falsify·falsifika
- family·família
- family health·promotór saude família
- family planning·kb
- family planning, birth·planeamentu familiár
- family, relatives·família
- family, relatives, relations·família
- famine·rai hamlaha
- famished, ravenous·hamlaha loos
- famous·famozu
- família) aunt (paternal·tia
- fan·kakehe
- fan (electric·ventuinha
- fan belt·koreia ventuiña
- fanatic·fanatik, fanátiku
- fantasy·fantazia
- far·dook
- far apart·dodook
- far, far away, distant, remote·dook
- far-sightedness·n. iperópia
- fare·folin bilhete nian
- farewell·(verb) despede; (noun)
- farewell, say goodbye·despede
- farm·(noun) toos, kintál; (verb)
- farm rice·halo natar
- farm, (agricultural) field·kintál
- farm, work the·halo toos
- farmer·agrikultór
- farmer (with non-rice·toos nain
- fart·hosu
- fart, break wind·hosu
- fascist·fasista
- fashion·moda
- fast·(not eat) jejún; halo jejún
- fast (abstain from·halo jejún
- fast (abstain from food·jejún
- fast (abstain from food), fasting·hadera-an
- fast (from food)·n. jejún
- fast asleep, sleep in·toba haluha rai
- fast asleep, sound asleep·haluha rai
- fast food·fast food
- fast, quickly·lailais
- faster·lais liu
- fastest·mak lais liu
- fasting·jejún
- fat·bokur; (person) bokur-teen
- fat (person·bokur-teen
- fat (person)·bokur-teen
- fat (person), obese·bokur-teen
- fat, fertile·bokur
- fatal·fatál
- Father·(dad) aman, apaa, pai
- father (as distinct·aman rasik
- Father (to address priests·amu
- Father God·aman maromak
- father of one’s·kompadre
- father superior·padre superiór
- father, paternal uncle·apaa
- father-in-law·aman-banin
- fatigued, exhausted·mankodo
- fatin tunu dosi) cake tin·forma
- fatin) earth, land, region·rai
- fatter, obese·bokur liu
- faucet (Amérika·torneira
- fault, short-coming, deficiency·fallansu
- fauna·fauna
- fava bean·fava
- favour, be favourable to·favorese
- favour, kindness, kind deed·favór
- favourable·favoravel
- favourite·favoritu
- fax, facsimile·fax
- fear·tauk
- feasibility study·estudu viabilidade
- feasibility, viability·viabilidade
- feather·manu fulun
- feather duster·espanadór
- febrile seizure·n. konvulsaun febríl
- February·Fevereiru
- fed up·baruk
- fed up with, sick of·baruk ho
- federal·federál
- fee·fee
- feed·foo haan
- feed a fire·bou ahi
- feed trough·oron
- feedback·feedback
- feel·sente, senti
- feel at home·senti hanesan iha ita nia uma rasik
- feel at peace·laran hakmatek
- feel calm·laran hakmatek
- feel calm, feel·laran hakmatek
- feel calm, feel at peace·laran-hakmatek
- feel cold as a result·isin malirin
- feel faint·bolelu
- feel faint, see·oin nakukun
- feel lazy, bored, fed up·baruk
- feel sleepy, drowsy·matan-dukur
- feel sorry for·hadomi
- feel trepidation, feel·laran todan
- feel uneasy, anxious, apprehensive·laran la metin
- feel well (after·senti kamaan
- feeling·sentimentu
- feeling(s·sentimentu
- fell·taa
- fellow·(comrade) maluk; (guy)
- fellow male·mane-maluk
- fellow woman·feto-maluk
- female·(human) feto; (animal)
- female (of animal)·inan
- female Timorese·buihuu
- fence·lutu
- fence, (ai horis) hedge·lutu
- fermentation starter·ragi
- fermentation starter used in·para fazer tempeh
- fern (edible·kabura
- ferry·(boat) roo; (carry) lalin
- ferry (boat)·feri
- ferry (people/things·lalin
- fertile·(soil) bokur
- fertile soil·rai bokur
- fertilisation·fertilizasaun
- fertilise (soil)·habokur rai
- fertiliser·adubu
- fertility·fertilidade
- festival·festivál
- festive·rame
- festively·rame-rame
- fetch·hola; (fetch water) kuru bee
- fetch water·kuru bee
- fever·isin manas
- few·uitoan
- fiancé·namoradu
- fiancée·namorada
- fiber optic·fibra ótika
- fickle, easily changeable, erratic·plin-plan
- fiction·fiksaun
- field·kintál; toos; kampu
- field, sports ground·kampu
- fifteen·kinze
- fifth (5th)·kinta
- fifty·lima puluh
- fig tree·ai figeira
- fig, fig tree·figeira
- fight·baku malu, haan malu; luta
- fight, argue (of·haan malu
- fight, have a fight·baku malu
- fighting cock·manu-futu
- fighting-cock·manu futu
- figure·(number) númeru (liu-liu
- file·(archive) arkivu; arsip
- file (metal)·limar
- file (of papers)·arsip
- file, archive·arkivu
- file, rasp·limar
- fill·enxe; (a tooth) solda
- fill in·(a form) prenxe
- fill in (a form·prenxe
- fill out·prenxe
- fill up·hakonu
- fill up with·enxe
- fill up with, stuff with·enxe
- filler metal (for soldering)·arame solda
- fillet·fileti
- filling (dental)·n. filling
- film·(movie) filmi; (shoot a film)
- film star·bintang filme
- film, movie·filme
- filter·filtru
- filter, strain·taes
- filter, strain (liquids)·ta'es
- filthy·buradu
- final·finál
- final balance·saldu ikus liu
- final destination·baa too nebee?
- finalist·finalista
- finalist, student·finalista
- finally·ikus mai
- finals·babak finál
- finance·finansa
- finance management, financial management·jestaun finansas
- finance, fund, provide funds for·finansia
- financial·finanseiru
- financial) capital·osan inan
- financing, funding·finansiamentu
- find·hetan
- find out·deskobre
- find, get, obtain, (hetan·hetan
- fine·(good) diak
- fine (for wrong-doing·multa
- fine arts·belas artes
- fine smooth hair·been
- fine, slender·finu
- finely ground corn·batar ikis
- finely pounded corn, small·ikis
- finger·liman fuan
- finger/toe nail, claw·kukun
- fingerling·ikan oan
- fingernail·liman kukun
- finish·remata, halo hotu
- finish (race)·finis
- finish, conclude·akaba
- finish, end·termina
- finish, finalise·finaliza
- finished·hotu, remata
- finished, completed, end, be over·hotu
- fire·ahi
- fire alarm·alarme ba ahi haan
- fire brigade·bombeirus
- fire brigade, fireman·bombeirus
- fire station·bombeirus
- fire, electricity, light (lamp), flame·ahi
- firefly·pirilampu
- fireman·bombeirus
- fireplace·ahi matan
- fireplace, hearth·ahi matan
- firewall·firewall
- firewood·ai sunu
- firewood (for sale·ai sunu
- firewood, dry wood·ai maran
- fireworks, flare·fogete
- firm·(company) kompanhia
- firm (business), business, enterprise·empreza
- firm up·hametin
- firm, tight·metin
- first·(1st) primeiru/a, pertama
- first (before doing something·lai
- first (time)·dala uluk
- first (time), initial·dahuluk
- first aid·p3k
- first class·klase primeiru
- first come, first served·mai uluk serbí uluk
- first communion·primeira komuñaun
- first fruits of one's labour·liman moruk
- first in, first served·mai uluk serbí uluk
- First Lady·primeira dama
- first name, given name·naran-uluk
- first sergeant·primeiru sarjentu
- first time·primeira vés
- first, firstly·ba dala uluk
- first-aid kit·ekipamentu primeiru sokoru
- firstly·nanain
- firstly, first·uluk nanain (formal)
- firstly, first of all·uluk nanain
- fiscal year, financial year·anu fiskál
- fiscal, financial·fiskál
- fish·(noun) ikan; (catch fish) tiha
- fish (go fishing)·peska
- fish dish·ikan saboko
- fish hook·kail
- fish scales·sisik
- fish using scoop-net·dish up, dig up (ground)
- fish with a line·hakail
- fish with a net·tiha
- fish-eggs, spawn, roe·ikan-tolun
- fishbone·ikan-ruin
- fisheries·peskas
- fisherman·peskadór
- fishing line·kail-talin
- fit·(convulsion) tebe ain tebe
- fit (convulsion)·n. konvulsaun
- fit (strong)·fit
- fit of anger·laran manas
- fit with, correspond to, compatible·kondís
- fitness centre·gym
- five·lima
- five days ago·hori bain-lima
- five days’ time·bainlima
- five hundred·atus lima
- five-corner fruit·karambola
- fix·hadia
- fixed, permanent·fiksu
- flag·bandeira
- flagon·garafaun
- flagpole·bandeira riin
- flame·ahi-lakan
- flame tree, wili-wili·ai-diik
- flare nut wrench·xave tubu
- flash·piska
- flash on and off·piskapiska
- flashlight·lámpada
- flat·kabelak
- flat (lethargic)·body. isin baruk
- flat straight road·reta
- flat tyre·roda kuak
- flatter·gaba
- flatulence·flatulénsia
- flavour·sabór
- flavourless·miis
- flea·asu kutun
- flea, tick (parasite)·asu-kutun
- flee to seek refuge·refujia
- flee, avoid (doing something)·hasees an
- flesh·isin
- flexibility·fleksibilidade
- flexible·fleksivel
- flick·fekit
- flick (with finger)·fekit
- flick off·hikis
- flight·voo
- flight attendant·servidór (iha aviaun)
- flight control·kontrolu voo
- flight manifest·manifestu voo
- flight number·númeru voo
- flight schedule·oráriu voo
- flight steward·servidór (iha aviaun)
- flight time·tempu viajen
- flint, flint stone·fatuk-kose
- flip-flops·xinelus
- flirt·garida
- flirtatious·feto maek
- float·namlele
- flood·bee sae
- flood (through flood waters rising)·bee sa'e
- flood, good flow (of water)·bee boot
- floor·rai; (storey) andár
- flour·trigu
- flow·suli
- flow (out)·naksuli
- flow, leak·suli
- flower·(ai) funan
- flower pot·vazu
- flower) garden, park·jardín
- flowery (speech)·renda-renda
- flu, influenza·gripe
- fluoro (light), fluorescent light·lampu neon
- flushed (face·oin mean
- flute·kalis
- fly·(insect) lalar
- fly (insect)·lalar
- fly (through the air)·semo
- fly a kite·dada papagaiu
- flying fox·niki
- flywheel·roda bulak
- FM (radio)·fm
- foal·kuda oan
- foal, (inan) filly, (aman) colt·kuda-oan
- foam·(noun) furin; (verb) nafurin
- foam rubber, sponge·esponza
- foam, suds·sabaun furin
- focus·foka
- FOCUS marker·ma
- focus on·fokus
- focus on, pay attention to·konsentra
- foecal-oral·fekál-orál
- fog·abuabu
- fog light·lampu leno kalohan
- fog, mist·abuabu
- fold·hikar
- fold, fold up·hikar
- folder·map (I)
- folder (of papers), (computer/paper) archive·arkivu
- folder, manila folder·map
- follow·tuir; akompanha; (closely)
- follow (a person·tuir
- follow closely·tu-tuir
- follow up·halo segimentu
- follow-up·segimentu
- following·liu tiha; tuir mai
- font·tipu letra
- fontanel·baboton
- food·ai haan
- food and beverage·haan-hemu
- food and drink·haan-hemu
- food security·seguransa ai han
- food, (animal) feed·hahán
- food-·alimentár
- foot·ain; (of hill) foho huun
- foot brake·travaun-ain
- foot, base of hill or·foho huun
- foot, base of mountain·foho huun
- football·(soccer) futeból
- football boot·suteiras
- football field·kampu joga bola
- football, soccer·futeból
- footballer·futebolista
- footprint·ain fatin
- for·(someone else) ba, (oneself)
- for a long time·kleur
- for and against·pro-kontra
- for example·hanesan; por
- for example, e.g., for instance·por ezemplu
- for instance·por ezemplu
- for sale·atu faan
- for the first time·primeira vés
- forbid·bandu
- force·(compel) obriga; (strength)
- force, strain·hakaas
- force, strain, pressure·haka'as
- forceps·forseps
- forces (military·forsa
- forehead·reen toos
- forehead, brow·reen-toos
- foreign·estranjeiru
- foreign body·korpu estranhu
- foreigner·ema estranjeiru
- foreigner (except·malae
- foreman·mandór
- forensic·forensik
- forensic assessment·n. avaliasaun
- forest·ai laran
- forestall·antisipa
- forestry·floresta
- forever, everlasting, eternal·rohan-laek
- foreword, preface·prefásiu
- forget·haluha
- forgetful·haluha dór
- forgetful person·haluha-door
- forgive·perdua, foo perdaun
- forgive sins (by God)·kasu sala
- forgive, pardon·perdua
- forgiveness·perdaun
- forgiveness, pardon·perdaun
- forgiving, one who readily forgives·perdua dór
- fork·garfu
- forklift, fork-lift truck·kareta hi'it sasán
- form·(verb) forma; (establish)
- form (document·formuláriu
- form froth, foam, lather·nafurin
- form froth, foam, lather, suds·nafurin
- form suds·nafurin
- formal·formál
- formal complaint·keixa
- formal note presenting a ruling·despaxu
- formalin·formalin
- formalise·formaliza
- format·formatu
- former·uluk, eis-
- former senior politicians·eis titulár
- formerly·ulu-uluk
- formerly, previously, in the past·ul-uluk
- formula·fórmula
- formulate·formula
- fort·benteng
- fortunate·sorti, sorti boot
- fortune-teller, forecaster, seer, soothsayer·siik dór
- forty·empat puluh
- forum·forum
- forwards·ba oin
- forwards, ahead·ba oin
- foul·(sports) falta
- foul, commit a foul·bola falta
- found baggage·bagajen nebee hetan fali ona
- foundation·fundasaun
- foundation (organisation)·fundasaun
- foundation stone·fatuk-inan
- foundations·aliserse
- foundations (of building)·aliserse
- founder·fundadór(a)
- fountain pen·kaneta
- four·empat
- four days ago·hori bainhaat
- four days’ time·bainhaat
- four hundred·atus haat
- four of a kind (cards)·pár haat
- four-wheel drive·trasaun
- fourteen·empat belás
- fourth (4th)·dahaat
- foxtail millet·tora
- foyer·lobi
- fracture·halo tohar
- fracture, broken bone·ruin tohar
- fractured·tohar
- fragility·frajilidade
- fragrance·morin
- fragrant·morin
- fragrant, aromatic, smell good·morin
- frail·isin fraku
- frame·(door/window) arus
- framework·enkuadramentu
- framework (in object-oriented programming)·framework
- France·Fransa
- Franciscan Missionaries of Mary·fransiskana
- frangipani·ai-funan santu antónio
- fraternisation·konfraternizasaun
- fraternity·fraternidade
- fraud·fraude
- free·(not restricted) livre, (at no
- free (have freedom)·livre
- free (of charge·gratis
- free (of charge)·saugati
- free (of charge), complimentary·gratis
- free (space, time)·frei
- free market·merkadu livre
- free sex·seksu livre
- free time·tempu livre
- free time, leisure time·tempu livre
- free trade zone·zona komérsiu livre
- freedom·liberdade
- freedom, liberty·liberdade
- freely, as one likes·avontade
- freeware·software gratuitu
- freezer·konjeladór
- freezer (compartment of·freezer (m) [BR]
- freezer (compartment of fridge)·jeleira leten
- freight·naha
- French·franseza
- French bean·koto nurak
- frequency·frekuénsia
- frequent·beibeik
- frequently·beibeik
- fresh·(buat/ema) foun hodi troka
- fresh corn·batar nurak
- fresh palm juice (sweet, slightly·fermentar
- fresh water·bee midar
- fresh, cool·fresku
- freshwater prawn, shrimp, crayfish·boek mota
- Friday·Sesta
- fridge·jeleira, kulkas
- fried·sona
- fried banana·hudi sona
- fried rice·(simple) etu fuga
- friend·amiga
- friend, colleague, school-·kolega
- friendly game·jogu amizade
- friendly, affable·oin-mamar
- friendship·amizade
- frigate·fragata
- frighten·hatauk
- frighten, scare·hatauk
- frighten, scare, intimidate·hata'uk
- frizzy·kribun
- frizzy hair·fuuk mulatu
- frog·kedo
- frog, toad·manduku
- from·hosi, husi
- from (time)·komesa
- from, originate from·hosi, husi
- front·oin; (political) frente
- front desk clerk·resepsionista
- front desk clerk, receptionist·resepsionista
- front door·odamatan oin
- front living room·sala vizita
- front office·front office
- front room·sala vizita
- front-of-the-house·parte otél oin
- frontier·fronteira
- froth·(noun) furin, (verb) nafurin
- froth, foam, lather, suds·furin
- frown, scowl·oin-naburut
- frown, scowl,·halo (nia) oin aat
- fruit·ai fuan
- fruit salad·frutas
- frustrated·frustradu
- frustration·frustrasaun
- fry·sona (ho mina)
- frying pan·frijideira
- fuel·kombustivel
- fuel filter·filtru mina
- fuel filter (for diesel)·filtru gazoel
- fuel indicator·ponteiru hatudu mina
- fuel pipe·tubu mina
- fuel pump·bomba-gazolina
- fuel pump, injection pump·bomba mina
- fuel tax·taxa mina nian
- fugitive, escapee·fujitiva
- fulfil·halo tuir, kumpri
- full·nakonu
- full (from eating·bosu
- full (from eating)·bosu
- full blood count·n. emograma kompletu
- full blood test·vp. hasai raan kompletu, see:
- full moon·fulan-nakonu
- full stop·pontu, titik
- full to bursting (of stomach)·kabun atu fera
- full-season corn with large cobs·batar boot
- full-time·full-time
- fully·sein porsentu, tomak
- fumigate·halo fumigasaun
- fun·halo ita kontenti
- function·(noun) funsaun; (verb)
- function (work well)·v. funsiona
- function, role·funsaun
- function, role, purpose·funsaun
- function, work·funsiona
- functioning, working (functioning)·funsionamentu
- fund·fundu
- fund(s)·fundu
- fundamental·fundamentál
- fundamental, basic·fundamentál
- funeral·funerál
- funeral service·kultu despedida
- funerals and all other·lia mate
- fungus·bibi tilun
- funnel·funíl
- funny·komik
- funny (of person)·komik-teen
- fur·(animál nia) fulun
- furious·laran-nakali
- furious at·fudidu
- furious, lose one's temper·raan nakali
- further·liu
- fuse·sekrin
- fuss·farigadu
- futeból) striker·avansadu
- futsal·futsal
- future·futuru
- fuuk) plait, braid (hair·sasin