Tetun words starting with H
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- haan malu) suit, appropriate·pár
- habitual betel-·mama-door
- habitual betel-chewer·mama dór
- habitual liar·bosok-teen
- habitual liar, deceitful·bosok-teen
- habitually have bad intentions?·kakutak fo'er
- haboot lian·kuluna
- hacker, cracker·hacker
- hacksaw·kadoo besi
- hacksaw blade·kadoo besi tahan
- haematemesis·ematemeze
- haematology·ematolojia
- haematoma·ematoma
- haematuria, blood in the urine·hematuria
- haemoglobin·emoglobina
- haemolytic·emolítika
- haemoptysis, cough up blood·hemoptesis
- haemorrhoids, piles·emoroidas
- hahaan) pasta·pasta
- Hail Mary·Ave Maria
- hail stones·udan jelu fatuk
- hair·(of head) fuuk; (of body)
- hair (of head·fuuk
- hair clip, bobby pin·feixu
- hair straightener·catok
- hair that has fallen out·fuuk maten
- hairclip·feixu
- hairdressing salon·salon
- hairpin·ulsuku
- hairpin bend·kurva maten
- hairpin bend (in·kurva maten
- hairpin bend (in road)·kurva maten
- hairspray·laka
- halai tuir) chase·duni
- half·balu, metade, setengah
- half (soccer·babak (I)
- half full·nanotak
- half, part·balun
- half, part, other side·sorin-balu
- half, some, part of·balu
- half-full·nanotak
- half-ripe·mangál
- half-slip, petticoat·saiote
- half-time·intervalu
- halfback·médiu
- hall·sala; salaun
- hall, auditorium·aula
- hallelujah·aleluia
- ham·fiambre, prezuntu
- hamburger·hamburger
- hamlet·knua
- hamlet of origin·knua
- hammer·martelu
- hammer, mallet·martelu
- hamstring·ain-kloor
- hand·(on arm) liman; (of bananas)
- hand (of clock·ponteiru
- hand (something to·lolo
- hand brake·travaun-liman
- hand drill, brace·furadór liman
- hand luggage·pasta lori rasik
- hand over·saran
- hand plane·supila liman
- hand pump·motabomba
- hand towel·toalha kiik
- hand tractor·tratór liman
- hand, bunch (of bananas)·sasuit
- hand-held) fan·kakehe
- hand-operated·motabomba
- hand-operated water pump·motabomba
- hand-saw·kadoo
- hand-woven cloth·tais
- hand-woven traditional cloth·tais
- handbag·karteira
- handbook·livru matadalan
- handcuff·borgol
- handcuffs·aljema
- handicap, disability·defisiénsia
- handicapped·aleijadu
- handicapped person·adj n. defisiente
- handicapped person, disabled person, cripple·aleijadu
- handicapped, disabled·aleijadu
- handicapped, disabled, crippled·aleijadu
- handkerchief·lensu
- handle·kaer fatin
- handlebars·volanti
- hands on hips·tonka kanotak
- handsome·bonitu
- handsome (of men and boys)·bonitu
- handspan·sasukat liman
- handy, good craftsman·liman badaen
- hanesan nee) like this, in·nunee
- hang·tabele; tara; (around neck)
- hang (someone)·tara mate
- hang around neck, wear·hahenu
- hang on a coat hanger·kabidu
- hang up items via a·tara bandu
- hang, dangle·tabele
- hang, hang up, suspend·tara
- happen·akontese
- happen, occur·akontese
- happening·akontesimentu
- happiness·feliz
- happy·alegria
- happy hour·happy hour
- Happy New Year·bosfestas
- Happy New Year!·boaz entradas
- happy, content·kontenti
- happy, content, contented, pleased·kontente
- harass (sexually)·book feto
- harassed·atrapalha
- harassed, hassled·atrapalha
- harbour·portu
- hard·(surface) toos; (difficult)
- hard (difficult)·adj. todan
- hard copy·hardcopy
- hard coral·fatuk ahu ruin
- hard disk·disku ríjidu
- hard inner shell of coconut·kakuun
- hard snot·inus-teen
- hard to get·araska
- hard-working·badinas; servisu-
- hard-working, diligent·badinas
- hard-working, diligent, industrious·badinas
- harder·susar liu
- hardest·mak susar liu
- hardly·kuaze la
- hardtop·hartop
- hardware·hardware
- hare·koelhu
- haree tuir) inspect·revista
- harelip·ibun-sakat
- harm·halo aat
- harmony·armonia
- harrow·grade
- haruka mai) summon, call·bolu
- harvest·(noun) rezultadu toos ho
- harvest (corn) by breaking·sohi
- harvest rice·koá hare
- has a heart of gold·laran osan mean
- hassle, annoy, irritate·sateia
- hassled·atrapalha
- hat·xapeu
- hat, cap·xapeu
- hate·odi
- hate, seek revenge·odi
- hatred·ódiu
- hatred, rancour·ódiu
- hatred, revenge·ódiu
- haunted (place)·adj. moris
- have·iha
- have a·ulun fatuk moras
- have a baby, give birth·tuur ahi
- have a backache, back pain·kotuk laran moras
- have a bad·naran foer
- have a bad reputation·naran
- have a beautiful face·oin bonita
- have a birthday·halo tinan
- have a blocked nose·inus metin
- have a blood test·hasai raan
- have a cock-fight·futu-manu
- have a cockfight·futu manu
- have a cold·kostupadu
- have a crooked arm·liman kle'uk
- have a crooked mouth (a·ibun kleuk
- have a fever·isin manas
- have a fit, convulsion·tebe ain tebe liman
- have a flat tyre, puncture·roda kuak
- have a go·to'ok
- have a good·naran diak
- have a good reputation·naran
- have a good weekend!·bon fin dé semana
- have a handicapped arm·liman aat
- have a headache·ulun moras
- have a long life·vida naruk
- have a mild fever·isin morna
- have a negative impact on·prejudika
- have a picnic·piknik
- have a rash, reddish skin·kulit mean
- have a runny nose·inus been
- have a seizure, spasm·estika aan
- have a sharp pointed nose·inus kain tuda
- have a short wide nose·inus belar
- have a sore throat (e.g·garganta moras
- have a sore throat, pharyngitis·garganta moras
- have a speech impediment·telok
- have a stiff neck·kakorok naksalak
- have a swim, play in·hariis tasi
- have a swollen face·oin-bubu
- have a tummy·kabun moras
- have a weak stomach·estomak fraku
- have an earache·tilun kuak moras
- have an itchy backside·kidun katar
- have as lulik 'forbidden, sacred'·luli
- have bad breath·ibun dois
- have bloody stools, e.g. from·sentina ho raan
- have blurred·matan malahuk
- have blurred vision, impaired·matan malahuk
- have blurred vision, impaired vision·matan-malahuk
- have cavities (in·taka nehan kuak
- have cavities (in one's tooth)·nehan kuak
- have children·oan-na'in
- have clean hands·liman moos
- have deep pockets·(lots of
- have diarrhoea·tee been
- have diarrhoea, have the runs·tee-been
- have dinner·han-kalan
- have febrile·isin manas estika aan
- have goose·isin fulun hamriik
- have goosebumps·isin fulun hamriik
- have itchy arms/hands·liman-katar
- have keen hearing·tilun kro'at
- have kidney disease, kidney failure·sofre ríns
- have laryngitis, lose·lian maran
- have lunch·almosu
- have no (national) allegiances·bandeira la iha
- have no conscience·konsiénsia la iha
- have one's time of month,·fasi fulan
- have poor vision, impaired vision·matan la moos
- have sex with·hola
- have sexual·hola malu
- have sunken eyes·matan kle'an
- have swollen eyes·matan-bubu
- have to·tenki, tenki sér
- have wide nostrils·inus kuak luan
- havoc·runguranga
- hawk·makikit
- hazard·perigu
- hazard light·lampu emerjénsia
- hazardous·perigozu
- hazy·malahuk
- head·(of body) ulun, ulun fatuk
- head (a soccer ball·kabesa
- head (a soccer ball)·kabesa
- head (of government·nai ulun
- head chef·xefi kozinheiru
- head lice·utu
- head louse·utu
- head louse, head lice·utu
- head of·xefi governu
- head of department·xefe departementu
- head of family·xefi família
- head of government·xefi
- head of river, source·mota ulun
- head of state·xefi estadu
- head of state (the·xefi estadu
- head of state (the President)·xefe estadu
- head of the family·xefe família
- head person, person in charge·responsavel
- head, boss, manager, chief·xefi
- head, ruler (mainly in government)·na'i-ulun
- headache·ulun (fatuk) moras
- headband·banda leti
- header·header
- headlight·lampu
- headlouse, head lice·utu
- headmaster·diretór (eskola)
- headmistress·diretora (eskola)
- headquarters·kuartél jerál
- headquarters, barracks·kuartél
- headquarters, office·sede
- headset, headphones, earphones·hedset
- headstrong·ulun (fatuk) toos
- heal·kura
- healed·hetan kura
- healer·kuradór
- Health·saúde
- health facility·fasilidade saude
- health post·postu saúde
- health professional·n. pesoál saude
- health-·médiku
- healthy·isin diak
- healthy chubby·isin-kabuar
- healthy fat, big and healthy·isin kamada
- healthy, well·isin diak
- healthy, well, in good health·isin-di'ak
- heaps·rihun-rahun (Informal)
- hear·rona
- hearing·(meeting) audiénsia
- hearing, audience·audiénsia (E)
- hearing-impaired (severe)·body. tilun
- heart·(physical) fuan; (seat of
- heart (the physical organ), cardiac·fuan
- heart attack·atake kurasaun
- heart attack, myocardial·atake kardíaku
- heart attack, myocardial infarct·atake kardíaku
- heart disease·fuan moras
- hearth·ahi matan, (of three
- hearth, triangle of three·lalian
- hearts·(in cards) kopas
- hearts (in cards·kopas
- hearts (in cards)·kopas
- heat·manas
- heat rash·loro been
- heat up·hamanas
- heat, reheat (food or·hamanas
- heathen, pagan, animist, pre-Christian·jentiu
- heaven·lalehan
- heavily pregnant·isin rua todan
- heavy·todan
- heavy oil·óliu pezadu
- heavy rain·udan boot
- heavy rain, downpour·udan boot
- heavy smoker·sigaru-teen
- Hebrew·ebreu
- Hebrew (language)·ebraiku
- hectare·ektare
- hedge·lutu ai horis
- heel·(of foot) ain tuban; (of shoe)
- heel (of foot·ain tuban
- heel (of foot)·ain-tuban
- heel (of shoe·takaun
- heel (of shoe)·takaun
- height·aas
- helicopter·elikópteru
- heliport·eliportu
- hell·infernu
- helmet·helem
- helmsman, captain of a boat·sukaun
- help·ajuda
- help, aid, assist·ajuda
- help, assist, aid·ajuda
- help, assistance, aid·ajuda
- helper, helpful·ajuda-na'in
- hem·baiña
- hemiplegia·hemipléjia
- hemorrhoids [USA]·body. sentina ho raan
- hen·manu inan
- hence·nunee
- hepatitis·epatite
- hepatomegaly·n. aten boot
- her·nia (ba feto); ninia (ba feto)
- herbicide, weedkiller·erbisida
- Hercules (army transport plane)·herkules
- herder·karau atan, bibi atan
- here·iha nee
- here and there·ba-mai
- heredity·keturunan
- heresy·doutrina sala
- heritage, assets·patrimóniu
- hermaphrodite·n. biseksuál
- hero·asuwain
- hero (used mainly in teasing)·jagoan
- hero, warrior·asuwa'in
- heroin·eroína
- hers·nian, ninian (ba mane)
- herself·nia aan (feto); rasik
- hertz, Hz·hertz
- hesitant·laran ru-rua
- hetan) catch up with·toman
- hetan) receive, accept·simu
- hey·pá
- hiccough·motok
- hiccough, hiccup·motok
- hide·(hide from view) subar
- hide (oneself)·haksumik an
- hide, conceal·helik
- hiding place, hide-out·subar-fatin
- hierarchy·ierarkia
- high·aas
- high beam·lampu dook
- high blood pressure, hypertension·tensaun aas
- high heeled shoe·sapatu takaun
- high perimeter wall·moru
- high pitch sound·lian aas
- high priest·amu lulik boot
- high school·eskola
- high tide·tasi nakonu
- high-priced, expensive, dear·folin-aas
- high-security prison cell·kadeia segredu
- high-status·(ema) boot
- higher·aas liu
- highest·nebee aas liu
- highlighter·stabilo
- highly·tebe-tebes; (pozisaun)
- hill·foho
- hill base·rai huun
- hillside·foho lolon
- hillside, mountainside·foho-lolon
- hillside, slope·rai lolon
- hilltop·foho leten
- him·nia (ba mane)
- himself·nia aan (mane); rasik
- himself, herself·nia an
- hinder·empata
- hinder, prevent·hakahek
- hinder, prevent, impede·impede
- Hindu·hindu
- hinge·dobralisa
- hip·kidan
- hip and upper buttock·kidan
- hip and upper buttock, haunch·kidan
- hire·aluga; foo aluga
- hire out·foo aluga
- his·nia, nian, ninia, ninian (ba
- his, her, its·nia
- his, hers·ninian
- historian·istoriadór
- historic·istóriku/a
- historic, historical·istórika
- historical·istóriku/a
- history·istória; sejarah
- hit·baku
- hit with the elbow·fó-soku
- HIV AIDS·HIV AIDS (Eng)
- HIV, Human Immunodeficiency Virus·hiv
- HIV-AIDS, AIDS·hiv-aids
- ho liman) manual, by·manuál
- hoarse·kakorok maran; lian
- hoarse, have a·kakorok maran
- hoarse, have a dry throat,·kakorok maran
- hobby·hobi
- hobby, pastime·hobi
- hodi haan) meat·naan
- hodi haboot lian·koluna, kuluna
- hodi haketak) fence, hedge·lutu
- hodi hemu) cordial (fruit-·sumu
- hodi hemu...) water·bee
- hodi lee) magazine·revista (E)
- hodi rai osan) bank·banku
- hodi sui fuuk) comb·sasuit
- hodi tau sasaan) bag·pasta
- hodi tiru) slingshot·piska
- hodi toka) guitar·viola
- hodi tuur) bench·banku
- hoe·enxada
- hoe, mattock·enxada
- hold·kaer
- hold hands palm-up, hold·tane
- hold on lap·hiti
- hold up·tane
- hold, grasp, catch, seize·kaer
- hole·ko'ak
- hole in the ground·rai kuak
- hole, cavity, puncture, pothole·kuak
- holiday·feriadu; férias
- holiday-maker·ema nebee pasa férias
- holidays·férias
- holidays, vacation·férias
- holiness·santidade
- Holland·Olanda , Belanda
- holy·laran moos; santu/a
- holy anointing oil, chrism·mina krizma
- Holy Communion·komuñaun
- holy day·loron boot
- holy oil·mina sarani
- Holy Orders·sakramentu orden
- Holy Scripture·sagrada eskritura
- Holy Spirit·Espíritu Santu
- Holy Week·domingu paixaun
- holy, sinless·santa
- home·uma
- home page·home page
- home-made traditional gun·rakitan
- homeostasis·omeostaze
- homestay·homestay
- homestay, bed and breakfast·homestay
- homework·servisu uma
- homicide, murder·omisídiu
- homily·omília
- homily, sermon·omilia
- homophobia·homofobia
- homosexual·panleiru, homo
- homosexual, gay·homo (I)
- homosexuality·n. homoseksualidade
- homosexuality. Variant:·omoseksualidade
- honest·laran moos
- honesty·onestidade
- honey·bani been
- Hong Kong·hong kong
- honorary·onoráriu
- honour·onra
- honour, revere, venerate·hana'i
- honoured·distintus konvidadus
- hoof·sapatu (karau ho kuda
- hook·(noun) ai kait, besi kait
- hook (made of metal·besi kait
- hook together·kait
- hooked stick for pulling·ai kait
- hoop·argola
- hoop, hoop earring·argola
- hoop, metal ring, hoop earring·argola
- hop·haksoit ho ain ida
- hope·(verb) hein katak, espera
- hope (noun·esperansa
- hope (verb·espera
- hope that·hein katak
- hope, expectation·esperansa
- hope, wait, wait for, await·espera
- hopscotch·tapa
- horizontal·orizontál
- hormone·hormona
- horn·(of animal) dikur
- horn (of animal·dikur
- horse·kuda
- horse meat·na'an kuda
- horse radish tree·ai marungi, marungi
- horse with horse-drawn cart·kuda kareta
- horse yard, corral, stable·kuda-luhan
- horse) saddle·sela
- horticulture·hortikultura
- hosanna·hosana
- hose·mangeira
- hosi banku) cheque, check·cek (I)
- hospitable·oin-na'in
- hospital·ospitál
- hospitalisation·n. ospitalizasaun
- hospitalised·baixa
- hospitality·ospitalidade
- hospitality industry·industria ospitalidade
- hospitalization·n. ospitalizasaun
- Host·(Eucharist) óstia
- host (of a party)·festa-na'in
- host (of party·festa nain
- host tree·ai-ospedeira
- hot·manas
- hot compress·hanas
- hot springs·bee manas
- hot water·bee manas
- hot water jug·buli bee manas
- hot weather, it's hot·rai-manas
- hotel·otél
- hotel (accommodation and·otél
- hotel (accommodation)·otél
- hotel management·jestaun otelaria
- hour·oras
- house·uma; (modern block house)
- house arrest·prizaun domisiliáriu
- house keeping·housekeeping
- house owner·uma nain
- house with thatched·uma duut
- house with thatched grass roof·uma du'ut
- house with thatched palm-leaf roof·uma-tali
- house, building, home, residence·uma
- house-post·koluna
- house-post, column·koluna
- household·uma kain; uma laran
- household based·uma kain
- household helper, servant·pembantu
- householder·uma nain
- how·halo nusaa
- how about·(suggestion) diak liu
- How are you?·(Ita) diak ka lae?
- how many times·dala hira
- how many?·hira?
- how many?, how much?·hira?
- how much?·hira?
- how, what could·halo oinsaa?
- how?·halo nusaa?
- how?, what is it like?·oinsaa?
- however·maibee, mais; soke
- however, it’s just that·soke (E)
- hudi) hand (of bananas·sasuit
- hug·hakuak
- hug, embrace·hako'ak
- huge·boot loos
- human·ema
- human capital·kapitál umanu
- human development·n. dezenvolvimentu
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus·n. HIV
- human resources management·jestaun rekursus umanus
- human rights·direitu ema nian
- human trafficking·tráfiku umanu
- humanism·umanizmu
- humanist·umanista
- humanitarian·umanitária
- humanity·umanidade
- humble·haraik aan
- humble, humble·haraik aan
- humble, humble oneself·haraik-an
- humidity, dampness·umidade
- humility·haraik aan
- hunchback·bonko
- hundred·atus
- hundreds·atus ba atus
- hundreds and thousands·miseseres
- hundreds and thousands, chocolate sprinkles·miseseres
- hundreds, hundreds and hundreds·atus ba atus
- hunger·hamlaha
- hungry·hamlaha
- hunt·kasa
- hunt (wild animals, birds)·kasa
- hunter·kasadór
- hurl·laliruk
- hurry·ansi
- hurt·(in pain) moras; (damage)
- husband·kaben (mane)
- husband and wife·feen-laen
- husband and wife, married couple·feen-laen
- husband, (male) partner·katuas-oan
- husband, wife, legally married spouse·kaben
- husband’s family·fetosaa
- husu tempu) when (in·bainhira?
- hut·baraka, uma laleo
- hut, shelter, playhouse·uma oan
- hut, temporary shelter·baraka
- hybrid·íbrida
- hydraulic·hidrolik
- hydraulic fluid·oli makaku
- hydraulic forklift·forklif
- hydraulic jack·makaku idróliku
- hydrocephalus·hidroséfalu
- hydroelectric·ídru-elétriku
- hygiene·ijiene
- hygiene, cleanliness·ijiene
- hyperactive, overactive. Variant:·iperativu/a
- hyperemesis, morning sickness·iperemeze
- hyperkalaemia·n. hiperkalemia
- hyperlink, (Internet) link·iperligasaun
- hypermetropia·n. iperópia
- hypernatraemia·n. hipernatremia
- hyperthermia·ipertérmia
- hyperthyroidism·hipertiroidizmu
- hyphen·ifen
- hyphen, dash·trasu
- hypnotic (drug)·n. hipnotik
- hypocalcaemia·n. hipokalsémia
- hypocritical·laran makerek
- hypoglycaemia·ipoglisémia
- hypokalaemia·n. ipokalémia
- hypokalaemia (low potassium·ipokalémia
- hyponatraemia·n. iponatremia
- hypotension·ipotensaun
- hypothermia·hipotérmia
- hypothesis·hipotese
- hypothyroidism·n. ipotiroidizmu
- Hz, hertz·hz