Tetun words starting with L
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- la badak) tall, high·aas
- la ho) without·sein (E)
- la kontínua) stop·para
- la mamar) hard, tough·toos
- La Niña, La Nina·la niña
- la sala) true, correct, right·loos
- lab coat, doctor's coat, smock·bata
- label·label
- laboratory·laboratórium
- labour·servisu todan, servisu
- labour force, workforce·forsa traballu
- labour market·merkadu servisu
- labour market, employment opportunities·kampu servisu
- labourer·trabalhadór
- labourer, worker·trabalhadór
- labu muda·(eaten as a vegetable)
- lace·renda-renda
- laceration·laserasaun
- lack·falta
- lack, have insufficient·kuran
- lack, missing, short of·falta
- lada·peppercorn
- ladder·eskada
- laddie·anoo
- ladle·(noun) kanedok; (verb) suru
- ladle, serving spoon·kanedok
- lady·senhora
- lady of the house·uma nain
- lady of the night, prostitute·borboleta
- lake, pool, pond·lagoa
- lamb·bibi oan
- lame·ain aat; kudeik
- lame, limp·ain kadiik
- lamp·ahi-oan; lampu; (wick lamp)
- lamp, light·ahi-oan
- lamp, light, headlight·lampu
- land·rai
- land mine·minas
- land title register·kadastru rai
- land-·terestre
- landing·tuun
- landlady·uma nain
- landlord·uma nain
- landmine·minas
- landscape·paizajen
- landslide·rai halai, rai monu
- landslide, erosion·rai halai
- laneway·dalan kiik
- language·dalen
- language of instruction·lian ensinu
- lantern·lampiaun
- lao ho kabun) crawl, creep·dolar
- laos báziku) advanced·avansadu
- lap·hitin
- laptop·laptop
- laptop bag·pasta laptop
- laptop bag, computer bag·pasta laptop
- lard·mina fahi
- larder·despensa
- large·boot
- large hall·salaun
- large intestine·n. tee oan boot
- large investor·investór boot
- large machete·maubeka
- large meeting·reuniaun
- large roundish items·fuan
- large species of crab·baboras
- large truck, lorry·kamiaun
- large white onion·liis bombai
- large woven mat·biti boot
- largely·liu-liu
- larger·boot liu
- largest·mak boot liu
- laryngitis·lian maran
- laser·laser
- laser printer·impresora laser
- laser surgery·sirurjia ho laser
- lassie·anoi
- last·(endure) dura
- last (final), latest·última
- last (previous)·nloc. kotuk
- last (time)·dala ikus
- last night·hori kalan
- last night, yesterday·hori kalan
- last night, yesterday evening·hodi kalan
- last, final·ikus
- last, lastly·ba dala ikus
- late·atrazu
- late (deceased)·adj. saudozu/a
- late afternoon·loraik
- late at night, in the·kalan boot
- late check out·cek out tarde
- late, behind schedule·atrazadu
- late, delayed·atraza
- late, delayed, behind schedule·atraza
- late, overdue, delayed·tarde
- later·tardi liu; liu tiha (a year
- later today·oras ida, orsida
- later today, soon (on the·orsida
- latest·mak tardi liu, mak modelu
- lather·(noun) furin; (verb)
- Latin·latina
- laugh·hamnasa
- laugh, laugh at, smile·hamnasa
- laugh, smile (at·hamnasa
- launch·roo
- laundry·fatin fasi ropa
- laureate·laureadu
- laurel·louru
- law·lei
- law and order·lei ho orden
- lawyer·advogadu/a
- lawyer, attorney·advogada
- lay·(bricks) hada; (spread) nahe
- lay (fruit) aside to ripen·3 • vt. amadurar
- lay across·latan netik
- lay an egg·tolun
- lay cement blocks·hada blok
- lay down·latan
- lay down, make lie·hatoba
- lay down, make lie down·hatoba
- lay person, layman, laywoman·leigu
- lay the table·tau meza
- layer·dalas
- layout·layout
- lazy·baruk-teen, baruk
- lazy, lazybones·baruk-teen
- lazybones·baruk-teen
- lead·diriji; lidera; lao iha oin
- lead (metal)·sumbu
- leader·lider
- leadership·lideransa
- leaf·(ai) tahan
- leaf, blade (of saw)·tahan
- leafy vegetable·modo-tahan
- leafy vegetables·modo tahan
- league (in sport)·liga
- leak·(escape) suli sai; (leak into)
- leak, flow out·suli sai
- lean·(incline) haliis, sadere
- lean, incline·sadere
- lean, incline, slant, tip·haliis
- leap·haksoit
- learn·aprende
- learning·aprendizajen
- lease·aluga; foo aluga
- least·mak uitoan liu
- leather·kulit
- leather shoe·sapatu kulit
- leave·aranka
- leave behind·husik
- leave without pay·lisensa sein vensimentu
- leave, leave behind·husik
- leaves used for black magic·ai-tahan aat
- lectionary reading·leitura
- lecture·aula; kuliah
- lecturer·dosente
- led·lideradu
- ledger·livru dé kontas
- leech·ular susu raan
- left·(direction) karuk, liman
- left (direction·karuk
- left (direction)·karuk
- left bracket, opening bracket·parénteze karuk
- left click·klik sorin karuk
- left-wing·eskerda
- leftover·restu
- leg·ain
- leg, foot·ain
- legal·legál
- legal (decision...)·jurídika
- legal framework·enkuadramentu legál
- legal) trial·julgamentu
- legal, lawful·legál
- legality, lawfulness·legalidade
- legally·legalmente
- legally married husband·la'en kaben
- legend·lenda
- legend, folktale, fable·ai-knanoik
- legislation·lejizlasaun
- legislative·lejislativu
- legislative assembly·asembleia lejizlativu
- legislature·lejislatura
- legitimacy·lejitimidade
- legitimate·lejítima
- leisure time·tempu livre
- lemari es·fridge)
- lemon·derok
- lemon grass·du'ut-morin
- lemon juice·derok been
- lemon juice, lime juice·derok-been
- lemon tea·xá limaun
- lemon, lime·derok
- lemon. Some people include lime·derok-masin
- lend·foo empresta
- lend out·foo empresta
- lend, lend out·foo empresta
- lend, lend out, loan·fó-empresta
- lengkuas. Alpinia galanga·ginger)
- length·naruk
- length of wood·ai-baluk
- lengthen·halo naruk
- Leninist·leninista
- lens·lensa
- Lent·kuarezma
- leper·leprozu
- leprosy·lepra
- lesbian·bermanek; lesbián
- less·menus; uitoan liu, menus
- less than sign (<)·sinál ba ki'ik liu
- less, reduce(d), decline·menus
- less, reduce, decline·menus
- less, very little·uitoan liu
- lesser coucal·tuduk
- lesser yam·kumbili
- lesson·lisaun
- lesson plan·planu lisaun
- lesson, lecture·aula
- lest·keta halo (be)
- lesung·items
- let·husik
- let's·mai ita ...
- let, allow, permit·husik
- lethargic·isin baruk
- lethargic, lacking energy·isin todan
- letter·(correspondence) surat
- letter (of alphabet·letra
- letter (of the alphabet)·letra
- letter, document·surat
- lettuce·alfase
- let’s·mai ita
- leuceana·ai kafé
- leuceana (coffee shade·ai kafé
- leukaemia [BRIT], leukemia [US]·leukimia
- leukaemia [UK]·n. leukémia
- leukemia [USA]·n. leukémia
- level·nivel; (flat) tetuk
- level (make level)·hatetuk
- level (stage)·nivel
- level the ground by filling·tate
- level, flat (of land)·tetuk
- lever·(verb) selok; (noun) buat
- lever, lift or force open·selok
- Levite·levita
- lia fuan) term (word·termu
- liafuan hodi husu) a bit·netik
- liar·bosok-teen
- liar, cheat·lohi dór
- liberal·liberál
- liberalisation·liberalizasaun
- liberate·liberta
- liberate, free, set free, release·liberta
- liberation·libertasaun
- liberty·liberdade
- libido·líbidu (seksuál)
- library·biblioteka
- lice·kutun; (head lice) utu
- licensing·lisensiamentu
- lick·lambe
- lick, taste on tip of·lambe
- lid·(sanan...) matan
- lid, cap, top·matan
- lidless woven storage·kaut
- lie·(deceive) bosok, lohi
- lie down, sleep·toba
- lie face-down·taka-rabat
- lie face-down, prostrate·taka-rabat
- lie on one's back·toba haklenak
- lie, deceive·bosok
- lie, deceive, cheat·lohi
- lie, falsehood·lia falsu
- lieutenant·tenente
- lieutenant colonel·tenente-koronél
- life·moris, vida
- life (of humans, animals)·vida
- life buoy·boi
- life cycle·siklu moris
- life expectancy·esperansa moris
- life jacket·salva vida
- lift·elevadór, lift
- lift by strap or handle·hiit
- lift, elevator·elevadór
- ligament·ligamentu
- light·(illuminate) leno
- light (not dark)·naroman
- light (of colour)·adj. nurak
- light (weight·kamaan
- light (weight), not serious·kmaan
- light a fire·sunu ahi
- light blue·azúl nurak
- light brown·(of skin) morenu/a
- light brown (skinned·morenu/a
- light bulb·ampolas
- light-fingered·liman la di'ak
- lighten (a load, burden)·hakmaan
- lighter·iskeiru
- lighthouse·faról
- lightly touching, barely·kois
- lightning·rai lakan
- like·(fond of) gosta, laran kona
- like (esp. persons)·simpatia
- like (on Facebook)·like
- like this·nunee, hanesan nee
- like this, in this way·nune'e
- like, enjoy·gosta
- like, enjoy, fond of·gosta
- like, fall for·laran kona
- likely·karik (bainhira sei dúvida
- likes being in photos·oin kamera
- lima bean·koto belar, koto kambatik, koto
- limbo (in the afterlife)·limbu
- lime·(citrus) derok; derok masin
- lime (citrus·derok masin
- lime (white powder used in·ahu
- lime juice·derok been
- limestone·ahu-ruin
- limit·limite
- limit, restrict·limita
- limitation, constraint·limitasaun
- limited·limitada
- limp·lao kudeik
- limp, hobble·la'o kude'ik
- line·linha, risku, riska
- line fisherman·kail dór
- line, row·liña
- line, stripe·riska
- linear·lineár
- linesman·lasmen
- lingua franca·língua franka
- linguist·linguista
- linguistic·linguístika
- linguistics·linguístika
- lining·foru
- link·ligasaun; halo ligasaun
- linked, connected to·ligadu
- linya) line·risku
- lion·leaun
- lip·ibun kulit
- lipstick·baton
- liquid·been
- liquid paper·tipeks
- liquid paper, whiteout·tipeks
- liquid, fluid·líkidu
- liquid, fluid, sap, juice·been
- liquid, sap, juice·been
- liquor·tua
- Lisbon·lizboa
- list·alista
- listen·rona, akompanha; (listen
- listen carefully, pay·sei tilun
- listen carefully, pay attention·see tilun
- listeners·(to radio) ovinti(s)
- listless·isin baruk
- listless, lethargic·isin baruk
- listless, lethargic, feel flat·isin-baruk
- listless, lethargic, feel flat. [INL:·isin baruk
- literacy·alfabetizasaun
- literacy (training)·alfabetizasaun
- literary·literária
- literate·hatene lee ho hakerek
- literature·literatura
- literature review·revizaun literatura
- litre·litru
- litter·lixu
- litter, rubbish, garbage·lixu
- litter, rubbish, garbage, waste·lixu
- little·kiik, kiik-oan
- little chapel·kapeliña
- little finger·liman ikun
- little finger, pinkie·liman fuan ikun
- little toe·ain fuan ikun
- liturgical·litúrjika
- liturgical calendar·kalendáriu liturjia
- liturgical year·tinan litúrjiku
- liturgy·liturjia
- live·(be alive) moris; (reside) hela
- live as a foreigner, outsider·la'o-rai
- live in a rented room·kós
- live luxuriously, lavishly·patarata
- live right, righteous·moris loos
- live, reside, stay, remain (at·hela
- livelihood, lifestyle·vida moris
- lively·rame; (as a group)
- lively, active, energetic, quick·isin-moris
- liven up, enliven·harame
- liver·aten
- liver failure·insufisiénsia aten
- livestock-·pekuária
- livru) manual·manuál
- lizard·lafaek rai maran; toke
- load·(cargo) naha; (load goods)
- loan·(debt) tusan; (lend) foo
- lobak. Raphanus sativus·radish
- lobby·lobi
- lobster·lagosta
- local·lokál
- local chicken·manu timur
- local government·governu lokál
- locally grown rice·foos rai
- located·lokalizadu
- lock·(verb) xavi
- locust·gafanhotu
- locust, grasshopper·kala'ek
- log in, log on·hahú (uza komputadór)
- logical·lójika
- logistical·lojístika
- logo·logo
- Logos·logos
- loin·lombu
- loin (cut of meat)·lombu
- loincloth·hakfolik
- lolly·rebusadu
- lolly, sweets, candy·rebusadu
- lolly, sweets, candy [US]·rebusadu
- lonely·mesak
- long·(distance/time) naruk
- long (of multiple items)·naru-naruk
- long ago·hori uluk; nanis
- long bean·fore naruk, fore sikote, fore talin
- long fighting sword·samurai
- long live!·viva!
- long live...!·viva!
- long narrow hand-woven cloth·selendang
- long nose·inus kain naruk
- long pants·kalsa naruk
- long platter (for serving food)·travesa
- long sword·espada
- long time·kleur
- long tray, long platter·travesa
- long vowel·vogál naruk
- long wooden trough used·comidas dos porcos
- long-·kamiza liman naruk
- long-grain rice·foos musan naruk
- long-sleeved·liman-naruk
- long-sleeved shirt·kamiza
- long-term·longu prazu
- long-term, a long time·tempu naruk
- longer·naruk liu
- longest·mak naruk liu
- lontar palm·akadiru
- loofah·patola
- look·haree
- look (at something in the·hateke
- look after·tau matan, hein
- look after, take·tau matan
- look after, take care·tau matan
- look after, take care of·kuida
- look angry, scowl, look surly·oin-bubu
- look at·hateke
- look at yourself·fihir an
- look for·buka
- look old·oin tuan
- look sad·oin triste
- look stern·oin buis
- look up, look upward·foti matan
- loos) so very·para (Informal)
- loose·longra
- loose, loosened·folga
- loosen·hamamar
- loot·lelan
- loquat·nespra
- Lord·na'i
- Lord God·na'i maromak
- lori) bring, take, use, drive·hodi
- lorikeet·loriku
- loron) Monday·Segunda
- lose·lakon
- lose big-time·lakon boot
- lose one’s voice·lian maran
- lose weight·isin tuun
- lose weight (in the belly)·hatuun kabun
- lose weight (on purpose)·hatuun isin
- lose weight, thin down·isin tuun
- loss·lakon
- lost·lakon
- lost and found·fatin ba sasaan nebee lakon
- lost baggage·bagajen nebee lakon
- lots of·barak, lubuk ida
- lottery·lotaria
- loud·makaas
- loud noise, din·estrundu
- loudhailer·autofolante
- loudhailer, megaphone·toa
- loudhailer, megaphone, speaker, loudspeaker·autofolante
- loudly·makaas, ho lian makaas
- loudspeaker·koluna
- lounge·sala vizita
- lounge room·sala
- louse·kutun; (head louse) utu
- love·(verb) hadomi; (noun)
- love (noun·domin
- love potion·maninga
- love, pity (someone·hadomi
- lovely·kapaas
- low·kraik
- low beam·lampu besik
- low blood pressure·body. tensaun tuun
- low blood pressure, hypotension·tensaun baixa
- low outside wall·baki
- low pitch sound·lian baixu
- low price, cheap·folin ki'ik
- low tide·tasi maran
- low, lower, bottom·kraik
- lower·(bottom) kraik; kraik liu
- lower (something·hatuun
- lower abdomen·n. kabun kidun
- lower abdomen (front and sides)·kabun kidun
- lower back pain·ríns moras
- lower case letter·letra ki'ik
- lowest·nebee kraik liu
- loyal, faithful·fiel
- loyalty·lealdade
- Ltd·lda
- Lucifer, Satan·lusifér
- luck·sorte
- lucky·sorti, sorti boot; sorti diak
- lucky, fortunate·sorti boot
- lucky, good luck·sorti diak
- luffa·patola
- luggage·bagajen
- luggage, baggage·bagajen
- lumbar puncture, spinal tap·punsaun lumbár
- lump (esp. of rice)·fukan
- lunar eclipse·fulan mate
- lunch·almosu
- lung(s)·aten book
- lungs·pulmaun
- luruh (jagung)·the cob)
- lush·buras
- lush, thrive·buras
- luxurious·luxu
- luxurious, deluxe·luxu
- luxury·luxu
- luxury, extravagance·luxu
- Lycopersicon·tomat. Lycopericon lycopersicum
- lymph node·gángliu linfátiku