chief

Example sentences

• "He has no children," said the chief.

  "Nia iha oan no beioan," Xefe Suku hatete.

• "In these two meetings I have reaffirmed my total confidence in our chief negotiator, Xanana Gusmão, and all his team.

  “Iha enkontru rua ne‘e ha’u hato’o ba sira ha’u-nia konfiansa totál ba ita-nia xefe negosiadór, Xanana Gusmão, ho nia ekipa tomak.

• "Mother Chief...

  "Nai Xefe...

Examples from the 90,000+ sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.

Phrases using “chief”

• According to Jewish ceremonial law, when the chief priest enters the most holy place, he must burn incense.Tuir lei serimoniál ema Judeu nian, bainhira na'i lulik boot tama iha fatin ne'ebé lulik liu, nia tenke sunu ai-been morin.
• In 2017, Mr Xanana Gusmão was Timor-Leste's chief negotiator in the negotiations with Australia over the Timor Sea.Iha 2017, Sr Xanana Gusmão mak Timor-leste nia negosiadór prinsipál iha negosiasaun ho Austrália kona ba Tasi Timor.