husband

All translations

• kaben (mane)
  DIT Wordfinder
• kaben mane
  tetun.org dictionary
• katuas-oan
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• laen
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Example sentences

• "Lusy" Martinho's husband replies simply.

  "Lusy" Martinho nia kaben hatan simples de'it.

• "My husband does not work (domestic).

  "Hau-nia kaben la serbisu (domestika).

• 25 Boaz was the husband of Ruth.

  25 Boas kaben ho Rute.

Examples from the 46,000-sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.

Phrases using “husband”

• One of my female friends committed suicide because her husband took another wife.Ha'u nia kolega feto ida oho an tanba nia la'en hola fali feto seluk.
• My duties as a husband include cooking, cleaning the house and looking after the children.Ha'u nia knaar nu'udar kaben mane mak hanesan te'in, hamoos uma laran no tau matan ba labarik.