English → Tetun
little
kiik, kiik-oan
Example sentences
"A little bit of death, a good one.
"Maibe mate, mate ona.
"Beer came down but little.
"Bee mai duni maibe ki'ik loos.
"Before, I had little money.
"Antes ne'e ha'u iha osan uitoan.
Examples from the 46,000-sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.
Phrases using “little”
- You're older but act like a little child!Ó ne'e besi tuan tiha ona, hahalok hanesan labarik ki'ikoan!
- You're crazy, you even hit little children!Ó neon la iha, labarik ki'ikoan mós ó baku!
- We only cooked a little at a time, because there was not enough food.Ami te'in uitoan-uitoan de'it, tanba hahán la to'o.
- Just give me a little time to talk to my son before you take me to prison.Fó netik tempu ruma oituan mai ha'u atu ko'alia lai ho ha'u nia oan molok imi lori ha'u ba komarka.
- The little girl is wearing a crown on her head to receive her first communion.Alin feto ne'e uza koroa iha nia ulun ba simu primeira komuñaun.