nail

All translations

• (finger/toe) kukun
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• (metal) pregu; (verb) prega
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Example sentences

• I clip my fingernails and toenails using a nail clipper to make them short.

  Ha'u tesi liman kukun no ain kukun uza kortoña hodi halo badak.

• My father bought a nail to nail the table.

  Pai hola pregu hodi prega meza.

• Take the key which is hanging on the nail over there, we're about to go.

  Kasu lai xave ne'ebé tara hela iha pregu ne'ebá, ita atu la'o ona.

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

Phrases using “nail”

• My father bought a nail to nail the table.Pai hola pregu hodi prega meza.
• Take the key which is hanging on the nail over there, we're about to go.Kasu lai xave ne'ebé tara hela iha pregu ne'ebá, ita atu la'o ona.
• I clip my fingernails and toenails using a nail clipper to make them short.Ha'u tesi liman kukun no ain kukun uza kortoña hodi halo badak.
• Yesterday a friend of mine trod on a nail, wounding his foot such that it got swollen.Horiseik ha'u nia kolega sama pregu halo nia ain kanek to'o bubu.
• This nail is too tight to loosen with a hammer, perhaps you can use a long-handled one.Pregu ne'e toos liu atu losu ho martelu, karik bele losu ho ai-suak bibi ain.