English → Tetun
uncle
(maternal) tiu; (paternal)
Example sentences
"He's my brother, uncle."
"Dia sodara saya kaka."
"I helped my uncle repair the house.
"Ha'u ajuda ha'u nia tiun hadia uma.
Auntie Martinha is uncle Pedro’s wife.
Tia Martinha ne'e tiu Pedro nia kaben.
Examples from the 46,000-sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.
Phrases using “uncle”
- Are you ('uncle') hungry?Tiu hamlaha ka?
- Uncle has very thick body hair.Tiu ne'e nia isin fulun mahar loos.
- When uncle farts it’s always loud.Tiu kuandu nia hosu sempre tarutu.
- Auntie Martinha is uncle Pedro’s wife.Tia Martinha ne'e tiu Pedro nia kaben.
- Uncle strangled the chicken to cook it.Tiu ohin buti manu nia kakorok hodi halo modo.