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Portuguese loanwordsLOAN-001info

Final -o → -u

Correct forms

  • governu
  • artigu
  • edifísiu
  • saláriu
  • servisu

Incorrect forms

  • governo
  • artigo
  • edifício
  • salário
  • serviço

Notes

Exceptions
Some words keep -o: auto, euro, zero
Note
Only flag if the word looks like a Portuguese loan

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Source: Tetun lint rule catalog. Built from Peace Corps Tetun (CWvK 2015), DIT Justice Sector textbook, WvK & Ximenes Ortografia Tetun Dili (2025), and INL Matadalan Ortográfiku ba Tetun-Prasa (2003, Decree 1/2004).