OrthographyORTH-036error
Portuguese “qu” → “k”
Correct forms
eskuadrakilómetrukualidade
Incorrect forms
esquadraquilómetroqualidade
Notes
- Note
- Tetun has no Portuguese “qu” spelling. Before e/i it becomes “k” (quilómetro → kilómetru); before a/o the “u” is kept as “ku” (esquadra → eskuadra). Only flagged when the corrected form is a known Tetun word.
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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).