For them, eels are sacred (hence forbidden to eat). in Tetun
Sira luli tuna.
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This Tetun (Tetum) translation comes from a curated 2,500-phrase parallel corpus drawn from the official tetun.org dictionary by Catharina Williams-van Klinken. Tetun is one of the two official languages of Timor-Leste alongside Portuguese.
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- The food is ready. Just ask them to come and eat.Hahán feitu ona, haruka sira mai han de'it.
- If children eat a lot of lollies, this can give them cavities.Karik labarik han rebusadu barak, bele halo nia nehan kuak tiha.
- I am allergic to sardines. When I eat them, I get itchy all over.Ha'u alerjia ba sardiña. Kuandu ha'u han, ha'u nia isin katar hotu.
- The two of them are aren't talking, you can't call them to sit together.Sira na'in rua konslet hela, la bele bolu mai tuur hamutuk.