She removes lice from her hair, then squashes them to death. in Tetun
Nia hasai utu iha nia ulun, depois nia hedi.
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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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- Her boyfriend bled her dry till she didn't even have five cents left on her!Nia namoradu ne'e hais nia to'o lima sén mós la iha nia isin!
- Did you scrub the nappies, or just soak them in soapy water and then take them out to dry?Neras ne'e ó kose ka, hoban de'it iha omu been foti ba habai ona?!
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