Dictionary Tetun B

(P) = Portuguese word

(I) = Indonesian word

BA, go, proceed, go off

BA, at, in, on, to, for

BABA, drum

BABETA, ankle ornaments

BABOO, horn trumpet

BABUKU, snail, slug

BABURIT, syringe

BADAAK, rice powder, talc

BADAIN, tradesman

BADAIN AI, carpenter

BADAK, short

BAER, BAAR, astringent taste

BAIN, UAIN, day

BAIN HIRA, when

BAKU, beat, punish

BAKU MALU, fight

BALADA, domestic stock

BALIU, axe

BALU, some, part, half

BALU, middle

BANI, honey bee

BANI BEN, honey

BANIN FETO, mother-in-law

BANIN MANE, father-in-law

BARAK, many, much

BARIA, bitter melon

BARUK, lazy

BARUK TEEN, laziness

BASAR, market

BATAR, maize, Indian corn

BATAR FULIN, corn cob

BATAR NURAK, sweet corn

BAUR, rainbow

BE, UE, water

BE KOLAN, swamp

BE MATAN, spring

BEEN, liquid, juice, sap

BEIBEIK, often, continually

BEIK, stupid

BEIN, grandparent

BELAK, disc

BELAR, flat, level

BELE, can, able

BELU, friend

BERO, canoe

BESI, iron

BESI ASU, steel

BESIK, near, close

BE'U, thresh grain

BIBI, goat

BIBI MALAE, sheep

BIBI RUSA, deer

BIDU, dance

BIIN, sister

BIIT, strength

BI'IT, lift by fingers

BIKAN, plate

BINATAN, domestic animals

BIRAK, copper

BITI, sleeping mat

BOBAR, roll up, tricky

BOEK, shrimp

BOK, touch

BOKAR, thick

BOKON, wet

BOKUR, fat

BOLU, call out

BOOT, big, large

BOSOK, lie, deceive

BOTIL (P), bottle

BUA, betel nut

BUAN, sorcerer

BUAT, thing

BUAT RUMA, something

BUIS, savage, untamed

BUKA, seek, look for

BULAK, mad, crazy

BUSA, cat

BUU, KBUU, sack