Dictionary Tetun K

(P) = Portuguese word

(I) = Indonesian word

KA, or

KA'AN, sister-in-law

KABAS, cotton

KABAS FATUK, cotton ball

KABAS LAHAN, cotton thread

KABEER, smooth

KABEN, wife (polite)

KABUAR, round, plump

KABUK, pregnant

KABUN, stomach

KABUN DULAS, stomach ache

KABUN MORAS, stomach ache

KADELI, ring

KADI, sharpen

KADO, saw

KAFE, coffee

KAIL, fish hook

KA'I LISIN, fish hook

KAIR, hold, grasp, drive car

KA'IT, hook, girlfriend

KAKATUA, cockatoo, pliers

KAKELUN, bracelet

KAKEU, casuarina tree

KAKOROK, neck, throat

KAKU, owl

KAKULUK, roof

KAKUTAK, brain

KAL, maybe, perhaps

KALAN, night

KALEN, tin

KALOHAN, cloud

KAN, greedy

KANEK, wound, injure

KANURU, spoon

KAOA, crow

KAPAS (P), good, capable, beautiful

KARAU, buffalo

KARAU KULIT, hide, leather

KARAU UAKA, oxen

KARAU UAKA AMAN, bull

KARAU UAKA OAN, calf

KARETA (P), truck, bus

KARIK, maybe, perhaps, if

KARO (P), car

KARUDU, mint

KARUK, left

KATAR, scratch, itchy

KATUAS, old man

KA'UT, bag, sack

KBAS, KEBAS, shoulder

KBELAK, disc

KDORAN, water vessel

KEDAN, KEDAS, immediately, at once

KEDO, frog

KELA, cricket (insect)

KELEN, thigh

KELEN SOLAN, groin

KELEUR ONA, long time ago

KESI, fasten, tie

KETA, KETAK, don't

KE'E, dig

KFOLI, loin-cloth

KFUI, whistle

KIAK, poor, orphan

KIDAN, haunch, hindquarters

KIDUN, bottom, buttocks

KIDUN MEAN, haemorrhoids

KILAT, firearm

KILAT FUAN, bullet

KINAS, petal

KINU, yellow

KINUR, saffron

KITI LILI, firefly, glow worm

KIUKAE, quail

KI'IK, little, small

KLAMAR, soul, spirit

KLARAN, middle

KLES, open, bare; a shred

KLEUK, bent, crooked

KLEUR, long time

KLOOT, tight, narrow

KLOSAN, young, single nobleman

KLUNI, pillow

KMAAN, light, not heavy

KMAHA, dew

KMANEK, good, goodness

KMAUS, rich

KMII, candlenut tree

KNAAR, work, job

KNIKU, bamboo water, vessel

KNUA, hamlet, village

KNUUK, nest

KOBARKA, basket

KOHE, purse

KOKO, try, attempt

KOKOK, touch, feel

KOKOROK, neck

KOLAR, smallpox

KOLE, KOLEN, tired; wages

KONA, towards

KOSAR, sweat

KOSE, wipe, brush

KOTU, break

KOU'US, pregnant, cuddle

KO'A, cut

KO'A LIA, speak, talk

KRAIK, down

KREDA, church

KUAK, hole

KUANA, right

KUDA horse

KUDSA, sow seed, plant

KUDA HETIN, girth

KOTU KOTUK, saddle bag

KUDA LUHAN, stable

KUDA LUBUN, kick by horse

KUDA TAILN, halter, harness, rope

KUIK, KURITA, octopus

KULAN, giblet

KULIT, hide, skin, bark

KULU, breadfruit

KULU NAKA, jackfruit

KUNUS, capsicum

KURITA, octopus

KURU, scoop water

KUSA, nail

KUTUN, flea

KUUS, snot, nasal mucous

KU'U, pick, gather