Uab Meto language

Uab Meto language
Uab Meto
Uab Metô
Spoken in West Timor, Indonesia
Region Southeast Asia
Native speakers 586,000  (1997)
Language family
Austronesian
Official status
Regulated by No official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-3 aoz

Uab Meto is an Austronesian language spoken by Atoni people of West Timor. The language has a variant spoken in the East Timorese exclave of Oecussi-Ambeno, called Baikenu. Baikenu uses words derived from Portuguese, for example, obrigadu for "thank you", instead of the Indonesian terima kasih.[1]

A wordlist of 200 basic vocabulary items is available at the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database.[2]

Contents

Vocabulary

Basic Uab Meto vocabulary
Uab Meto English
Pah (polite), Tua (polite), Hao (normal), He’ (informal), Ya (normal) Yes
Kaha’, Kahfa’ No
Terima kasih (in West Timor) Thank you
Obrigadu (in East Timor) Thank you
Terima kasih namfau’, Terimakasih ‘nanaek (in West Timor) Thank you very much
Obrigadu namfau’ (in East Timor) Thank you very much
Sama-sama, leko, naleok You are welcome
Neu’ Please
Maaf, permisi, parmis Excuse me
Halo, Tabe Hello
Tkoenok (to say good bye to sb who leaves) Good bye
Selamat tinggal (said to sb staying) Good bye
Selamat Jalan (said to sb leaving) Good bye

Numbers

Numbers
Uab Meto English
Nol, Luman Zero
Mese’ One
Nua’ Two
Teun Three
Ha’ Four
Nim Five
Ne’ Six
Hiut Seven
Faun, Faon Eight
Sio Nine
Bo’, Bo’es Ten
Bo'es-am-mese’ Eleven
Bo'es-am-nua’ Twelve
Bo'es-am-teun Thirteen
Bo'es-am-ha’ Fourteen
Bo'es-am-nim Fifteen
Bo'es-am-ne’ Sixteen
Bo'es-am-hiut Seventeen
Bo'es-am-faun Eighteen
Bo'es-am-sio’ Nineteen
Bo'nua’ Twenty
Bo’nua-m-mese’ Twenty-one
Bo’teun Thirty
Bo’nim Forty
Bo’nim Fifty
Bo’ne’ Sixty
Bo’hiut Seventy
Bo’faun Eighty
Bo’sio’ Ninety
Natun mese’, Nautnes One hundred
Nifun mese’, Niufnes One thousand
Juta mese’, Juta es, Jutes One million

See also

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References

  1. ^ Dawan (Uab Meto)
  2. ^ Uab Meto Wordlist at the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database

External links



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