Uab Meto language
Encyclopedia
Uab Meto is an Austronesian language
spoken by Atoni
people of West Timor
. The language has a variant spoken in the East Timor
ese exclave of Oecussi-Ambeno, called Baikenu. Baikenu uses words derived from Portuguese
, for example, obrigadu for "thank you", instead of the Indonesian
terima kasih.
A wordlist of 200 basic vocabulary items is available at the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database.
Austronesian languages
The Austronesian languages are a language family widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, with a few members spoken on continental Asia that are spoken by about 386 million people. It is on par with Indo-European, Niger-Congo, Afroasiatic and Uralic as one of the...
spoken by Atoni
Atoni
The Atoni are an ethnic group on Timor, in Indonesian West Timor and the East Timorese enclave of Oecussi-Ambeno. They number around 600,000. Their language is Uab Meto....
people of West Timor
West Timor
West Timor is the western and Indonesian portion of the island of Timor and part of the province of East Nusa Tenggara, .During the colonial period it was known as "Dutch Timor" and was a centre of Dutch loyalists during the Indonesian National Revolution...
. The language has a variant spoken in the East Timor
East Timor
The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, commonly known as East Timor , is a state in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian West Timor...
ese exclave of Oecussi-Ambeno, called Baikenu. Baikenu uses words derived from Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
, for example, obrigadu for "thank you", instead of the Indonesian
Indonesian language
Indonesian is the official language of Indonesia. Indonesian is a normative form of the Riau Islands dialect of Malay, an Austronesian language which has been used as a lingua franca in the Indonesian archipelago for centuries....
terima kasih.
A wordlist of 200 basic vocabulary items is available at the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database.
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
| 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 |