Timor Leste
Appearance
See also: Timor-Leste
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Portuguese Timor Leste (“Timor-Leste”), Timor (“Timor”) + leste (“east”). Cognate of Indonesian Timor Timur and Tetum Timor Lorosa'e.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Timor Leste
- East Timor, Timor Leste (a country in Southeast Asia occupying half the island of Timor)
Usage notes
[edit]Indonesian clearly distinguishes the names for the sovereign state of East Timor or Timor-Leste (Timor Leste) and the former Indonesian province of East Timor, the latter is known as Timor Timur. Unlike English, these terms are not interchangeable in Indonesian.
See also
[edit]- (countries of Asia) negara-negara di Asia; Afganistan, Arab Saudi, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Filipina, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Irak, Iran, Israel, Jepang, Kamboja, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea Selatan, Korea Utara, Kuwait, Laos, Libanon, Maladewa, Malaysia, Mesir, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestina, Qatar, Rusia, Singapura, Siprus, Sri Lanka, Suriah, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor Leste, Tiongkok, Turki, Turkmenistan, Uni Emirat Arab, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yaman, Yordania
- Timor Lorosa'e
- Timor Timur
Further reading
[edit]- “Timor Leste” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Portuguese
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]- Misspelling of Timor-Leste.
Categories:
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Portuguese
- Indonesian terms derived from Portuguese
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian proper nouns
- Indonesian multiword terms
- id:East Timor
- id:Countries in Asia
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- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese multiword terms
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese misspellings