Timor Leste
See also: Timor-Leste
Indonesian
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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]- 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
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
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese multiword terms
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese misspellings