| First name: | Jacinta |
| Your last name: | Mendonca |
| E-mail: | jacintam@hawaii.edu |
| Preferred name(s) of your language: | Mambae |
| Alternative names: | Mambai, Manbae |
| Language classification: | Central Malayo-Polynesian Language |
| Geographical areas where spoken: | South Coast of Dili, particularly in Ainaro and Manufahi district. |
| Approximate number of monolingual speakers: | 80,000 |
| Approximate number of fluent speakers: | 80,000 |
| Other languages spoken in area/country: | Tetum, Portuguese, & Indonesian |
| Official language(s) in your country: | Portuguese and Tetum |
| Language(s) used at school as a child: | Mambae |
| Language(s) used by teachers today: | Portuguese |
| Do the representatives of neighboring ethnic groups learn to speak your language: | No |
| If the answer to the above question is yes, please specify: | N/A |
| Does your language have a widely accepted writing system? | No |
| If you answered yes, what materials are written? | N/A |
| English | Tetum | Mambae | |
| 1 | head | ulun |
kuta hatu |
| 2 | hair | fu'uk |
ulun |
| 3 | ear | tilun |
kikan noran |
| 4 | nose | inus |
inu kai |
| 5 | tongue | nanal |
lamalaun |
| 6 | tooth | nehan |
nifan |
| 7 | eye | matan |
matan |
| 8 | mouth | ibun |
kukun |
| 9 | beard | hasan raun |
kukunhulun |
| 10 | chin/jaw | hasan |
fau lolon |
| 11 | shoulder/upper arm | kabas |
k'bas |
| 12 | upper arm | kabas |
auhlan |
| 13 | hand | liman |
niman |
| 14 | thumb | liman fuan |
niman snakan |
| 15 | neck | kakorok |
k'diun |
| 16 | breasts | susun |
susun |
| 17 | rib/torso | hirus matan |
iru matan |
| 18 | belly | kabun |
baen |
| 19 | guts | kabun laran |
baen lalan |
| 20 | heart | fuan |
huan |
| 21 | liver | aten |
aten |
| 22 | navel | husar |
fusan |
| 23 | kidney | rins |
troan |
| 24 | body hair | isin fulun |
eta hulun |
| 25 | penis | penis |
lasan |
| 26 | testicles | manu tolun |
lasan huan |
| 27 | vulva | vagina |
fuin |
| 28 | back | kotuk |
hoho teten |
| 29 | right (hand) | liman los |
liman hanan |
| 30 | left (hand) | liman karuk |
liman toin |
| 31 | lungs | pulmao |
kobon |
| 32 | excrement | liur kik |
kui keran |
| 33 | vein | urat |
ramun |
| 34 | thigh/leg | kelen |
fan |
| 35 | knee | ain tunur |
wen tunur |
| 36 | leg | kelen |
wen baen |
| 37 | ankle | ain matan |
wen k'diu |
| 38 | heel | ain tuba |
wen biu |
| 39 | foot | ain |
wen tuban |
| 40 | blood | ran |
lara |
| 41 | bone | ruin |
ruin |
| 42 | skin | kulit |
litan |
| 43 | sore (n) | kanek |
huka |
| 44 | fat (n) | bokur | taru |
| 45 | sweat | kosar | molan |
| 46 | tears | matan ben | mata eran |
| 47 | father | aman | apa |
| 48 | mother | inan | ama |
| 49 | child | oan | anan |
| 50 | man | mane | maina |
| 51 | woman | feto | hina |
| 52 | husband | kaben mane | kaben maina |
| 53 | wife | kaben feto | kaben hine |
| 54 | name | naran | kala |
| 55 | person | pesoa | ema |
| 56 | uncle (paternal) | tio | nai |
| 57 | uncle (maternal) | tio | nai |
| 58 | house | uma | fada |
| 59 | door | oda matan | da matan |
| 60 | story | istoria | istori |
| 61 | pig | fahi | haiha |
| 62 | tusk | inus ruin | inu ruin |
| 63 | dog | asu | ausa |
| 64 | louse | utu | uta |
| 65 | fly (n) | semo | luh |
| 66 | snake | samea | solaia |
| 67 | egg | manutolun | maun telon |
| 68 | bird | manu | mauna |
| 69 | animal | animal | anima |
| 70 | mosquito | susuk | suska |
| 71 | fish | ikan | ikan |
| 72 | rat | laho | laha |
| 73 | shark | tiberaun | tiberaun |
| 74 | whale | baleia | baleia |
| 75 | butterfly | borbaleta | birbon |
| 76 | wing | liras | lilan |
| 77 | ant | nehek | nehka |
| 78 | dolphin | ||
| 79 | grasshopper | gafanyotu | kerkasa |
| 80 | scorpion | ||
| 81 | starfish | fitun | hiuta |
| 82 | tail | ikun | eon |
| 83 | turtle | lenuk | lenuk |
| 84 | spider web | labadain | laklaowa |
| 85 | feather | manu fulun | maun hulun |
| 86 | meat | nan | sisa |
| 87 | food | hahan | sauna |
| 88 | yam | fehuk midar | uhlaen |
| 89 | taro | talas | bala |
| 90 | sugarcane | tohu | teuha |
| 91 | tree | ai hun | aifun |
| 92 | leaf | ai tahan | ainora |
| 93 | coconut | nu'u | noa |
| 94 | banana | hudi | mua |
| 95 | breadfruit | kulu | kulur |
| 96 | flower | ai funan | ai hetun |
| 97 | fruit | ai fuan | ai huan |
| 98 | grass | du'ut | kura |
| 99 | root | abut | ramun |
| 100 | woods | ai | aia |
| 101 | sun | loron matan | lelmatan |
| 102 | moon | fulan | hula |
| 103 | star | fitun | hiuta |
| 104 | cloud | kalohan | sohar |
| 105 | water | be | era |
| 106 | rain | udan | usa |
| 107 | river | mota | sloka |
| 108 | sand | rai henek | rai henek |
| 109 | stone | fatuk | hauta |
| 110 | salt | masin | sia |
| 111 | mountain | foho | hoha |
| 112 | fire | sunu | sul |
| 113 | smoke | fuma | fuma |
| 114 | ashes | anar u'ut/anar rahun | aifluka |
| 115 | road | dalan | dan |
| 116 | wind | anin | keula |
| 117 | lightning | ahi | aifa |
| 118 | rainbow | arquarius | mailakaslor |
| 119 | earth | rai | raia |
| 120 | earthquake | rai nakadoko | ehelakau |
| 121 | hole | kuak | kuan |
| 122 | thunder | rai lakan | nambira |
| 123 | fog | kalohan nakukun | namakokar |
| 124 | lake | mota | sloka |
| 125 | sea | tasi | taisa |
| 126 | seed | musan | huan |
| 127 | sky | kalohan | sohar |
| 128 | stick | ai tongka | ai tutun |
| 129 | firewood | ai sunu nian | aiboa |
| 130 | mud | tahu | titmoken |
| 131 | wave | ondas | lalorantu |
| 132 | foam | balaun | bulaun |
| 133 | canoe | ro'o | froa |
| 134 | paddle | haihnian | |
| 135 | anchor | ||
| 136 | snail | karakol | kikdiuwa |
| 137 | dust | rai rahun | rai afon |
| 138 | rope | tali | taila |
| 139 | bow | ||
| 140 | arrow | rama | rama |
| 141 | knife | tudik | niura |
| 142 | axe | baleu | tauwa |
| 143 | digging stick | lesu | liusa |
| 144 | hook | sabit | katen kleu |
| 145 | spear | dima | saun hatin |
| 146 | clay oven | sana rai | uraiya |
| 147 | fight (n) | tuku malu | tut ro |
| 148 | black | metan | metan |
| 149 | white | mutin | buti |
| 150 | red | mean | mera |
| 151 | yellow | laranja | daura |
| 152 | green | verde | kmoro |
| 153 | blind | matan at | matan klau |
| 154 | deaf | tilun diuk | kikan ba |
| 155 | big | bot | tu |
| 156 | small | kik oan | loban |
| 157 | good | diak | kode |
| 158 | bad | a'at | klau |
| 159 | cooked | tasak | mami |
| 160 | dead | mate | maeta |
| 161 | dry | maran | kmeka |
| 162 | wet | bokun | tita |
| 163 | lazy | baruk | baruk |
| 164 | heavy | todan | rihu |
| 165 | light | kaman | lehe |
| 166 | sick | moras | ban |
| 167 | cold | malirin | mlala |
| 168 | warm | morna | mahun |
| 169 | dirty | foer | rai |
| 170 | clean | mo'os | mo |
| 171 | dull | la kruat | ba hati |
| 172 | long | naruk | narun |
| 173 | narrow | klot | lefa |
| 174 | new | foun | heu |
| 175 | old for thing | tuan | akin |
| 176 | right | lo'os | lo |
| 177 | wrong | sala/ la lo'os | sal |
| 178 | rotten | dodok | broe |
| 179 | sharp | kruat | hati |
| 180 | short | badak | badan |
| 181 | smooth | kaber | nala |
| 182 | straight | lo'os | lo |
| 183 | thick | mahar | hoko |
| 184 | thin | mi'is | nire |
| 185 | wide | luan | mlua |
| 186 | one | ida | id |
| 187 | two | rua | ru |
| 188 | three | tolu | teul |
| 189 | four | ha'at | fat |
| 190 | five | lima | lim |
| 191 | six | ne'en | neen |
| 192 | seven | hitu | hiut |
| 193 | eight | walu | woulu |
| 194 | nine | sia | sia |
| 195 | ten | sanulu | sakul |
| 196 | few | baluns | seri |
| 197 | other | seluk | selun |
| 198 | some | balun | baiseri |
| 199 | many | baruk | kletesorbalu |
| 200 | who | se'e | sen |
| 201 | what | saida | sabid |