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English
Etymology
From East Timor + -ese.
Pronunciation
Adjective
East Timorese (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to East Timor or the East Timorese people.
Translations
of, from, or pertaining to East Timor or the East Timorese people
Noun
East Timorese (plural East Timorese)
- (chiefly in the plural) A person from East Timor or of East Timorese descent.
1997, Heike Krieger, Dietrich Rauschning, East Timor and the International Community: Basic Documents, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 216:According to press reports, on 1 January 1995, an ethnic riot took place at Baucau following an alleged killing of an East Timorese by an Indonesian immigrant. Some 200 youths reportedly burned a market, shops and houses […]
Usage notes
- As with other terms for people formed with -ese, the countable singular noun in reference to a person (as in "I am an East Timorese", "writing about East Timorese cuisine as an East Timorese") is uncommon and often taken as incorrect. In its place, the adjective is used, by itself (as in "I am East Timorese") or before a noun like person, man, or woman ("writing about East Timorese cuisine as an East Timorese person"). See also -ish, which is similarly only used primarily as an adjective or as a plural noun.
Translations
person from East Timor or of East Timorese descent