uab meto (meto, uab atoni pah meto, uab pah meto

UAB METO (METO, UAB ATONI PAH METO, UAB PAH METO, TIMOR,
TIMORESE, TIMOL, TIMOREESCH, TIMOREEZEN, DAWAN,
TIMOR DAWAN, RAWAN, ORANG GUNUNG)
Western Timor Island. Also spoken in Timor Lorosae.
'TAKAF SALIB
(Sign of the Cross)
(T)eik1[i] Amaf ma Anmone ma Roh Kudus Sin kanan. Amin
HAI AMÂ
(Our Father)
Hai Amâ es neno-tunan; Tfe henait atoni ok-okê npules Hit kanak; Hit pahe ném; Hit loimte njadi
nbin pah-pinan namnés on a-nbin neno-tunan.
Tfe kai mnahat neno-neno, nok neno i(a).
Tafeitin hai sanat, onlê hai mifeitin atoni nasanab neu kai.
Kaisâ tatám kai neu maufinu, me tasoin kai nâko amleüt.
Amin.
TABÊ MARIA
(Hail Mary)
Tabê Maria, taheun nok halinat, Uis-Neno nok Kit;
Hai mpules Kit neis nâko1[1ii] bifé ok-okê;
hai mpules nok Hit Anah Yesus.
Santa Maria Uis-Neno In Ainaf, tönen ttulun kai
atoin-asanab, nbin tabu i(a) ma a-nbin tabu1[iii] hai he mmaet.
Amin.
TAÜIS TEU AMAF
(Glory be to the Father)
Taüis teu Amaf ma Anmone ma Roh Kudus.
Onlê un-unû, munî i(a), piuta, talantea nabalbal.
Amin.
AU 'TOE NEU UIS-NENO
(Apostles’ Creed)
Au ‘toe neu Uis-Neno, Amaf Akuasat – Amoët neno-tunan ma pah-pinan.
Au 'toe neu Yesus Kristus – In Anmone mesê, hit Usî,
es1[iv] Feotnai Maria nâkun nâko Roh Kudus, okê nahonis.
In a-nsutai susar a-nbin plenat Ponsius Pilatus,
Atoni nkuse, nâmate, okê nsuban.
In lof a-nsaun neu bale paot – ntea neno teun a-nfen nâko opu.
Okê In a-nsae neu neno-tunan – natetbon a-nbin Uis-Neno Amaf Akuasat In bnapan ‘neü
In lof ném nâko nae he nkeut atoin-amonit ma atoin-amates sin lasi.
Au 'toe neu Roh Kudus, neu Gereja Katolik Kninô (Kudus); neu atoin-santu sin matulun; neu
ampun sanat; neu fenat-aof; neu 'honis nabalbal.
Amin.
HAI MÎLATAN KIT
(We Adore Thee)
Translated from (Click here)
Hai mîlatan Kit, Usif Yesus Kristus akninô ‘sekê, nbin bale i(a) ma nbin Hit gereja ok-okê nbin pahpinan nfunamnatef, ma hai mikninô Kit, fun natuin Hit Haukrús (Salib) Neno, Hit a-tkaus sanat pahpinan.
Amin.
KNINÔ
(Holy)
Translated from (Click here)
Kninô, kninô, kninô Uis-Neno Akuasat ma Akubelan, neno-tunan ma pah-pinan naheun nok Hit
halinat neno. Hosana nbin neno-tunan. Pules neu In lê ném neik Uis-Neno In kanan. Hosana nbin
neno-tunan.
ONE ORAS HE TASAITAN UME
(Prayer Before Leaving the House)
Composed by Yohanes Manhitu
Translation in English (click here), in Spanish (click here)
Trinitas Kninô; Amaf ma Anmone ma Roh Kudus. Nbin oras i(a) au, Hit ate kau, oum ma ‘lîtu ‘bin
Hit matak neno he ‘onen ‘toit Kit he tpao ma tpanat kau nbin naot i(a). Au ‘toit Kit henait Hit tapasib
tain kanan ‘suät humâ-humâ nbin lalan, henait au ‘tea bale lê au he ‘nao eune ma okê ‘fain oum eik
aominâ-aolekô.
Usî, au ûnaät au smanak ma au aok neu Hit Anmone, hai Usif Yesus Kristus, Ini ‘niman nanan; fun
In es Atulun, oras i(a) talantea nabalbal. Amin.
NOTE:
i[i] teik is applied when more than one person is praying. When only one person is praying, eik is used.
ii[ii] nâko, in some dialects, is replaced with noko.
iii[iii] tabu is sometimes replaced with oras, which has the same meaning.
iv[iv] es is replaced with et in different dialects.
∗ All of the prayers, except Onen oras he tasaitan ume, Hai mîlatan Kit, and Kninô, are adopted
and alphabetically modified to create a phonetic spelling from Katekismus in nesan, the Catholic
catechism widely used in the Dawan-Timor in the old days. It was the catechism I once learned
from for my first communion and Confirmation.
Courtesy of Yohanes Manhitu – E-mail [email protected]
Yohanes Manhitu’s Homepage on Uab Meto (Dawanese Language):
http://www.uabmeto.cjb.net/ http://ymanhitu.blogspot.com/
Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl – E-mail [email protected]