uma-moras

Tetum

Etymology

Compound of uma (“house (adobe)”) +‎ moras (“sick, ill”), calque of Indonesian rumah sakit (“hospital”, literally “sickhouse”).

Noun

uma-moras

1. hospital

   Synonym: ospitál

   Nudar moras tia, mais no ema nee, ita hamo mama ba, hodi kaba iha uma moras. ― the community performs a ceremony to serve betel nut to their ancestors then smear it on the patient’s forehead at the hospital, nurses should not forbid it.