Kala lexicon

Main Article: Kala

See also: Thematic Lexicon

General Lexica

• The majority of lexical units in Kala can have multiple roles.
• Most have a primary role, such as verb, noun or adjective, but almost all can serve in at least two roles.
• Because of this, this list is sorted alphabetically and not by part of speech or category.

• Abbreviations used:

• adj. - adjective
• adv. - adverb
• art. - article
• conj. - conjunction
• det. - determiner
• inter. - interjection
• n. - noun
• num. - number
• part. - particle
• prep. - preposition
• pron. - pronoun
• v. - verb

• Note: All Japanese borrowings are recorded using Hiragana regardless of original reading, i.e. On'yomi, Kun'yomi, or other readings.

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k

• k - -ㄱ - from Nahuatl ah- - suf. indicates negative of any verb or a lack of a noun

Compare: na ke mihu yoha - I have a cat. | na ke mihuk yoha - I have no cat. | na ke mihu yohak - I do not have a cat.

• ka - 가 - from Japanese か - part. interrogative particle, placed at the end of interrogative phrase

Example: mo ta yala ka - Where are you going?

• kala - 가라 - from Arabic كلم - n. language | v. to speak, say, talk

• kam - 감 - from Arabic هم - pron. third person singular

• kampa - 감바 - from Japanese かんぱい - inter. Cheers! | common toast used when drinking in company

• kama - 가마 - from Lithuanian kaimas - n. village, town, borough | city, municipality

• kamala - 가마라 - from Arabic قمر - n. moon, lunar body | any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet

• kamusa - 가므사 - from Arabic قاموس - n. dictionary, lexicon | publication that explains the meanings of an ordered list of words

• kasuma - 가스마 - from Alabama kasooma - n. onion, used as vegetable and spice

• ke - 거 - from multiple que - art. the / a | conj. than / that; connects comparisons and acts as an indefinite pronoun | part. topic marker, accusative case; a grammatical marker preceding the direct object

Examples: ke tsaka - The house. | na ke tsaka anyaye - I saw the house. | ke tsaka nayo - The house is mine. / My house.

• ka'o - 가오 - num. cardinal number 7

• kayoma - 가요마 - from Kala ka'o + yoma - n. Wednesday (seventh day of the Kala week)

• kaua - 가우 - from Arabic قهوة - n. coffee

• kyampi - 걈비 - from Swahili kiambishi - n. affix, that which is affixed | linguistics: a bound morpheme added to a word’s stem

• ka'e - 가어 - from Czech k - prep. to, toward(s), at / in the direction of, and arriving at

Example: ha ka'e tsaka yalaye - She went to(ward) the house.

• ketla - 거타 - adj./n. red, having red as its color (see also aka'i)

• kye'o - 겨오 - num. cardinal number 100,000

• ko - 고 - from Japanese こ - n. person, human, individual | suf. agentive suffix indicating doer or possessor of trait

• koto - 고도 - from Japanese 鼓 - n. drum (instrument) | v. to beat a drum (beat, top, strike)

• kompo - 곰보 - from Ainu コンボ - n. seaweed, marine plants and algae

• kua - 구 - from Mandarin 侇 - adv./det./n. all / each / every

• kuama - 구마 - from Kala kua + ama - adv. always, forever | eternal

• kuetsa - 규자 - from Zapotec gueza - n. cigarette

• ku - 그 - n. number / amount / digit, numeral (see also o)

• kuna - 그나 - from multiple kuna - n. excrement, shit, dung | v. to shit, defecate

• kuma - 그마 - from Japanese くま - n. bear, ursine / large mammal of family Ursidae

• kipo - 기보 - from Japanese きぼう - n./v. (to) hope, aspire / aspiration

• kiso - 기소 - from Japanese きそ - adj./n. base / basic / basis / foundation / ground / root

n

• nkata - 은가다 - from Swahili mkataba - n. agreement; understanding between individuals | v. agree, concur, assent

• nkapa - 은가바 - from Warlpiri ngapa - n. alcohol, grog

• nkono - 은고노 - from Swahili ngono - n. act of sexual intercourse | v. to have sex with

• ntsompo - 은좀보 - from Chichewa mchombo - n. navel, belly button, remnant of umbilical cord

• na - 나 - from Arabic انا - pro. first person singular | suf. feminine gender

• naka - 나가 - from Hebrew נקבה - n. woman, female

• na'o - 나오 - num. cardinal number 1

• naha - 나하 - from Hebrew נהר - n. river, stream | v. to stream, flow in a continuous or steady manner

• nahe - 나허 - from German nach - prep. during / hence / in / inside / into / within

• nye'o - 녀오 - num. cardinal number 100

t

• ta - 다 - from Arabic انت - pro. second person singular | suf. masculine gender

• ta'o - 다오 - num. cardinal number 2

• taha - 다하 - from CJK 大 - adj. big, grand, large

• tima - 디마 - from Proto-Semitic dam - n. blood, vital liquid flowing in animal bodies | v. bleed; lose blood through an injured blood vessel

m

• m - -ㅁ - from Hebrew ־ים - suf. indicates plural of nouns (often omitted, most especially when other words indicating amount are present)

• mpana - 음바나 - from Swahili mpana - adj. broad, wide | n. width

• ma - 마 - from Maori mā - conj. and, also, as well | v. to add / plus

• ma'o - 마오 - num. cardinal number 4

• mue'o - 뮤오 - num. cardinal number 10,000

• mahala - 마하라 - from Arabic محل - n. shop, store; place where items can be purchased

p

• pa - 바 - suf. abilitative modal suffix, appended to verbs

Example: I go - na yala | I can go / I am able to go - na yalapa

• pako - 바고 - from Tagalog bago - adj. new, fresh, recent

• pato - 바도 - from Spanish pato - n. duck , aquatic bird of the family Anatidae

• pa'o - 바오 - num. cardinal number 8

s

• sa - 사 - from Proto-Semitic salam - n. peace, tranquility, quiet | v. to be peaceful, tranquil, quiet

• sama - 사마 - from Proto-Semitic samsh - adj. solar | n. sun, any star, especially when seen as the center of any single solar system

• sa'o - 사오 - num. cardinal number 9

• sahala - 사하라 - from Arabic صحراء - n. desert, barren area of land or desolate terrain

a

• a - 아 - from Japanese ある - adv. yes | v. to be, exist

• akala - 아가라 - from Spanish agalla - n. gill, lung, breathing organ

• aki - 아기 - from Japanese あき - n. fall, autumn

• ahi - 아히 - from Kala a & hi - adj. small, little | v. to be small

ya

• yala - 야라 - from Arabic ياالله - v. go, walk, travel

• ya'o - 야오 - num. cardinal number 5

e

• eya - 어야 - adv./n. maybe (indicating a lack of certainty) / perhaps that is true (pro-sentence) | something that is possibly true

• e'o - 어오 - num. cardinal number 0 / nothing / the absence of an amount

ye

• ye - 여 - from Spanish ayer - suf. simple past tense

Derivations: anyoye - last year | yomaye - yesterday | aye - the past

o

• o - 오 - part. honorific article, used to show deference to topic or direct object | n. number / amount / digit, numeral (see also ku)

yo

• yo - 요 - from Mandarin 有 - suf. pronominal possessive

Example: nayo - my / mine

• yoha - 요하 - from Mandarin 有 - v. have, possess

Example: na tsala yoha - I have sauce.

ua

• ua - 우 - from Aramaic או - adj./adv./conj./det. or / other / either

ue

• ue'o - 유오 - num. cardinal number 10

u

• ute - 으더 - from Norwegian ute - prep. out / outside / out of

i

• i - 이 - aff. prefixed to cardinal numbers to create the fractional | suffixed to familial terms to create the junior or child form

Examples: ue'o - ten > iue'o - a tenth | ota - father > ota'i - boy, son, nephew

ts

• tsala - 자라 - from multiple salsa - n. paste, sauce

• tsa'o - 자오 - num. cardinal number 6

• tsikua - 지구 - from Cherokee ᏥᏍᏆ - n. bird, member of the class of animals Aves

tl

• tlaka - 타가 - from Nahuatl tlacatl - n. man | adj. male, masculine

• tlela - 터라 - adj./v. clean, wash

• tle'o - 터오 - num. cardinal number 1000

h

• ha'o - 하오 - num. cardinal number 3

• hina - 히나 - from Arabic هنا - adj./adv./n. here / this place

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