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== Food == | == Food == | ||
=== Fruits === | |||
*'''x''' - apple | |||
*'''x''' - apricot | |||
*'''x''' - cherry | |||
*'''x''' - date | |||
*'''x''' - fig | |||
*'''x''' - grapes | |||
*'''x''' - lemon | |||
*'''x''' - lime | |||
*'''x''' - melon | |||
*'''x''' - olive | |||
*'''x''' - orange | |||
*'''x''' - peach | |||
*'''x''' - pear | |||
*'''x''' - pineapple | |||
*'''x''' - plum | |||
*'''x''' - raspberry | |||
*'''x''' - strawberry | |||
=== Vegetables === | |||
*'''x''' - vegetable | |||
*'''x''' - artichoke | |||
*'''x''' - asparagus | |||
*'''x''' - bean | |||
*'''x''' - cabbage | |||
*'''x''' - carrot | |||
*'''x''' - cauliflower | |||
*'''x''' - celery | |||
*'''x''' - chives | |||
*'''x''' - cucumber | |||
*'''x''' - garlic | |||
*'''x''' - herbs | |||
*'''x''' - lentil | |||
*'''x''' - lettuce | |||
*'''x''' - mint | |||
*'''x''' - mushroom | |||
*'''x''' - onion | |||
*'''x''' - parsley | |||
*'''x''' - pea | |||
*'''x''' - potato | |||
*'''x''' - pumpkin | |||
*'''x''' - radish | |||
*'''x''' - sage | |||
*'''x''' - spinach | |||
*'''x''' - tomato | |||
*'''x''' - turnip | |||
*'''x''' - grain | |||
*'''x''' - barley | |||
*'''x''' - maize, corn | |||
*'''x''' - oats | |||
*'''x''' - rice | |||
*'''x''' - rye | |||
*'''x''' - wheat | |||
=== Meals === | |||
*'''x''' - meal, dinner | |||
*'''x''' - breakfast | |||
*'''x''' - lunch | |||
*'''x''' - supper | |||
*'''x''' - food | |||
*'''x''' - dessert | |||
*'''x''' - salad | |||
*'''x''' - soup | |||
*'''x''' - stew | |||
=== Meats === | |||
*'''x''' - meat | |||
*'''x''' - bacon | |||
*'''x''' - beef | |||
*'''x''' - chicken | |||
*'''x''' - cut | |||
*'''x''' - fat | |||
*'''x''' - mutton | |||
*'''x''' - pork | |||
*'''x''' - rib | |||
*'''x''' - roast | |||
*'''x''' - sausage | |||
*'''x''' - steak | |||
=== Other Foods === | |||
*'''x''' - biscuit | |||
*'''x''' - bread | |||
*'''x''' - cake | |||
*'''x''' - flour | |||
*'''x''' - roll | |||
*'''x''' - butter | |||
*'''x''' - cheese | |||
*'''x''' - cream | |||
*'''x''' - egg | |||
*'''x''' - omelet | |||
*'''x''' - honey | |||
*'''x''' - jam | |||
*'''x''' - mustard | |||
*'''x''' - oil | |||
*'''x''' - pepper | |||
*'''x''' - salt | |||
*'''x''' - sauce | |||
*'''x''' - sugar | |||
*'''x''' - vinegar | |||
=== Beverages === | |||
*'''x''' - beverage | |||
*'''x''' - alcohol | |||
*'''x''' - beer | |||
*'''x''' - brandy | |||
*'''x''' - coffee | |||
*'''x''' - milk | |||
*'''x''' - soda water | |||
*'''x''' - tea | |||
*'''x''' - wine | |||
=== The Table === | |||
*'''x''' - cup | |||
*'''x''' - glass | |||
*'''x''' - plate, dish | |||
*'''x''' - saucer | |||
*'''x''' - platter | |||
*'''x''' - fork | |||
*'''x''' - knife | |||
*'''x''' - spoon | |||
*'''x''' - napkin | |||
*'''x''' - tablecloth | |||
=== The Kitchen === | |||
*'''x''' - basin, bowl | |||
*'''x''' - bottle | |||
*'''x''' - coffee pot | |||
*'''x''' - frying pan | |||
*'''x''' - jug | |||
*'''x''' - kettle | |||
*'''x''' - lid | |||
*'''x''' - pot | |||
*'''x''' - saucepan, pan | |||
*'''x''' - scale, measure | |||
*'''x''' - teapot | |||
=== Drink === | === Drink === |
Revision as of 05:54, 17 September 2010
- This lexicon is modeled after the Thematic Dictionary of Verdurian and the List of 1400 Basic Words in LFN.
See also: Kala Lexicon
Particles / Articles
- ke - definite article / topic marker / accusative particle (non-obligatory, used for specificity)
- kya - jussive particle (placed before the phrase)
- ya - vocative particle (placed before the noun being addressed)
Pronouns
Nominative | Accusative | Possessive | Reflexive | Reciprocal | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st sing | na | ena | nayo | na'i | |
2nd sing | ta | eta | tayo | ta'i | |
3rd sing | ha | eha | hayo | ha'i | |
1st plu | nam | enam | namyo | nami | nanku |
1st plu (EXCL) | na'am | ena'am | na'amyo | na'ami | na'anku |
2nd plu | tam | etam | tamyo | tami | tanku |
3rd plu | kam | ekam | kamyo | kami | kanku |
Other pronouns
- tla - a fourth person pronoun, used for all inanimate and abstract nouns, tla inflects in the same way that all other pronouns do
- itla - this (here)
- uatla - that (here)
Correlatives
query | this | that | some | none | any | every | whichever | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
adjective | ka | itla | uatla | iha | ak | ula | kua | ote |
person | ko...ka | iko | uako | ihako | hok | kola | kohua | oteko |
thing | no...ka | itla | uatla | ihano | nok | nola | nokua | oteno |
time | ama/tsima...ka | ima | uama | ihama | amak | amala | kuama | otema |
place | mo...ka | hina | uana | ihamo | mok | mola | mokua | otemo |
way | to...ka | yoto | uato | ihato | tok | tola | tokua | oheto |
amount | ku/o...ka | iku | uaku | ihaku | huk/ok | kula | hukua/okua | oteku |
reason | nye...ka | inye | uanye | ihanye | nyek | ulanye | nyekua | otenye |
kind | su...ka | isu | uasu | ihasu | suk | sula | sukua | otesu |
Conjunctions
- ma - and, also, as well
- hema...ma - both...and...
- ua - or, other, either
- uak - nor, neither
- ehe - but, however
- iya - if, whether
- ke / uama - then
- nye - because, in order that, so that
- nke - and though; although; even though
Affirmation and Negation
- uala - actually, indeed / verily, truly
- tokua - by all means
- tok - by no means
- a - yes / certainly, evidently, of course
- ak - no, not
- eya - perhaps, maybe, possibly
- apa - probably
Verbs
basic
- a - to be, exist
- munta - become, change, alter
- muya - cause to, make, do
- myonta - let, allow, permit to
- heta - must, should, need to
- ueha - want to, intend to
- pala - can, could, am able to
simple movement
- sapua - arrive
- tala - come (back), return
- yala - depart, leave, go, walk
- eka - enter, come/go in
- yese - exit, come/go out
- itola - fall, drop
- olo - fly, move through air
- tapya - follow, continue, go on
- topu - jump
- hoya - raise, rise, lift
- tlani - roll, revole
- hatsu - run
- sima - sit, recline, rest
- tsamu - stand, be upright, rise to one's feet
- uku - stop, wait
- saka - swim, move through water
change
weather
- tonya - freeze, solidify
- pana - rain, moisten, humidify
- nyahi - snow [white]
- sama - shine [sun, solar]
biological actions
- nasa - be born
- sinu - die
- inu - drink
- ina - eat
- anu - hear, listen
- asa - live
- heta - need
- anya - see, look
- moku - sleep
- taki - taste, like, enjoy
- yanta - waken, awaken
Food
Fruits
- x - apple
- x - apricot
- x - cherry
- x - date
- x - fig
- x - grapes
- x - lemon
- x - lime
- x - melon
- x - olive
- x - orange
- x - peach
- x - pear
- x - pineapple
- x - plum
- x - raspberry
- x - strawberry
Vegetables
- x - vegetable
- x - artichoke
- x - asparagus
- x - bean
- x - cabbage
- x - carrot
- x - cauliflower
- x - celery
- x - chives
- x - cucumber
- x - garlic
- x - herbs
- x - lentil
- x - lettuce
- x - mint
- x - mushroom
- x - onion
- x - parsley
- x - pea
- x - potato
- x - pumpkin
- x - radish
- x - sage
- x - spinach
- x - tomato
- x - turnip
- x - grain
- x - barley
- x - maize, corn
- x - oats
- x - rice
- x - rye
- x - wheat
Meals
- x - meal, dinner
- x - breakfast
- x - lunch
- x - supper
- x - food
- x - dessert
- x - salad
- x - soup
- x - stew
Meats
- x - meat
- x - bacon
- x - beef
- x - chicken
- x - cut
- x - fat
- x - mutton
- x - pork
- x - rib
- x - roast
- x - sausage
- x - steak
Other Foods
- x - biscuit
- x - bread
- x - cake
- x - flour
- x - roll
- x - butter
- x - cheese
- x - cream
- x - egg
- x - omelet
- x - honey
- x - jam
- x - mustard
- x - oil
- x - pepper
- x - salt
- x - sauce
- x - sugar
- x - vinegar
Beverages
- x - beverage
- x - alcohol
- x - beer
- x - brandy
- x - coffee
- x - milk
- x - soda water
- x - tea
- x - wine
The Table
- x - cup
- x - glass
- x - plate, dish
- x - saucer
- x - platter
- x - fork
- x - knife
- x - spoon
- x - napkin
- x - tablecloth
The Kitchen
- x - basin, bowl
- x - bottle
- x - coffee pot
- x - frying pan
- x - jug
- x - kettle
- x - lid
- x - pot
- x - saucepan, pan
- x - scale, measure
- x - teapot
Drink
- inu - drink
- inupan - drinkable
- kaua - coffee
- tsai - tea
- hali - milk
- maya - water
- ka'asu - juice
Kinship terms
Direct
- otahaka - great-grandfather
- onahaka - great-grandmother
- otaha - grandfather / great-uncle
- onaha - grandmother / great-aunt
- ota - father / uncle
- ona - mother / aunt
- otaua - brother / cousin
- onaua - sister / cousin
- ota’i - son / nephew
- ona’i - daughter / niece
- ota’iha - grandson
- ona’iha - granddaughter
Indirect
- tla’ota husband
- tla’ona wife
- po’ota father-in-law
- po’ona mother-in-law
- po’ona’i daughter-in-law
- po’otaua brother-in-law
- po’onaua sister-in-law
- tla'ota’i - stepson
- tla'ona’i - stepdaughter
Numbers
Cardinal
- e'o - zero / nothing
- na'o - one
- ta'o - two
- ha'o - three
- ma'o - four
- ya'o - five
- tsa'o - six
- ka'o - seven
- pa'o - eight
- sa'o - nine
- ue'o - ten
- nye'o - 10^2
- tle'o - 10^3
- mue'o - 10^4
- kye'o - 10^5
- nte'o - 10^6
Higher Numbers
- uena'o - eleven / 11
- taue'o - twenty / 20
- nyeka'o - one hundred seven / 107
- hanyetauetsa'o (long form) | hatatsa'o (short form) - three hundred twenty six / 326
- tsatletauema'o - six thousand and twenty four / 6024
Ordinals, Negatives, Fractions etc.
- ki- - ordinal prefix
- Example : kisa'o - ninth (in a sequence)
- Example : kiyanyepa'o - 508th
- ti- - multiple prefix
- Example : tisa'o - nine times
- Example : tiyanyepa'o - 508 times
- i- - fractional prefix
- Example : isa'o - a ninth, 1/9
- Example : iha'o te pa'o - three eighths, 3/8 [lit: a third of eight]
- -k - negative/subtractive suffix
- Example : sa'ok - negative nine (-9)
- Example : ue'o ma sa'ok na'o a - 10 and -9 is 1
Time
Days of the Week
- The Kala week begins on Thursday.
- nayoma - Thursday
- tayoma - Friday
- yomha - Saturday
- mayoma - Sunday
- yomya - Monday
- tsayoma - Tuesday
- kayoma - Wednesday
Calendar
The Kala calendar is modeled after the Baha'i Calendar.
- A chart of the Kala sayoma.
- Based on this calendar, Cinco de Mayo would be yoma pa'o te sayo ha'o, or Day 8 of Month 3.
- The correlating vocabulary to the Gregorian calendar differs.
No. | English | Kala |
---|---|---|
1 | January | na'oku |
2 | February | ta'oku |
3 | March | ha'oku |
4 | April | ma'oku |
5 | May | ya'oku |
6 | June | tsa'oku |
7 | July | ka'oku |
8 | August | pa'oku |
9 | September | sa'oku |
10 | October | ue'oku |
11 | November | uenaku |
12 | December | uetaku |
Colors
- akai - red
- otliyo - orange
- yana - yellow
- kuya - green
- tsuku - blue
- tlaku - indigo, violet, purple
- nyahi - white, pale
- oya - black, dark
- yehi - clear
Toponyms
- apika - Africa
- yatsa'ila - Algeria - tsayela - Algers
- ankola - Angola - tlo'anta - Luanda
- penina - Benin - hokupono - Porto Novo
- antakutika - Antarctica
- atsa - Asia
- osutaliya - Australia
- yolopa - Europe
- amelika kita - North Amerika
- kanata - Canada - otaua - Ottawa
- kupa - Cuba - hauana - Havana
- hanya te tolom (Nation of States) - USA - uasiton - Washington DC
- amelika mina - South Amerika