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* '''Note''' - The apostrophe (''' ' ''') is used to separate vowel groups and is not pronounced.
* '''Note''' - The apostrophe (''' ' ''') is used to separate vowel groups and is not pronounced.
== food ==
* '''kutsu''' - flesh / meat
* '''matla''' - stew / soup / porridge
* '''niuma''' - rice / grain / seed
* '''sakana''' - fish
* '''tsala''' - sauce / paste
* '''ina''' - food / to eat
* '''inapa''' - grape
== time ==
* '''saiu''' - 19 days / "month"
* '''ama''' - time / era
* '''aniu''' - year / 365 or 366 days
* '''iuma''' - day
== numbers ==
* '''a'u''' - zero / nothing
* '''na'u''' - one
* '''ta'u''' - two
* '''la'u''' - three
* '''ma'u''' - four
* '''ia'u''' - five
* '''tsa'u''' - six
* '''ka'u''' - seven
* '''pa'u''' - eight
* '''sa'u''' - nine
* '''ua'u''' - ten
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* '''ni'u''' - hundred
* '''ti'u''' - thousand
* '''li'u''' - 10^4
* '''mi'u''' - 10^5
== body ==
* '''atana''' - body / corpse / cadaver / anatomy / physique
=== head ===
* '''ana''' - head / skull / mind [metaphorical]
:* '''ania''' - eye / to see, look
:* '''anu''' - ear / to hear, listen
=== torso ===


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Revision as of 17:49, 12 October 2010

  • Nkala

abbreviations / notation used

  • absolutive - ABS
  • accusative - ACC
  • first person - 1
  • nominative - NOM
  • object - obj
  • preposition - prep
  • second person - 2
  • subject - sub
  • third person - 3
  • verb - v

grammar

word order

  • (sub) - (obj) - (v)
  • (sub) - (v)
  • (sub) - (prep) - (obj) - (v)

sounds

consonants

  • p - /p~b/ | mp - /mp~mb/
  • t - /t~d/ | nt - /nt~nd/
  • k - /k~g/ | nk - /nk~N/
  • m - /m/
  • n - /n/
  • s - /s~S/ | ts - /ts~tS/
  • l - /l~r/ | tl - /tl~tK/

vowels

  • a - /a~a:/ | ai - /aI:/ | au - /aU:/
  • i - /i~i:/ | ia - /ja:/ | iau - /jaU:/ | iu - /ju:/
  • u - /u~u:/ | ua - /wa:/ | uai - /waI:/

syllable structure

  • (C)V
  • Note - The apostrophe ( ' ) is used to separate vowel groups and is not pronounced.


p t k m n s l a i u

p

  • pa'u - eight
  • pu'ia - color / hue / shade / pigment

t

  • tsala - sauce / paste
  • tsai - tea
  • tsa'u - six
  • tsuku - blue
  • ta - pn - 2s.NOM
  • tam - pn - 2p.NOM
  • tai - pn - 2s.POSS/REFL
  • tami - pn - 2p.POSS/REFL
  • tanku - pn - 2p.RECP
  • ta'u - two
  • ti'u - thousand
  • tulunku - orange

k

  • ka'u - seven
  • kisipu - silver
  • kutsu - flesh / meat
  • ku'ia - green

m

  • matla - stew / soup / porridge
  • malu - brown / tan
  • ma'u - four
  • mi'u - 10^5

n

  • na - pn - 1s.NOM
  • nam - pn - 1p.NOM
  • nai - pn - 1s.POSS/REFL
  • nami - pn - 1p.POSS/REFL
  • nanku - pn - 1p.RECP
  • na'u - one
  • nia'i - white
  • ni'u - hundred
  • niuma - rice / grain / seed

s

  • sakana - fish
  • sa'iu - 19 days / "month"
  • sa'u - nine
  • supuku - gray

l

  • la - pn - 3s.NOM
  • lam - pn - 3p.NOM
  • lai - pn - 3s.POSS/REFL
  • lami - pn - 3p.POSS/REFL
  • lanku - pn - 3p.RECP
  • la'u - three
  • li'u - 10^4

a

  • atana - body / corpse / cadaver / anatomy / physique
  • akai - red
  • ama - time / era
  • ana - head / skull / mind
  • ania - eye / to see, look
  • aniu - year / 365 or 366 days
  • anu - ear / to hear, listen
  • alani - gold [color]
  • aita - pn - 2s.ACC
  • aitam - pn - 2p.ACC
  • aina - pn - 1s.ACC
  • ainam - pn - 1p.ACC
  • aila - pn - 3s.ACC
  • ailam - pn - 3p.ACC
  • a'u - zero / nothing

i

  • ina - food / to eat
  • inapa - grape
  • ilila - purple / violet / indigo
  • iana - yellow
  • ia'u - five
  • iuma - day

u

  • ulutu - pink
  • u'ia - black
  • ua'u - ten

phrases

  • iata'a - hello / hi / greetings
  • mu ta iala ka
place 2s go INT
Where are you going?
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