Kala thematic lexicon

• This lexicon is modeled after the Thematic Dictionary of Verdurian and the List of 1400 Basic Words in LFN.

See also: Kala Lexicon

numbers

cardinal numbers

• e'o - zero; null
• 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 - (one) hundred; 10²
• nya'o - five hundred
• tle'o - (one) thousand; 10³
• mue'o - ten thousand; 10⁴
• kye'o - (one) hundred thousand; 10⁵
• nte'o - (one) million; 10⁶
• hue'o - (one) billion; 10⁹

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 - 508^th

• 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 pa'oyo - three eighths, 3/8

• -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

• ama - occasion, time
• aye - past
  • -ye - previous; last
• ima - present
• atli - future
  • -tli - next: X to come
• sanya - second
• punu - minute
• tsima - hour
• yotso - midday, noon
• huatso - midnight
• yoma - day
• yomua - morning
• puama - evening
• yohua - night
• sema - week
• sayo - month
  • -nye - X month
• anyo - year
• uenyo - decade
• nyema - century
• tlenyo - millenia
• amaha - era, epoch

seasons

• muasa - season
• kueta - spring (rainy season)
• natsu - summer (dry season)
• aki - autumn; fall (harvest season)
• neku - winter (snowy season)

months

• sayom - Months

• na'onye - January
• ta'onye - February
• ha'onye - March
• ma'onye - April
• ya'onye - May
• tsa'onye - June
• ka'onye - July
• pa'onye - August
• sa'onye - September
• ue'onye - October
• uenanye - November
• uetanye - December

days of the week

• yomalo semayo - Days of the Week

• yomaya - Monday
• tsayoma - Tuesday
• kayoma - Wednesday
• nayoma - Thursday
• tayoma - Friday
• hayoma - Saturday
• mayoma - Sunday

color

• sahi - color; pigment; hue
• nyome - beige; tan
• oya - black
• nila - blue
• malo - brown
• tsalo - clear; transparent
• hyali - cream
• kitsa - dark
  • -ha - dark; intense; deep
• mono - fair, blond
• ola - gold
• kono - gray
• kuya - green
• tsenka - orange
• -hi - pale
• nyeli; elila - pink
• tlila - purple
• ketla; akai - red
  • -kai - red
• kini - silver
• nyahi - white
• yana - yellow

family

• tlika - family; clan; kin
• ntaha - ancestor; elder
• nata - relative; family member

• tlaka - man; male
• naka - woman; female

• tlaya - marry; marriage; wed
  • -ya - in-law; related by marriage
• ntaya - spouse
• taya - husband
• naya - wife

• hyanta - grandparent
• hyata - grandfather
• hyana - grandmother

• onta - parent; adult
• ota - father
• ona - mother

• uenta - parent's sibling
• ueta - uncle
• uena - aunt

• ntahi - descendant; child
• nta'i - baby; infant
• tahi - boy; son; male child
• nahi - girl; daughter

• ntaku - sibling
• taku - brother
• naku - sister

• ntahue - sibling's child
• tahue - nephew
• nahue - niece

• ntaue - cousin
• taue - male cousin
• naue - female cousin

• ntahya - grandchild
• tahya - grandson
• nahya - granddaughter

animals

• haya - animal
• nyolo - ant
• kuma - bear
• piyo - bee
• tsikua - bird
• kupu - butterfly
• neko - cat
• uaka - cattle
• mano - chicken
• molo - cod
• mita - dog
• teli - donkey; mule
• pato - duck
• kuami - eel
• tlo'o - elephant
• tloma - feather
• eua - fin
• uatsi - fish
• nyamu - fly; mosquito
• tsola - fox
• mpeka - frog
• poti - goat
• husa - goose
• suaki - hare
• tlinka - herring
• tlapa - horn
• uma - horse
• tsunka - insect; worm
• sinka - lion
• kuatla - lizard; snake
• nkahi - lobster
• kina - mammal
• tsanko - monkey
• panya - mouse; rat
• simpu - mussel; oyster
• puetsa - octopus
• sikua - pig
• suaki - rabbit
• tlohi - salmon; trout
• poka - seal
• tilo - shark
• nkoyo - sheep
• asua - skin, fur
• tlakua - snail
• nase - spider
• kinti - squirrel
• koli - tail
• pyaka - tiger
• tona - tuna
• sani - wasp
• nyanku - whale
• ala - wing
• otso - wolf

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