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

pronouns

nkalom (pronouns)

	agent (nominative)	patient (accusative)	possessive	reflexive	reciprocal
1SG	na	ena	nayo	na'i
2SG	ta	eta	tayo	ta'i
3SG	ha	eha	hayo	ha'i
4SG (INAN)	tla	etla	tlayo	tla'i
1PL	nam	enam	namyo	nami	nanku
2PL	tam	etam	tamyo	tami	tanku
3PL	kam	ekam	kamyo	kami	kanku
4PL (INAN)	tlam	etlam	tlamyo	tlami	tlanku

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

• pato - duck; male prostitute (slang)
• panya - a rodent (rat, rabbit etc)
• peka - flying fox; fruit bat (Pteroptidae); bat
• pili - hyena
• piyo - bee; honeybee
• poti - goat; billy goat; ram
• poka - Phocidae, family within Carnivora including seal
• pukue - blowfish (Tetraodontidae); puffer
• puetsa - octopus; mantis egg nest
• pyaka - tiger
• pyoho - louse, tick, mite, flea
• tanka - eagle; falcon; hawk
• teli - ass; donkey; mule
• tilo - shark [and related species]
• tona - tuna
• kinti - squirrel
• kina - mammal
• kili - giraffe
• koni - skunk
• kupe - tick; arthropod
• kupu - butterfly
• kuma - bear; ursine
• kutsi - shrimp; prawn
• kuami - eel; any fish of the order Anguilliformes
• kuatla - snake; reptile
• kyotlo - coyote
• mpeka - frog; toad
• mpelo - buzzard
• mpuni - ostrich
• mano - fowl; chicken; poultry
• masa - deer; elk; cervine
• mita - dog; canine
• molo - cod
• nkahi - shellfish; lobster; crustacean
• nkoyo - sheep
• nase - spider; arachnid
• neko - cat; feline
• nyamu - mosquito; fly
• nyanku - whale
• nyolo - ant; insect
• sani - wasp
• sikua - pig; hog; swine; pork
• simpu - mussel; oyster; clam
• sinka - lion
• suaki - hare; rabbit
• haya - animal; beast
• honu - turtle; sea turtle
• husa - goose
• tsanko - monkey; ape; primate
• tsikua - bird; avian
• tsola - fox; Vulpes
• tsunka - insect; bug; worm
• tsuhi - panther; leopard
• tsuene - baboon
• tsuyo - armadillo
• tlakua - snail; slug; mole cricket
• tlinka - herring
• tloma - feather; plumage; plume
• tlohi - salmon; trout
• tlo'o - elephant
• ala - fin; wing
• eua - fin; appendage of a fish
• oku - owl
• otso - wolf; lupine
• ole - shell; carapace; crust; husk; casing
• uma - horse; equine
• unta - camel
• utla - otter
• uaka - ox; cow; bull; bovine; cattle
• uani - alligator; crocodile
• uatsi - fish
• yasu - buffalo; bison
• yotsu - larva; grub

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