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

	Nominative	Accusative	Possessive	Reflexive	Reciprocal
1s	na	ena	nayo	na'i
2s	ta	eta	tayo	ta'i
3s	ha	eha	hayo	ha'i
4s	tla	etla	tlayo	tla'i
1p	nam	enam	namyo	nami	nanku
1p (EXCL)	na'am	ena'am	na'amyo	na'ami	na'anku
2p	tam	etam	tamyo	tami	tanku
3p	kam	ekam	kamyo	kami	kanku
4p	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

• nta'i - baby; infant

	nata (nta) relative	tlaka (ta) male	naka (na) female
hya-	hyanta grandparent	hyata grandfather	hyana grandmother
o-	onta parent	ota father	ona mother
ue-	uenta parent's sibling	ueta uncle	uena aunt
-ku	ntaku sibling	taku brother	naku sister
-hi	ntahi child	tahi son	nahi daughter
-hya	ntahya grandchild	tahya grandson	nahya granddaughter
-ue	ntaue cousin	taue (male) cousin	naue (female) cousin
-hue	ntahue sibling's child	tahue nephew	nahue niece

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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