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== a ==
== a ==


* '''a''' - is; are; am; yes; to be
* '''a'''
* '''apa''' - close; shut; turn off
# be [{{sc|cop}}]
* '''apua''' - sing; music; song
# yes
* '''apyo''' - celery
* '''ata [ta-]''' - name; noun (part of speech); to be called; so-called; what is called
* '''atahi''' - nickname
* '''ata'o''' - patronymic; metronymic
* '''ate''' - liver [ organ ]
* '''ati''' - plain; normal; ordinary; regular
* '''ak''' - no; is not; not
* '''aka''' - budge; move slightly; drive a vehicle
* '''akai''' - red
* '''aki''' - autumn; fall; harvest time
* '''akya''' - wake up; to awaken; to be awake
* '''am''' - plural; complex number
* '''ampa''' - as quickly as possible; as soon as possible; with all speed
* '''ampi''' - snot; nasal mucus
* '''ampu''' - smell; sniff; nose
* '''amha''' - abundance; ample sufficiency
* '''ama''' - time; moment; period
* '''amak''' - never at all; not even once; at no time
* '''amaha''' - era; epoch
* '''ame''' - axe; hatchet
* '''amenya''' - Germany
* '''ameyo''' - Americas
* '''amo''' - transport; to carry
* '''amya''' - like; be fond of
* '''amyata''' - boyfriend
* '''amyako''' - friend
* '''amyana''' - girlfriend
* '''anta''' - breathe; suck in; absorb; inhale
* '''anto''' - oath; pledge; to swear
* '''anka''' - hip; pelvis; hip joint; waist
* '''anko''' - cipher; code
* '''anku [-nku]''' - reciprocate; (in) return; reciprocation; pronominal reciprocal [RECP]
* '''ana''' - brain; mind; head; essence
* '''ano''' - one more time; again; one more; once again
* '''anu''' - ear; hear; listen
* '''anya''' - eye; look; see
* '''anyo''' - year [365/366 days]
* '''asa''' - live; alive; living
* '''asaya''' - living beauty
* '''asi''' - salt
* '''aso''' - broil; grill
* '''asua''' - hide; pelt; skin; fur; leather
* '''ahi [-hi] / [i-]''' - small; tiny; few; young; diminutive [DIM] / numerical fractional
* '''aho''' - garlic chives; leek
* '''ahua''' - avocado [Persea americana]
* '''ahya''' - potato; yam
* '''atsa''' - wheel; to roll; disk; to rotate; by turn
* '''atsi [tsi-]''' - angle; corner; bend; joint
* '''atsu''' - thick; chunky; solid; stocky
* '''atli [-tli]''' - in the future; future; the future [FUT]
* '''ala''' - fin; wing
* '''ale''' - wheat; barley; oats
* '''a'e''' - except for; apart from; excluding; against; in spite of
* '''aya''' - beautiful; wonderful; splendid; pretty
* '''aye [-ye]''' - past; former; previous; already; [PST]
* '''ayehi''' - recent
* '''eta''' - you [P.2SG]
* '''etam''' - you (all) [P.2PL]
* '''ete''' - pen; pencil; writing brush
* '''eka''' - prefix or suffix of a compound word; affix [linguistics]; to attach
* '''eke [e-]''' - object [in grammar]; pronominal patient [P]
* '''empa''' - walk quickly; to march; to run
* '''ema''' - used to express confusion and/or pause during conversation
* '''emya''' - happen; occur; take place
* '''ente''' - instead of; rather than
* '''enka''' - narrow; tight; thin
* '''enku''' - confidential; secret; hush-hush
* '''ena''' - me [P.1SG]
* '''enam''' - us [P.1PL]
* '''ena'am''' - us [P.1PL.EXCL]
* '''eno''' - anger; to be angry; upset; mad
* '''enya''' - mirror; reflect; mirror image; reflection
* '''enye''' - outside of; exterior to; besides
* '''eha''' - him; her [P.3SG]
* '''ekam''' - them [P.3PL]
* '''ehe''' - but; however
* '''ehya''' - complete; intact
* '''etsa''' - extent; degree of intensity; degree (angles; temperature etc)
* '''etla''' - it [P.4SG]
* '''etlam''' - them [P.4PL]
* '''etle''' - postpone; defer; stall; stave off
* '''ele''' - only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless
* '''elo''' - resign; quit
* '''e'o''' - zero; 0; nothing; null
* '''eua''' - fin; appendage of a fish
* '''eya''' - maybe; almost; nearly; practically; very close; possibly
* '''eye''' - only; merely; just; solely; alone
* '''ito''' - tree; wood
* '''ika''' - age; old; young
* '''ikaha''' - ancient; old
* '''ike''' - then; at that time; while
* '''iko''' - this one; person
* '''iku''' - this much; this many
* '''ikua''' - wolf down food; to devour ravenously; to gorge oneself
* '''ima''' - this time; now; yet; immediate; present
* '''imak''' - not yet; not now; not this time
* '''imahi''' - instant; moment
* '''inka''' - not moving; still
* '''ina''' - consume; eat; food; sustenance
* '''ino''' - this thing
* '''inu''' - beverage; drink; liquid
* '''inya''' - be hungry; hungry
* '''inye''' - this reason
* '''iso''' - this kind; this sort
* '''isu''' - peel; rind; outer layer of fruit and cheese
* '''iha''' - few; some
* '''itsa''' - love; affection; be fond of; like
* '''itla [i-]''' - this [one]; proximal; proximal demonstrative [PROX]
* '''itlo''' - equal; even; same
* '''ila''' - fly; hover; flight
* '''ile [-le]''' - to cause; to result in; causative [to make; cause X]
* '''ilo''' - cave; cavern
* '''iya''' - if; whether; possible
* '''iye''' - if (but not) *irrealis
* '''iyoma''' - today
* '''iyomua''' - this morning
* '''o / [o-]''' - number; numeral; digit / honorific [HON]
* '''opua [-pua] / [-pu]''' - to finish; to end; to complete [PRF] / final; last
* '''opye''' - hug; embrace
* '''ota''' - father
* '''ote''' - whichever
* '''oto''' - sound; noise; tone; phone(me)
* '''ok''' - none; no amount
* '''oka''' - bake; cook
* '''oku''' - owl
* '''okua''' - all; every amount
* '''oma''' - roar or howl of an animal; bellow of rage; to yell; to shout
* '''omo''' - business; commerce; exchange; trade
* '''omu''' - consider; plan; speculate; think; ponder; contemplate
* '''omya''' - cut; carve; engrave; chisel
* '''onta''' - parent; adult
* '''onto''' - tread on; to trample; to stamp
* '''ona''' - mother
* '''ono''' - delight
* '''onyo''' - learn; practice or study [old]
* '''oso''' - genitalia; groin
* '''osota''' - penis
* '''osona''' - vagina; clitoris
* '''oha''' - gape; yawn; open one's mouth
* '''ohi''' - lower; decrease; reduce; subtract; diminish
* '''ohua''' - luxurious; extravagant; wasteful
* '''otso''' - wolf; lupine
* '''otsokai''' - red wolf
* '''ola''' - gold [ color; element; coin ]
* '''ole''' - shell; carapace; crust; husk; casing
* '''oya''' - black; darkness
* '''oyo''' - bead; small round object
* '''upya [-pya]''' - to attempt; to try to do [CON]
* '''uta''' - deliver; to hand in; to hand over; submit
* '''ute''' - arm; armpit; forearm
* '''umpu''' - form; shape
* '''uma''' - horse; equine
* '''umo''' - unify; to unite; to integrate; unity; combine; join
* '''umua''' - ache; pain; sorrow; deeply; thoroughly
* '''umye''' - electric; electricity; electrical
* '''unta''' - camel
* '''unya''' - know; knowledge; understand; comprehend
* '''uhi''' - yam
* '''utsi''' - parsley
* '''utsu''' - outer space; empty; vacant; unoccupied; space
* '''utla''' - otter
* '''ula''' - any


== Index ==
== Index ==

Revision as of 16:04, 21 April 2013


Main Article: Kala

See also: Thematic Lexicon

General Lexica

  • The majority of lexical units in Kala can have multiple roles.
  • Most have a primary role, such as verb, noun or particle, but almost all can serve in at least two roles.
  • Because of this, this list is sorted alphabetically and not by part of speech or category.


pa ta ka ma na nya sa ha tsa tla ua la ya a

pa

  • pata
  1. tile; brick
  • pato
  1. duck
  2. male prostitute [slang]
  • paka
  1. unintelligent and foolish; idiotic; stupid

mpa

  • mpaka
  1. border; boundary; frontier
  2. line

ta

  • ta
  1. you, [2sg]

nta

  • ntaku
  1. sibling
See also: family terms

ka

  • ka
  1. interrogative particle, [q]
  • ki
  1. self
  2. essence; life force
  3. reflexive [refl]

nka

  • nka
  1. emphatic negative

ma

  • ma
  1. and, also
  2. too; as well (as)

na

  • na
  1. I, [1sg]

nya

  • nya
  1. for [to benefit; for the purpose of]
  2. by [actor; author]

sa

  • saya
  1. soothe; calm; relax

ha

  • ha
  1. he, she, [3sg]
See also: pronouns

tsa

  • tsapa
  1. effort; endeavor; struggle
  2. trouble; suffer

tla

  • tla
  1. it, "thing" [4sg]
See also: pronouns

ua

  • ua
  1. either; or; other; else

la

  • no headwords begin with <l>

ya

  • ya
  1. Hey!, Yo!, vocative particle [voc]

a

  • a
  1. be [cop]
  2. yes

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