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noun phrases

The basic noun phrase in Kala is PREPOSITION DETERMINER NOUN DESCRIPTIVE-VERB RELATIVE-CLAUSE. Depending on context, this is fairly predominant with a few exceptions

Adpositions

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âg	genitive (possessor, source), agentive (in passive constructions, like English "by"), initiative ("since")
wau	benefactive (purpose), "for", "concerning", "with respect to"
nte	adverbial (manner, as in "he sent it with love")
um	compositive (like 'a pile of bricks')
ngu	appositive, essive ("as")
kwen	comitative ("with")
al	abessive ("without"), "besides", "except for"
puk	"per", "for each"

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sa	elative ("from out of")
nai	inessive ("in")
anda	illative ("into")
uwa	ablative ("from", "from near", "after")
ob	adessive ("at", "near to")
isla	allative ("to", "towards", "before"/"by" for time)
nggairit	terminative ("as far as", "as much as", "until")
rambe	prolative, prosecutive ("along", "via", "during")
mbembu	interessive ("between", "among")
lita	("throughout")
ntatsn	("surrounding", "all around")