Kala/etymology

This is a list of words in Kala by the language they were borrowed from. It will likely never be exhaustive, however it will be as extensive as possible and updated regularly.

Arabic

• ʾanta - ta - you [2sg]
• tamām - tama - be good; well; proper; fine; complete
• kull - kua - all; every; each; total(ly)
• máyya - maya - water; liquid; wetness
• ʾanā - na - I; me [1sg]
• šams - sama - sun; star; shine
• yallā - yala - walk; go; travel
• yawm - yoma - day; daytime

Armenian

• veh - uehi - lofty; refined; exquisite

Chamicuro

• ame - ame - axe; hatchet

Chickasaw

• chuka - tsaka - home; house

English

• able - pala - can; may; possible; able to

German

• nach - nahe - in [located inside of]; internal; within

Hawaiian

• inu - inu - drink; liquid

Hebrew

• imets - metsi - adopt; switch over to

Irish

• am - ama - time; moment; period

Japanese

• baka - paka - be a fool; idiot; dumb
• kuma - kuma - bear; ursine
• neko - neko - cat; feline
• aru - a - exist; be; yes [COP]
• uma - uma - horse; equine

Mandarin

• gè - ke - object marker; nominalizer
• kělián - keli - pity; pitiable; pitiful
• chánnuó - tsana - meditation; meditate

tsanto - practice of meditation

• yǒu - yoha - have; possess

Malay

• batu bata - pata - tile; brick

Maori

• whakahoro - huaka - tear down; demolish; dismantle

Nahuatl

• yohualli - yohua - night; nighttime; darkness

Persian

• čây - tsa'i - tea; tea leaves
• ârâyeš - yasi - cosmetics; makeup

Spanish

• pato - pato - duck
• pantano - panta - marsh; swamp; wetlands; glade
• palo - palo - cane; staff; walking stick
• semana - sema - week; period of 7 days
• salsa - tsala - sauce; paste

Swahili

• kwepa - kuepa - escape; run away; flee
• mswada - suata - account; bill; debt
• chuma - tsuma - metal

Warlpiri

• pina - pina - be clever; intelligent; wise
• puka - puka - be corrupt; decay; rot
• kuna - kuna - excrete; expel; defecate; shit
• ngapa - nkapa - alcohol; beer
• wanka - uanka - uncooked; untreated; raw