Kala/lexicon/theme

Movement

• pyola - rotate; revolve; spin; whirl; roll
• tapya - follow; accompany
• tatsi - stand; set up; establish
• tala - return; come [back]; arrive
• tipua - decline; drop; fall
• titsua - swagger; walk with a wide stance
• topu - jump; bounce; hop
• kuetso - stroll; amble; walk leisurely
• kyehu - have a moment of leisure; take a break
• nkoma - raise; hoist; rise
• mase - dance; move music; flicker [flame]
• moku - rest; sleep
• nyoso - squat; crouch
• sima - sit; take a seat
• hika - wait; wait for
• huato - move about; be in motion; to and fro
• tsimpa - be lame; move with difficulty; limp
• tlaha - leave; depart
• tlina - stop; halt; cease
• aka - drive; move slightly; shift
• empa - run; flee; race
• emyo - walk in an awkward, drunken fashion
• inka - be still; calm; quiet; not moving
• ila - sail; fly; navigate
• yala - walk; go; travel
• yoko - swim; wade

Time

• sanya - second [of time]
• punu - minute [of time]
• tsima - hour; o'clock; time

• yoma - day; daytime
  • yomua - dawn; daybreak; morning [a.m.]
  • yotso - midday; noon
  • puama - afternoon; dusk; evening [p.m.]
  • yohua - night; nighttime
  • huatso - midnight

• sema - week [7 days]
• sayo - calendar month [19 days]

• muasa - season
  • kueta - spring [season]
  • natsu - summer
  • aki - autumn; fall
  • neku - winter

• anyo - year [365/366 days]
• uenyo - decade; period
• sanyo - era; [19 years]
• nyema - century
• uepya - age; 361 years [19 sanyo]
• tsa'atli - epoch; 6859 years [19 uepya]
• tlenyo - millennium

• sayoma - calendar; date

• atli - future; future tense [FUT]
• aye - past; past tense [PST]

• nkihua - be lengthy; be long [duration]
• uye - time to time; now and then; occasionally
• kuaho - be short; soon [duration]
• nante - seldom; rare

Animals

• masa - cervine; deer; elk
• tsa'a - beaver
• patsi - breed livestock; herd
• tsanko - ape; monkey; primate
• panya - rodent [rat; mouse]
• haya - animal; beast
• kina - mammal
• sinka - lion
• pili - hyena
• kinti - squirrel
• kili - giraffe
• itsu - squeak; chirp or peep
• ipye - horn of animal
• noka - beak; bill; mouth
• tsola - fox
• koni - skunk
• koli - extremity; tag along; tail
• soli - badger; ferret
• tlo'o - elephant
• otso - wolf; lupine
• kuma - bear
• utla - otter
• tsuhi - leopard / jaguar
• tsuyo - armadillo
• kuatse - opossum
• tsuene - baboon
• pyaka - tiger
• yatsa - bridle; halter; reins
• yasu - bison; buffalo
• yele - pedestal; plinth; saddle
• yetso - boar [wild]
• kyotlo - coyote

Reptiles

• mpeka - frog; toad
• moko - lizard [reptile w/ legs]
• honu - turtle [sea]
• uani - alligator; crocodile
• kuatla - reptile; snake

Birds

• tanka - eagle; falcon; hawk
• tsatle - crane; egret; heron
• hapi - dove; pigeon
• pato - duck; male prostitute (slang)
• kapyo - gull; seagull
• mpelo - buzzard
• si'i - crow; raven
• tsiti - sparrow
• mpiko - black eagle; condor; vulture
• inko - macaw; parrot; puffin
• sono - partridge
• oku - owl
• kusa - bird; avian [that flies]
• husa - goose; swan

• peka - bat [animal]
• pyotsi - tail or caudal fin or feathers
• ki'i - screech; shriek; chirp or peep [onomatopoeia]
• tloma - feather; plumage; plume
• ala - wing
• otla - bird; avian

Flightless

• peti - bird; avian [flightless]
• mpuni - ostrich
• mano - chicken; fowl; poultry
• hinti - turkey
• tsunya - penguin

Domestic

• teli - ass; donkey; mule
• neko - cat; feline
• mita - canine; dog
• sikue - pig; pork; swine
• poti - goat; ram
• nkoyo - lamb; sheep
• unta - camel
• uma - equine; horse
• uaka - ox; cow; bull
• suaki - hare; rabbit
• mya'a - meow; cat noise

Insects

• nase - arachnid; spider
• sani - wasp
• tsati - hornet
• a'i - worm
• tlakua - cricket; slug; snail
• metse - cricket; grasshopper
• seko - scorpion
• piyo - bee; honeybee
• hotso - roach; cockroach
• tsunka - bug; insect; worm
• kupe - arthropod; tick
• kute - bite; sting [of insect]
• kupu - butterfly
• uese - louse
• nyamu - mosquito; fly; gnat
• hyesua - beetle
• pyoho - flea; mite; tick
• nyolo - ant; insect
• yotsu - grub; larva

Aquatic

• ahe - dolphin; porpoise
• nkahi - mollusks; crustaceans; echinoderms
• kehe - shark
• tepu - scales [of fish]
• eua - fin [of a fish]
• tlinka - herring; mackerel; carp
• pite - manatee; walrus
• tsinti - stingray
• simpu - clam; mussel; oyster
• poka - seal; pinniped
• mpoka - squid; ink fish; cuttlefish
• tona - tuna
• ole - crust; husk; shell
• tlohi - salmon; trout
• molo - cod [fish]
• kutsi - prawn; shrimp
• pukue - blowfish; puffer
• kuami - eel; water snake
• uatsi - fish
• puetsa - mantis; octopus
• nyanku - whale
• kye'u - gills of fish