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* '''i'''- - fractional prefix
* '''i'''- - fractional prefix
:Example : '''isa'o''' - a ninth, 1/9
:Example : '''isa'o''' - a ninth, 1/9
:Example : '''iha'o pa'o''' - three eighths, 3/8
:Example : '''iha'o te pa'o''' - three eighths, 3/8 [lit: a third of eight]


* -'''k''' - negative/subtractive suffix
* -'''k''' - negative/subtractive suffix

Revision as of 16:06, 22 October 2009

See also: Kala Lexicon

Food

Drink

  • inu - drink
  • inupan - drinkable
  • kaua - coffee
  • tsai - tea
  • hali - milk
  • maya - water
  • ka'asu - juice

Kinship terms

Direct

  • otahaka - great-grandfather
  • onahaka - great-grandmother
  • otaha - grandfather / great-uncle
  • onaha - grandmother / great-aunt
  • ota - father / uncle
  • ona - mother / aunt
  • otaua - brother / cousin
  • onaua - sister / cousin
  • ota’i - son / nephew
  • ona’i - daughter / niece
  • ota’iha - grandson
  • ona’iha - granddaughter

Indirect

  • tla’ota husband
  • tla’ona wife
  • po’ota father-in-law
  • po’ona mother-in-law
  • po’ona’i daughter-in-law
  • po’otaua brother-in-law
  • po’onaua sister-in-law
  • tla'ota’i - stepson
  • tla'ona’i - stepdaughter

Numbers

Cardinal

  • e'o - zero / nothing
  • 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 - hundred
  • tle'o - thousand
  • mue'o - ten thousand
  • la'o - million

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/multiple prefix
Example : kisa'o - ninth, or nine times
Example : kiyanyepa'o - 508th, or 508 times
  • i- - fractional prefix
Example : isa'o - a ninth, 1/9
Example : iha'o te pa'o - three eighths, 3/8 [lit: a third of eight]
  • -k - negative/subtractive suffix
Example : sa'ok - negative nine (-9)
Example : ue'o ma sa'ok na'o a - 10 and -9 is 1