Kala lexicon

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 adjective, 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.

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k

• kala - 가라 - from Arabic كلم - n. language | v. to speak, say, talk

• kasuma - 가스마 - from Alabama kasooma - n. onion, used as vegetable and spice

• ka'o - 가오 - num. cardinal number 7

• kyampi - 걈비 - from Swahili kiambishi - n. affix, that which is affixed | linguistics: a bound morpheme added to a word’s stem

• kye'o - 겨오 - num. cardinal number 100,000

• kompo - 곰보 - from Ainu コンボ - n. seaweed, marine plants and algae

• kua - 구 - from Mandarin 侇 - adv./det./n. all / each / every

• kuama - 구마 - from Kala kua + ama - adv. always, forever | eternal

• kuetsa - 규자 - from Zapotec gueza - n. cigarette

• ku - 그 - n. number / amount / digit, numeral (see also o)

• kiso - 기소 - from Japanese きそ - adj./n. base / basic / basis / foundation / ground / root

n

• nkata - 은가다 - from Swahili mkataba - n. agreement; understanding between individuals | v. agree, concur, assent

• na - 나 - from Arabic انا - pro. first person singular | suf. feminine gender

• naka - 나가 - from Hebrew נקבה - n. woman, female

• na'o - 나오 - num. cardinal number 1

• nahe - 나허 - from German nach - prep. during / hence / in / inside / into / within

• nye'o - 녀오 - num. cardinal number 100

t

• ta - 다 - from Arabic انت - pro. second person singular | suf. masculine gender

• ta'o - 다오 - num. cardinal number 2

m

• ma - 마 - from Maori mā - conj. and, also, as well | v. to add / plus

• ma'o - 마오 - num. cardinal number 4

• mue'o - 뮤오 - num. cardinal number 10,000

• mahala - 마하라 - from Arabic محل - n. shop, store; place where items can be purchased

p

• pa - 바 - suf. abilitative modal suffix, appended to verbs

Example: I go - na yala | I can go / I am able to go - na yalapa

• pako - 바고 - from Tagalog bago - adj. new, fresh, recent

• pato - 바도 - from Spanish pato - n. duck , aquatic bird of the family Anatidae

• pa'o - 바오 - num. cardinal number 8

s

• sama - 사마 - from Proto-Semitic samsh - adj. solar | n. sun, any star, especially when seen as the center of any single solar system

• sa'o - 사오 - num. cardinal number 9

a

• a - 아 - from Japanese ある - adv. yes | v. to be, exist

ya

• yala - 야라 - from Arabic ياالله - v. go, walk, travel

• ya'o - 야오 - num. cardinal number 5

e

• e'o - 어오 - num. cardinal number 0 / nothing / the absence of an amount

ye

• ye - 여 - from Spanish ayer - suf. simple past tense

Derivations: anyoye - last year | yomaye - yesterday | aye - the past

o

• o - 오 - part. honorific article, used to show deference to topic or direct object | n. number / amount / digit, numeral (see also ku)

yo

• yo - 요 - from Mandarin 有 - suf. pronominal possessive

Example: nayo - my / mine

• yoha - 요하 - from Mandarin 有 - v. have, possess

Example: na tsala yoha - I have sauce.

ue

• ue'o - 유오 - num. cardinal number 10

i

• i - 이 - aff. prefixed to cardinal numbers to create the fractional | suffixed to familial terms to create the junior or child form

Examples: ue'o - ten > iue'o - a tenth | ota - father > ota'i - boy, son, nephew

ts

• tsala - 자라 - from multiple salsa - n. paste, sauce

• tsa'o - 자오 - num. cardinal number 6

tl

• tlaka - 타가 - from Nahuatl tlacatl - n. man | adj. male, masculine

• tlela - 터라 - adj./v. clean, wash

• tle'o - 터오 - num. cardinal number 1000

h

• ha'o - 하오 - num. cardinal number 3

• hina - 히나 - from Arabic هنا - adj./adv./n. here / this place

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