User:Masako/nkala

• Nkala

abbreviations / notation used

• absolutive - ABS
• accusative - ACC
• first person - 1
• nominative - NOM
• object - obj
• preposition - prep
• second person - 2
• subject - sub
• third person - 3
• verb - v

grammar

word order

• (sub) - (obj) - (v)
• (sub) - (v)
• (sub) - (prep) - (obj) - (v)

sounds

consonants

• p - /p~b/ | mp - /mp~mb/
• t - /t~d/ | nt - /nt~nd/
• k - /k~g/ | nk - /nk~N/
• m - /m/
• n - /n/
• s - /s~S/ | ts - /ts~tS/
• l - /l~r/ | tl - /tl~tK/

vowels

• a - /a~a:/ | ai - /aI:/ | au - /aU:/
• i - /i~i:/ | ia - /ja:/ | iau - /jaU:/ | iu - /ju:/
• u - /u~u:/ | ua - /wa:/ | uai - /waI:/

syllable structure

• (C)V

• Note - The apostrophe ( ' ) is used to separate vowel groups and is not pronounced.

pronouns

NOM / ACC / ABS

• na - 1s
• ta - 2s
• la - 3s
• nam - 1p
• tam - 2p
• lam - 3p

POSS / REFL

• nai - 1s
• tai - 2s
• lai - 3s
• nami - 1p
• tami - 2p
• lami - 3p

RECP

• nanku - 1p
• tanku - 2p
• lanku - 3p

colors

basic colors

• u la pu'ia a ka

TOP.PTC 3s color COP INT

What color is it?

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• pu'ia - color / hue / shade / pigment
• kisipu - silver
• ku'ia - green
• tsuku - blue
• tulunku - orange
• malu - brown / tan
• nia'i - white
• supuku - gray
• akai - red
• alani - gold [color]
• iana - yellow
• ilila - purple / violet / indigo
• ulutu - pink
• u'ia - black

food

• kutsu - flesh / meat
• matla - stew / soup / porridge
• niuma - rice / grain / seed
• sakana - fish
• tsala - sauce / paste
• ina - food / to eat
• inapa - grape

time

• saiu - 19 days / "month"
• ama - time / era
• aniu - year / 365 or 366 days
• iuma - day

numbers

• a'u - zero / nothing
• na'u - one
• ta'u - two
• la'u - three
• ma'u - four
• ia'u - five
• tsa'u - six
• ka'u - seven
• pa'u - eight
• sa'u - nine
• ua'u - ten

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• ni'u - hundred
• ti'u - thousand
• li'u - 10^4
• mi'u - 10^5

body

• atana - body / corpse / cadaver / anatomy / physique

head

• ana - head / skull / mind [metaphorical]

• ania - eye / to see, look
• anu - ear / to hear, listen

phrases

• iata'a - hello / hi / greetings

• mu ta iala ka

place 2s go INT

Where are you going?