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
• hum - kam - they; them [3PL]
• qahwa - kaua - coffee
• kull - kua - all; every; each; total(ly)
• máyya - maya - water; liquid; wetness
• ʾanā - na - I; me [1sg]
• šams - sama - sun; star; shine
• ḵurūj - hutsu - to go out (to eat, for coffee, tea, etc.)
• 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
• chomak - tsoma - tobacco; to smoke ~
• ahi' - ahya - potato; yam

Czech

• ustoupit - tsopi - retreat; withdraw; recede
• umělý - ume - man-made; artificial; synthetic

Egyptian

• ḥtp - hote - an offering, sacrifice

English

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

Finnish

• myöntää - myonta - allow; permit [PERM]

French

• volonté - onte - will; willpower; determination

German

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

Hawaiian

• inu - inu - drink; liquid

Hebrew

• imets - metsi - adopt; switch over to
• n'kevá - naka - female; woman [FEM]
• hu & hi - ha - she; he

Irish

• am - ama - time; moment; period

Japanese

• baka - paka - be a fool; idiot; dumb
• kuma - kuma - bear; ursine
• menka - menka - cotton
• meishin - mesi - superstition; be superstitious
• neko - neko - cat; feline
• shuyo - suyo - goiter; tumor; lump
• yama - yama - mountain
• aru - a - exist; be; yes [COP]
• uma - uma - horse; equine

Korean

• kojiphada - nkotsi - persist; persevere; stick to something

Latvian

• rupjš - tlopye - be rough and coarse; brutish

Mandarin

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

tsanto - practice of meditation

• luòhòu - tloho - fall behind; lag; backward; retrogress
• yǒu - yoha - have; possess

Malay

• batu bata - pata - tile; brick

Maori

• whakahoro - huaka - tear down; demolish; dismantle

Nahuatl

• tlacatl - tlaka - male; man [MASC]
• 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
• barrer - patlo - broom; brush; sweep
• palo - palo - cane; staff; walking stick
• semana - sema - week; period of 7 days
• salsa - tsala - sauce; paste
• roer - tloye - gnaw; pick at; wear down

Swahili

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

Turkish

• değiştirmek - tehi - edit; retouch; fix up
• harika - hali - wonder; marvel
• ad - ata - be named; name [so-called]

Uzbek

• ota - ota - father
• ona - ona - mother

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