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]
• ʿinab - napa - grape; raisin
• 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
• wd - ueti - remove someone from their post; to dismiss

English

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

Finnish

• kaiho - koha - wistfulness; nostalgia; be homesick
• munia - munya - wander about unhurriedly; linger; loiter
• myöntää - myonta - allow; permit [PERM]

French

• volonté - onte - will; willpower; determination

German

• nach - nahe - in [located inside of]; internal; within
• infolge - impo - therefore; as a result; so; consequently; thus

Hawaiian

• inu - inu - drink; liquid

Hebrew

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

Hungarian

• tapintatos - pinta - act tactfully; tactful; discreet
• kapocs - kapo - relationship; connection; involvement

Indonesian

• tetapi - pi - although; even though; even if
• ragu - tlako - dither; hesitate; pace back and forth; irresolute

Irish

• am - ama - time; moment; period

Japanese

• baka - paka - be a fool; idiot; dumb
• kuma - kuma - bear; ursine
• yari - kyali - spear; lance; pike
• menka - menka - cotton
• meishin - mesi - superstition; be superstitious
• neko - neko - cat; feline
• shuyo - suyo - goiter; tumor; lump
• hōyū - hoyo - friend; companion; comrade
• yama - yama - mountain
• aru - a - exist; be; yes [COP]
• uma - uma - horse; equine

Khmer

• kan tuk - kanto - mourn; grieve over someone's death

Korean

• kkamjjak - kamya - stun; shock; bewilder
• gibun - kipu - mood; mental state; frame of mind
• gompang-i - kompa - mold; mildew; fungi
• kojiphada - nkotsi - persist; persevere; stick to something

Latvian

• rupjš - tlopye - be rough and coarse; brutish

Mandarin

• dìyù - tiyo - netherworld; Hades; infernal
• tóuzī - totsi - investment; to invest
• gè - ke - object marker; nominalizer
• kělián - keli - pity; pitiable; pitiful
• xǐnǎo - sinya - indoctrinate; brainwash
• qiǎngpaǒ - tsampa - jump the gun; make a false start
• chánnuó - tsana - meditation; meditate

tsanto - practice of meditation

• zhǎnwàng - tsanua - outlook; prospect; look ahead; look forward to
• luòhòu - tloho - fall behind; lag; backward; retrogress
• wēixié - uesa - threaten; coerce; intimidate
• yǒu - yoha - have; possess

Malay

• batu bata - pata - tile; brick

Maori

• whakahoro - huaka - tear down; demolish; dismantle

Nahuatl

• tla- - tla - it; thing [obviative or inanimate] [4SG]
• tlacatl - tlaka - male; man [MASC]
• yohualli - yohua - night; nighttime; darkness

Persian

• tâb - tapi - swing; seesaw; trapeze
• čây - tsa'i - tea; tea leaves
• ârâyeš - yasi - cosmetics; makeup
• âhang - aha - melody; tune

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
• álamo - tlamo - willow tree; poplar and willow
• roer - tloye - gnaw; pick at; wear down

Swahili

• kipochi - potsi - wallet; pouch; purse
• tambiko - tampi - taboo; to avoid something(as taboo)
• kijani - kuya - green; foliage; verdant
• kwepa - kuepa - escape; run away; flee
• teseka - tese - endure; to suffer; hardships
• mswada - suata - account; bill; debt
• chambo - tsampo - bait; lure
• ziwa - tsiua - lake; pond; pool
• chuma - tsuma - metal

Swedish

• lov - tloue - vacation; to go on ~

Turkish

• değiştirmek - tehi - edit; retouch; fix up
• harika - hali - wonder; marvel
• hücre - hutse - cell [biology]
• yosun - yosu - moss; lichen; coating [of tongue]
• 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