Kala thematic lexicon

• This lexicon is modeled after the Thematic Dictionary of Verdurian.

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
• nte'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 prefix

Example : kisa'o - ninth (in a sequence)

Example : kiyanyepa'o - 508^th

• ti- - multiple prefix

Example : tisa'o - nine times

Example : tiyanyepa'o - 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

Time

Days of the Week

• The Kala week begins on Thursday.

• nayoma - Thursday
• tayoma - Friday
• yomha - Saturday
• mayoma - Sunday
• yomya - Monday
• tsayoma - Tuesday
• kayoma - Wednesday

Calendar

The Kala calendar is modeled after the Baha'i Calendar.

Kala Name	English	Gregorian Dates
na'o	One	21 March – 8 April
ta'o	Two	9 April – 27 April
ha'o	Three	28 April – 16 May
ma'o	Four	17 May – 4 June
ya'o	Five	5 June – 23 June
tsa'o	Six	24 June – 12 July
ka'o	Seven	13 July – 31 July
pa'o	Eight	1 August – 19 August
sa'o	Nine	20 August – 7 September
ue'o	Ten	8 September – 26 September
uena'o	Eleven	27 September – 15 October
ueta'o	Twelve	16 October – 3 November
ueha'o	Thirteen	4 November – 22 November
uema'o	Fourteen	23 November – 11 December
ueya'o	Fifteen	12 December – 30 December
uetsa'o	Sixteen	31 December – 18 January
ueka'o	Seventeen	19 January – 6 February
uepa'o	Eighteen	7 February – 25 February
Kyehu	A rest / break.	26 February – 1 March
uesa'o	Nineteen	2 March – 20 March

• Based on this calendar, November 16th would be yoma ueha'o te sayo ueha'o, or Day 13 of Month 13.
• A chart for easier viewing.

Colors

• akai - red
• otliyo - orange
• yana - yellow
• kuya - green
• tsuku - blue
• tlaku - indigo, violet, purple
• nyahi - white, pale
• oya - black, dark
• yehi - clear

Thematic Lexicon

family

• family / kin - tlika
• parent - onata
• grandparent - onataha
• spouse - tlanata
• sibling - uanata
• child - inata
• father / uncle - ota
• mother / aunt - ona
• husband - tla'ota
• wife - tla'ona
• grandfather - otaha
• grandmother - onaha
• brother / cousin - otaua
• sister / cousin - onaua
• boy / son - ota'i
• girl / daughter - ona'i
• man / masculine / male - tlaka
• woman / feminine / female - naka

time

• moment, instant - imahi
• occasion | present, now (yet) - ima
• hour, period - imaha
• day - yoma
• week (7 days) - sema
• month (~30 days) - huama
• season - amahi
• time, year (~365 days) - ama
• era - amaha
• past - amaye
• future - amatli
• always, forever - kuama
• never - amak

prepositions

• pa'e - in / into / during
• paye - across / through
• po'a - behind / after
• tahe - below / under
• kima - like / similar to
• ma'a - with / in company of / using
• ma'ak - without / except
• ma'e - in front of / before
• mina - from / out of / since / of
• na'e - on / on top of
• nya - by (actor / author)
• sana - outside
• hata - by / beside / up to / until
• tsa'e - beyond / past / across
• ua'e - above / over / about / concerning
• uana - there / far / distant
• yane - along / beside
• ita'e - between / among
• ika - to / at / toward
• o'a - opposite / against / in spite of
• oma - around / approximately / close to
• uta - for / in order to / benefiting / on behalf of
• ue - above / over / on

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