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* '''puia''' - color / hue / shade / pigment | * '''puia''' - color / hue / shade / pigment | ||
* '''kuia''' - green | * '''kuia''' - green | ||
* '''malu''' - brown / tan | |||
* '''ilila''' - purple / violet / indigo | |||
* '''tsuku''' - blue | * '''tsuku''' - blue | ||
* '''akai''' - red | * '''akai''' - red | ||
* '''iana''' | * '''iana''' - yellow | ||
* ''' | * '''u'ia''' - black | ||
== food == | == food == |
Revision as of 08:23, 12 October 2010
- Nkala
sounds
- 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/
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- a - /a~a:/ | ai - /aI:/ | au - /aU:/
- i - /i~i:/ | ia - /ja:/ | iau - /jaU:/ | iu - /ju:/
- u - /u~u:/ | ua - /wa:/ | uai - /waI:/
colors
- puia - color / hue / shade / pigment
- kuia - green
- malu - brown / tan
- ilila - purple / violet / indigo
- tsuku - blue
- akai - red
- iana - yellow
- u'ia - black
food
- kutsu - flesh / meat
- niuma - rice / grain / seed
- tsala - sauce / paste
- ina - food / to eat
- inapa - grape
time
- tsala - sauce / paste
- 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
- ana - head / skull / mind [metaphorical]
- ania - eye / to see, look
- anu - ear / to hear, listen