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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''' - /ja.na"/ - yellow
* '''iana''' - yellow
* '''uia''' - /u.ja"/ - black
* '''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