Kala lexicon

Main Article: Kala

See also: Thematic Lexicon

General Lexica

• The majority of lexical units in Kala can have multiple roles.
• Most have a primary role, such as verb, noun or adjective, but almost all can serve in at least two roles.
• Because of this, this list is sorted alphabetically and not by part of speech or category.

• Abbreviations used:

• a = adjective
• acc = accusative
• adv = adverb
• con = conjunction
• cor = correlative
• det = determiner
• int = interjection
• n = noun
• nom = nominative
• num = numeral
• pt = particle
• pl = plural
• pref = prefix
• pn = prenominal (used before a noun)
• prep = preposition
• pv = preverbal (used before a verb)
• pron = pronoun
• q = question
• suf = suffix
• v = verb

pa ta ka ma na nya sa ha tsa tla ua la ya a

p

• pa - suf - abilitative / able / ability / can
• patlo - n / v - sweep / brush
• pato - n - duck
• paka - a / n - stupid / dumb / foolish / idiotic / fool / dummy / idiot / dunce
• pako - a / v - fresh / new / recent
• pamya - n - okra
• pana - n / v - dew / moisten / perspire / rain
• pano - n - cloth / rag / towel
• panya - n - rat / rodent
• pasaku - n / v - spit / saliva [to expel from the mouth]
• pasua - v - swell / expand / grow larger / wider / thicker
• pala - n - point / direct / shovel / spade / oar
• paletsa - n - thumb / finger
• palo - n - stick / twig / branch / cane / staff
• pa'o - det / num - eight / 8
• pe - n / v - mark / scratch / dot / diacritic
• petsa - a - mild / soft
• petso - n - belly / torso
• peta - n - map / visual representation of an area
• peka - n - bat [mammal]
• pesoka - n / v - go and meet or see / [make a] visit
• pela - v - inherit / receive
• pelako - n - heir
• pelana - n - knee
• pitsa - n - pizza
• pita - a / v - empty / devoid of content
• piko - n - navel / belly button
• pila - v - crush / rip / saw
• po - pref - in-law
• poto - n - photograph / picture / image
• puka - a / v - rotten / putrid / spoiled / rot / spoil
• puku - n - clothes / dress / garment / wear
• pukue - n / v - blow / blowfish
• punka - n - fruit
• puna - n - dirt / soil / sand / dust
• punya - n / v - stab
• puha - n - gill / nostril / lung
• puaha - n - fruit [part of plant / food]
• pue - prep - according to / after / behind
• puetsa - n - octopus
• puyo - n - winter (snowy season)
• pya - suf - attemptive mood
• pyeta - n - egg / embryo / testicle
• pyoki - a / v - to be sick / ill
• pyola - v - rotate / turn / revolve / spin / roll

t

• ta - pron - you
• tapa - n / v - covering / lid / roof
• tapana - v - adopt
• tatseka - n - adposition / preposition
• tatsi - n / v - stand
• taka - n / v - esteem / honor / respect
• takolo - n - peach (tree or fruit)
• takue - n - feather
• tam - pron - you [pl]
• tama - a - good / fine / well / complete
• tamako - a - legitimate (non-bastard)
• tana - v - fight / combat / battle
• tanya - v - spoil
• tasa - n / v - hunt / track / scout / seek
• taha - a / v - big / grand / large
• tahe - prep - below / under
• tahi - n - son / boy
• tahika - n - grandson
• tahikaha - n - great-grandson
• tala - v - come / return
• tali - n - metal
• ta'o - det / num - two / 2
• ta'oko - n - twin
• taue - n - cousin [male]
• taya - n / v - cut / slice
• tayoma - n - Friday
• te - prep - from / out of / since / of
• tepa - a / adv / n - later / late / lately
• tena - n - hindrance / obstacle
• teloli - n - woodpecker
• teyemi - n - expression / locution / phrase
• tipa - a / adv / int - OK / okay / all right / alright / good / acceptable
• tipua - v - drop / fall / plummet
• tima - n / v - blood / bleed
• tinali - a - old / old-fashioned or antiquated
• tiya - n - bread
• to - n - manner / method / path / way / road / street
• to ka - det / pron - how
• topa - n - bed / mattress
• topu - v - jump / propel
• tok - det / pron - no way
• tokua - det / pron - every way
• tomo - n / v - enter / servant
• tosito - n - verb
• tohi - n - broccoli / cabbage / cauliflower
• tola - det / pron - any way
• toua - prep - through

k

• ka - cor / pt - interrogative particle / which
• kapunu - n - melon
• katsa - a / n / v - brave / bravery
• katsi - n - dignity / worth
• kata - n - essence / nature / universe
• katama - n - duty / obligation
• katona - n - excess / overwhelming amount / too much
• kam - pron - they / them
• kampa - int - cheers!
• kama - n - city / town / village
• kamala - n - lunar / moon
• kame - n - jar / pot / urn
• kamu - a - savage / wild
• kamusa - n - dictionary
• kanka - n - corn / maize
• kana - v - command / lead
• kanu - n - any stringed instrument
• kanyo - n / v - ask / question
• kasa - n - bamboo / umbrella
• kasi - n / v - infect / infection
• kasuma - n - onion
• kahaku - n - science / study / [chemistry]
• kahami - n - mirror / reflective surface
• kahe - n - shadow / shade / obscure image
• kahi - n - key / device designed to open and close a lock
• kahu - n - furniture
• kala - n / v - say / speak / talk / language
• kalitsa - a - thick / chunky / solid / stocky / thickset
• kalimi - n - atmosphere / climate / weather
• ka'e - prep - at / to / toward
• ka'o - det / num - seven / 7
• kaua - n - coffee
• kaya - n - earth / planet
• kayopi - n - middle finger
• kayoma - n - Wednesday
• ke - pt - the / a / topic marker
• keta - n / v - behave / act a certain way
• kenta - v - forgive
• keha - n - anatomy / body / corpse
• keyo - n / v - description / figure of speech / qualification
• ki - n / pref - life force / ordinal marker
• kipa - n / v - bite / chew / tooth
• kipo - n / v - aspire / hope / wish
• kitsa - n - darkness
• kitla - v - create / invent / make-up
• kita - n - calligraphy / north
• kima - adv - like / as / similar
• kintala - n - collating sequence
• kina - n - mammal
• kiso - a / n - base / basic / basis / ground / root
• kilatsi - n - cherry
• kilini - n - giraffe
• ko - n / pt / suf - agent(ive) / -er / person
• ko…ka - cor / q - who / whom
• kopa - n - mushroom / fungi
• kopati - v - dig / move earth
• koto - n / v - drum / rhythm / beat
• kompo - n - seaweed
• komputa - n - computer / programmable device
• koni - n - skunk
• kono - n - gray / rock / stone
• kosetsa - n / v - harvest / crop
• koho - n / v - float / buoyant device / be supported by a liquid
• kohu - n / v - fog / mist / steam
• kohua - det / pron - everyone
• kola - det / pron - anyone
• koli - n - tail
• koliya - n - axiom / convention
• ko'a - det / pron - that person
• koyo - adv - whose / of who
• ku / o - n / v - amount / to count / number / quantity
• ku…ka - det / pron / q - how many? / how much?
• kutsu - n - flesh / meat
• kuma - n - bear / ursine
• kuna - n / v - excrete / expel / defecate / shit
• kusa - n - throat / neck
• kusu - v - push [away] / press / shove / squeeze
• kula - det / pron - any amount
• kuli - n / v - voice
• kua - det / pron - all / every / each
• kuatla - n - snake / reptile
• kuama - adv / cor - always / eternal / all time / forever
• kuepa - n / v - escape
• kuetsa - n - cigarette
• kueta - n - spring [season]
• kueli - n - rights / legal entitlement
• kue'a - n - deer / cervine
• kuya - a / n - green / grass / foliage
• kya - pt - imperative / jussive / command particle
• kyampi - n - affix
• kyehu - n / v - period of rest / break
• kye'o - det / num - hundred thousand / 10^5
• kyopu - n / v - fear
• kyoma - n - barren place / desert
• kyosa - n / v - sex / copulation
• kyoha - adv - goodbye / bye
• kyohi - n / v - refuse / decline / reject
• kyolo - a - fast / quick / rapid

m

• m / a - suf - plural marker
• mpa - suf - v > a [drink > drinkable / inu > inumpa]
• mpaka - n - boundry / border / line
• mpanko - n / v - plan / scheme / outline
• mpana - a - broad / wide / width
• mpeku - n - seed
• mpelo - n - buzzard
• mpila - n - ball [game]
• mponto - n - cassava [leaves]
• mpuni - n - ostrich
• mha - suf - much / many / a lot
• ma - con / v - and / also / as well / plus / more
• matsatli - n - pineapple
• matla - n - casserole / goulash / soup / stew
• matli - n / v - correlate / correspond
• mata - v - kill / murder
• mak - adv / n - no more / cease / desist
• maka - n - music
• makano - n - musical instrument
• makaho - n - musician
• makena - n - appliance / device / instrument / machine
• maku - n - pillow
• manka - a / n - cold / low temperature
• mana - n - power / strength
• manya - adv - another time / different time / later
• manyo - n / v - size
• mase - n / v - dance / move to music
• masula - n - pipe [smoking utensil]
• mala - a - bad / negative / unfavorable / wrong
• mali - adv - again
• malina - n - raspberry
• malo - a / n - brown
• ma'a - prep - in company of / together / using / with
• ma'ak - prep - without / apart / separate / except
• ma'e - prep - before / in front of
• ma'o - det / num - four / 4
• maya - a / n - fluid / water / wet
• mayoma - n - Sunday
• metse - prep - between / amid / among / during
• metla - n / v - flute / sound of wind / whistle
• mekutsi - n - slug
• menya - v - become / begin to be / come to be / turn into
• melonka - n - apricot
• mitsika - a - short [in height and from end to edge]
• mitla - n - arrow / dart
• minti - n / v - lie / tell intentional untruth
• mina - n - south
• mihu - n - cat / feline
• mo - n - locate / location / locative / place / where
• mo ka - cor - where
• motsa - n - banana
• moto - n / v - memory / remember
• mok - det / pron - nowhere / no place
• mokua - det / pron - everywhere
• mosa - n - book
• mosima - n - season
• mola - det / pron - anywhere
• moya - n / v - gluph / mark / symbol / write
• muta - n - back / spine / dorsal / vertebrae
• munta - v - change / alter / transform
• muna - v - care / worry / important
• mune - n - breast / chest / bust
• muha - n - monk / nun
• muhi - n / v - hate / detest
• muapaka - v - set apart for a particular use or person / appropriate
• muatso - n / v - start / beginning
• muana - n - ocean / sea
• muanya - n - opening made by breaking or parting / gap / hole
• muahi - n - bee, honey bee (insect: genus Apis)
• muahiko - n - beekeeper
• muahika - n - bumblebee (insect: genus Bombus)
• muahimo - n - beehive, apiary
• mue'o - det / num - ten thousand / 10^4
• muya - n / v - do / labor / make / work
• mya - suf - adj / n > verb [-ize / -fy]
• mye - pref - do again / redo
• myo - suf - permissive mood affix
• myonta - v - allow / grant / permit / tolerate

n

• nta - n - camel
• ntama - n - calf
• ntai - n - baby / infant
• nte'o - det / num - one million / 10^6
• ntimu - n - lemon
• nkapa - n - alcohol / grog
• nkata - n / v - agree / agreement
• nki - suf - few / not many
• nkonto - n / v - flow [the movement of liquid]
• nkumu - a - burden / cumbersome / difficult
• nkunka - n - eel
• na - pron - I / me
• napita - n - wine
• natsu - n - summer
• natsua - v - let go / release
• nata - n - relative
• nataha - n - ancestor
• natahi - n - descendant
• nataue - n - cousin
• natepe - a / n - round / circle / circular
• nato - a - straight [direction]
• naka - n - female / feminine / woman
• nam - pron - we / us
• nama - v - grow / rise / rear / raise
• namaka - n - salt
• nasa - v - birth / born / beget
• nasi - n - pear [fruit / tree]
• naso - n - lupine / wolf
• naha - n - river / stream
• nahe - prep - during / hence / in / inside / into / within
• nahi - n - daughter / girl
• nahika - n - granddaughter
• nahikaha - n - great-granddaughter
• naho - n / v - grammar / regulate / rule
• nala - n / v - enlighten / enlightenment
• nalo - n / v - laugh / expression of mirth peculiar to the human species
• na'aso - n - lizard
• na'e - prep - on
• na'o - det / num - one / 1
• naua - n / v - rope / cord / string / tie a knot
• naue - n - cousin [female]
• nayoma - n - Thursday
• nekama - n / v - retaliatory action / revenge
• neki - n - pinky [finger]
• nemeli - a / n - damp[ness] / humid[ity] / moist[ness]
• nemila - n - ant
• nipue - a - dull [not sharp]
• nika - n - dog / canine
• niku - n / v - hate
• nisi - n - west
• niha - a - lovable / kind / nice / endearing / pleasant / likeable / affable
• niua - n - yard
• niya - n - reasoning / rational thought / argument / reason / motive / purpose
• no - n - instrument / object / thing
• no ka - cor - what
• nota - n / v - lie / be in horizontal position
• nok - det / pron - nothing
• noko - v - continue unchanged / remain / stay behind
• nokua - det / pron - everything
• nom - n - things
• nonta - n / v - prostitution
• nosa - n - subject / theme
• noho - n - chickpea / garbanzo
• nola - det / pron - anything
• noya - a / v - satisfied / content / happy
• nula - n / v - lick

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