Kala lists

See also: Kala Lexicon & Thematic Lexicon

Swadesh

The Kala Swadesh list.

• na - I
• ta - you (singular)
• ha - he
• nam - we
• tam - you (plural)
• kam - they
• itla - this
• uatla - that
• hina - here
• uana - there
• ko - who
• ke - what
• mo - where
• ama - when
• to - how
• ak - not
• kua - all
• amha - many
• iha - some
• ohi - few
• ua - other
• na'o - one
• ta'o - two
• ha'o - three
• ma'o - four
• ya'o - five
• taha - big
• kiha - long
• mpana - wide
• atsu - thick
• suala - heavy
• ahi - small
• nkanu - short
• enka - narrow
• enka - thin
• naka - woman
• tlaka - man (adult male)
• tlana - man (human being)
• ntahi - child
• naya - wife
• taya - husband
• ona - mother
• ota - father
• haya - animal
• uatsi - fish
• tsikua - bird
• nika - dog
• pyoho - louse
• kuatla - snake
• tsunka - worm
• ito - tree
• moli - forest
• palo - stick
• punka - fruit
• mpeku - seed
• siue - leaf
• kiso - root
• pa'u - bark (of a tree)
• hua - flower
• kuya - grass
• naua - rope
• asua - skin
• kutsu - meat
• tima - blood
• ueso - bone
• sipo - fat (noun)
• pyeta - egg
• tlapa - horn
• koli - tail
• tloma - feather
• senu - hair
• ana - head
• anu - ear
• anya - eye
• ampu - nose
• suha - mouth
• yatsi - tooth
• suha - tongue (organ)
• nehe - fingernail
• sotla - foot
• yaka - leg
• pelana - knee
• yato - hand
• ala - wing
• petso - belly
• uata - guts
• kusa - neck
• muta - back
• mune - breast
• moyo - heart
• ate - liver
• inu - to drink
• ina - to eat
• yatsi - to bite
• hapo - to suck
• tsuka - to spit
• haku - to vomit
• pukue - to blow
• anta - to breathe
• nalo - to laugh
• anya - to see
• anu - to hear
• unya - to know
• omu - to think
• ampu - to smell
• kyopu - to fear
• moku - to sleep
• asa - to live
• kupa - to die
• mata - to kill
• tana - to fight
• tasa - to hunt
• meha - to hit
• tela - to cut
• saku - to split
• punya - to stab
• pe - to scratch
• holo - to dig
• yoko - to swim
• tsikua - to fly
• yala - to walk
• tala - to come
• nota - to lie (as in a bed)
• sima - to sit
• tatsi - to stand
• pyola - to turn (intransitive)
• tipua - to fall
• yeta - to give
• yoha - to hold
• kusu - to squeeze
• satsu - to rub
• tlela - to wash
• patlo - to wipe
• tseka - to pull
• kusu - to push
• hita - to throw
• naua - to tie
• suama - to sew
• ku - to count
• kala - to say
• apua - to sing
• yoti - to play
• koho - to float
• nkonto - to flow
• yelo - to freeze
• pasua - to swell
• sama - sun
• kunye - moon
• sama - star
• maya - water
• pana - rain
• naha - river
• tsiua - lake
• muana - sea
• asi - salt
• kono - stone
• hyeka - sand
• puna - dust
• kaya - earth
• nyepa - cloud
• kohu - fog
• heua - sky
• yasa - wind
• nyahi - snow
• yelo - ice
• tsoma - smoke
• tlatsa - fire
• hamu - ash
• tlatsa - to burn
• to - road
• yama - mountain
• ketla - red
• kuya - green
• yana - yellow
• nyahi - white
• oya - black
• yohua - night
• yoma - day
• anyo - year
• sitsa - warm
• manka - cold
• yeno - full
• pako - new
• ikaha - old
• tama - good
• mala - bad
• puka - rotten
• puna - dirty
• nato - straight
• kena - round
• seka - sharp (as a knife)
• nipue - dull (as a knife)
• seta - smooth
• maya - wet
• seka - dry
• sahya - correct
• hina - near
• uana - far
• yomo - right
• yoso - left
• ka'e - at
• nahe - in
• ma'a - with
• ma - and
• iya - if
• nye - because
• ata - name

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