Kala/lexicon

See also: Kala word formation and Kala thematic lexicon

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

pa

• pata - tile; brick
• pato - duck; male prostitute (slang)
• paka - be a fool; idiot
• pako - be fresh; new; young
• paku - beat with the fist; cudgel; hammer
• pakyo - storm; violent commotion
• pama - whip; lash; flog; thrash
• pami - invent; invention; concoct
• pamua - not enough; be insufficient; inadequate
• pamya - okra
• panto - tomato
• panka - capture; catch; seize
• pana - rain; rainy
• pani - vanilla; vanilla extract [fruit; tree; color]
• pano - cloth; woven material; textiles
• panu - pastry; steamed bun; cake
• panue - colon (large intestine)
• panya - rodent [rat; mouse]
• pasa - nausea; feel sick; disgust
• pasi - bronze; brass; copper alloy
• pasua - expand; inflate; swelling
• pasue - drain; divert water; run dry
• paha - be evil; fierce; vicious; ugly; coarse
• pahe - against; touching
• pahi - be compatible; conform; tolerate
• pahu - burst; crack; breach
• patsa - grate; shred [vegetable]
• patsi - breed livestock; herd
• patsu - penalize; punish
• patla - field; pasture; plain
• patle - act spoiled; throw tantrum
• patlo - broom; brush; sweep
• pala - can; may; possible; able to
• pale - sale; sell
• pali - be saved/spared from [something]
• palo - cane; staff; walking stick
• pa'a - be well-ordered; regular; organized
• pa'e - apart from; other than; except for
• pa'o - eight; 8
• pa'u - tree bark
• paue - be bland; tedious
• paye - beyond; exceeding; farther than
• peta - to map; to chart; to draft; cartographic
• peka - bat [animal]
• penka - impetus; impulse; be impulsive
• penku - conjunction; connective
• pena - go about; busy oneself; occupy onself
• penua - continent; island
• penya - grapple; scuffle; wrestle
• penyo - hot pepper; jalapeño; chili; paprika
• pesa - bolt of cloth
• pese - gland
• peso - meet; meeting
• peha - drill; penetrate; puncture
• pehu - admire; revere
• petsa - be delicate; soft; tender [inexperienced]
• petsi - basement; cellar
• petso - abdomen; belly; stomach
• petle - noise imitative of a fart; raspberry
• pela - cancel; cancellation
• pele - volcano; volcanic
• pelo - advance; improve; progress
• peua - admit defeat; concede
• peya - particle; piece of; dot; speck; spot; bit
• pita - be void; hollow; empty
• pite - manatee; walrus
• pito - navel; belly button
• pima - buttermilk
• pisa - savage act; outrage; atrocity
• pinto - to swallow it whole; to act without thinking
• pinka - biscuit; cookie; cracker
• pina - be clever; intelligent; wise
• pitsa - pancake; pizza
• pitsin - pidgin [language]
• pitsu - hall; museum
• pitle - discriminate; discrimination
• pila - crush; grind; pulverize
• pili - hyena
• piua - loquat [fruit; tree; color]
• piyo - bee; honeybee
• poti - goat; ram
• poto - image; picture; photograph
• poka - seal; pinniped
• poke - obscure; confuse; mix up; blur; mislead
• poko - bladder; urinate; urine
• poku - cost; fee; price; charge
• poma - apple [fruit; tree; color]
• ponto - cannon; gun; artillery [fire ~]
• pono - face powder
• posa - divorce
• poso - radical [glyph]
• posu - award; prize; reward
• potsa - blot; erase; wipe out
• potsu - lay siege to, besiege
• pola - shovel; spade; spatula [kitchen utensil]
• poli - force; violence
• polo - hops; seed cones
• poya - complain; grumble; grievance
• poye - ally with; form an alliance with
• pute - deficiency; deficit
• puti - mint; spearmint
• puka - be corrupt; decay; rot
• puki - pomegranate [fruit; tree]
• puku - attire; clothes; wear
• pukue - blowfish; puffer
• punta - betray; rebel; revolt
• punka - fruit; fruit tree
• puna - dirt; earth; land; soil; mud
• punu - minute [of time]
• punya - jab; poke; stab [fuck]
• pusa - adverb
• pusu - shake; shock; vibrate
• pusue - be superfluous or useless; superfluities
• puha - lung
• putsu - goblin; monster; phantom
• pula - cauldron; kettle; pot
• puaka - forehead; skull; temples
• puampo - misinterpret; misread; misunderstand
• puama - afternoon; dusk; evening [p.m.]
• puana - deity; spiritual; ghost
• puani - bank; beach; coast; shore
• puatli - calf [of the leg]
• pue - after; back; behind; rear
• pueto - be ready/willing to do sth
• puetsa - mantis; octopus
• pyaka - tiger
• pyano - piano
• pyasa - custom; convention; popular; common
• pyeta - egg; ovum; spawn
• pyete - be slimy [of rotten food]; viscous
• pyota - cube; block; be square
• pyoki - disease; ill; sick
• pyonka - be parallel; parallelogram
• pyona - be brittle; fragile; crisp; crunchy
• pyoho - flea; mite; tick
• pyotsi - tail or caudal fin or feathers
• pyola - to rotate; to revolve; to spin; to whirl
• pyolo - business; office
• pyo'o - multiply by itself; square

mpa

• mpa - many; much
• mpaka - border; boundary; frontier; line
• mpana - wide; broad; extensive; vast; width
• mpano - clamp; pincers; pliers; tongs
• mpasu - make do; manage; get by with
• mpaha - valuable; costly; expensive
• mpahe - integrate; synthesize
• mpatso - comfort; console; stroke; caress
• mpala - odd number
• mpale - turn over; flip over; overturn
• mpali - balloon; hot air balloon
• mpa'a - film; movie; cinema
• mpe - only; merely; just
• mpeka - frog; toad
• mpekue - off the beaten track [go ~]
• mpelo - buzzard
• mpiko - black eagle; condor; vulture
• mpina - sound nice; be euphonic
• mpila - ball [game]; sphere
• mpoka - squid; ink fish; cuttlefish
• mponi - ethnicity; folk; people
• mpoho - gift; a present; an offering
• mpuku - be complicated; complex; intricate
• mpuni - ostrich
• mputsa - cheese
• mpula - lamp; lantern; light
• mpuli - fluff; lint [feel nervous]

ta

• ta - you [2sg]
• tapa - lid; top; cover; canopy; roof; ceiling
• tapo - shoulder; upper arm
• tapu - be ample; buxom; shapely
• tapua - rectangle; be square-like
• tapya - to follow; to accompany
• tapyo - cassava [leaves]
• taka - to esteem; to respect; to honor
• take - scenery; scene; landscape; view
• taki - coat; jacket; robe
• takue - demand; to request; to coerce
• tama - be good; well; proper; fine; complete
• tame - be fried; pan-fry; sauté
• tami - fix; mend; patch; repair
• tamye - radar [antenna; detector; echo]
• tanti - truck
• tanka - eagle; falcon; hawk
• tanko - group; organization; team
• tana - fight; war; battle; combat
• tane - enjoy; benefit; have the use of
• tani - gully; ravine; valley
• tano - describe; depict; portray; description
• tanu - plate; dish; tray; shallow container
• tanya - damage; break; ruin; destroy
• tanye - carpet; mat; rug
• tasa - hunt; seek; look for
• tase - consulate; embassy; diplomacy
• tasi - be comical; funny; amusing
• taso - be firm; hard; stable and steady; level
• tasu - cushion; mat; pad
• tasua - expect; presume; think [sth is likely]
• taha - big; large; grand [aug]
• tahe - below; beneath; under
• tatsa - basin; wide-mouthed jar or pot
• tatse - preposition
• tatsi - to stand; to set up; to establish
• tatso - drift about; wander; roam
• tatsu - glyph; logogram
• tatli - collective plural [COL]; group; pack
• tala - to return; to come [back]; to arrive
• tale - pronounce; pronunciation; emit sound
• tali - church; shrine; temple
• talo - be patient; patience
• ta'o - two; 2; pair of; both
• taua - anticipate; expect; foresee
• taye - about [pertaining to; on the topic of]
• te - of [belonging to; = GEN]
• tepa - distinguish; identify; recognize
• tepe - conceal; cover; shield
• tepu - scales [of fish]
• tepye - beat; knead; pulse
• teka - cure; heal; treat
• teki - combative; enemy; hostile
• teko - bottle; pitcher; vase
• tekyo - dough; noodle; pasta
• teme - impress; make an impression
• temu - nurture; raise; foster; tend
• tenta - curtain; partition; screen
• tena - block; hinder; obstruct; thwart
• teni - diary; journal; log
• tenya - be elegant; in good taste; refined
• tesue - encourage; motivate; support
• teha - accomplish; achieve; finish; succeed
• tetsu - dates [fruit; tree; color]; jujube
• tetla - contribution; donation; offer
• tetlo - bring up a situation
• tela - cut up [into pieces]; shred; slice
• teli - ass; donkey; mule
• telo - circumstances; situation; state; condition
• te'e - kick; trample; tread on
• teue - reign [enthroned]
• teya - propose; request [PREC]; suggest
• teye - clause; phrase; sentence
• teyo - call on; find; look for [sb]
• tipa - align; fit; be suitable
• tipe - be counterfeit; fake; forge
• tipua - to decline; to drop; to fall
• tika - cane; rattan; vine
• tiko - clove [Eugenia aromatica]
• timpu - slop; swill; bilge
• tima - bleed; blood
• timu - east
• tinta - act; play role of ~
• tinto - extend; reach; stretch
• tina - bend; fold; twist
• tini - spiral; whirlpool
• tinua - be firm; resolute; strong
• tisi - bulk; volume
• tiha - to multiply (math.); multiplication; multi-
• tihe - be dense; crowded; viscous
• titsua - to swagger; walk with a wide stance
• tila - finger; indicate; toe
• tili - stain; sully; tarnish
• tilo - railway; track; train
• ti'a - grammatical aspect
• ti'u - fig [Ficus carica]
• tiya - bread; make bread
• tiye - medal prize; trophy
• to - manner; method; way
• topa - bed; couch; mattress
• tope - firearm; gun; rifle
• topi - ankle bone; ankle
• topo - door; entrance; gate
• topu - to jump; to bounce; to hop
• topue - undertow; be dragged down
• toka - tone; manner of speaking; mood
• toko - be devoted; fidelity; loyal; loyalty
• toku - settle [a dispute]; resolve; solve
• tokya - inspect; examine; look over
• tokyo - be brave; bold; courage
• toma - deplete; exhaust; use-up; run out
• tome - preserve; to maintain
• tomi - characteristic; distinctive feature; trait
• tomo - offer; supply; provide; furnish
• tomu - be frugal; thrifty; economical
• tomua - hire; rent; charter; lease out
• tonta - permafrost; tundra; layer of frozen soil
• tonke - enter without permission; trespass; invade
• tona - tuna
• tono - emote; emotion; feel
• tonua - allophone; allophony
• tonye - be automatic; voluntary
• tosa - waste; squander; dissipate; splurge
• toso - be clumsy
• tosu - fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic
• tohe - always [or routinely] cooperate or agree with
• tohi - broccoli; cauliflower
• toho - assert; claim; state
• tohu - bean; pea
• tohyo - choose; decide; select
• totso - eavesdrop; monitor [secretly]
• totsue - feeling after cracking one's back
• totla - be accurate; be exact; be precise
• tole - deck of playing cards
• tolo - entice; tempt; seduce; bait; allure
• to'o - pay; compensate
• toua - arbitrate; mediate
• toya - awareness; conscience; thinking

nta

• ntaku - sibling
• ntane - internet; network; web
• ntasa - equator; circle around any sphere
• ntasi - be excited; excite
• ntaha - ancestor; elder
• ntahi - child; offspring
• ntahue - sibling's child [nibbling]
• ntahya - grandchild
• ntalo - deliberate; consider
• nta'i - baby; infant
• ntaua - derogatory sense; negative connotation
• ntaue - cousin
• ntaya - married person; spouse
• ntaye - overgrown; unkempt [of hair]; matted
• ntayo - call sb away from a task/work
• ntela - interact; interplay; interrelated
• nte'o - million; 10^6
• ntimu - lemon
• ntopa - to break through; to make a breakthrough
• ntopi - cliche; stereotype; truism
• ntoka - button; fasten; knot
• ntolo - locket; medallion; pendant

ka

• ka - question marker
• kapa - be adequate; enough; suffice
• kape - usurp; overstep one's authority
• kapi - ugly; repulsive; not nice
• kapu - basket; box; bucket; container
• kapya - to receive; to accept; to collect
• kapye - card [small stiff paper]
• kapyo - gull; seagull
• kata - essence; nature; universe
• kate - calligraphy; handwriting; penmanship
• kati - be ancient; old; paleo-; classic
• kato - two story building
• kam - they; them [3pl]
• kampa - cheers!; a toast
• kampo - catch cold; [common] cold
• kama - city; town; village
• kame - be artless; innocent; naive
• kamu - dictionary; encyclopedia; lexicon
• kamue - general; senior commander; military leader
• kanta - generous; magnanimous
• kanka - corn; maize
• kanko - print; publish; publication; periodical
• kana - lead; leading; leadership; leader
• kane - dispel; refute; repudiate
• kani - sausage
• kano - my dear; my darling
• kanu - stringed instrument
• kanue - canvas [sail; paitning surface]
• kanyo - question; ask; raise a question
• kasa - bamboo; parasol; umbrella
• kase - announce; report; newspaper
• kasi - infection; infect; influence
• kasu - lend; loan; borrow
• kaha - paper; document; letter; page
• kaho - operculum; a covering flap [of skin]
• kahu - furniture
• kahue - mirage; shadow
• kahyo - porcelain; ceramic
• katsa - glass; windshield; window
• katse - subjunctive; assumptive
• katsi - dignity; sanctity; worth
• katso - meal; meal time
• katsu - modest; self-effacing; modest remarks
• katsua - slip; slide; slippery; polished
• katla - blemish; defect; flaw
• kala - language; talk; say; speak
• kale - legume
• kali - slant; slope; incline
• kalo - substitute for; replace; supersede
• ka'e - to; towards; at [moving toward]
• ka'o - seven; 7
• ka'u - to sit cross-legged
• kaua - coffee
• kaue - chin; jaw [look at sb]
• kaya - earth; planet; world
• kaye - around; encircling; surrounding
• kayo - lose; lost; loss; misplace
• ke - object particle [O]; compare [COMP] than
• keta - behave; conduct oneself
• kete - polarization; polarized
• keti - compose; construct by mental labor; think up
• keto - migrate; migration; mobile; portable
• kema - work; labor; task
• kemu - to experience; to undergo
• kenko - humble; humility; modesty
• kena - circle; be circular; spherical
• kesa - keep score; tally; calculate; compute
• kese - be obscene; coarse; vulgar
• keso - image; form; figure; visualization
• keha - body [human]; health; anatomy
• kehe - shark
• keho - alarm; alert; warning signal
• ketsa - doubt; suspicion [dubitative DUB]
• ketsu - unruly; rude
• ketsua - resolution; decision; statement of intent
• ketla - red
• ketle - chain; linked
• kele - shackles; fetters; manacle
• kelo - castrate; a castrate; neuter
• ke'e - so; such; to such a degree
• keua - abandon; discard; spurn; forsake
• keue - permanent; constant; fixed
• keya - gram [unit of mass]
• keye - course; class; lesson
• keyo - description; qualification; adjective
• ki - reflexive [REFL]; self [essence]
• kipa - gums; inner mouth
• kipe - to favor; favorite; darling
• kipo - aspire; hope; wish
• kita - north
• kiti - accelerate; expedite; speed-up
• kito - subsist; survive
• kimu - duty; responsibility; obligation
• kimyo - strange; odd; weird; unusual
• kinta - be rampant; run wild; spree
• kinte - invert; swapped; upside-down
• kinti - squirrel
• kinto - spanner; lever [on a machine]; wrench
• kina - mammal
• kinya - silver; coins
• kinyo - intervene; get involved
• kisa - tear; split; separate
• kisi - deny; disclaim; disavow
• kiso - base; foundation; root; radical [chemistry]
• kisua - root of plant
• kisue - soda water
• kiha - high; tall; above average; long
• kiho - as things allow; opportune moment
• kihu - weather; climate; atmosphere; situation
• kihua - clear; fine [weather]
• kihya - root; source; origin
• kihyo - business; trade; commerce
• kitsa - dark; darkly; darkness
• kitse - graffiti; scrawl; scribble
• kitsi - texture; grain (of wood)
• kitla - create; invent; make-up
• kila - obvious
• kili - giraffe
• ki'i - screech; shriek [of tanka]
• kiue - stink; odor; pungent aroma
• kiya - self-awareness; be self aware
• ko - agentive [AG]; individual; person
• kopa - fungi; mushroom
• kope - baste [cookery]; grease; oil
• kopi - bridge; crosspiece
• kopo - fermentation; yeast
• kopu - knock on a door; rap on something
• kota - details; particulars
• kote - divulge; leak out
• koti - beat a ~; drum; rhythm
• koto - drum beat; rhythm
• kompo - seaweed
• kompu - computer; programmable device
• koma - conceal; hide away [lurk]
• komi - allergic; allergy
• komo - barn; stall; stable; manger; shed
• komu - advertise; a commercial; advertisement
• konte - convey; distribute; send
• konto - flow [the movement of liquid]
• kona - dress; skirt
• kone - to awe; to intimidate
• koni - skunk
• kono - gray; stone; ash
• kosa - cut down; mow; eliminate; scythe; sickle
• kosi - be formal; be official; be ceremonial
• koso - assure; guarantee
• kohe - plateau; bluff; mesa
• koho - to float; to drift; to be buoyant
• kohu - fog; mist; vapor; steam
• kohya - to castrate; fig. to emasculate; neuter
• kotsa - spiteful person [male or female]..."bitch"
• kotse - factory; plant; workshop
• kotsi - evidence; proof; prove
• kotso - earthenware; ceramic
• kotsu - clavicle; collarbone
• kotlo - boiler; pan; pot
• koli - extremity; tag along; tail
• kolo - notch; groove; indentation; hole
• koua - republic
• koya - apologize; remorse; sorry
• koye - be deliberate; on purpose
• koyo - whose; of who
• kupa - die; death; [be] dead
• kupe - arthropod; tick
• kupi - nipple; teat [on baby's bottle]
• kupu - butterfly
• kupye - excessive; too many/much
• kuta - fence; wall
• kute - bite; sting [of insect]
• kuto - mathematics; mathematical; math
• kumpu - rational number [fraction of two integers]
• kuma - bear
• kume - cancel; repeal; undo
• kumu - include; inclusion
• kunta - army; military force
• kuna - excrete; expel; defecate; shit
• kunye - moon; lunar
• kusa - repetition; iteration; a layer
• kusu - push [away]; press; shove; squeeze
• kuha - to cook; to prepare food
• kuhi - to hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist)
• kuhu - to object; to differ; to challenge; to protest
• kutsa - spoon; ladle
• kutsi - prawn; shrimp
• kutsu - flesh; meat
• kutsua - invite; invitation
• kutla - be lumpy; rock pile; uneven
• kula - to take up time; to spend time
• kule - keep; tower
• kuli - soul; spirit; vigor
• kua - everything; every; all
• kuate - double; twin [identical/fraternal]
• kuampo - egotistical; arrogant; brassy
• kuami - eel; water snake
• kuanta - lenient; spacious; wide
• kuanto - cherry [tree; wood]
• kuanka - irrigate; wash with water
• kuana - peach [fruit; tree; color]
• kuanu - bush; woody plant
• kuaha - study; science; -ology
• kuaho - be short; soon [duration]
• kuatse - opossum
• kuatla - reptile; snake
• kuali - drill; bore; dig into
• kue - like; similar to
• kuepa - escape; run away; flee
• kueta - spring [season]
• kuesi - absence; be absent
• kuetsa - cigarette
• kuetso - to stroll; to amble; to walk leisurely
• kuetsu - precious; valuable; rare
• kueli - rights; legal entitlement
• kuelo - gorge; strait; ravine; isthmus
• ku'u - cereal; grain
• kuya - green; foliage; verdant
• kuye - grab; catch; arrest; snatch; scratch
• kya - imperative [IMP] / co-hortative [HORT]
• kyapu - fleece; wool; woolen
• kyanki - refrain; abstain; avert
• kyaho - to practice; to train; to drill
• kyatlo - commander; officer in charge
• kyalo - gem; jewel; precious stone
• kyaua - be belligerent
• kye - indirect speech particle
• kyepe - diagonal; sharp turn; zigzag
• kyeha - to get along well; compatible
• kyehu - to have a moment of leisure; to take a break
• kyetsa - mustard; wasabi
• kyela - wreath; garland
• kye'o - hundred thousand ; 10^5
• kye'u - gills of fish
• kyo - hurry up! Quickly!
• kyopa - match; tool to start a fire
• kyopo - afraid; fear; frighten
• kyota - be crazy; deranged; insane; demented
• kyoma - barren place; desert
• kyomi - interest; interested; be interesting
• kyonko - flavoring; seasoning; spice
• kyono - comforting habit or ritual
• kyosa - sex; copulation; fornicate
• kyoso - compete; competition; match
• kyohi - to refuse; to decline; to reject
• kyohu - be drastic; extreme; aggressive
• kyotlo - coyote
• kyoli - spacing; distance; interval; length
• kyolo - fast; rapid; quick; velocity
• kyo'a - quiet; silence; soundless

nka

• nka - emphatic negative
• nkapa - alcohol; ale; beer
• nkapi - kiss; kiss
• nkata - agree; consent; approve
• nkampo - segment into equal pieces
• nkanu - short [in height and from end to edge]
• nkasa - measure; measurement
• nkahi - molluscs; crustaceans; echinoderms
• nkatso - spy; secret agent
• nkali - martial art; military skill
• nkalo - pronoun
• nka'e - in spite of; regardless of
• nke - negative [NEG]; no; not
• nkepa - charge [military term]; sudden attack
• nkeni - visit; be guest; patronize
• nkeli - cassia or cinnamon
• nkina - steep incline; water chute; sluice
• nkiha - to judge; to discriminate; to discern
• nkihua - be lengthy; be long [duration]
• nkitso - be stressed; be tense; be nervous
• nkila - blink; glance; appear in a flash
• nkilo - be bright; clear; resonant; distinct
• nkiye - vegetables
• nkopa - delusion; paranoia
• nkoma - to raise; to hoist; to rise
• nkoso - continue; proceed; progressive [PROG]
• nkoha - to shake (a part of one's body); to shrug (shoulders)
• nkolo - are [unit of area]
• nkoyo - lamb; sheep
• nkumu - burden; cumbersome; difficult
• nkusa - sneeze; act of sneezing

ma

• ma - and; also; too; as well
• mata - kill; murder
• mate - be distressed; grieved; uneasy
• mato - touch; contact; access
• maka - music; play ~; tune
• make - be idle; lazy; negligent; careless
• mako - absorb; assimilate; ingest
• maku - pillow; rest one's head
• mampu - duct; pipe; straw; tube
• manta - logic; principle
• mante - asparagus
• manti - facial tissue; napkin; paper towel
• manka - chill; cold; cool
• mana - force; power; strength
• mane - prohibit; forbid; ban
• mano - chicken; fowl; poultry
• manye - manage; handle; run; deal with
• manyo - size; height; stature
• masa - cervine; deer; elk
• mase - to dance; move to music; to flicker [flame]
• masi - door/window frame
• masu - countryside; areas outside the city
• masua - pipe [smoking utensil]
• masue - be nimble; agile; lithe; graceful
• maha - add; more
• mahe - around; approximate; close to
• matsa - nonsense; ridiculous talk; gibberish
• matse - blend; mix; various; stir; merge
• matsi - perception; perceive; perceptive
• matsu - victory; success; victorious; win
• matsua - be flavored; smell; hint of; taste
• matla - broth; casserole; soup
• matle - statue; sculpture; carve
• mala - bad; be unfavorable; unpleasant
• mali - fictitious; theoretical; virtual
• malo - brown
• ma'a - with [accompanied by / furnished with]
• ma'e - before; in front
• ma'o - four; 4
• ma'u - spicy hot [taste]; fig. biting [criticism]
• maua - flower; plant
• maue - as soon as; when
• maya - fluid; water; wet
• maye - between; among
• mayo - apparatus; device; equipment; tool [INSTR]
• meta - meter [unit of length]
• mete - be ambiguous; unclear; vague
• menka - cotton
• mesa - example; precedent; model; for instance
• meha - hit; slap; strike
• mehu - vacuum
• metse - cricket; grasshopper
• metla - flute; sound of wind; whistle
• mela - continue; endure; last
• meli - kowtow; prostrate; bow
• me'a - at the same time; simultaneous
• meya - refined language; poetic genre
• mi - few; small amount; handful
• mita - canine; dog
• mika - clippers; scissors; shears
• miku - garlic chives; leek
• minta - sample; specimen
• mina - south
• misa - highway; road; street
• misu - copper
• mitse - disappear; to vanish
• mitsu - to stare at; to fix attention on sth
• mitla - arrow; dart
• mitli - suit; tunic; tuxedo
• mila - word; language component; morpheme
• milo - bubble; foam; suds
• miya - core; pit; stone; dig out the center
• mo - location; place; where
• mota - recall; bring to mind; reminisce
• moto - remember; memory
• moka - flour; wheat; white-faced
• moko - lizard [reptile w/ legs]
• moku - to rest; to sleep
• monto - trunk; torso
• monka - expert; adept; experienced; a professional
• mona - safe; secure; safety; security
• mono - blonde; fair
• mosa - book; letter; scroll; record
• moha - far; distant; remote
• mohe - install; place; put
• mohi - to discredit; to smear sb's name; to bring shame upon
• motsa - banana
• motsi - bag; pouch; sack
• motso - undulation; wave; ripple [effect]; tide
• motsua - creepy; unnerving; disturbing
• motsue - violate s/o or s/th
• motla - trash; throw away
• motlo - engine; motor; machine
• mole - apricot [fruit; tree; color]
• moli - forest; trees
• molo - cod
• mo'a - explicit explanation; specify
• mo'i - soap
• moue - plastic; synthetic resin; plastic cement
• moya - mark; symbol; write; spell
• moyo - heart; mind; centre; core
• muta - back; spine; dorsal; vertebrae
• muti - fad; fashion
• muto - sexiness; sexy; sensual; voluptuous
• muka - facing; towards sb/st
• muku - knife; blade; weapon; arms
• munta - change; alter; transform; rearrange; revise
• muna - care; concern; important; worry
• mune - breast; chest; cleavage
• muni - itch; itchiness
• muno - table of contents
• munua - culture; civilization; cultural
• munye - be a problem; be a hassle; be difficult
• musa - vowel
• muha - monk; nun
• muhe - sadness; grief; be sad
• mutsa - society
• mutsi - urgent; emergency
• mutsu - friction; rubbing; chafing; fig. disharmony; conflict
• mutla - be absolute; unconditional
• mula - begin; initial; start
• muli - comfortable; at ease
• muapa - set apart for a particular use; appropriate
• muata - manners; be polite [ness]
• muaka - to dump; to pour; to empty out
• muana - ocean; sea
• muanya - opening made by parting; gap; hole
• muasa - season
• muasi - be parallel; of equal rank; simultaneous
• mu'e - rhombus
• muena - clams and crabs; seafood
• muetlo - sweat; perspiration
• muela - raspberry
• muele - direction; orientation
• mue'o - ten thousand; 10^4
• muya - cause; do; make [CAUS]
• mya - as ... as
• myana - variety; variation; vary
• myano - alliteration
• myasu - aim; alignment; target
• myatsua - point out mistakes or weak points for correction
• myali - symphony; orchestra
• mya'a - meow; cat noise
• mye - redo; resume
• myeto - show fear or surprise on face
• myeka - neck; throat; voice
• myena - extent; surface [area]
• myene - be dazed; stare blankly; distracted
• myokua - software [computer]
• myonta - allow; permit [PERM]

na

• na - I; me [1sg]
• napa - grape; raisin
• nape - be cooperative; cooperate; collaborate
• napo - turnip
• napu - treaty; agreement; promise; pact
• napya - wine
• nata - family member; relative
• nati - belief; myth; religion
• nato - straight [direction]
• naka - female; woman [fem]
• nako - to peck; tap; pick at
• nampa - blouse; shirt; vest
• nampu - fountain; spring
• nama - mature; grow; growth; ripen
• nanka - emphasizing disgust; [interj. of contempt]
• nasa - be born; give birth
• nase - arachnid; spider
• nasi - pear [fruit; tree; color]
• nasua - climax; orgasm; upsurge
• nasue - copy; duplicate; transcribe
• naha - creek; river; stream
• nahe - in [located inside of]; internal
• naho - grammar; order; rule
• natsa - draw; paint; drawing; painting
• natsi - poem; poetry; verse
• natsu - summer
• natsua - let go; release
• natla - put on airs; self-important; high and mighty
• natlo - plum; prune [fruit; tree; color]
• nala - illuminate; light; shine
• nale - fork; pitchfork; prong
• nalo - grin; laugh; smile
• na'am - we (but not you) [1pl.excl]
• na'o - one; 1
• naua - cord; string; rope; bind together; twist
• naye - during
• neka - make reprisals; retaliate; revenge
• neko - cat; feline
• neku - winter
• nekua - cupboard; pantry
• nema - knee; patella
• neme - take over; ~ duties; ~ responsibilities
• nesa - system; organization; form
• nehe - fingernail; toenail; scratch
• netsa - be advantageous; have advantages
• netsi - helix; screw; spiral
• neli - lethargic; listless; unenergetic; sluggish
• neua - advise; urge; try to persuade; exhort
• neya - ought to; suggest [SUG]
• nipa - stretch back while extending legs
• nipi - be curious; inquisitive
• nipo - compel; force
• nipue - be dull [not sharp]; blunt
• nita - exclaim; insert; interject
• nika - acerbity; be bitter; tart
• niko - experiment; examination; test
• niku - muscle; tendon
• nikya - swallow; take in
• nime - appoint; assign; designate
• ninka - television; to watch ~
• nisa - compare; contrast; ratio
• nisi - west
• niha - good; pleasant; regular / منيح
• nihi - glutton; greedy; piggish
• nila - blue
• niua - depot; garden; yard
• niya - goal; purpose; reason
• niye - undergarment; underwear
• niyo - be contained; content; substance
• no - adverbial; matter; object; thing [-ish; -ly; -ous]
• nopa - pull; stretch; draw sth out
• nopi - pile; stack; heap
• nota - lie; be in horizontal position; horizon
• noto - compassion; relent; sympathize; sympathy
• noka - beak; bill; mouth
• noki - vertical; erect; set upright; vertical stroke
• noko - continue unchanged; remain; stay behind
• nokye - agriculture
• noma - thing; matter; object; noun
• nomo - be fond of; like; prefer [things]
• nomya - act; action; activity; take action
• nosa - subject; theme; topic
• noho - chickpea; garbanzo; hummus
• nohya - bundle; pack; wrap
• notsa - ride horseback; mount; cavalry
• notli - hotel; inn; tavern
• nolo - be cursed; be jinxed [slang]
• noya - be content; happy; pleased
• nupa - trash; garbage; waste
• nuta - be tedious; convoluted; boring; pedantic
• nute - warn; to admonish; to advise against sth
• nuka - joke; banter; tease; mock
• nuku - detest; dislike; hate
• numu - style; standard; pattern
• nusu - steal; pilfer; snatch
• nutsu - unbelievable; incredible
• nula - lick; lap [up]
• nulo - smear; daub; apply
• nua - frequent; often; regular
• nuesi - flood; submerge; drown

nya

• nya - for [benefactive; BEN]; purpose of; by
• nyakua - by all means; by any means
• nyamu - mosquito; fly; gnat
• nyanku - whale
• nyana - algorithm; program [computer]; function
• nyasa - gratitude; thank [you]
• nyase - eyelashes
• nyahe - by means of; per; via
• nyahi - white; snow
• nyatsa - expose; reveal; lay bare; show
• nyalo - call; number; telephone
• nya'e - in order that; so that
• nya'o - five hundred; 500
• nyaue - outside of; exterior to
• nye - because of; due to
• nyepa - cloud
• nyete - open; start; turn on
• nyema - century
• nyemi - cape; headland; promontory; peninsula
• nyetsi - traditional; archetype; typical; classic
• nyetle - quote; to cite as evidence
• nyela - arrowhead
• nyeli - pink; rose
• nyelo - extra; remainder; surplus
• nye'o - hundred; 100
• nyopa - poor; impoverished
• nyota - thirst; be thirsty
• nyoto - write quickly; jot
• nyoki - dumpling; pot-sticker
• nyoma - rice
• nyome - beige; tan; khaki
• nyonka - choke [on]; choke up; suffocate; strangle
• nyotlo - nut; seed
• nyolo - ant; insect

sa

• sama

n - sun; star; solar; stellar - from شمس

• sahi (-si)

n - color; hue; shade - from ສີ

• sala (-sa)

n - room; chamber; section - from sala

• sima

n / v - sit; (take a) seat - from samay

• suku - (-su)

n - market; shop; store - from سوق

ha

• ha

pro - he; she (3 person singular (animate)) - from ها

• hoko

n - trench; moat - from 壕沟

tsa

• tsapa

n / v - effort; trouble; endeavor; struggle - from çaba

• tsati

n - hornet

• tsaka

n - house; home; dwelling; residence

• tsehue

n / v - pick teeth; toothpick

• tsima

n - hour; o'clock; time - from 時

• tsomo

v - stand or walk on tiptoe - from 爪先

• tsunya

n - penguin - from tučniak

tla

• tla

pro - it (4 person singular (obviative)) - from tla-

• tlaka - (-ta)

n / v - (be (a)) man; masculine; male - from tlacatl

• tlatsa

n / v - fire; flame / burn; heat - (onomatopoeia of crackling firewood)

ua

• uaka

n - ox; cattle; cow (Bos taurus) - from vaca

ya

• yama

n - mountain; hill - from やま

• yana

n / v - (be) yellow - from jaune

• yaso (-sue)

v - prepare; get/be ready - from جهز

• yoma

n - day; day time - from yawm

a

• anya

n / v - eye / look; see - from عين

• ina - (-nai)

n / v - food / eat; consume

• ilo

n - cave; cavern - from ᐃᓗ

• otlo

n /v - falsely accuse; defame; defamation - from Maori: oro