Kala/etymology

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This is a list of words in Kala by the language they were borrowed from. It will likely never be exhaustive, however it will be as extensive as possible and updated regularly.

Arabic

  • ʾanta - ta - you [2sg]
  • tamām - tama - be good; well; proper; fine; complete
  • hum - kam - they; them [3PL]
  • qahwa - kaua - coffee
  • kull - kua - all; every; each; total(ly)
  • máyya - maya - water; liquid; wetness
  • ʾanā - na - I; me [1sg]
  • šams - sama - sun; star; shine
  • ḵurūj - hutsu - to go out (to eat, for coffee, tea, etc.)
  • yallā - yala - walk; go; travel
  • yawm - yoma - day; daytime

Armenian

  • veh - uehi - lofty; refined; exquisite

Chamicuro

  • ame - ame - axe; hatchet

Chickasaw

  • chuka - tsaka - home; house
  • chomak - tsoma - tobacco; to smoke ~
  • ahi' - ahya - potato; yam

Czech

  • ustoupit - tsopi - retreat; withdraw; recede
  • umělý - ume - man-made; artificial; synthetic

Egyptian

  • ḥtp - hote - an offering, sacrifice

English

  • able - pala - can; may; possible; able to

Finnish

French

  • volonté - onte - will; willpower; determination

German

  • nach - nahe - in [located inside of]; internal; within

Hawaiian

  • inu - inu - drink; liquid

Hebrew

  • imets - metsi - adopt; switch over to
  • n'kevá - naka - female; woman [FEM]
  • hu & hi - ha - she; he

Irish

  • am - ama - time; moment; period

Japanese

  • baka - paka - be a fool; idiot; dumb
  • kuma - kuma - bear; ursine
  • menka - menka - cotton
  • meishin - mesi - superstition; be superstitious
  • neko - neko - cat; feline
  • shuyo - suyo - goiter; tumor; lump
  • yama - yama - mountain
  • aru - a - exist; be; yes [COP]
  • uma - uma - horse; equine

Korean

  • gibun - kipu - mood; mental state; frame of mind
  • gompang-i - kompa - mold; mildew; fungi
  • kojiphada - nkotsi - persist; persevere; stick to something

Latvian

  • rupjš - tlopye - be rough and coarse; brutish

Mandarin

  • dìyù - tiyo - netherworld; hades; infernal
  • - ke - object marker; nominalizer
  • kělián - keli - pity; pitiable; pitiful
  • xǐnǎo - sinya - indoctrinate; brainwash
  • chánnuó - tsana - meditation; meditate
tsanto - practice of meditation
  • luòhòu - tloho - fall behind; lag; backward; retrogress
  • wēixié - uesa - threaten; coerce; intimidate
  • yǒu - yoha - have; possess

Malay

Maori

  • whakahoro - huaka - tear down; demolish; dismantle

Nahuatl

  • tla- - tla - it; thing [obviative or inanimate] [4SG]
  • tlacatl - tlaka - male; man [MASC]
  • yohualli - yohua - night; nighttime; darkness

Persian

Spanish

  • pato - pato - duck
  • pantano - panta - marsh; swamp; wetlands; glade
  • barrer - patlo - broom; brush; sweep
  • palo - palo - cane; staff; walking stick
  • semana - sema - week; period of 7 days
  • salsa - tsala - sauce; paste
  • roer - tloye - gnaw; pick at; wear down

Swahili

  • kipochi - potsi - wallet; pouch; purse
  • kwepa - kuepa - escape; run away; flee
  • mswada - suata - account; bill; debt
  • chuma - tsuma - metal

Swedish

  • lov - tloue - vacation; to go on ~

Turkish

  • değiştirmek - tehi - edit; retouch; fix up
  • harika - hali - wonder; marvel
  • hücre - hutse - cell [biology]
  • ad - ata - be named; name [so-called]

Uzbek

  • ota - ota - father
  • ona - ona - mother

Warlpiri

  • pina - pina - be clever; intelligent; wise
  • puka - puka - be corrupt; decay; rot
  • kuna - kuna - excrete; expel; defecate; shit
  • ngapa - nkapa - alcohol; beer
  • wanka - uanka - uncooked; untreated; raw