Kala/roots

See also: Kala word formation, Kala thematic lexicon, and Kala etymological lexicon

This page serves to show lexical relationships and derivations of Kala lemma. Most of them are reverse-engineered due to having been borrowed from natural languages.

pa

• pah- - related to opposition; force; counterpart

paha - be evil; fierce; vicious; ugly; coarse

pahe - against; touching [LOC]

pahi - be compatible; conform; tolerate

pahu - burst; crack; breach

• pun- - related to tiny mass; fine objects; comparatively small

puna - dirt; earth; land; soil; mud

punu - minute; moment

punya - jab; poke; stab

punye - numerator

ta

tapa - lid; top; cover; canopy; roof; ceiling tapi - swing; seesaw; trapeze tapo - shoulder; upper arm tapu - be ample; buxom; shapely tapua - rectangle; be square-like tapya - follow; accompany tapye - take (something, someone) seriously tapyo - cassava [leaves] tampi - taboo; to avoid sth (as taboo)

ka

ketsa / -ke - doubt; suspicion [dubitative DUB] ketsi - rough; coarse (in texture) ketsu - unruly; rude ketsua - resolution; decision; statement of intent

• ko(n)t- - related to rhythm; beat; dripping

kota - details; particulars

kote - divulge; leak out

koto - drum beat; rhythm; tempo; play ~

konte - convey; distribute; send

konto - flow [the movement of liquid]; current

ma

masa - cervine; deer; elk mase - dance; move music; flicker [flame] masi - door/window frame masu - countryside; areas outside the city masua - pipe [smoking utensil] masue - be nimble; agile; lithe; graceful

na

• n(k)ap- - related to alcohol, grapes, fermentation

ponkapa - cider; hard ~ (+ pom- apple)

nkapa - alcohol; ale; beer; lager

napa - grape; raisin

napya - wine

sa

seka - be dry; sharp; strict seko - scorpion seku - to plan; to lay out; to design; policy sekua - follow the trail of; track; trace sekyo - bacterium; germ senku - think poorly of someone

ha

hita - throw; cast; expel hite - inflect (in grammar); decline; conjugate hika - wait; wait for; pause hiki - be short; soon [duration] hiku - eaves; ledge or brim

tsa

tsana - meditation; meditate tsane - pavilion; gazebo; roofed tent tsani - story; tale; tell ~ tsaniko - lecturer; speaker; storyteller tsanua - outlook; prospect; look ahead; look forward to

tla

tlaki - unimpeded; at ease; free from worry; fluent tlako - dither; hesitate; pace back and forth; irresolute tlaku - enmesh; wrap around; web; net tlakunase - cobweb; spider web tlakua - cricket; slug; snail tlakyo - watered-down drink; mixed-drink tlanka - level; grade; rank tlanke - oval; ellipse; be ellipsoidal

la

• (V)la - related to motion, movement, change

tala - return; come [back]; arrive

ala - wing

ela / -la - become; change into; turn into [MUT]

ila - sail; fly; navigate

ola >> otla - bird; avian

ula / -la - any; indefinite; some~ [INDEF]

yala / -la - walk; go; travel

a

• in- - related to food; ingestion; digestion

ina - food; eat; sustenance

inaha - feast; buffet

inahi - snack

inu - drink; beverage

inua - food and drink; diet; cuisine

inya - hunger