Kala thematic lexicon
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- This lexicon is modeled after the Thematic Dictionary of Verdurian and the List of 1400 Basic Words in LFN.
See also: Kala Lexicon
Particles / Articles
- ke - definite article / topic marker / accusative particle (non-obligatory, used for specificity)
- kya - jussive particle (placed before the phrase)
- ya - vocative particle (placed before the noun being addressed)
Pronouns
| Nominative | Accusative | Possessive | Reflexive | Reciprocal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sing | na | ena | nayo | na'i | |
| 2nd sing | ta | eta | tayo | ta'i | |
| 3rd sing | ha | eha | hayo | ha'i | |
| 1st plu | nam | enam | namyo | nami | nanku |
| 1st plu (EXCL) | na'am | ena'am | na'amyo | na'ami | na'anku |
| 2nd plu | tam | etam | tamyo | tami | tanku |
| 3rd plu | kam | ekam | kamyo | kami | kanku |
Other pronouns
- tla - a fourth person pronoun, used for all inanimate and abstract nouns, tla inflects in the same way that all other pronouns do
- itla - this (here)
- uatla - that (here)
Correlatives
Conjunctions
- ma - and, also, as well
- hema...ma - both...and...
- ua - or, other, either
- uak - nor, neither
- ehe - but, however
- iya - if, whether
- ke / uama - then
- nye - because, in order that, so that
- nke - and though; although; even though
Affirmation and Negation
- uala - actually, indeed / verily, truly
- tokua - by all means
- tok - by no means
- a - yes / certainly, evidently, of course
- ak - no, not
- eya - perhaps, maybe, possibly
- apa - probably
Food
Drink
- inu - drink
- inupan - drinkable
- kaua - coffee
- tsai - tea
- hali - milk
- maya - water
- ka'asu - juice
Kinship terms
Direct
- otahaka - great-grandfather
- onahaka - great-grandmother
- otaha - grandfather / great-uncle
- onaha - grandmother / great-aunt
- ota - father / uncle
- ona - mother / aunt
- otaua - brother / cousin
- onaua - sister / cousin
- ota’i - son / nephew
- ona’i - daughter / niece
- ota’iha - grandson
- ona’iha - granddaughter
Indirect
- tla’ota husband
- tla’ona wife
- po’ota father-in-law
- po’ona mother-in-law
- po’ona’i daughter-in-law
- po’otaua brother-in-law
- po’onaua sister-in-law
- tla'ota’i - stepson
- tla'ona’i - stepdaughter
Numbers
Cardinal
- e'o - zero / nothing
- na'o - one
- ta'o - two
- ha'o - three
- ma'o - four
- ya'o - five
- tsa'o - six
- ka'o - seven
- pa'o - eight
- sa'o - nine
- ue'o - ten
- nye'o - hundred
- tle'o - thousand
- mue'o - ten thousand
- kye'o - hundred thousand
- nte'o - million
Higher Numbers
- uena'o - eleven / 11
- taue'o - twenty / 20
- nyeka'o - one hundred seven / 107
- hanyetauetsa'o (long form) | hatatsa'o (short form) - three hundred twenty six / 326
- tsatletauema'o - six thousand and twenty four / 6024
Ordinals, Negatives, Fractions etc.
- ki- - ordinal prefix
- Example : kisa'o - ninth (in a sequence)
- Example : kiyanyepa'o - 508th
- ti- - multiple prefix
- Example : tisa'o - nine times
- Example : tiyanyepa'o - 508 times
- i- - fractional prefix
- Example : isa'o - a ninth, 1/9
- Example : iha'o te pa'o - three eighths, 3/8 [lit: a third of eight]
- -k - negative/subtractive suffix
- Example : sa'ok - negative nine (-9)
- Example : ue'o ma sa'ok na'o a - 10 and -9 is 1
Time
Days of the Week
- The Kala week begins on Thursday.
- nayoma - Thursday
- tayoma - Friday
- yomha - Saturday
- mayoma - Sunday
- yomya - Monday
- tsayoma - Tuesday
- kayoma - Wednesday
Calendar
The Kala calendar is modeled after the Baha'i Calendar.
- A chart of the Kala sayoma.
- Based on this calendar, Cinco de Mayo would be yoma pa'o te sayo ha'o, or Day 8 of Month 3.
- The correlating vocabulary to the Gregorian calendar differs.
| No. | English | Kala |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | January | na'oku |
| 2 | February | ta'oku |
| 3 | March | ha'oku |
| 4 | April | ma'oku |
| 5 | May | ya'oku |
| 6 | June | tsa'oku |
| 7 | July | ka'oku |
| 8 | August | pa'oku |
| 9 | September | sa'oku |
| 10 | October | ue'oku |
| 11 | November | uenaku |
| 12 | December | uetaku |
Colors
- akai - red
- otliyo - orange
- yana - yellow
- kuya - green
- tsuku - blue
- tlaku - indigo, violet, purple
- nyahi - white, pale
- oya - black, dark
- yehi - clear
Thematic Lexicon
family
- family / kin - tlika
- parent - onata
- grandparent - onataha
- spouse - tlanata
- sibling - uanata
- child - inata
- father / uncle - ota
- mother / aunt - ona
- husband - tla'ota
- wife - tla'ona
- grandfather - otaha
- grandmother - onaha
- brother / cousin - otaua
- sister / cousin - onaua
- boy / son - ota'i
- girl / daughter - ona'i
- man / masculine / male - tlaka
- woman / feminine / female - naka
time
- moment, instant - imahi
- occasion | present, now (yet) - ima
- hour, period - imaha
- day - yoma
- week (7 days) - sema
- month (~30 days) - huama
- season - amahi
- time, year (~365 days) - ama
- era - amaha
- past - amaye
- future - amatli
- always, forever - kuama
- never - amak
prepositions
- pa'e - in / into / during
- paye - across / through
- po'a - behind / after
- tahe - below / under
- kima - like / similar to
- ma'a - with / in company of / using
- ma'ak - without / except
- ma'e - in front of / before
- mina - from / out of / since / of
- na'e - on / on top of
- nya - by (actor / author)
- sana - outside
- hata - by / beside / up to / until
- tsa'e - beyond / past / across
- ua'e - above / over / about / concerning
- uana - there / far / distant
- yane - along / beside
- ita'e - between / among
- ika - to / at / toward
- o'a - opposite / against / in spite of
- oma - around / approximately / close to
- uta - for / in order to / benefiting / on behalf of
- ue - above / over / on
