User:Masako/nkala

palalo

a

• aku / ku - hundred
• ama - but; yet; however
• awa - or; either
• ayo - any; whatever; whichever; whatsoever

e

• enpo - be away from; move away

i

• ila - be near; move toward; in direction of

k

• kasa - house; building; apartment; room; residence
• kata - speak; talk; language
• ko - he; she; it
• kome - eat; consume
• koye - some; a few; a little
• kula - all; whole; entire; every; complete

l

• le - past tense [PST]
• lo / -lo - plural marker [PL]
• loka - place; location; spot; point
• loma - bump, nose, hill, mountain, button

m

• ma - interrogative particle
• malu - be small; little; tiny
• mila - thousand
• muki - ocean; sea; bay

n

• na - seven
• nama - sleep; rest; relax
• ne - no; not; negative
• ni - you
• note - night; darkness
• nun - nine

o

• o - direct object particle
• oma - female parent
• opa - male parent

p

• pa - eight
• pala - word; morpheme; unit of language
• pan - food; bread
• paya - white; whiteness
• peka - run; flee; move quickly
• pen - five
• pu - this; these

s

• sa - future tense [FUT]
• san - three; triple
• si - four
• simu - letter (of the alphabet)
• su - that; those
• sunya - zero; nothing

t

• ta - be large; big; grand
• tani - be aware of; know; understand
• tu - two; double; duo

u

• u - and; also; too; as well
• un - one; single; alone

w

• wa - I; me
• we - six
• wite - see; look; watch; observe

y

• ya - vocative / imperative particle
• yati - hand; arm
• ye - ten
• yo / -yo - have; hold; contain
• yu - be in; at; on
• yuma - day; daylight
• yunta - gather; collect; amass

phrases

• wa tani ko

1sg know 3sg

I know her.

• ko ne kome le

3sg NEG eat PST

He didn't eat.

• ma loka kasa niyo

Q place house 2sg.GEN

Where is your house?