Kala thematic lexicon

This lexicon is modeled after the Thematic Dictionary of Verdurian.

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See also: Kala Lexicon

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 - 508^th

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

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