Kala thematic lexicon

This lexicon is modeled after the Thematic Dictionary of Verdurian and the List of 1400 Basic Words in LFN.

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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
1^st sing	na	ena	nayo	na'i
2^nd sing	ta	eta	tayo	ta'i
3^rd sing	ha	eha	hayo	ha'i
1^st plu	nam	enam	namyo	nami	nanku
1^st plu (EXCL)	na'am	ena'am	na'amyo	na'ami	na'anku
2^nd plu	tam	etam	tamyo	tami	tanku
3^rd 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

adjective	ke ka which	i- this	ua- that	iha- some	ok none	-(u)la any	-kua every	ote- whichever
person	ko ka who	iko this one	uako that one	ihako someone	hok no one	kola anyone	hokua everyone	oteko whoever
thing	no ka what	ino this one	uano that one	ihano something	nok nothing	nola anything	nokua everything	oteno whatever
time	ama ka when	ima now	uama then	ihama sometime	amak never	amala anytime	kuama always	otema whenever
place	mo ka where	hina here	uana there	ihamo somewhere	mok nowhere	mola anywhere	mokua everywhere	otemo wherever
way	to ka how	yoto thus	uato in that way	ihato somehow	tok in no way	tola in any way	tokua in every way	oheto however
amount	ku/o ka how much/many	iku this much/many	uaku that much/many	ihaku some (amount)	ok none	kula any (amount)	okua every amount	oteku however much
reason	nye ka why	inye this reason	uanye that reason	ihanye some reason	nyek no reason	nyela any reason	nyekua every reason	otenye whyever

Conjunctions

ma - and, also, as well
hema...ma - both...and...
ua - or, other, either
uak - nor, neither
ehe - but, however
iya - if, whether
ke / ma - then
nye - because, in order that, so that
nke - and though; although; even though

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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