Kala lexicon

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General Lexica

The majority of lexical units in Kala can have multiple roles.
Most have a primary role, such as verb, noun or adjective, but almost all can serve in at least two roles.
Because of this, this list is sorted alphabetically and not by part of speech or category.

Abbreviations used:

a = adjective
acc = accusative
adv = adverb
con = conjunction
cor = correlative
det = determiner
int = interjection
n = noun
nom = nominative
num = numeral
pt = particle
pl = plural
pref = prefix
pn = prenominal (used before a noun)
prep = preposition
pv = preverbal (used before a verb)
pron = pronoun
q = question
suf = suffix
v = verb

pa ta ka ma na nya sa ha tsa tla ua la ya a

p

pa - p - abilitative mood / "capable of…" / can / able
pato - n - duck / aquatic bird
paka - n - stupid / dumb / foolish / idiotic / fool / dummy / idiot / dunce
paki - n - nut / seed
pako - n / u - fresh / new / recent
pamya - n - okra
pana - n / u - dew / moisten / perspire / rain
pano - n - cloth / rag / towel
panya - n - rat / rodent
pasu - n / u - spit / saliva [to expel from the mouth]
pasua - u - swell / expand / grow larger / wider / thicker
paha - n / p - luck / chance / fortune / risk
pahe - p - between / amid / among / during
patlo - n / u - sweep / brush
pala - n - point / direct / shovel / spade / oar
palo - n - stick / twig / branch / cane / staff
pa'o - n / p - eight / 8
pe - n / u - mark / scratch / dot / diacritic
peta - n - map / visual representation of an area
peka - n - bat [mammal]
pesoka - n / u - go and meet or see / [make a] visit
petsa - n - mild / soft
petso - n - belly / torso
pela - u - inherit / receive
pelako - n - heir
pelana - n - knee
peya - n - particle / article
pita - n / u - empty / devoid of content
piko - n - navel / belly button
piku - n - buttock / ass
pitsa - n - pizza
pila - u - crush / rip / saw
po - p - in-law
poto - n / u - photograph / picture / image
puka - n / u - rotten / putrid / spoiled / rot / spoil
puku - n - clothes / dress / garment / wear
pukuna - n - gown
pukue - n / u - blow / blowfish
pumanka - n - tundra [frozen soil]
punka - n - fruit
puna - n - dirt / soil / sand / dust
punya - n / u - stab
pusu - n / u - shock / surprise / ambush
puha - n - gill / nostril / lung
puana - n - god / deity
puaha - n - fruit [part of plant / food]
pue - p - according to / after / behind
puetsa - n - octopus
pya - p - attemptive mood
pye - p - middle / in the middle
pyeta - n - egg / embryo / testicle
pyoki - n / u - to be sick / ill
pyola - u - rotate / turn / revolve / spin / roll

t

ta - n / p - you [2s] / masculine
tapa - n / u - covering / lid / roof
tapana - u - adopt
taka - n / u - esteem / honor / respect
takolo - n - peach (tree or fruit)
takue - n - feather
tam - n - you [pl]
tama - n - good / fine / well / complete
tamaka - n - eagle / hawk / falcon
tamako - n - legitimate (non-bastard)
tamyo - n - your (plural)
tana - u - fight / combat / battle
tanu - n - plate / dish / platter
tanya - u - spoil
tasa - n / u - hunt / track / scout / seek
tasako - n - detective
taso - n / u - level / standard
taha - n / u - big / grand / large
tahe - p - below / under
tahi - n - son / boy
tahika - n - grandson
tatseka - n - adposition / preposition
tatsi - n / u - stand
tala - u - come / return
tali - n - metal
ta'o - n / p - two / 2
ta'oko - n - twin
taue - n - cousin [male]
taya - n / u - cut / slice
tayo - n - your(s) [2s.POSS]
tayoma - n - Friday
te - p - relative prefix (-al) | from / out of / since / of
tepa - n / p - later / late / lately
tena - n - hindrance / obstacle
teloli - n - woodpecker
teyemi - n - expression / locution / phrase
tipa - n / p - OK / okay / all right / alright / good / acceptable
tipua - u - drop / fall / plummet
tima - n / u - blood / bleed
timu - n - east
tinali - n - old / old-fashioned or antiquated
tiya - n - bread
to - n - manner / method / path / way / road / street
to ka - n / p - how
topa - n - bed / mattress
topu - u - jump / propel
tok - n / p - no way
tokua - n / p - every way
tomo - n / u - enter / servant
tohi - n - broccoli / cabbage / cauliflower
tohyome - n - road surface or pavement
tola - n / p - any way

k

ka - p - interrogative particle
kapa - u - suffice / be enough / sufficient / adequate
kapunu - n - melon
kata - n - essence / nature / universe
katama - n - duty / obligation
katona - n - excess / overwhelming amount / too much
kam - n - they / them
kampa - p - cheers!
kama - n - city / town / village
- tlikama - n - municipality
- kamako - n - villager / resident of a city
- kamaha - n - metropolis / city
kamala - n - lunar / moon
kame - n - jar / pot / urn
kamu - n - savage / wild
kamusa - n - dictionary
kanka - n - corn / maize
kana - u - command / lead
kanu - n - any stringed instrument
kanyo - n / u - ask / question
kasa - n - bamboo / umbrella, parasol, parachute
kasi - n / u - infect / infection
kasuma - n - onion
kahaku - n - science / study / [chemistry]
kahami - n - mirror / reflective surface
kahe - n - shadow / shade / obscure image
kahi - n - key / device designed to open and close a lock
kahila - n - ankle
kahu - n - furniture
katsa - n / u - brave / bravery
katsi - n - dignity / worth
kala - n / u - tongue; language / speech / discourse | say / tell / utter / speak / talk
kalako - n - speaker (person)
kalimi - n - atmosphere / climate / weather
kalitsa - n - thick / chunky / solid / stocky / thickset
ka'e - p - at / to / toward
ka'o - n / p - seven / 7
kaua - n - coffee
- kauakyo - n - instant coffee
- kauamo - n - cafe, coffee shop, canteen
kaya - n - earth / planet
kayoma - n - Wednesday
ke - p - the / a / topic marker
ke ama - p - (relative) when | when
keputsa - n - group / communion / collective
keta - n / u - behave / act a certain way
kemelo - n - calf [of leg]
kenta - u - forgive
keha - n - anatomy / body / corpse
ketla - n - red
keyo - n / u - description / figure of speech / qualification
ki - n / p - life force / ordinal marker
kipa - n / u - bite / chew / tooth
kipo - n / u - aspire / hope / wish
kita - n - calligraphy / north
kima - p - like / as / similar
kintala - n - collating sequence
kina - n - mammal
kiso - n - base / basic / basis / ground / root
kitsa - n - darkness
kitla - u - create / invent / make-up
kilatsi - n - cherry
kilini - n - giraffe
ko - n / p - agent(ive) / -er / person
ko…ka - n / p - who / whom
kopa - n - mushroom / fungi
kopati - u - dig / move earth
koto - n / u - drum / rhythm / beat
kompo - n - seaweed
komputa - n - computer / programmable device
koni - n - skunk
kono - n - gray / rock / stone
kosetsa - n / u - harvest / crop
koho - n / u - float / buoyant device / be supported by a liquid
kohu - n / u - fog / mist / steam
kohua - n / p - everyone
kotso - n - earthenware / ceramic
kola - n / p - anyone
koli - n - tail
koliya - n - axiom / convention
kolo - n - notch / groove / indentation / hole
ko'a - n / p - that person
koyo - p - whose / of who
ku - n / u - amount / to count / number / quantity
ku…ka - n / p - how many? / how much?
kuma - n - bear / ursine
- tlikuma - n - a sleuth of bears
- kuman - a - bearish / bearlike
- kuma'a - n - (pl) bears
kunta - n - army / military force
kuna - n / u - excrete / expel / defecate / shit
kusa - n - throat / neck
kusu - u - push [away] / press / shove / squeeze
kuha - u - cook / prepare food
kutsu - n - flesh / meat
kula - n / p - any amount
kuli - n / u - voice
kua - n / p - all / every / each
kuama - n / p - always / eternal / all time / forever
kuanye - p - in relation to / with respect to / as regards / concerning / regarding
kuatla - n - snake / reptile
kuepa - n / u - escape
kueta - n - spring [season]
kuetsa - n - cigarette
kueli - n - rights / legal entitlement
kuya - n - green / grass / foliage
kya - p - imperative / jussive / command particle
kyampi - n - affix
kyepe - n - zig-zag / diagonal line / sharp turn
kyehu - n / u - period of rest / break
kye'o - n / p - hundred thousand / 10^5
kyopu - n / u - fear
kyopuha - n / u - terror / terrorize
kyoma - n - barren place / desert
kyosa - n / u - sex / copulation
kyoha - p - goodbye / bye
kyohi - n / u - refuse / decline / reject
kyoli - n - interspace / spacing / distance / interval
kyolo - n - fast / quick / rapid

m

mpa - p - v > a [drink > drinkable / inu > inumpa]
mpaka - n - boundary / border / line
mpanko - n / u - plan / scheme / outline
mpana - n - broad / wide / width
mpelo - n - buzzard
mpila - n - ball [game]
mponto - n - cassava [leaves]
mpuni - n - ostrich
mha - p - much / many / a lot
ma - p / u - and / also / as well / plus / more
mapi - n - finger
mata - u - kill / murder
mak - n / p - no more / cease / desist
maka - n - music
makano - n - musical instrument
makaho - n - musician
makena - n - appliance / device / instrument / machine
maku - n - pillow
makupu - n - complex / composite
manka - n - cold / low temperature
mana - n - power / strength
manya - p - another time / different time / later
manyo - n / u - size
masa - n - deer / cervine
mase - n / u - dance / move to music
masula - n - pipe [smoking utensil]
mahe - n / p - approximately / around / close to
matsatli - n - pineapple
matla - n - casserole / goulash / soup / stew
matli - n / u - correlate / correspond
mala - n - bad / negative / unfavorable / wrong
mali - p - again
malina - n - raspberry
malo - n - brown
ma'a - p - in company of / together / using / with
ma'ak - p - without / apart / separate / except
ma'e - p - before / in front of
ma'eno - n - priority
ma'o - n / p - four / 4
maya - n - fluid / water / wet
mayoma - n - Sunday
me - p - passive participle prefix (-ed)
mekutsi - n - slug
menya - u - become / begin to be / come to be / turn into
metla - n / u - flute / sound of wind / whistle
melonka - n - apricot
minti - n / u - lie / tell intentional untruth
mina - n - south
mihu - n - cat / feline
mitsika - n - short [in height and from end to edge]
mitla - n - arrow / dart
mo - n / p - locate / location / locative / place / where
mo ka - n - where
moto - n / u - memory / remember
mok - n / p - nowhere / no place
moku - n / u - sleep / rest
mokua - n - everywhere
mosa - n - book
mosima - n - season
motsa - n - banana
motso - n / u - wave / undulation
mola - n / p - anywhere
moya - n / u - glyph / mark / symbol / write
muta - n - back / spine / dorsal / vertebrae
munta - u - change / alter / transform
muna - u - care / worry / important
mune - n - breast / chest / bust
muha - n - monk / nun
muhe - n / u - sad / grieve
mua - p - active participle (added to v: a ...ing / n thing that is ...ing)
muapaka - u - set apart for a particular use or person / appropriate
muata - n / u - polite / well mannered
muana - n - ocean / sea
muanya - n - opening made by breaking or parting / gap / hole
muahi - n - bee / honey bee (insect: genus Apis)
muahika - n - bumblebee (insect: genus Bombus)
muahiko - n - beekeeper
muahimo - n - beehive / apiary
muatso - n / u - start / beginning
mue'o - n / p - ten thousand / 10^4
muya - n / u - do / labor / make / work
mya - p - adj / n > verb [-ize / -fy]
mye - p - do again / redo
myo - p - permissive mood affix
myonta - u - allow / grant / permit / tolerate

n

nta - n - camel
ntama - n - calf
ntai - n - baby / infant
nte'o - n / p - one million / 10^6
ntimu - n - lemon
nkapa - n - alcohol / grog
nkata - n / u - agree / agreement
nki - p - few / not many
nkonto - n / u - flow [the movement of liquid]
nkumu - n - burden / cumbersome / difficult
nkunka - n - eel
na - n / p - I [1s] / feminine
napita - n - wine
napu - n / u - treaty / agreement / promise / pact
nata - n - relative
nataha - n - ancestor
natahi - n - descendant
nataue - n - cousin
natepe - n - round / circle / circular
nato - n - straight [direction]
naka - n - female / feminine / woman
nam - n - we / us
nama - u - grow / rise / rear / raise
namaka - n - salt
namyo - n - our(s)
nasa - u - birth / born / beget
nasi - n - pear [fruit / tree]
naso - n - lupine / wolf
naha - n - river / stream
nahe - p - during / hence / in / inside / into / within
nahi - n - daughter / girl
nahika - n - granddaughter
naho - n / u - grammar / regulate / rule
natsu - n - summer
natsua - u - let go / release
nala - n / u - enlighten / enlightenment
nalo - n / u - laugh / expression of mirth peculiar to the human species / smile
na'aso - n - lizard
na'e - p - on
na'o - n / p - one / 1
naua - n / u - rope / cord / string / tie a knot
naue - n - cousin [female]
nayo - n - my / mine [1s.POSS]
nayoma - n - Thursday
nekama - n / u - retaliatory action / revenge
neku - n - winter (snowy season)
nemeli - n - damp[ness] / humid[ity] / moist[ness]
nemila - n - ant
nipue - n - dull [not sharp]
nika - n - dog / canine
niki - n / u - hate
nimu - n / u - work / labor / task
nisi - n - west
niha - n - lovable / kind / nice / endearing / pleasant / likeable / affable
niua - n - yard
niya - n - reasoning / thought / argument / reason / motive / purpose
no - n - instrument / object / thing
no ka - n - what
nopa - n / u - stretch
nota - n / u - lie / be in horizontal position
nok - n / p - nothing
noko - u - continue unchanged / remain / stay behind
nokua - n / p - everything
nom - n - things
nonta - n / u - prostitution
nosa - n - subject / theme
noho - n - chickpea / garbanzo
nola - n / p - anything
noya - n / u - satisfied / content / happy
nuku - n / u - hate / detest
nula - n / u - lick

ny

nya - p - by / for
nyamu - n - mosquito / fly
nyasa - p - thank (you)
nyahi - n - white / snow
nyalo - n / u - telephone / communication device
nya'a - n / u - hunger / need food
nya'e - p - for / in order to / benefiting / on behalf of
nye - n / p - because / reason / since
nye ka - n - why
nyepa - n - cloud
nyek - n / p - no reason
nyekua - n / p - every reason
nyesa - n - ox / cow / bull / bovine
nyela - n - arrowhead
nyeli - n - pink
nye'o - n / p - hundred / 100
nyo - p - n > v [ clothing > to wear clothing ]
nyopa - n / u - poor
nyota - n / u - thirst / thirsty
nyoma - n - rice

s

sa - n - peace / tranquility / well-being
sata - n - morpheme / word
satila - n - sandwich
saka - n - quiver / arrow container
sakana - n - fish
sakisu - n - tick / arthropod / louse
sakotsu - n - clavicle / collarbone
saku - n / u - tear / split / separate
sama - n - sun / solar / star
sana - n - health / well-being
sahi - n - color
sahya - n / u - right / correct / free from error
satsu - u - scrub / rub / scour
sala - n - chamber / room / section
- salaha - n - living room, drawing room, great room, hall
salali - n - squirrel
sa'o - n / p - nine / 9
sayo - n - period of 19 days / calendar month
sayoma - n - calendar / date (on calendar)
sayoli - n - fly (the insect)
sepa - n / u - hurt / injure / wound
seta - n - flat / silk / smooth
setona - n - olive
seka - n - dry / sharp / strict
sempo - n - abacus
sema - n - week (7 days)
senta - u - mock / make fun of / mimic / imitate
senu - n - hair
seya - n / u - seal / stamp
sipa - n - frequent(ly) / often | forehead
sipo - n / u - fat / lard / grease
sikua - n - pig / hog / swine / pork
sima - n / u - recline / relax / sit / seat / chair
sinka - n - lion
sinu - n / u - die / death / (be) dead
sitsa - n - hot / high temperature / warm
sitsama - n - geyser / water heater / boiler / warmer
siue - n - herb / leaf
sopoko - n - gray
soto - n - equal / even / same
soka - n / u - introduce / introduction
sokitla - n - mud
sokitlan - n - muddy
sokuya - n - lime
sonyo - n - wrist
sotla - n - foot / leg
soye - n - index / list
su - n - kind / type / genre / sort
su ka - n - what kind
supu - n - dawn / morning
suta - u - live / reside / dwell / live in / inhabit / settle (a home)
suk - n / p - no kind
suka - n - vinegar / acid
sukua - n / p - every kind
suma - n - window
suha - n / u - tongue / mouth / taste
sula - n / p - any kind
suama - n / u - sew / seam / mend
suala - n - heavy
suaye - n - evening [ time of day]

h

ha - n / p - he / she / him / her | augmentative suffix
hapo - u - suck / inhale / absorb
haka - n - great-grand
hakama - n - pant / short [garments worn on lower body]
haku - n / u - vomit / regurgitate
hama - u - defend / ward off
hamo - n - fish-hook
hamu - n / p - ash / bit by bit
hanya - n - land / a country or region
hasuka - n - date / fig
hala - p - greetings / hello
hali - n - dairy / milk
halisi - n - original / first in a series / primal
ha'o - n / p - three / 3
haya - n - animal / beast
hayo - n - his / her(s)
hayoma - n - Saturday
hena - n - piece / part / fraction / strip / scrap
heua - n - sky / oxygen
heya - n / u - need / have an absolute requirement for
hi - p - not much / liitle / small | diminutive suffix
hita - u - throw / cast / expel
hika - n / u - halt / stop / wait
hinta - n / u - cost / price
hina - n / p - here / to here / hither
hitsua - n - just / morally fair / righteous
hota - n / u - serve /
hoto - p - almost / very close
hok - n - no one / nobody
hono - n - port / harbor
honu - n - turtle / sea turtle
hoso - n / u - keep / save / store for future use
huk - n / p - none
hukua - n / p - every amount
huma - n - hummus
hua - n - flower / plant
huata - n - shelf / stair
hue - n - cucumber / pumpkin / watermelon
huetla - n - peanut
hyeka - n - sand / beach / finely ground rock
hyo - u - must / be required
hyota - n - juice
hyome - n - surface

ts

tsa - p - already
tsapa - n / u - ebdeavor / struggle
tsataka - n - fowl / chicken
tsaka - n - house / home / abode
tsaku - n / u - idea / thought / conception
tsanka - n / u - tire / become bored with / be fed up of
tsana - n / u - meditation / contemplation
tsani - n - story / tale
tsasu - n - cursive
tsala - n - paste / sauce
tsalo - n - clear [transparent in color]
tsa'a - p - please
tsa'e - p - beyond / past / across / through
tsa'i - n - tea
tsa'o - n / p - six / 6
tsayoma - n - Tuesday
tsepe - n - ear
tseka - u - pull / draw near / tug / tow / yank
tseneua - n - clear / opaque / transparent
tse'e - u - appear / be perceived as / seem
tseuali - n - chart / graph
tsipana - n - leaf
tsiti - n - automobile / vehicle
tsikua - n / u - avian / bird / fly / glide
tsima - n - hour / period / time
tsini - n - sugar
tsihi - n / u - compassion / mercy / sympathy / empathize
tsiya - n - freedom / liberty
tso - n - continual / habitual marker
tsoka - u - bump / collide with / strike
tsokuta - n - intestine / bowel / guts
tsoma - n / u - tobacco (plant / leaves) | smoke / smolder
tsonyo - n / u - alert / attentive
tsola - n - fox / Vulpes
tsu - n / u - use / employment | use / utilize / wear (clothes)
tsupa - n - saliva
tsuku - n - blue
tsumpa - u - buy / purchase
tsumi - n - guilt / sin / offense
tsunka - n - insect / bug / worm
tsunkua - n - orange [fruit/tree/color]
tsulesa - n - wire
tsuali - n / u - thunder
tsue - p - position / stance / posture
tsuya - n / u - most important / principal / main
tsuyo - n - armadillo

tl

tla - pron - it [inanimate / abstract]
tlapa - n - horn / metal musical instrument / elephant noise
tlatsa - n / v - fire / burn
tlatso - adv - lastly / finally / last / final
tlato - n / v - chant
tlaka - a / n - man / masculine / male
tlakenta - v - build / construct / erect
tlaki - v - meet
tlam - pron - it [pl] [inanimate / abstract]
tlamila - v - complain
tlana - a / n - human [being]
tlanata - n - spouse
tlani - n / v - curse
tla'ota - n - husband
tla'ona - n - wife
tlaya - n / v - marriage / marry / matrimony / wed / wedding
tlela - n / v - bathe / clean / purify / wash
tle'o - det / num - thousand / 10^3
tlipa - v - purchase / buy
tlitsi - n / v - reasoning / capacity of the human mind
tlika - n - family / clan / kin
tlikata - n - family name
tlima - v - plough
tlinta - n / v - guard
tlila - n - purple / mauve / violet / lilac
tloto - n - lake / pond
tloko - n - syllable
tlo'u - n - elephant

ua

ua - det / pron - or / or else / otherwise
uatla - cor / det / pron - that (one)
uatli - a - inferior / of lower quality
uato - det / pron - that way
uaka - n - boat / canoe / vessel
uako - n - bovine / cow
uaku - det / pron - that amount / much
uama - det / pron - then / that time
uana - cor / prep - there / far / distant
uanata - n - sibling
uanatahi - n - sibling's child
uani - n - alligator / crocodile
uanye - det / pron - that reason
uanyo - n - gulf / embayment
uaso - n - drinking glass [cup] / vessel / jug / pot
uasu - det / pron - that kind
uahe - n / v - bother / problem / trouble
uala - adv - truthfully / verily
ualali - n - dolphin
ua'e - prep - above / over / on / about / concerning
uaye - prep - away from / hence
ue - suf - prefer to / want to / volitive suffix
ueta - n - uncle
uetahi - n - nephew
uenku - n - spleen
uena - n - aunt
uenata - n - parent's sibling
uenahi - n - niece
ueso - n - bone
ueha - n / v - intent / volition / will
uela - n / v - sail [boat]
ue'o - det / num - ten / 10

l

y

ya - int / pt / suf - hello! / hi! / hey! / yoo-hoo! / vocative particle / (n / a) -ness / -ity / -hood / -ship
yato - n - hand / palm
yaka - n - appendage / leg
yakota - n - (straw)berry
yama - n - mountain / hill / pile / mound
- tliyama - n - mountain range
- yamato - n - mountaineering
- yamako - n - mountaineer (someone who lives in or climbs mountains for sport or pleasure)
- yaman - a - mountainous
- yama'a - n - (pl) mountains / hills
yana - a - yellow
yane - prep - along / beside / by / next to / until / up to
yasa - n - air / breeze / wind
yaso - v - prepare / ready
yala - n / v - go / walk / travel / journey
ya'ate - int - greetings / hello
ya'o - det / num - five / 5
yaua - n / v - answer / response
ye - suf - (n / v) past tense marker
yetsi - n - chair / stool / cushion
yeta - v - give / donate / transfer
yete - a - spacious / vast
yena - n - money / coin / cash
yenaki - n - willow
yeno - a / v - full / filled / complete
yesa - a / v - peaceful / quiet / tranquil
yelo - n / v - ice [frozen liquid] / freeze
yeua - v - taste / sample
yo - suf - pronominal possessive suffix / genitive
yopi - n - post / mail
yotsuki - n - ring finger
yoti - n / v - play / game
yoto - adv - in this way / like this / thus
yototsi - n - armadillo
yoma - n - day / period of sunlight
yomatli - n - tomorrow
yomaya - n - Monday
yomaye - n - yesterday
yomo - n - right [direction]
yomu - v - read / recite
yoso - n - left [direction]
yoha - n / v - possession / to have / own
yohua - n - night
yolo - n - heart [organ / shape / core]

a

a - int / v - yes / be / exist
a ka - q - what? / huh? / eh?
ahi - a - tiny
ahiya - n - potato
ahuaku - n - avocado
ahuetso - n - otter
ak - cor / det - no / not / none
aka - v - budge / move slightly
akai / ketla - a / n - red
akata - a - intelligent / smart / wise
aki - n - autumn / fall
ala - n - wing
ale - n - grain / wheat
am - n - plural
ama - n - time / season / era
amahako - a - eldest
amak - adv / cor - never at all / not even once / at no time
amala - det / pron - anytime
amatli - n - future
amaye - n - past
ame - n - axe / hatchet
amha - n - abundance / ample sufficiency
ami - a / adv - friendly / likeable
amiko - n - ally / friend
amo - n / v - carry / move / transport
an - suf - adjectives into adverbs (slow > slowly)
ana - n - head
anika - v - suspended by hanging / hung
anta - n / v - breathe / exchange gases / draw air in and out
anu - v - hear / listen
anya - n / v - eye / look / see
anyo - n - year
apelika - n - Africa
aposi - n - outhouse / toilette
apua - n / v - sing / music / song
apukita - n - abugida
apyate - n - abjad
asa - adv / v - live / alive
asalo - n - skin / bark [of a tree] / animal hide
aso - v - broil / grill
ata - n / v - name / named / noun
atahi - n - nickname
atao - a - patronymic / metronymic
ati - a - plain / normal / ordinary / regular
a'e - prep - against / in spite of / opposite
auana - n - mouth
aya - a / v - beauty / to be beautiful
ayempa - n - table / desk / flat work surface
e - pref - acc pronoun prefix / infix
empa - v - move quickly / run
enapa - n - grape
enka - a - narrow / tight / thin
enoho - a / n / v - anger / angry / upset / mad
enye - prep - outside / out
e'o - det / num - zero / 0 / nothing
etlika - n - plum
etoso - n - forefinger
eya - adv / n - maybe
i - suf / pref - self / auto- [reflexive] / proximal demonstrative / fractional
iha - cor / n - few / some
ihako - cor / n - somebody / someone
ihaku - det / pron - some [amount]
ihama - det / pron - sometime
ihamo - det / pron - somewhere
ihano - det / pron - something
ihanye - det / pron - some reason
ihasu - det / pron - some kind
ihato - det / pron - somehow
ihu - n / v - nose / smell
iko - cor - this one / person
iku - cor - this much
ima - a / adv - now / yet / occasion
imahi - n - instant / moment
imak - adv - not now
ina - n / v - consume / eat / food / sustenance
inata - n - child / kid / minor / offspring
inka - a / v - not moving / still
inu - n / v - beverage / drink / liquid
inye - cor - this reason
isu - cor - this kind
isuku - n / v - hit / slap / strike
itai / tai - suf - adj > n [-ness / -ity] (slow > slowness)
itla - det / pron - this (one)
itla ka - q - what's this? / what's up?
ito - n - tree / wood
itomha - n - forest / trees
itsa - n / v - affection / care / love
itsome - n - angle / corner
iya - con / n / suf - conditional / if / maybe / (n / a) -ness / -ity / -hood / -ship / v > n -ance
iyoma - adv - today
oheto - det / pron - however
oka - n / v - bake / cook
oka'a - n - yam
oku - n - owl
olika - n - small fish
omato - n - conscience
omena - n - apple
omo - n / v - business / commerce / exchange / trade
omu - n / v - think / speculate / plan / consider
ona - n - mother
onaha - n - grandmother
onahaka - n - great-grandmother
onata - n - parent / adult
onataha - n - grandparent
onatahaka - n - great-grandparent
onaua - n - sister
ono - n / v - delight
ontahok - n - bastard / orphan
ohola - n - gold [ color / element / coin ]
opana - n - liver [ organ ]
opyeti - n / v - hug / embrace
opyola - n - cheese
oso - n - genitalia
ota - n - father
otaha - n - grandfather
otahaka - n - great-grandfather
otaua - n - brother
ote - cor - whichever
oteko - cor - whoever
oteku - det / pron - however much
otema - cor - whenever
otemo - cor - wherever
oteno - cor - whatever
otenye - cor - why ever
otesu - cor - whichever kind
oti - adv / v - complete / end / finish
ouate - a - worn out
oya - a / n - black / dark
oyo - n - bead / small round object
oyoku - v - swim / move through water
uka - v - bake / cook
ukaha - a - vertical
uku - v - stop / halt / cease
ukuta - n - barrier / wall
ula - det / pron - any
ulana - n - wool / cloth
ulanye - det / pron - any reason
uma - n - horse / equine
umoya - n / v - unity / unite
umua - n / v - ache / pain
unya - v - know / understand / knowledge
upuka - a / n - horizon
upya - v - attempt / try
usena - n - lip
usuna - a - tall / long
uta - prep - for / in order to / benefiting / on behalf of
uyanahi - n - wire

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