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noun phrases
The basic noun phrase in Kala is PREPOSITION DETERMINER NOUN DESCRIPTIVE-VERB RELATIVE-CLAUSE. Depending on context, this is fairly predominant with a few exceptions
Adpositions
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cellspacing="4"| âg | genitive (possessor, source), agentive (in passive constructions, like English "by"), initiative ("since") |
| wau | benefactive (purpose), "for", "concerning", "with respect to" |
| nte | adverbial (manner, as in "he sent it with love") |
| um | compositive (like 'a pile of bricks') |
| ngu | appositive, essive ("as") |
| kwen | comitative ("with") |
| al | abessive ("without"), "besides", "except for" |
| puk | "per", "for each" |
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cellspacing="4"| sa | elative ("from out of") |
| nai | inessive ("in") |
| anda | illative ("into") |
| uwa | ablative ("from", "from near", "after") |
| ob | adessive ("at", "near to") |
| isla | allative ("to", "towards", "before"/"by" for time) |
| nggairit | terminative ("as far as", "as much as", "until") |
| rambe | prolative, prosecutive ("along", "via", "during") |
| mbembu | interessive ("between", "among") |
| lita | ("throughout") |
| ntatsn | ("surrounding", "all around") |
