This is a list of words in Kala by the language they were borrowed from. It will likely never be exhaustive, however it will be as extensive as possible and updated regularly.
Arabic
- ʾanta - ta - you [2sg]
- tamām - tama - be good; well; proper; fine; complete
- hum - kam - they; them [3PL]
- qahwa - kaua - coffee
- kull - kua - all; every; each; total(ly)
- máyya - maya - water; liquid; wetness
- ʾanā - na - I; me [1sg]
- šams - sama - sun; star; shine
- ḵurūj - hutsu - to go out (to eat, for coffee, tea, etc.)
- yallā - yala - walk; go; travel
- yawm - yoma - day; daytime
Armenian
- veh - uehi - lofty; refined; exquisite
Chamicuro
Chickasaw
- chuka - tsaka - home; house
- chomak - tsoma - tobacco; to smoke ~
- ahi' - ahya - potato; yam
Czech
- ustoupit - tsopi - retreat; withdraw; recede
- umělý - ume - man-made; artificial; synthetic
Egyptian
- ḥtp - hote - an offering, sacrifice
English
- able - pala - can; may; possible; able to
Finnish
- munia - munya - wander about unhurriedly; linger; loiter
- myöntää - myonta - allow; permit [PERM]
French
- volonté - onte - will; willpower; determination
German
- nach - nahe - in [located inside of]; internal; within
Hawaiian
- inu - inu - drink; liquid
Hebrew
- imets - metsi - adopt; switch over to
- n'kevá - naka - female; woman [FEM]
- hu & hi - ha - she; he
- 'ivkhén - ueke - diagnose; determine cause
Irish
- am - ama - time; moment; period
Japanese
- baka - paka - be a fool; idiot; dumb
- kuma - kuma - bear; ursine
- menka - menka - cotton
- meishin - mesi - superstition; be superstitious
- neko - neko - cat; feline
- shuyo - suyo - goiter; tumor; lump
- hōyū - hoyo - friend; companion; comrade
- yama - yama - mountain
- aru - a - exist; be; yes [COP]
- uma - uma - horse; equine
Khmer
- kan tuk - kanto - mourn; grieve over someone's death
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Korean
- gibun - kipu - mood; mental state; frame of mind
- gompang-i - kompa - mold; mildew; fungi
- kojiphada - nkotsi - persist; persevere; stick to something
Latvian
- rupjš - tlopye - be rough and coarse; brutish
Mandarin
- dìyù - tiyo - netherworld; hades; infernal
- gè - ke - object marker; nominalizer
- kělián - keli - pity; pitiable; pitiful
- xǐnǎo - sinya - indoctrinate; brainwash
- qiǎngpaǒ - tsampa - jump the gun; make a false start
- chánnuó - tsana - meditation; meditate
- tsanto - practice of meditation
- luòhòu - tloho - fall behind; lag; backward; retrogress
- wēixié - uesa - threaten; coerce; intimidate
- yǒu - yoha - have; possess
Malay
Maori
- whakahoro - huaka - tear down; demolish; dismantle
Nahuatl
- tla- - tla - it; thing [obviative or inanimate] [4SG]
- tlacatl - tlaka - male; man [MASC]
- yohualli - yohua - night; nighttime; darkness
Persian
- tâb - tapi - swing; seesaw; trapeze
- čây - tsa'i - tea; tea leaves
- ârâyeš - yasi - cosmetics; makeup
Spanish
- pato - pato - duck
- pantano - panta - marsh; swamp; wetlands; glade
- barrer - patlo - broom; brush; sweep
- palo - palo - cane; staff; walking stick
- semana - sema - week; period of 7 days
- salsa - tsala - sauce; paste
- roer - tloye - gnaw; pick at; wear down
Swahili
- kipochi - potsi - wallet; pouch; purse
- kwepa - kuepa - escape; run away; flee
- mswada - suata - account; bill; debt
- chuma - tsuma - metal
Swedish
- lov - tloue - vacation; to go on ~
Turkish
- değiştirmek - tehi - edit; retouch; fix up
- harika - hali - wonder; marvel
- hücre - hutse - cell [biology]
- ad - ata - be named; name [so-called]
Uzbek
- ota - ota - father
- ona - ona - mother
Warlpiri
- pina - pina - be clever; intelligent; wise
- puka - puka - be corrupt; decay; rot
- kuna - kuna - excrete; expel; defecate; shit
- ngapa - nkapa - alcohol; beer
- wanka - uanka - uncooked; untreated; raw
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