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.
p
- pameya - okra, ladies' fingers
- pana - (to) rain | perspire, moisten | dew
- petsa - mild, soft
- pila - to saw, rip, crush
- puna - dirt, soil | sand
t
- -ta - suffix indicating masculine gender
- taka - honor, respect, esteem
- takolo - peach (tree or fruit)
- tama - good / well / favorable / effective
- tasa - hunt, track | scout / seek
- taha - big, grand, large
- tala - come (back) | return
- tali - metal
- teyo - die | death | (be) dead
- tima - blood | bleed
- tiya - bread (flat round bread made out of cornmeal or flour)
- to - thing | instrument | object
- topa - bed, mattress | any piece of furniture to sleep on
- tohi - especially cabbage, but including cauliflower and other varieties of Brassica oleracea
k
- ka - interrogative particle
- kata - nature, universe | essence
- kama - village, town, city
- kana - to lead, command | chief, leader
- kasuma - onion
- kaua - coffee
- kala - to speak, talk, say | language, dialect
- kalo - be difficult | burden | cumbersome
- ketla - red | blood | to bleed
- kipa - tooth | to bite, chew
- kita - to greet, welcome | hello, hi
- kito - symbol | mark | glyph
- ko - person | agentive
- kopa - mushroom | fungi
- koni - skunk
- kono - gray | stone, rock
- ko'o - number, amount, quantity | to count
- kue'a - deer, cervine
- kuna - to expel | to excrete, shit, defecate
- kulu - all, every, each
- kuya - green | grass, foliage
m
- ma - and, also, as well | plus | more
- mata - to kill, murder
- mala - bad, unfavorable, negative
- matla - stew, casserole, goulash
- maya - water, fluid | wet
- metla - to whistle | sound of wind | flute
- mitla - arrow, dart
- mo - to locate, place | locative | location [where]
- muluku - arrowhead / pointed part of an arrow
n
- naso - wolf, lupine
- naha - river, stream | lake, pond
- naho - to regulate | rule | grammar
- nika - dog, canine
- no - method, manner | way
ny
- nyahi - white | snow | to snow
- nye - reason, cause | because
- nyeli - pink
s
- satani - tick / arthropod
- saka - fish, any cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water
- sama - sun / solar / star
- sahi - color
- sala - room / chamber / section
- seta - smooth / silk / flat
- seka - dry / sharp / strict
- seya - seal / stamp
- sima - sit / recline / relax
- sinta - snake
- sinu - sand / beach / finely ground rock
- suka - pig / hog / swine
- suha - tongue / mouth / taste
h
- hani - land | a country or region
- hika - to stop, halt | wait
- hina - near, close, here
ts
- tsaka - home / house / building
- tsa'i - tea
- tsala - paste / sauce
- tsili - attempt / try
- tsiya - freedom / liberty
- tsoma - tobacco
- tsola - fox / Vulpine
- tsuala - tree
- tsuku - blue / sky
- tsukuala - lizard
- tsumpa - buy / purchase
tl
- tlatsa - fire / burn / hot
- tlayo - to wed, marry | marriage, matrimony
- tlela - to wash, bathe | clean, pure
- -tli - future tense affix
- tlito - bread, baked with sauce and other assorted toppings
ua
- ua - flower
- uana - there / far / distant
l
y
- yato - finger | hand
- yaka - arm, leg | appendage
- yama - mountain, hill | pile, mound
- ya'asa - wind, breeze | air
- yala - go, move | travel
- yesa - be quiet, tranquil | peaceful
- -yo - possessive, genitive suffix
a
- a - to be, exist | yes
- aposi - outhouse, toilette
- apo - genitalia
- apota - penis
- apona - vagina
- apua - sing / music / song
- ato - body, anatomy | corpse
- ato'a - torso | chest, belly
- ama - time, year, season
- ani - wish, hope | to aspire
- ahi - potato
- ala - to be born | to birth
- aya - beauty | to be beautiful
e
- -'e- - used to link agent and patient
- e- - prefix that marks accusative form of personal pronouns
i
- ito - wood
- itola - to fall, drop, plummet
- ikana - friend, ally
- impa - table | desk | flat work surface
- ina - food, sustenance | to eat, consume
- iso - to hit, strike | slap
- itsa - love, affection | to love, care for
- ila - bird, avian | to fly, glide
o
- oka - bake / cook
- oku - owl
- omo - to exchange, trade | commerce, business
- olika - small fish
- oya - black / night
u
- unya - know / understand / knowledge
- uya - cut / slice
