Kala thematic lexicon

• This lexicon is modeled after the Thematic Dictionary of Verdurian.

See also: Kala Lexicon

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
• la'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/multiple prefix

Example : kisa'o - ninth, or nine times

Example : kiyanyepa'o - 508^th, or 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, for no other reason than it is Thursday.

• nayoma - Thursday
• tayoma - Friday
• yomha - Saturday
• mayoma - Sunday
• yomya - Monday
• tsayoma - Tuesday
• kayoma - Wednesday

Colors

• akai - red
• otliyo - orange
• yana - yellow
• kuya - green
• tsuku - blue
• tlaku - indigo, violet, purple
• nyahi - white, pale
• oya - black, dark
• yehi - clear

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