Kala thematic lexicon

• This lexicon is modeled after the Thematic Dictionary of Verdurian and the List of 1400 Basic Words in LFN.

See also: Kala Lexicon

Arithmetic

Cardinal Numbers

• 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 - (one) hundred
• tle'o - (one) thousand
• mue'o - ten thousand
• kye'o - (one) hundred thousand
• nte'o - (one) 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

Ordinal Numbers

• ki- - ordinal prefix

Example : kisa'o - ninth (in a sequence)

Example : kiyanyepa'o - 508^th

Fractions

• 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]

Types of Numbers

• ku - numeral, digit, number (n/v)

kun - numerical

• ku kiso - cardinal (number basic)
• ku am - complex
• ku soto - even
• ku henan - fractional

hena - fraction

• ku ohe - imaginary
• ku yeno - integer
• kumpuk - irrational
• ku katan - natural
• ku ak - negative
• ku mpala - odd
• ku ki - ordinal
• ku yanka - positive
• kupu - prime
• kumpu - rational
• ku uala - real
• ku nkun - reciprocal

Quantity and Space

Concepts of Location

nasokam (The cardinal and intermediate directions.)

• ua'e - above / over / on
• tsa'e - across / beyond / through
• ma'e - ahead / before / in front of
• pahe - among / between / amid / amidst /
• uaye - away (from) / hence
• pue - after / behind
• yane - along / beside / by / next to / up to
• tahe - bottom / beneath / below / under
• pusula - compass
• nasoka - direction
• kyoli - distance / interspace / spacing / interval
• timu - east
• asai - edge / brink / lip / margin / rim / boundary
• uanaha - far / distant
• te - from / of
• hina - here / close / near
• upuka - horizon(tal)
• nahe - in / inside (of) / into
• pye - in the middle
• yoso - (to the) left
• taso - level
• kita - north
• mok - nowhere / no place
• enye - out / outside (of)
• mo - place / location / locale
• tsue - position / stance / posture
• yomo - (to the) right
• ihamo - somewhere
• mina - south
  • minan - southern
  • ka'e mina - to the south
• uana - there / that place
• ka'e - to / at / toward
• tle - up / away from earth’s center / abstract adverb of motion
• ukaha - vertical
• nisi - west

Days, Months and Seasons

Days of the Week

• yoma'a te sema - Days of the week.

• The Kala week begins on Thursday.

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

• yomita - holiday

iyoma ke yomita a - Today is a holiday.

• otisema / semoti - weekend
• iyoma ka - What day (is it)?
• yomanimu - worday

Months of the Year

The Kala calendar is modeled after the Baha'i Calendar.

• A chart of the Kala sayoma.

• Based on this calendar, Cinco de Mayo would be yoma pa'o te sayo ha'o, or Day 8 of Month 3.

• The correlating vocabulary to the Gregorian calendar differs.

No.	English	Kala
1	January	na'oku
2	February	ta'oku
3	March	ha'oku
4	April	ma'oku
5	May	ya'oku
6	June	tsa'oku
7	July	ka'oku
8	August	pa'oku
9	September	sa'oku
10	October	ue'oku
11	November	uenaku
12	December	uetaku

Seasons

• mosima - season

kueta - spring

natsu - summer

aki - fall / autumn

neku - winter

• isime - equinox
• kamala - moon
• samapyola - solstice
• sama - sun / star

Colors

Basic Colors

• etla ke sahi ka = What color (is) it?

• oya - black
• tsuku - blue
• malo - brown
• yehi - clear
• ohola - gold
• kono - gray
• kuya - green
• tsunkua - orange
• nyeli / elila - pink
• tlila - purple / mauve / violet / lilac
• akai / ketla - red
• tsokono - silver
• nyahi - white
• yana - yellow

Basic Grammar

Demonstrative Pronouns

• itla - this
• itlam - these
• uatla - that
• uatlam - those

Possessive Pronouns

• nayo - my / mine
• tayo - your(s)
• hayo - his / her(s)
• tlayo - its
• namyo - our(s)
• tamyo - your(s) [pl]
• kamyo - their(s)
• tlamyo - its [pl]

Reciprocal Pronouns

• kanku itsa - They love each other.

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• nanku - we...each other
• tanku - you...each other
• kanku - they...each other
• tlanku - they (things/ideas)...each other

Nominative Pronouns

• na - I
• ta - you
• ha - he / she
• tla - it
• nam - we
• tam - you [pl]
• kam - they
• tlam - it [pl]

Accusative Pronouns

• ena - me
• eta - you
• eha - him / her
• etla - it
• enam - us
• etam - you [pl]
• ekam - them
• etlam - it [pl]

Reflexive Pronouns

• na'i - myself
• ta'i - yourself
• ha'i - himself / herself
• tla'i - itself
• nami - ourselves
• tami - yourselves
• kami - themselves
• tlami - itselves

Correlatives

	query	this	that	some	none	any	every	whichever
adjective	ka	itla	uatla	iha	ak	ula	kua	ote
person	ko...ka	iko	uako	ihako	hok	kola	kohua	oteko
thing	no...ka	itla	uatla	ihano	nok	nola	nokua	oteno
time	ama/tsima...ka	ima	uama	ihama	amak	amala	kuama	otema
place	mo...ka	hina	uana	ihamo	mok	mola	mokua	otemo
way	to...ka	yoto	uato	ihato	tok	tola	tokua	oheto
amount	ku/o...ka	iku	uaku	ihaku	huk/ok	kula	hukua/okua	oteku
reason	nye...ka	inye	uanye	ihanye	nyek	ulanye	nyekua	otenye
kind	su...ka	isu	uasu	ihasu	suk	sula	sukua	otesu

Requesting Information

• yaua - to answer, respond
• kanyo - to ask, request

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• ta'ena ke...kalapa ka - Can you tell me...?
• to ka - How?
• nahe Kala ... yani ka - How do you say ... in Kala?
• ku ka - How much?
• na unyak - I don't understand.
• ke ka / a ka - What?
• ke ... yani ka - What does...mean?
• ama ka / tsima ka - When?
• mo ka - Where?
• ote ka - Which (one)?
• ko ka - Who?
• nye ka - Why?

Family & Friends

Family Members

• uena - aunt
• otaua - brother

po'otaua - brother-in-law

• nataue - cousin

taue - male cousin

naue - female cousin

• nahi - daughter / girl

ponahi - daughter-in-law

• tlika - family
• ota - father

po'ota - father-in-law

• inataha - grandchild
• otaha - grandfather
• onaha - grandmother
• uenaha - great-aunt
• inatahaka - great-grandchild
• otahaka - great-grandfather
• onahaka - great-grandmother
• uetaha - great-uncle
• tla'ota - husband
• ona - mother

po'ona - mother-in-law

• uetahi - nephew
• uenahi - niece
• onata - parent
• nata - relative
• onaua - sister

po'onaua - sister-in-law

• tahi - son / boy

potahi - son-in-law

• ueta - uncle
• tla'ona - wife

The Animal World

Animals

• haya - animal / beast
• peka - bat
• kuma - bear
• ayani - buffalo
• nyesa - bull / bovine / cow / ox
• unta - camel
• mihu - cat

• myao - meow

• masa - deer
• nika - dog

• haoku - bark / howl

• atsua - donkey / mule
• pilo - elephant
• sampa - farm

• ahila - barn
• sampako - farmer
• ukuta - fence

• x - fox
• x - giraffe
• x - goat
• x - hare / rabbit
• x - hippo
• x - horse

• x - neigh

• x - hunt

• x - hunter
• x - hunting

• x - hyena
• x - lamb
• x - leopard
• x - lion

• x - roar

• x - mammal
• x - mole
• x - monkey / primate
• x - cougar
• x - mouse / rodent / rat
• x - paw / hoof
• x - pet
• x - pig / swine
• x - rhino
• x - sheep
• x - tail
• x - tiger
• x - vertebrate

• x - invertebrate

• x - wild animal
• x - wolf / lupine

• x - howl

• x - zebra
• x - zoo

• x - zoological
• x - zoology

Eating & Drinking

Meals

• ina supu - breakfast
• ina yohua - dinner
• ina - food
• ina pye - lunch
• inama - meal
• inahi - snack
• inaha - feast

Index

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