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

numbers

cardinal numbers

• e'o - zero; null
• 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; 10²
• nya'o - five hundred
• tle'o - (one) thousand; 10³
• mue'o - ten thousand; 10⁴
• kye'o - (one) hundred thousand; 10⁵
• nte'o - (one) million; 10⁶
• hue'o - (one) billion; 10⁹

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 prefix

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

Example : kiyanyepa'o - 508^th

• ti- - multiple prefix

Example : tisa'o - nine times

Example : tiyanyepa'o - 508 times

• i- - fractional prefix

Example : isa'o - a ninth, 1/9

Example : iha'o pa'oyo - three eighths, 3/8

• -k - negative/subtractive suffix

Example : sa'ok - negative nine (-9)

Example : ue'o ma sa'ok na'o a - 10 and -9 is 1

color

• sahi - color; pigment; hue
• nyome - beige; tan
• oya - black
• nila - blue
• malo - brown
• tsalo - clear; transparent
• hyali - cream
• kitsa; -ha - dark
• mono - fair, blond
• ola - gold
• kono - gray
• kuya - green
• tsenka - orange
• -hi - pale
• nyeli; elila - pink
• tlila - purple
• ketla; akai, (-kai) - red
• kini - silver
• nyahi - white
• yana - yellow

family

• tlika - family; clan; kin
• ntaha - ancestor; elder
• nata - relative; family member

• tlaka - man; male
• naka - woman; female

• tlaya - marry; marriage; wed
  • -ya - in-law; related by marriage
• ntaya - spouse
• taya - husband
• naya - wife

• hyanta - grandparent
• hyata - grandfather
• hyana - grandmother

• onta - parent; adult
• ota - father
• ona - mother

• uenta - parent's sibling
• ueta - uncle
• uena - aunt

• ntahi - descendant; child
• nta'i - baby; infant
• tahi - boy; son; male child
• nahi - girl; daughter

• ntaku - sibling
• taku - brother
• naku - sister

• ntahue - sibling's child
• tahue - nephew
• nahue - niece

• ntaue - cousin
• taue - male cousin
• naue - female cousin

• ntahya - grandchild
• tahya - grandson
• nahya - granddaughter

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