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 particle, 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.

pa ta ka ma na nya sa ha tsa tla ua la ya a

pa

pato - duck; male prostitute (slang)
paka - fool; idiot; foolish; stupid
pako - new; newly
paku - to expose; to reveal; to lay bare
pakyo - storm; gale; strong wind; flurry; blast; violent commotion; fig. crisis
pama - to whip; to lash; to flog; to thrash
pamya - okra; lady's fingers
panto - tomato
panka - to catch; to seize; to capture
pana - to rain; rainy; rain
pano - cloth; woven material; textiles
panu - pastry; steamed bun; cake
panya - a rodent (rat, rabbit etc)
pasa - nausea; to feel sick; disgust; nauseating
pasu - saliva; slobber; (colloquial) useless talk; drivel
pasua - to expand; to inflate; to swell
patsa - to grate; to shred (vegetable)
patsu - to punish; to penalize
patla - field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; feral
patle - act like a spoiled child; throw a tantrum; act coquettishly
patlo - to sweep; to brush away; broom
pala - to be able to; to be capable of; ability
- -pa - able to; can

See also: mood

palata - India
pale - to sell; to offer for sale; to put on the market
palo - staff; a rod; cane; walking stick
pa'o - eight; 8
pa'onye - August; eighth month (of the lunar year)
pa'u - tree bark
paye - beyond; farther than; exceeding
pe - spot; point; dot; speck
peta - to map; to chart; to draft; map-making; charting; cartographic; graphics
peka - flying fox; fruit bat (Pteroptidae); bat
penka - impetus; impulse; emotional impulse; impulsive
penku - connective; conjunction
penua - continent; island
penya - to wrestle; to grapple; to scuffle
pesa - a bolt (of cloth)
peso - to meet with; meeting
peha - to penetrate; to pierce; drill
petsa - tender; soft; delicate; inexperienced; unskilled
petso - abdomen; stomach; belly
pela - to cancel; cancellation
peya - particle (grammatical)
pita - void; hollow; empty
piko - navel; belly button
pinta - to comb; fine-toothed comb
pina - quick at hearing; wise; clever; sharp-witted; intelligent; acute
pitsa - thin flat cake; pancake; pizza
pitle - discriminate against; discrimination
pila - to pulverize; to crush
pili - hyena
piua - loquat tree [Eriobotrya japonica]; loquat fruit
piyo - bee; honeybee
poti - goat; billy goat; ram
poto - picture; image; film; movie; photograph
poka - Phocidae, family within Carnivora including seal
poko - urinary bladder; bladder
poku - cost; price; fee; charge; fine
poma - apple
posa - to divorce; divorced from (one's spouse)
poso - part of syllabic/pictographic character; a radical
posu - to reward; reward (as encouragement)
potsi - pouch; bag; sack; pocket
pola - shovel; spade; trowel; spatula [kitchen utensil]
poya - to grumble; to complain; grievance
puti - mint; spearmint
puka - to rot; to decay; to become corrupt
puku - to wear clothes; clothing
pukue - blowfish (Tetraodontidae); puffer
punta - to betray; to rebel; to revolt
punka - to bear fruit; fruit; fruit tree
puna - dust; dirt; earth
punu - minute [unit of time; 60 seconds]
punya - to jab; to poke; to stab; to sprain; to blunt; to fuck (vulgar)
pusa - adverb
pusu - to shake; to vibrate; to shock; to stun; shocking; fig. mind-blowing
puha - lung; to breathe
putsu - goblin; witch; devil; bewitching; enchanting; monster; phantom; demon
pula - cauldron; pot; kettle
puama - afternoon; p.m.
puana - deity; monster; strange; mysterious; supernatural
puani - bank; shore; beach; coast
puatli - calf [of the leg]
pue - back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later
pueto - to be willing to do sth; to be ready to do sth; to be happy to do sth
puetsa - octopus; mantis egg nest
pyaka - tiger
pyasa - custom; convention; popular; common
pyeta - egg; ovum; spawn
pyoki [-pyo] - ailment; sickness; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect
pyoho - louse, tick, mite, flea
pyola - to spin; to rotate; to revolve
pyo'o - to multiply by itself; to square

mpa

mpaka - border; boundary; frontier; line
mpanko - plan; scheme; outline
mpana - wide; broad; extensive; vast; width
mpano - pliers; pincers; to clamp
mpaha - valuable; costly; expensive
mpatso - comfort; console; stroke; caress
mpala - odd number
mpali - balloon; hot air balloon
mpeka - frog; toad
mpelo - buzzard
mpima - dream; imagine
mpila - ball [game]
mpoka - vegetables; vegetable
mponto - cassava [leaves]
mponi - people; folk; the members of an ethnic group
mpuku - complicated; complex; intricate
mpuni - ostrich
mputsa - cheese
mpula - lamp; lantern; light
mpuli - fluff; lint; to feel nervous

ta

ta - you [2SG]
tapa - lid; top; cover; canopy
tapo - shoulder; upper arm
tapya - to follow; to accompany
tata - dad; daddy; papa
tatila - middle finger
taka - to esteem; to respect; to honor; to value; eminent; serious; proper
take - scenery; scene; landscape; view
tako - buttocks; bottom; butt; back part; ass; anus
taku - brother
tam - you (all) [2PL]
tama - good; well; proper
tame - saute; pan-fry; to fry; fried
tami - yourselves [2PL.REFL]
tamyo - your(s) [2PL.POSS]
tanka - eagle; falcon; hawk
tanku - you - each other [2.RECP]
tana - to fight; fight; war; battle
tanako - fighter; warrior
tani - valley; gully; ravine
tano - to describe; to depict; to portray; description
tanu - plate; dish; tray; shallow container
tanya - destruction; damage; to wreck; to break; to destroy; to ruin
tanye - blanket; rug; mat
tasa - to search; to look for; to seek
tasi - comical; funny; amusing
taso - firm; stable and steady; level
tasu - pad; cushion; mat
tasua - to expect; to presume; to think (sth is likely)
taha [-ha] - big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; augmentative [AUG]
tahe - under; beneath; below
tahi - boy; son; male child
tahue - nephew
tahya - grandson
tatsi - to stand; to set up; to establish
tatso - to drift about; to wander; to roam
tatsu - glyph
tala - to return; to come back
tale - to pronounce; pronunciation; to emit sound
tali - temple; monastery; shrine
talo - to be patient; patience
ta'i - yourself [2SG.REFL]
ta'o - two; 2; stupid
ta'oma - twin
ta'onye - February
taua - to expect; to anticipate
taue - male cousin
taya - husband
taye - pertaining to; concerning; regarding; with regards to; about; a matter of
tayo - your [2SG.POSS]
tayoma - Friday
te / [-te] - of; from [GEN] / precative mood; requests [PREC]
tepa - late; delayed; slow
tepe - to cover; to shield; to screen; to conceal; shield
tepye - to beat; to pulse
teka - to treat (an illness); to cure; to heal
teko - whoever; whomever
teku - however much
tema - whenever
temo - wherever
tena - to hinder; to obstruct; to block
teni - diary; journal; log; record
teno - whatever; whichever
tenye - why ever; whichever reason
teso - whichever kind
teha - to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish
tetsa - preposition
tetla - offer; contribution; donation
tela - to cut up (into pieces); to slice; to carve; to dice; to shred
teli - ass; donkey; mule
telo - circumstances; state of affairs; situation; condition
te'e - to kick; to trample; to tread on
teya - to propose; to suggest; to recommend
teye - sentence; clause; phrase
teyo - to look for; to call on sb; to find
tipua - to drop; to fall rapidly; to plummet
tima - blood; to bleed; to shed blood
timalapyo - scurvy
timu - east; east side; eastern part; to the east of
tina - to fold; to bend; to twist; to turn; to warp
tini - spiral; whirlpool; eddy; vortex
tinua - strong; solid; firm; unyielding; resolute; powerful; forceful
tiha [ti-] - to multiply (math.); multiplication; diverse; multi-
titsua - to swagger; to walk with a wide stance
tila - finger; to point at/to; to indicate/refer to; toe
tili - to stain; to sully; to tarnish; to splash
tilo - shark [and related species]
tiya - bread; to leaven dough; to make bread
to - direction; way; road; path; method; manner
topa - bed; couch; mattress
tope - gun; firearm; rifle
topi - ankle bone; ankle
topo - entrance; door; gate; portal
topu - to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate
tok - no way; in no way
toku - to settle (a dispute); to resolve; to solve
tokua - every way; each way
tokyo - courage; bravery
tomi - characteristic; diagnostic property; distinctive feature; trait
tomo - to offer; to supply; to provide; to furnish
tomu - frugal; thrifty; economical
tonta - permafrost; tundra; layer of frozen soil
tonke - to enter without permission; to trespass; to invade
tona - tuna
tono - feeling; emotion; to feel; to emote
tosa - to waste; to squander; to dissipate; to splurge
tosu - fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing
tohi - broccoli; cabbage; cauliflower
tohu - bean; pea
tohyo - vote; choose; pick; choice; decide
tola - any way; any manner
tolo - entice; tempt; seduce; bait; allure
toya - conscience

nta

ntaku - sibling
ntaha - ancestor; elder
ntahi - descendant; child
ntahue - sibling's child
ntahya - grandchild
ntai - baby; infant
nta'i - baby; infant
ntaua - derogatory sense; negative connotation
ntaue - cousin
ntaya - spouse
ntaye - overgrown; unkempt [of hair]; matted
nte'o / [nte-] - million; 10^6 / micro-
ntimu - lemon
ntopi - cliché; commonplace; truism; stereotype
ntoka - button; to fasten; to button; buckle; knot
ntonesa - Indonesia
ntolo - pendant; locket; medallion

ka

ka - interrogative particle [Q]
kapa - suitable; adequate; fitting; enough; sufficient
kapi - ugly; repulsive; not nice
kapu - basket; bucket; box; container; barrel
kata - nature; essence; universe
kate - calligraphy
kato - building or house of two or more stories
kam - they [3pl]
kampa - drink a toast; Cheers!
kampo - catch cold; [common] cold
kama - settlement; dwelling place; town; village; city
kamala - moon (light)
kami - themselves [3PL.REFL]
kamu - dictionary
kamyo - their(s) [3PL.POSS]
kanta - generous; magnanimous
kanka - corn; maize; husk; cob
kanku - they - each other [3.RECP]
kana - lead; leading; to lead; leader; chief; head; elder
kane - dispel; refute; repudiate
kanu - any stringed instrument
kanyo - question; ask; raise a question
kasa - umbrella; parasol; bamboo
kase - announce; inform; report; newspaper
kasi - infection; to infect; to influence
kaso - arbitrarily; at will; random; chaos
kasu - double; repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer
kaha - paper; document; letter
kahe - mirage; shadow; shade; obscure image
kahi - door lock; key; key [on piano or keyboard]
kahu - furniture
katsa - glass; window pane
katse - spiteful person [male or female]..."bitch"
katsi - dignity; sanctity; honor; majesty; worth
katsu - modest; self-effacing; to make modest remarks
katsua - slip; slide; slippery; polished
kala [-tla] - language; to talk; speak; say; dialect of X
kale - legume
kalo - substitute for; replace; supersede
ka'e - to; towards; at (moving toward)
ka'o - seven; 7
ka'onye - July
kaua - coffee
kaue - lower cheek; chin; jaw
kaya - the Earth; planet; world
kaye - around; encircling; surrounding
kayo - lose; lost; loss
kayoma - Wednesday
ke - topic; object of phrase; than; compared to
keta - behave; conduct oneself; act a certain way
keto - migration; mobile; portable
kenta - excuse; forgive; pardon
kenko - humble; humility; modesty
kena - circle; round; circular; spherical
kenu - knee; kneecap; patella
keso - image; form; figure; visualization
keha - anatomy; body; corpse
ketsa - doubt; misbelieve; suspect; suspicion
ketsu - unruly; rude
ketla - red; rosy; flushed; scarlet
keye - subject; course; class; lesson
keyo - description; figure of speech; qualification; adjective
ki [-i] - self; essence; life force; "spirit"; pronominal reflexive [REFL]
kipa - gums; inner mouth
kipo - aspire; hope; wish
kita - north; north side; northern part; to the north of
kimu - duty; responsibility; obligation
kimyo - strange; odd; weird; unusual
kinta - be rampant; run wild; spree
kinte - invert; upside-down; swapped
kinti - squirrel
kina - mammal
kini - silver; silver-colored; relating to money or currency
kisa - tear; split; separate
kiso - base; foundation; basic; root; radical [chemistry]
kisu - gram [unit of mass & weight]
kiha - high; tall; above average; numerous; long
kiho - at the opportune moment; as the circumstances allow
kihu - climate; atmosphere; situation; weather
kihua - clear; fine [weather]
kihya - origin; source; provenance
kitsa - darkness; lack of light
kitla - create; invent; make-up
kila - obvious; -ly
kili - giraffe
kiue - stink; odor; pungent aroma
ko - one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in...; -er; -ist [AG]
kopa - mushroom; fungi
kopi - bridge; fig. connection between two areas; crosspiece
kopo - yeast; leavening; fermentation
koto - beat a drum; play a drum; rhythm
kompo - seaweed
kompu - computer; programmable device
koma - conceal; hide away [lurk]
komi - be allergic; allergy
komo - barn; stall; horse house; stable; manger; shed
konte - send; convey; transmit; distribute
kona - skirt
koni - skunk
kono - ash; dust; lime; gray; rock; stone
kosa - cut down; mow; eliminate; scythe; sickle
kosi - formal; official
kohe - plateau; bluff; mesa
koho - hover; float; buoyant device
kohu - fog; mist; steam
kohya - castrate; a castrate; neuter
kotso - earthenware; ceramic
kotsu - clavicle; collarbone
kola - anyone
koli - tail; remainder; remnant; extremity
kolo - notch; groove; indentation; hole
koua - republic
koya - apologize; make amends; remorse; sorry
koyo - whose; of who
ku - numeral; digit; number; figure; amount; quantity
kupa - die; death; [be] dead
kupe - tick; arthropod
kupi - nipple; teat (on baby's bottle)
kupu - butterfly
kuta - wall; fence
kuto - mathematics; mathematical
kumpu - rational number [fraction of two integers; math]
kuma - bear; ursine
kume [-me] - to undo; to reverse; to cancel; to repeal
kumu - include; inclusion
kunta - army; military force
kuna - excrete; expel; defecate; shit
kunye [-nye] - moon; lunar; month of X
kusu - push [away]; press; shove; squeeze
kuha - cook; prepare food
kuhi - hold; grasp; clench [one's fist]
kuhu - protest; object
kutsi - shrimp; prawn
kutsu - flesh; meat
kutsua - invite; invitation
kula - any [amount]
kule - tower; keep
kua - all; whole; entire; every; complete
kuampo - egotistical; arrogant; brassy
kuama - always; at all times
kuami - eel; any fish of the order Anguilliformes
kuanu - bush; woody plant
kuasi - so to speak; in a manner of speaking; as it were
kuasili - Brazil
kuaha - science; study; [chemistry]
kuatla - snake; reptile
kue - like; same; similar; together; alike
kuepa - escape; run away; flee
kueta - spring; springtime; spring weather
kuetsa - cigarette
kuetsu - precious; valuable; rare
kueli - rights; legal entitlement
kuelo - gorge; strait; ravine; isthmus
kuya - green; grass; foliage
kuye - to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch
kya - particle expressing imperative
kyapu - fleece; wool; woolen
kyatlo - commander; officer in charge
kyalo - jewel or gem; a treasure; precious stone
kyepe - diagonal; sharp turn; zig-zag
kyehu - stop doing sth for a period of time; break
kye'o - hundred thousand ; 10^5
kyo - at once; right away; quickly; hurry; fast; rapid
kyopa - match; tool to start a fire
kyopu - afraid; frightened; to fear; scare; dread; phobia
kyota - crazy; deranged; insane; demented
kyoma - barren place; desert
kyomi - be interested; interest; interesting
kyosa - sex; copulation; fornicate
kyoso - compete; competition; match
kyohi - refuse; decline; reject
kyotlo - coyote
kyoli - interspace; spacing; distance; interval; length
kyolo - fast; rapid; quick; velocity

nka

nka - emphatic negative
nkapa - alcohol; to drink [alcohol]; beer
nkapi - kiss; to kiss
nkata - agree; consent; approve
nkanu - short [in height and from end to edge]
nkasa - measure; measurement; weigh
nkahi - shellfish; lobster; crustacean
nkatso - spy; secret agent
nkale - automobile; vehicle
nkalo - pronoun
nke [-k] - negative; not; no [NEG]
nkeli - cassia or cinnamon
nkiha - judge; discern
nkitso - [become] stress[ed] [tense]; stress; tension
nkila - blink; glance; to appear in a flash
nkoma - raise; hoist
nkonto - flow [the movement of liquid]
nkoso [-nko] - continue; proceed with; go on with; progressive; continuing [PROG]
nkoha - raise up [the body]; shrug
nkolo - are [unit of area]
nkoyo - sheep
nkumu - burden; cumbersome; difficult
nkusa - sneeze; act of sneezing

ma

ma [-mha] - many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-; not few
ma / [-mi] - as well as; too; and / small number; few; minority; not many
mata - to kill sb; to murder
matila - pinky; shortest finger; [suggests picking of nose]
mato - to touch; to contact; access
mak - no more; cease; desist
maka - tune; music; to play music
make - idle; lazy; negligent; careless
mako - absorb; assimilate; ingest
maku - pillow
mampa - curtain; screen; partition
manta - principle; logic
mante - asparagus
manka - cold; cool
mana - power; force; strength
mani - clear; evident; obvious[ly]; apparent
mano - fowl; chicken; poultry
manya - another time; different time; later
manye - manage; handle; run; deal with
manyo - size; height; stature
masa - deer; elk; cervine
mase - dance; move to music; prance; flicker [flame]
masi - window frame or door frame
masu - countryside; areas outside the city
masua - pipe [smoking utensil]
maha - add; add on; add into; in addition
mahe - approximately; around; close to
matse - mixed; miscellaneous; various; to mix
matsi - perception; to perceive; perceptive
matsu - victory; success; to beat; to defeat; victorious; to win
matla - casserole; stew; soup
mala - bad; no good; negative; unfavorable
mali - raspberry
malo - brown
ma'a - with (accompanied by; furnished with); together
ma'ak - without; with no ...
ma'e - before; prior to; earlier than; in front of; ahead of; before (spatially)
mala [-mai] - bad; unpleasant
ma'o - four; 4
ma'onye - April
ma'u - spicy hot (taste); fig. biting (criticism)
maua [hua] - flower; plant
maya - fluid; water; wet
maye - between; among
mayo - appliance; device; instrument; machine; tool
mayoma - Sunday
meta - meter [unit of length]
meha - hit; slap; strike
metla - flute; sound of wind; whistle
me'a - at the same time; simultaneously
meya - refined language; wording; poetic genre
mita - dog; canine
mika - scissors; shears; clippers
mina - south
misa - highway; road; street; interstate
mitsa - pull out from inbetween sth; remove part of the whole
mitse - so long as; provided that
mitla - arrow; dart
mila - word; language component; morpheme
miya - to core; to pit; to stone; to dig out the center; to investigate
mo - place; site; location; venue
mota - recall; bring mind; reminisce
moto - memory; remember
mok - nowhere; no place
moku - sleep; rest
mokua - ubiquitous; everywhere; omnipresent
monka - expert; adept; experienced; an expert; a professional
mona - safe; secure; safety; security
mono - blonde; blond; fair-haired; fair
mosa - book
moha - far; distant; remote
mohe - install; place; put
motsa - banana
motso - undulation; wave; ripple [effect]
mola - anywhere; any place
mole - apricot [fruit; tree; color]
moli - forest; trees
molo - cod
moue - plastic; synthetic resin; plastic cement
moya - mark; symbol; write; spell
moyo - heart; mind; intention; centre; core
muta - back; spine; dorsal; vertebrae
muti - fashion; fad; fashionable
muka - facing; towards sb/st
muku - knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass
munta - change; alter; transform; adapt; rearrange; revise
muna - care; concern; important; worry
mune - breast; chest; bust; bosom; cleavage
muno - table of contents
munua - culture; civilization; cultural
munye - difficult [to...]; problem; difficulty; difficult; not good; glitch
musa - vowel
muha - monk; nun
muhe - sadness; grief; to be sad
mutsa - society
mula [-mu] - begin; start
mulo - of course
muapa - set apart for a particular use or person; appropriate
muata - manners; polite [ness]
muana - ocean; sea
muanya - opening made by breaking or parting; gap; hole
muasa - season
muasi - parallel; of equal rank; simultaneous
muele - direction; orientation; path to follow
mue'o - ten thousand; a great number; 10^4
muya [-mya] - do; make; construct; form; build; do/make X
mya - together; same
myana - variety; variation; vary
myano - alliteration
myeka - throat; voice; neck; nape
myokua - software [computer]
myonta [-myo] - allowed; permitted [PERM]

na

na - I [1SG]
napa - grape; raisin
napita - wine
napo - turnip
napu - treaty; agreement; promise; pact
nata [-nta-] - relative; family member
nati - religion; teaching; belief; myth; legend
natila - forefinger; index finger
nato - straight [direction]
naka [-na] - female; woman; feminine [FEM]
naku - sister
nam - we [1PL]
nama - mature; ripe; to grow; raise; growth
nami - ourselves [1PL.REFL]
namyo - our(s) [1PL.POSS]
nanka - emphasizing disgust, contemp
nanku - we - each other [1.RECP]
nana - mom; mama; mommy
nasa - be born; give birth
masako - one who is like a deer
nase - spider; arachnid
nasi - pear [fruit; tree]
nasua - upsurge; climax; orgasm; sexual pleasure
naha - river; creek
nahe - into; within; in [located inside of]
nahi - girl; daughter
naho - grammar; regulate; rule; sentence structure; syntax
nahue - niece
nahya - granddaughter
natsa - draw; picture; painting; drawing
natsi - poem; poetry; verse
natsu - summer; summer weather
natsua - let go; release
natlo - plum; plum flower; prune
nala - shine; illuminate; light; enlighten
nalo - laugh; smile
na'am - we [1PL.EXCL]
na'ami - ourselves [1PL.EXCL.REFL]
na'amyo - our(s) [1PL.EXCL.POSS]
na'anku - we - each other [1PL.EXCL.RECP]
na'i - myself [1SG.REFL]
na'o - one; 1
na'onye - January
naua - cord; string; rope; to bind together; to twist around
naue - female cousin
naya - wife
naye - during; hence
nayo - my; mine [1SG.POSS]
nayoma - Thursday
ne - should; ought to [SUG]
neka - make reprisals; retaliate; revenge; retaliation
neko - cat; feline
neku - winter; winter climate [snowy season]
neme - take over; assume control
nehe - fingernail; toenail; to scratch
neli - lethargic; listless; unenergetic; sluggish; ennui; malaise
neua - advise; urge; advice
neya - should; ought to [SUG]
nipa - stretch the lower back while alternately extending each leg
nipue - dull [not sharp]
nika - pungent [taste]; bitter; astringent; tart; acerbity
niku - muscle; tendon
nimu - work; labor; task
ninka - television; to watch ~
nisa - compare; contrast; ratio
nisi - west; west side; western part; to the west of
niha [-ni] - lovable; kind; nice; endearing; pleasant; likeable; affable
nitsa - chairs and tables; household furniture
nila - blue; indigo plant
nilanya - blue eyes
niua - garden; yard; depot
niya - reasoning; goal; reason; motive; purpose; intention
no - thing; object; item; stuff; matter
nopa - pull; stretch; draw sth out
nota - lie; be in horizontal position; horizon
noto - compassion; relent; sympathize; sympathy
nok - nothing
noki - vertical; to erect; to set upright; vertical stroke
noko - continue unchanged; remain; stay behind
nokua - everything
nomo - be fond of; like; prefer [situational; objects]
nomya - act; action; activity; move; movement
nosa - subject; theme; topic
noho - chickpea; garbanzo
nohya - wrap; pack; bundle; package
notsa - ride horseback; mount; cavalry
nola - anything
noya - satisfied; content; happy; pleased
nuka - joke; banter; tease; mock
nuku - hate; detest
numu - style; standard; pattern
nusu - steal; pilfer; snatch
nula - lick; lap [up]

nya

nya - for [to benefit; for the purpose of]; by [actor; author]
nyakua - by all means; by any means
nyamu - mosquito; fly
nyanku - whale
nyasa - thank; thanks; thank [you]
nyase - eyelashes
nyahe - by means of; via; per; [using; through instrumentality of]
nyahi - white; snowy; pure; bright; empty
nyalo - telephone; phone call; phone number; cell phone
nya'e - in order that; so that
nya'o - five hundred; 500
nye - because of; due to; reason; cause
nyepa - cloud
nyeta - open; start; turn on
nyek - no reason
nyekua - every reason; every cause
nyema - hundred years; century
nyemi - cape; headland; promontory; point; peninsula
nyela - arrowhead
nyeli - pink
nyelo - extra; surplus; remaining; remainder after division
nye'o / [nye-] / [-nye] - hundred; numerous; all kinds of; 100 / hecto- / centi-
nyo - use X as a tool
nyopa - poor; impoverished
nyota - thirst; to be thirsty
nyoki - dumpling; pot-sticker
nyoma - rice
nyome - beige
nyonka - choke [on]; choke up; suffocate; strangle
nyotlo - nut; seed
nyola - any case; any reason
nyolo - ant; insect

sa

saya - soothe; calm; relax

ha

ha - 3SG pronoun; he, she, it

See also: pronouns

tsa

tsapa - effort; trouble; endeavor; struggle; suffer
tsata - council; committee; assembly; parliament
tsaka - home; residence; household [furniture etc]; domicile
tsaki - chewing gum; bubblegum
tsaku - idea; thought; conception
tsama - pretend; feign; play a role
tsame - collect; gather; accumulate
tsamo - reef; coral reef; shoal rock
tsanka - tire; become bored with; be fed up of; tired
tsanko - monkey; ape; primate
tsana - meditation; to practice meditation; to sit in meditation
tsani - story; tale
tsasu - cursive
tsahe - for (in exchange for)
tsatli - pineapple
tsala - sauce; paste; gravy; dressing; to dip
tsalo - clear [transparent in color]
tsa'e - across (at the other side of; to the other side of) ; through
tsa'i / tsai - tea; tea plant; tea leaves
tsa'o - six; 6
tsa'onye - June
tsaua - complexion; looks; appearance of one's face
tsaya - used to express anger; irritation; contempt [damn]; expletive; pejorative
- -po - affixed to nouns and verbs for intense degradation
tsaye - since; until; till [in time]; to; up to; as far as [in space]
tsayoma - Tuesday

tla

tla - it [4SG]
tlapa - horn [wind instrument]; bugle call; trumpet; elephant noise
tlato - chant
tlaka [-ta] - the male sex; a male; masculine; man; [MASC]
tlaku - enmesh; wrap around; web; net
tlakua - snail; slug; mole cricket
tlam - them; those [4PL]
tlama - anytime
tlami - themsleves [4PL.REFL]
tlanka - level; grade; rank
tlanku - they - each other [4PL.REFL]
tlana - person; human [being]
tlani - damn; curse; revile
tlasi - cough [up]
tlaso - skin deep; superficial; shallow
tlahi - convenient; easy; to facilitate
tlatsa - fire; urgent; fiery or flaming; internal heat; to burn; to blaze
tlatso - lastly; finally; last; final
tlamyo - their [4PL.POSS]
tla'i - itself [4SG.REFL]
tlaue - colander
tlaya [-ya] - marry; marriage; wed; matrimony; in-law; relative by marriage
tlayo - its [4SG.POSS]
tle - up; away from earth’s centre; abstract adverb of motion
tlepa - teach; to instruct; educate
tleka - mean; narrow-minded; petty
tleki - boast; brag; boastful; exaggerative; pompous; bombastic
tlema - banner; flag; ensign
tleme - disc; sheet
tlena - gradual; sluggish
tleno - log; piece of wood; timber
tlenyo - millennium
tlehe - esteem; honest; candid; sincere
tletsu - lettuce
tlela - bathe; clean; purify; wash
tlelo - toy; plaything
tle'o / [tle-] / [-tle] - thousand; 10^3 / kilo- / milli-
tli - group; collection; mass of [COL]
tlipi - to tie; bind or fasten together; to kidnap
tlipu - suspended by hanging; hung
tlika - family; clan; kin
tlikata - family name
tliki - sulfur; brimstone [color and element]
tlima - plough; to plow; to turn the soil; to till
tlinta - guard
tlinka - herring
tlina - stop or cut short
tliha - distant future [DIS]
tlihi - immediate future [IMM]
tlihya - beard; moustache or whiskers; facial hair
tlitsi - reasoning; capacity of the human mind
tlila - purple; mauve; violet ; lilac
tlo - one who does/is; thing which does/is [AG]
tlopa - forget; overlook; neglect
tlok - no one; nobody
tloka - lie; tell an untruth
tloko - syllable
tlokua - everyone; everybody
tlompa - throw an explosive charge; to bomb; bomb
tloma - feather; plumage; plume
tlona - feed; nourish; fuel
tloso - disturb; bother; trouble; annoy; harass
tlohi - salmon; trout
tlotsi - chives; onion
tlotso - rob; plunder; to loot; sack; pillage
tlotsua - corrode; rust; erode
tlo'o - elephant

ua

ua - either; or; other; else
uapya - insult; ridicule; disgrace
uata - intestine; bowel; guts
uati - verb
uato - that way
uak - neither...nor
uaka - ox; cow; bull; bovine; cattle
uaki - boil; stew; simmer
uako - that person
uaku - that amount; much; that many
uama - then; at that time; then; meanwhile; consequently
uame - surely; certainly; necessarily; fixed; a certain (extent etc); given
uanta - confer; consult; negotiate; hold a conference
uanki - to confine; to imprison; to jail; to cage
uana - thither; there; that place
uani - alligator; crocodile
uano - that thing
uanye - that reason
uanyo - bay; gulf [body of water]
uasa - skill; profession; trade; craft
uasi - take; get; acquire
uaso - that kind; that type
uasu - drinking glass [cup]; jug; pot; vessel
uahi - arbitrary; at will; at random
uaho - miss; feel the absence of someone or something
uatsa - to welcome; welcome
uatse - correspond; interrelated; correlation; relevance; mutuality
uatsi - fish
uatla - that [one]
- ua- - distal demonstrative [DIST]
uatli - inferior; of lower quality
uala - truthfully; verily; indeed
uali - chart; diagram; graph; scheme
ualo - to bring; to fetch; to get
ua'a - spinach
ua'e - on top; upon; above; upper
uaya - ascend; rise; climb; go up; ascent
uaye - from (moving out of or away from)
uayeko - stranger; foreigner
ueta - uncle
uetanye - December
ueka - lentil
uemi - castle; fortress; barracks
uemya - aloof; standoffish; unsociable
uenta - parent's sibling
uenku - spleen
uena - aunt
uenanye - November
uene - ship; boat; vessel; canoe
ueni - blame; criticize; condemnation; reproach
uenyo - decade; age; era; period
ueso - bone
ueha - wish; to desire; to want; appetite
- -ue - volitive mood [VOL]
uetse - bathroom; toilet; WC; outhouse
uetsi - dispirited and downcast (idiom); listless; in low spirits
uetla - an upright drum
uetli - power; exponent (math.)
uela - sail [boat]
uele - contract; abbreviate; abbreviation
uelo - bicycle; bike
ue'o - ten; 10
- ue- - deka-
- -ue - deci-
ue'onye - October
ueyo - to intend; intent; intention; intend

la

-la - motional suffix added to prepositions

-lo - plural; several [PL]

ya

ya - vocative particle [VOC]
yapa - an extra or unexpected gift or benefit
yapo - build; construct; erect
yapu - disgrace; shame; humiliation; embarrassment
yata - greetings; hello; farewell; bye; goodbye
yatila - thumb
yato - hand; palm
yaka - limb; appendage; leg
yako - berry; strawberry
yaku - translate; to interpret; translation
yama - mountain; hill; anything that resembles a mountain
yanka - positive; greater than zero; principle
yana - yellow; pornographic; to fall through
yane - beside; by; next to; near; close to
yani - define; meaning; definition; symbolism
yano - avoid; shun; evade
yasa - wind; news; style; air
yasaya - peaceful wind
yasi - cosmetics; makeup
yaso - prepare; get ready
- -so - prepare for X
yasu - buffalo; bison
yasue - cheap; inexpensive; low
yahe - of (containing the measured quantity: "two liters of water")
yatsi - tooth; bite; chew
yatso - ferment; brew; make honey [of bees]; liquor
yatsua - sigh in regret or pity
yala - walk; to go; to travel
yalo - covet; envious; jealous
ya'o - five; 5
ya'onye - May
yaua - reply; answer; return; respond; echo
yeta - give; transfer; donate
yete - extraneous; redundant; superfluous
yeku - circulate; distribute; circulation; distribution
yempa - table; desk; flat work surface
yema - both...and...
yenkala - England; United Kindom
yena - currency; monetary; money; coin; cash
yenipa - white skinned one
yeno - complete; to fill; full
yesa - still; calm; quiet; not moving; peace; tranquil
yeha - remote past [REM]
yehi - recent past [REC]
yetsa - cry; weep; sob; tear; tear-up
yetsi - chair; seat; cushion; stool
yetla - that [over there]
yela - fart; break wind; talk nonsense; Utter rubbish!
yeli - summarize; generalize; generalization
yelo - freeze; solidify; congeal; ice; hail
yeua - taste; try; sample
yopi - post [office]; mail
yota - deduce; infer; derive; an implication; extrapolate
yote - assistance; aid; to help; to assist
yoti - play; game; match; sporting event
yoto - thus; like this; in this way; therefore; so; hence
yoka - floor; deck
yoko - swimming; to swim
yoma - daytime; during the day; day
yomaya - Monday
yomi - bow; weapon used for shooting arrows
yomo - right side; right; to the right
yomu - read; study; count; recite
yomua - morning; dawn; daybreak; a.m.; sunrise
yonka - lava; magma
yoni - virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favor; character; kind
yono - drama; play; theater
yoso - left; the left side; to the left of
yoha - have; possess
- -yo - pronominal possessive [POSS]
yohua - during the night; at night; nighttime
yotsa - face; cheek
yotso - noon; midday
yotsu - larva; grub
yotla - immerse; soak; steep; gradually
yotli - melon; gourd; squash
yolo - armor; shell
youa - weak; feeble

a

a - is; are; am; yes; to be
apa - close; shut; turn off
apua - sing; music; song
apyo - celery
ata [ta-] - name; noun (part of speech); to be called; so-called; what is called
atahi - nickname
ata'o - patronymic; metronymic
ate - liver [ organ ]
ati - plain; normal; ordinary; regular
ak - no; is not; not
aka - budge; move slightly; drive a vehicle
akai - red
aki - autumn; fall; harvest time
akya - wake up; to awaken; to be awake
am - plural; complex number
ampa - as quickly as possible; as soon as possible; with all speed
ampi - snot; nasal mucus
ampu - smell; sniff; nose
amha - abundance; ample sufficiency
ama - time; moment; period
amak - never at all; not even once; at no time
amaha - era; epoch
ame - axe; hatchet
amenya - Germany
ameyo - Americas
amo - transport; to carry
amya - like; be fond of
amyata - boyfriend
amyako - friend
amyana - girlfriend
anta - breathe; suck in; absorb; inhale
anto - oath; pledge; to swear
anka - hip; pelvis; hip joint; waist
anko - cipher; code
anku [-nku] - reciprocate; (in) return; reciprocation; pronominal reciprocal [RECP]
ana - brain; mind; head; essence
ano - one more time; again; one more; once again
anu - ear; hear; listen
anya - eye; look; see
anyo - year [365/366 days]
asa - live; alive; living
asaya - living beauty
asi - salt
aso - broil; grill
asua - hide; pelt; skin; fur; leather
ahi [-hi] / [i-] - small; tiny; few; young; diminutive [DIM] / numerical fractional
aho - garlic chives; leek
ahua - avocado [Persea americana]
ahya - potato; yam
atsa - wheel; to roll; disk; to rotate; by turn
atsi [tsi-] - angle; corner; bend; joint
atsu - thick; chunky; solid; stocky
atli [-tli] - in the future; future; the future [FUT]
ala - fin; wing
ale - wheat; barley; oats
a'e - except for; apart from; excluding; against; in spite of
aya - beautiful; wonderful; splendid; pretty
aye [-ye] - past; former; previous; already; [PST]
ayehi - recent
eta - you [P.2SG]
etam - you (all) [P.2PL]
ete - pen; pencil; writing brush
eka - prefix or suffix of a compound word; affix [linguistics]; to attach
eke [e-] - object [in grammar]; pronominal patient [P]
empa - walk quickly; to march; to run
ema - used to express confusion and/or pause during conversation
emya - happen; occur; take place
ente - instead of; rather than
enka - narrow; tight; thin
enku - confidential; secret; hush-hush
ena - me [P.1SG]
enam - us [P.1PL]
ena'am - us [P.1PL.EXCL]
eno - anger; to be angry; upset; mad
enya - mirror; reflect; mirror image; reflection
enye - outside of; exterior to; besides
eha - him; her [P.3SG]
ekam - them [P.3PL]
ehe - but; however
ehya - complete; intact
etsa - extent; degree of intensity; degree (angles; temperature etc)
etla - it [P.4SG]
etlam - them [P.4PL]
etle - postpone; defer; stall; stave off
ele - only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless
elo - resign; quit
e'o - zero; 0; nothing; null
eua - fin; appendage of a fish
eya - maybe; almost; nearly; practically; very close; possibly
eye - only; merely; just; solely; alone
ito - tree; wood
ika - age; old; young
ikaha - ancient; old
ike - then; at that time; while
iko - this one; person
iku - this much; this many
ikua - wolf down food; to devour ravenously; to gorge oneself
ima - this time; now; yet; immediate; present
imak - not yet; not now; not this time
imahi - instant; moment
inka - not moving; still
ina - consume; eat; food; sustenance
ino - this thing
inu - beverage; drink; liquid
inya - be hungry; hungry
inye - this reason
iso - this kind; this sort
isu - peel; rind; outer layer of fruit and cheese
iha - few; some
itsa - love; affection; be fond of; like
itla [i-] - this [one]; proximal; proximal demonstrative [PROX]
itlo - equal; even; same
ila - fly; hover; flight
ile [-le] - to cause; to result in; causative [to make; cause X]
ilo - cave; cavern
iya - if; whether; possible
iye - if (but not) *irrealis
iyoma - today
iyomua - this morning
o / [o-] - number; numeral; digit / honorific [HON]
opua [-pua] / [-pu] - to finish; to end; to complete [PRF] / final; last
opye - hug; embrace
ota - father
ote - whichever
oto - sound; noise; tone; phone(me)
ok - none; no amount
oka - bake; cook
oku - owl
okua - all; every amount
oma - roar or howl of an animal; bellow of rage; to yell; to shout
omo - business; commerce; exchange; trade
omu - consider; plan; speculate; think; ponder; contemplate
omya - cut; carve; engrave; chisel
onta - parent; adult
onto - tread on; to trample; to stamp
ona - mother
ono - delight
onyo - learn; practice or study [old]
oso - genitalia; groin
osota - penis
osona - vagina; clitoris
oha - gape; yawn; open one's mouth
ohi - lower; decrease; reduce; subtract; diminish
ohua - luxurious; extravagant; wasteful
otso - wolf; lupine
otsokai - red wolf
ola - gold [ color; element; coin ]
ole - shell; carapace; crust; husk; casing
oya - black; darkness
oyo - bead; small round object
upya [-pya] - to attempt; to try to do [CON]
uta - deliver; to hand in; to hand over; submit
ute - arm; armpit; forearm
umpu - form; shape
uma - horse; equine
umo - unify; to unite; to integrate; unity; combine; join
umua - ache; pain; sorrow; deeply; thoroughly
umye - electric; electricity; electrical
unta - camel
unya - know; knowledge; understand; comprehend
uhi - yam
utsi - parsley
utsu - outer space; empty; vacant; unoccupied; space
utla - otter
ula - any

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