Kala lexicon
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Main Article: Kala
- See also: Thematic Lexicon
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
- pata
- tile; brick
- pato
- duck
- male prostitute [slang]
- paka
- to be unintelligent and foolish; idiotic; stupid
mpa
- mpaka
- border; boundary; frontier
- line
ta
- ta
- you [2sg]
nta
- ntaku
- sibling
- See also: family terms
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
- See also: days of the week
- tsepa - please
- tseka - pull; draw near; tug; tow; yank
- tsenta - to overdo it; to overcook; to exaggerate
- tsenka - orange [fruit/tree/color]
- tseno - thigh; crotch
- tse'e - appear; be perceived as; seem as if; seem to; seemingly; apparently
- -tse - attached to nouns and verbs
- tsipa - for a limited time; ephemeral; not constant; temporary
- tsipa'o - octagon
- tsitila - knuckle
- tsika'o - heptagon
- tsikua - bird; avian
- tsikue - habit; custom; usual practice; to be used to; tradition
- tsima - hour; period; time; o'clock
- tsima'o - square
- tsini - sugar
- tsinu - entice; arouse; provoke; arousal; erogenous
- tsisa'o - nonagon
- tsisu - coefficient; factor; modulus; ratio
- tsiha'o - triangle
- tsihi - compassion; mercy; sympathy; empathize
- tsitsa'o - hexagon
- tsila - lip
- tsilo - naked; bare; uncovered; exposed
- tsi'u - transitive; transitivity
- tsi'ute - elbow
- tsiua - lake; pond; pool
- tsiue'o - decagon
- tsiya - freedom; liberty
- tsiya'o - pentagon
- tsiyo - corridor; aisle; hallway; passageway; piazza; veranda
- tso - middle; mid-; half; center
- tsopa - pair; a mate; a couple; to couple
- tsopo - prefer; preferred; preference
- tsota - breed; reproduce; propagate
- tsoto - surrender; capitulate; give up
- tsoka - bump; collide with; strike
- tsoko - chocolate
- tsoma - tobacco [plant; leaves] | smoke ; smolder; cigarette
- tsomye - smug; vain; shameless
- tsonkua - China
- tsonyo - alert; attentive
- tsoho - material; resources; data; information
- tsola - fox; Vulpes
- tsupa - saliva
- tsuka - pride; hubris; arrogance
- tsuki - order; sequence; next; next; numerical ordinal
- ki- - numerical ordinal prefix
- tsuku - look of rumpled feathers; bedraggled; wet and limp
- tsumpa - buy; purchase
- tsuma - metal
- tsumi - guilt; sin; offense
- tsumu - careful; cautious
- tsunka - insect; bug; worm
- tsunki - filter; strain; perforated screen
- tsunku - can; jar; pot; urn
- tsuna - join; connect; link up; communicate
- tsuhi - panther; leopard
- tsula - celebration; party; social gathering
- tsule - wire; string
- tsuama - sandwich; wrap; sub; baguette
- tsuasi - stock; share; capital raised by a company
- tsuali - thunder
- tsue - position; stance; posture
- tsuene - baboon
- tsuya - most important; prime; primary; principal; main
- -tsu - prime; main
- tsuyo - armadillo
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