Kala lexicon

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

pa

• pata

1. tile; brick

• pato

1. duck
2. male prostitute [slang]

• paka

1. unintelligent and foolish; idiotic; stupid

mpa

• mpaka

1. border; boundary; frontier
2. line

ta

• ta

1. you, [2sg]

nta

• ntaku

1. sibling

See also: family terms

ka

• ka

1. interrogative particle, [q]

• ki

1. self
2. essence; life force
3. reflexive [refl]

nka

• nka

1. emphatic negative

ma

• ma

1. and, also
2. too; as well (as)

na

• na

1. I, [1sg]

nya

• nya

1. for [to benefit; for the purpose of]
2. by [actor; author]

sa

• saya

1. soothe; calm; relax

ha

• ha

1. he, she, [3sg]

See also: pronouns

tsa

• tsapa

1. effort; endeavor; struggle
2. trouble; suffer

tla

• tla

1. it, "thing" [4sg]

See also: pronouns

ua

• ua

1. either; or; other; else

la

• no headwords begin with <l>

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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