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 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
  1. Hey!, Yo!, vocative particle [voc]

a

  • a
  1. be [cop]
  2. yes

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