Kala/etymology

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This is a list of words in Kala by the language they were borrowed from.

Arabic

  • ʾanta - ta - you [2sg]
  • tamām - tama - be good; well; proper; fine; complete
  • hum - kam - they; them [3PL]
  • qahwa - kaua - coffee
  • kull - kua - all; every; each; total(ly)
  • máyya - maya - water; liquid; wetness
  • ʾanā - na - I; me [1sg]
  • ʿinab - napa - grape; raisin
  • šams - sama - sun; star; shine
  • ḵurūj - hutsu - to go out (to eat, for coffee, tea, etc.)
  • yallā - yala - walk; go; travel
  • yawm - yoma - day; daytime

Armenian

  • veh - uehi - lofty; refined; exquisite

Chamicuro

  • ame - ame - axe; hatchet

Chickasaw

  • chuka - tsaka - home; house
  • chomak - tsoma - tobacco; to smoke ~
  • ahi' - ahya - potato; yam

Czech

  • ustoupit - tsopi - retreat; withdraw; recede
  • umělý - ume - man-made; artificial; synthetic

Egyptian

  • ḥtp - hote - an offering, sacrifice
  • wd - ueti - remove someone from their post; to dismiss

English

  • able - pala - can; may; possible; able to

Finnish

  • kaiho - koha - wistfulness; nostalgia; be homesick
  • munia - munya - wander about unhurriedly; linger; loiter
  • myöntää - myonta - allow; permit [PERM]

French

  • volonté - onte - will; willpower; determination

German

  • nach - nahe - in [located inside of]; internal; within
  • infolge - impo - therefore; as a result; so; consequently; thus

Hawaiian

  • inu - inu - drink; liquid

Hebrew

  • imets - metsi - adopt; switch over to
  • n'kevá - naka - female; woman [FEM]
  • hu & hi - ha - she; he
  • 'ivkhén - ueke - diagnose; determine cause

Hungarian

  • tapintatos - pinta - act tactfully; tactful; discreet
  • kapocs - kapo - relationship; connection; involvement

Indonesian

  • tetapi - pi - although; even though; even if
  • ragu - tlako - dither; hesitate; pace back and forth; irresolute

Irish

  • am - ama - time; moment; period

Japanese

  • baka - paka - be a fool; idiot; dumb
  • kuma - kuma - bear; ursine
  • yari - kyali - spear; lance; pike
  • menka - menka - cotton
  • meishin - mesi - superstition; be superstitious
  • neko - neko - cat; feline
  • shuyo - suyo - goiter; tumor; lump
  • hōyū - hoyo - friend; companion; comrade
  • yama - yama - mountain
  • aru - a - exist; be; yes [COP]
  • uma - uma - horse; equine

Khmer

  • kan tuk - kanto - mourn; grieve over someone's death

Korean

  • kkamjjak - kamya - stun; shock; bewilder
  • gibun - kipu - mood; mental state; frame of mind
  • gompang-i - kompa - mold; mildew; fungi
  • kojiphada - nkotsi - persist; persevere; stick to something

Latvian

  • rupjš - tlopye - be rough and coarse; brutish

Mandarin

  • fújī - putsi - intercept; waylay; ambush
  • dìyù - tiyo - netherworld; Hades; infernal
  • tóuzī - totsi - investment; to invest
  • - ke - object marker; nominalizer
  • kělián - keli - pity; pitiable; pitiful
  • xǐnǎo - sinya - indoctrinate; brainwash
  • qiǎngpaǒ - tsampa - jump the gun; make a false start
  • chánnuó - tsana - meditation; meditate
tsanto - practice of meditation
  • zhǎnwàng - tsanua - outlook; prospect; look ahead; look forward to
  • luòhòu - tloho - fall behind; lag; backward; retrogress
  • wēixié - uesa - threaten; coerce; intimidate
  • yǒu - yoha - have; possess

Malay

Maori

  • whakahoro - huaka - tear down; demolish; dismantle

Nahuatl

  • tla- - tla - it; thing [obviative or inanimate] [4SG]
  • tlacatl - tlaka - male; man [MASC]
  • yohualli - yohua - night; nighttime; darkness

Persian

  • tâb - tapi - swing; seesaw; trapeze
  • čây - tsa'i - tea; tea leaves
  • ârâyeš - yasi - cosmetics; makeup
  • âhang - aha - melody; tune

Spanish

  • pato - pato - duck
  • pantano - panta - marsh; swamp; wetlands; glade
  • barrer - patlo - broom; brush; sweep
  • palo - palo - cane; staff; walking stick
  • semana - sema - week; period of 7 days
  • salsa - tsala - sauce; paste
  • álamo - tlamo - willow tree; poplar and willow
  • roer - tloye - gnaw; pick at; wear down

Swahili

  • kipochi - potsi - wallet; pouch; purse
  • tambiko - tampi - taboo; to avoid something(as taboo)
  • kijani - kuya - green; foliage; verdant
  • kwepa - kuepa - escape; run away; flee
  • teseka - tese - endure; to suffer; hardships
  • mswada - suata - account; bill; debt
  • chambo - tsampo - bait; lure
  • ziwa - tsiua - lake; pond; pool
  • chuma - tsuma - metal

Swedish

  • lov - tloue - vacation; to go on ~

Turkish

  • değiştirmek - tehi - edit; retouch; fix up
  • harika - hali - wonder; marvel
  • hücre - hutse - cell [biology]
  • yosun - yosu - moss; lichen; coating [of tongue]
  • ad - ata - be named; name [so-called]

Uzbek

  • ota - ota - father
  • ona - ona - mother

Warlpiri

  • pina - pina - be clever; intelligent; wise
  • puka - puka - be corrupt; decay; rot
  • kuna - kuna - excrete; expel; defecate; shit
  • ngapa - nkapa - alcohol; beer
  • wanka - uanka - uncooked; untreated; raw