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noun phrases

The basic noun phrase in Kala is PREPOSITION DETERMINER NOUN DESCRIPTIVE-VERB RELATIVE-CLAUSE. Depending on context, this is fairly predominant with a few exceptions

Adpositions

relational prepositions
êb	to, for (dative/benefactive)
nte	with, by (instrumental)
kôxêd	with (comitative)
ub	made of
ru	as
locative prepositions
noi	at, on, in
seu	from
at'eu	towards, into, onto
liteu	inside
besoi	near, next to
bêboi	above, on top of
k'eulag	under
moldoi	in front of
p'okeu	behind, beyond
ntots	all around
temporal prepositions
hoi	during
maga	before
bisoi	after

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âg	genitive (possessor, source), agentive (in passive constructions, like English "by"), initiative ("since")
wau	benefactive (purpose), "for", "concerning", "with respect to"
nte	adverbial (manner, as in "he sent it with love")
um	compositive (like 'a pile of bricks')
ngu	appositive, essive ("as")
kwen	comitative ("with")
al	abessive ("without"), "besides", "except for"
puk	"per", "for each"

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sa	elative ("from out of")
nai	inessive ("in")
anda	illative ("into")
uwa	ablative ("from", "from near", "after")
ob	adessive ("at", "near to")
isla	allative ("to", "towards", "before"/"by" for time)
nggairit	terminative ("as far as", "as much as", "until")
rambe	prolative, prosecutive ("along", "via", "during")
mbembu	interessive ("between", "among")
lita	("throughout")
ntatsn	("surrounding", "all around")