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
| locative prepositions
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| noi |
at, on, in
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| seu |
from
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| at'eu |
towards, into, onto
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| liteu |
inside
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| besoi |
near, next to
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| bêboi |
above, on top of
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| k'eulag |
under
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| moldoi |
in front of
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| p'okeu |
behind, beyond
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| ntots |
all around
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| temporal prepositions
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| hoi |
during
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| maga |
before
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| bisoi |
after
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| âg |
genitive (possessor, source), agentive (in passive constructions, like English "by"), initiative ("since")
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| wau |
benefactive (purpose), "for", "concerning", "with respect to"
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| nte |
adverbial (manner, as in "he sent it with love")
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| um |
compositive (like 'a pile of bricks')
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| ngu |
appositive, essive ("as")
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| kwen |
comitative ("with")
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| al |
abessive ("without"), "besides", "except for"
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| puk |
"per", "for each"
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| sa |
elative ("from out of")
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| nai |
inessive ("in")
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| anda |
illative ("into")
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| uwa |
ablative ("from", "from near", "after")
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| ob |
adessive ("at", "near to")
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| isla |
allative ("to", "towards", "before"/"by" for time)
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| nggairit |
terminative ("as far as", "as much as", "until")
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| rambe |
prolative, prosecutive ("along", "via", "during")
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| mbembu |
interessive ("between", "among")
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| lita |
("throughout")
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| ntatsn |
("surrounding", "all around")
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