Contionary:kōl

Kirtumur

Etymology

From Proto-Kydan *ķāl (“name”). Cognate with Kērsalur kāl, Cirdamur cāl, Old Sērsal sɛ̄l. Possible cognates outside of Kyrdan include Kliru mkału, Proto-Settameric *akł- “to call”, but both show /ɬ/ in the root instead of /l/ as in Proto-Kyrdan. Early Proto-Kyrdan form can be reconstructed as *ķař(ə)n-, possibly reflected as two separate syllabic symbols in early Namķaudir ^PLURĶAŘ-n^WHOLE “calling them”, although the precise pronunciation of those symbols is unknown.

Pronunciation

(Umunesal) IPA: [koːl]

Noun

kōl n inanimate declension

1. name, which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing

   War kōlšuax? – what is your name?

2. the first or the given name

   Khamē ta-Ukaranna kōlnunu? – Do you know the first name of them who is of Ukaranna.

3. therefore ( often used with a proclitic na-, borrowing from Kērsalur)

   hahes kōlex nahama – I think, therefore I am.

Declension

Inanimate declension (-ak plural)
Case	Singular	Dual	Plural
Absolutive	kōl	kōlu	kōlak
Ergative	kōlem	kōluem	kōlakem
Dative	kōlex	kōluex	kōlakex
Locative	kōlenei	kōlunei	kōlakenei

Possession
	Type I
	singular	dual	plural
1st	kōlu	kōlau	kōlem
2nd	kōlšu	kōlašu	kōlšen
3rd	kōlnu	kōlanu	kōlnen