| Word form | kala (2) |
| LWT meaning(s) | |
| Grammatical info | noun transitive verb |
| Comments on word | Used before the directional mai ‘towards the speaker’ and the directional aku ‘away from the speaker’, as in e kala mai ia`u ‘forgive me’ and e kala aku iā ia ‘forgive him’. |
| Word source | Pukui & Elbert 1986 |
| Analyzability | unanalyzable |
| Age | Proto-Polynesian [30] (-800–150) |