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'''{{tp|kamalawala}}''' is {{a category}} [[content word]] and [[post-pu|post-{{tp|pu}}]] {{tp|[[nimi ku lili]]}} relating to revolution. Another word, [[owe]], may be considered {{tp|kamalawala}}’s antonym.

The word {{tp|kamalawala}} is derived from the phrase {{tp|[[kama]] [[pi]] [[lawa]] [[ala]]}}, meaning "to become without rulers, to become independent". This is from the short storypoem "{{tp|jan pi kamalawala}}" by {{tok|jan Sojapoja}}.<ref group="lower-alpha">Other names include {{tok|jan Wesu}} and {{tok|jan Powe}}.</ref><ref>{{cite Discord|url=https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/340307145373253642/721262364187426836|name={{tok|jan Sojapoja}}|username=avocadonatello|channel={{tok|pali-musi}}|server={{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}}|access-date=2023-12-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/jan_pi_kamalawa|title={{tok|jan pi kamalawala}}|website=Internet Archive|author={{tok|jan Sojapoja}}|date=2023-12-08}}</ref> {{tok|jan Kipo}} is credited forwith turning it into a word instead of a name.{{citation needed|date=2023-12-07}}

The [[semantic space]] of {{tp|kamalawala}} includes {{w|revolution}} and uprising, the attempt achieve change in political power. It also refers to {{w|anachyanarchy}}, a political philosophy without {{w|Ruling class|rulers}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lipukule.org/post/2022/06/14/nasin-tenpo-pi-kamalawala-kanse/|title={{tok|nasin tenpo pi kamalawala Kanse}}|website={{tok|lipu kule}}|author={{tok|jan Peton}}|date=2022-06-14|access-date=2023-12-07}}</ref>

For {{ku|en}}, respondents in {{tp|[[ma pona pi toki pona]]}} translated these English words as {{tp|kamalawala}}:<ref>{{cite ku|242}}</ref>