Na'vi/Na'vi–English dictionary/dental series

S
- that


 * haa! (threatening sound)


 * mother
 * mommy
 * (in Cameron's script)
 * the Great Mother

that

neural bond

matriarch

them


 * go on, proceed

Sturmbeast

war
 * war parties
 * warriors


 * quote (cf. sìk unquote)

star

trunk [syll?]

apology


 * use
 * useful

them

them

hunter


 * (1) 'that, it' after ftu
 * (2) they, those

them (= sat)

? that person


 * oomph! (expresses exertion)

beanstalk palm

they, those (inanimate). Case forms: saw, sal, sat~sati, seyä, sar~saru, sari

unidelta tree
 * unidelta tree

spaceship

human

panopyra


 * (prefix indicating abstract agent of the root)
 * idea, thought (fpìl think)
 * teaching, instruction (nume learn)
 * lesson
 * sickness, disease (spxin sick)

weaver


 * the present (krr time)

music chord?


 * father
 * daddy

place


 * now
 * right now
 * present (time)


 * pretty (of people)


 * lip


 * sp. blue flower (and the name of Neytiri's banshee)


 * do, make
 * Verbalizes nouns and adjectives. For the numerous si phrases, look up the other word.
 * together (unify place)
 * Perhaps pejorative *s‹äng›i.
 * warrior (war-maker)
 * warrior (war-maker)

joint


 * (female name) [to be confirmed]

source


 * be near
 * nearby, at close range [no *sima]

spirit
 * spirit paths (fyaʼo path)
 * spirit animals (ioang animal)


 * and (links phrases; cf. ulte for clauses)
 * of day and night (trr day, txon night)
 * the words and rules (lìʼu word, koren rule)

(Look under root)
 * response
 * explanation
 * ? stopping [count noun?]
 * model
 * difference
 * creation
 * discussion

spartan plant


 * unquote (cf. san quote)


 * good
 * well
 * hope (pey await)
 * clever, well thought out (of an idea, plan, invention, etc) (ronsem mind)


 * on; ? onto


 * destroy
 * destruction (count noun? = act of?)

crossbow


 * formal [verify stress]


 * right (side, direction)

bow


 * probable; probably


 * idiot, moron

stone

exercise


 * opportunity, chance


 * but


 * become (cf. lu to be)
 * produce
 * How do you say X in Naʼvi?


 * phalanxia (sp. plant)

sibling
 * sibling
 * brother
 * sister


 * dim-witted

cup


 * sting


 * start, begin
 * start, begin
 * a beginning (time) (krr time)


 * garbage
 * a garbage dump


 * grub plant


 * family


 * recent

? Dr.

body


 * hot
 * "I am hot" (ʼefu feel)
 * popsicle plant (tìlor beauty)

geode plant


 * travel
 * journey

lung


 * (female name)

Leonopteryx
 * [verify stress]
 * octoshroom


 * believe


 * jump


 * capture
 * a captive


 * restore


 * propel


 * old (of things), former


 * fungus


 * sick
 * disease (cause of illness)
 * illness, sickness (state of being ill)


 * (marker for yes-no questions)
 * right? isn't it? aren't they? isn't that so? (short for ke fìfya srak?)


 * yes
 * yeah


 * painful
 * pain
 * hurt, be painful
 * hurt, cause pain

village


 * before (of time)
 * right before
 * beforehand, ahead of time (krr time; no lenition)
 * tell the future, foresee, prophesize (tseʼa "see")
 * prophesy [note shift in stress]


 * tooth


 * dance


 * help, assistance
 * help, assist

day

knife


 * hear


 * catch


 * check out, examine


 * be angry
 * anger, make angry
 * angrily, in anger
 * anger


 * refuse


 * almost

canalyd

name
 * noun


 * strange, unknown, unfamiliar

spear

chin


 * add

person
 * male
 * female


 * track (cf. nong), lock up


 * moment
 * just now, just a moment ago
 * immediately, right now, in just a moment


 * best, optimal
 * optimally, best


 * creature


 * arrow


 * sacred
 * sacred place
 * the Sacred River (lu it is)

wing
 * wings of the banshee (plural rather than dual, as banshees have four wings)


 * call
 * "What's your name?"
 * "My name is X"


 * fate


 * bitter


 * final, last


 * trap
 * hyneman plant (tute person)

hand

cycad

food made from flour


 * flower
 * bud (prrnen baby)


 * food
 * food made from flour

T
after a vowel.


 * from (various uses)
 * from above
 * from among (kip among)
 * from up among (fkip up among)
 * because (English clause order) (oeyk cause)
 * because (opposite clause order)
 * because (English clause order) (lun reason)
 * because (opposite clause order)
 * therefore, because of that (ta fì-ral from this meaning)
 * apparently (ta tìlam from the appearance [that])


 * skin


 * hit, strike
 * a strike

back


 * Sturmbeest (a cattle-like animal; ioang beast) [syll?]
 * Sturmbeest (a cattle-like animal; ioang beast) [syll?]


 * suffice, be enough; (interjection) okay
 * there there! that'll do!
 * sufficient, enough
 * enough (after an adjective)
 * good enough

sea

majority


 * tree trunk [syll?]


 * star; bioluminescent freckle

hero


 * hunt
 * hunter
 * a hunt


 * lose track or awareness of something, such as a target


 * apparently (ta tìlam from the appearance [that])


 * sky
 * human (lit. "sky person")
 * space ship
 * panopyra (sp. plant; tsngal cup)
 * beanstalk palm (utral tree)


 * because (English clause order; cf. aweykta.)


 * dive, duck

field


 * weave
 * weaver
 * I weave the rhythm


 * come back, return


 * of (a particular clan; used in full names)
 * "Neytiri of the Ckaha, daughter of Moʼat"
 * "Tsuʼtey of the Rongloa, son of Ateyo" [verify]

heart


 * receive

matter


 * chord
 * song chord


 * shoot
 * shoot [confirm infixes]


 * same, alike, equal
 * as, the same way as
 * while, at the same time as
 * different
 * difference
 * likewise, as well, also, too
 * together

? fire
 * spark


 * about, concerning


 * die
 * Death (abstract. See kxitx.)


 * grant
 * grant


 * dull (of a blade, point)

club


 * wow! (surprise and pleasure)


 * full
 * fill; with dative, idiomatic for 'be glad'
 * I'm glad


 * beetle larvae


 * white

~ −t.


 * joint, hinge
 * knee
 * elbow


 * spirit
 * spirit path
 * spirit animal
 * commune (with)


 * (abstract nominalizing prefix: look up by root)
 * spartan plant
 * continuation
 * love (yawne beloved)
 * correction? (eyawr correct) [verify gloss]

butt/rear end


 * low


 * give
 * listen (mikjun ear)
 * look (nari eye)
 * back down, give way (tseng place) [stress?]
 * promise
 * grant
 * feed


 * walk
 * we are walking

hookagourd


 * than (comparative particle)
 * than all (superlative particle)
 * away, away to
 * away, away in


 * occupy, be at (a place)


 * Doctor (title)


 * body
 * physical health (fpom well-being)
 * healthy [stress shift]
 * unhealthy

shoot


 * rain
 * rhythm of the rain
 * geode plant (ʼewll plant)

night
 * evening


 * Great Leonopteryx (Last Shadow)
 * a Leonopteryx rider [irregular; verify stress]
 * octoshroom (Leonopteryx fungus)


 * day
 * good day (good morning, good afternoon)
 * today
 * What day is it today?
 * daily, every day
 * daily
 * everyday, ordinary
 * yesterday
 * tomorrow
 * one day, some day
 * Sunday
 * Monday
 * Tuesday
 * Wednesday
 * Thursday
 * last Thursday (of last week)
 * Thursday two weeks ago
 * Thursday three weeks ago
 * next Thursday (of next week)
 * Thursday two weeks from now
 * Thursday three weeks from now
 * Friday
 * Saturday


 * who?


 * (female name)


 * spear


 * run

poison
 * scorpion thistle
 * baja tickler


 * allow
 * drop (zup fall) [confirm infixes]


 * instead of, rather than


 * who? (= pesu)


 * (particle of continuation)
 * and you?
 * continuation
 * continually


 * person (abbreviated to tu in compounds)
 * who? (= tupe)
 * a male (person)
 * a female (person)
 * somebody
 * who? (= pesu)


 * lean, recline

Tx

 * hard


 * back (of body)


 * much, many, great (number), long (time)
 * so, so much, to such an extent ('this much')
 * amount
 * how much?
 * how much?
 * very, greatly, much
 * sea, ocean
 * the majority, most, the bulk, a large part
 * greedy
 * greed
 * powerful
 * excellent (sìltsan "good")
 * wise (much-knowing) (tslam to understand)
 * hero


 * field (savanna? meadow?) [check def.]


 * heart


 * a matter, a subject


 * awake


 * fire (count noun?)
 * spark


 * (male name)


 * club (weapon)


 * halt


 * (female name)


 * butt, rear end (of body)


 * leave behind, abandon


 * hookagourd (sp. plant)


 * if
 * if not, or else, otherwise (txo ke fyaʼo if not [that] way)


 * forgiveness
 * Please forgive me (ngay true)
 * May I be forgiven


 * night
 * good evening, good night
 * tonight
 * nightly, every night
 * dusk, evening
 * last night
 * tomorrow night


 * fear
 * fear, be afraid


 * make, build, construct
 * construction (activity or object)


 * poison
 * scorpion thistle (paywll dapophet)
 * baja tickler (sp. plant; tsäʼ squirt)


 * strong
 * strength, power
 * powerful

Ts (C)

 * that (prefix); pl. tsay+
 * that (thing). Case forms tsaʼu, tsaʼul, tsaʼuti~tsaʼut, tsaʼuä (?), tsaʼur~tsaʼuru, tsaʼuri.
 * abbreviation of tsaʼu. Case forms tsaw, tsal, tsat~tsati, tseyä~tsawä (?), tsar~tsaru, tsari. The w is dropped with other adpositional suffixes, such as tsane "to it". Irregular form sat after the (non-leniting) preposition ftu: ftu sat "(away) from that".
 * such a, that kind of
 * such, those kinds of
 * such a, this kind of (with genitive)
 * such a, this kind of
 * "such a flower, that kind of flower"
 * that way, like that, thus
 * hey! whoa! (expression of warning or frustration)
 * that (action)
 * "that also takes time"
 * then, at that time (krr time)
 * until then, in the meantime
 * there, that place (tseng place)
 * out there (kä go)
 * that person


 * bond (neural connection)
 * bond with


 * matriarch, shaman


 * (undefined) (stress unknown)


 * nevertheless, even so


 * war
 * war party (pongu group)
 * warrior (si make)


 * apology
 * apologize

Case forms: tsaw, tsal, tsat~tsati, tseyä, tsar~tsaru, tsari

[plural?]
 * sun
 * rhythm of the sun


 * (1) big (large), tall (big in stature)
 * ? (2) possibly, of
 * size [stress?]
 * get big, grow
 * unidelta tree (short for next)
 * unidelta tree (apxangrr delta tree)


 * those (prefix); contraction of tsa-ay+.


 * squirt


 * well, now (sentence opener)


 * see (with the eyes)
 * tell the future, prophesize
 * prophesy [note shift in stress]


 * (female name)


 * a place
 * here (lit. "this place")
 * everywhere
 * position
 * school
 * where? ("which place?", = tsengpe)
 * there ("that place")
 * out there (kä go)
 * somewhere
 * where? ("which place?", = peseng)
 * refuge


 * art
 * singing
 * music
 * musician
 * visual art
 * artist


 * dirty


 * source


 * four
 * fourth
 * Wednesday
 * twelve (octal 14)
 * thirty-two (octal 40)
 * two-hundred fifty-six (octal 400)


 * (clan name)

crossbow (tsko bow)


 * bow (weapon)
 * crossbow
 * bow and arrow


 * a rock, stone (material or object?)


 * training, exercise


 * understand
 * Got it. I understand.
 * understanding, intelligence
 * wise ("much-knowing")


 * false


 * sibling
 * sibling
 * a brother
 * a sister


 * that


 * cup


 * meat (count noun? = piece of?)


 * cry (tears), weep


 * lung


 * kill
 * a kill, prey


 * matter, be important
 * either A or B
 * important


 * village


 * throw


 * knife


 * brave
 * hero


 * closed, shut
 * to close


 * canalyd (sp. plant)


 * name
 * noun


 * (male name)


 * chin


 * can, be able
 * be possible, may
 * possible
 * impossible


 * rest


 * forget

[syll?]
 * fly


 * wing
 * wings of the banshee (plural rather than dual, as banshees have four wings)


 * flour
 * food made from flour
 * cycad, Pseudocycas (rinaʼ seed)


 * hand