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

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 * touch
 * leaf pitcher plant (rikx move)


 * soft (of a sound)


 * Hammerhead Titanothere (a rhino-like animal)


 * one
 * once (in the past)
 * once, one time (now or in the future) (alo a turn)
 * an individual
 * individuality, self-centeredness, selfishness
 * together
 * join (yem put)
 * first
 * first
 * Sunday
 * divided
 * no- (see kaw-)
 * only
 * alone ("as one person")
 * nine (octal 11)


 * cliff


 * camp
 * camping
 * to camp


 * pitcher plant


 * whole, complete


 * move (cf. rikx)
 * push
 * pull


 * worst


 * perceive, sense, feel
 * I am hot
 * be happy"
 * be hungry
 * feeling
 * in my opinion


 * attack


 * beat
 * the beat of the hearts


 * thorny paw plant (ʼewll plant)
 * thorny paw plant (ʼewll plant)


 * cook


 * even, level
 * balance of life


 * ceremonious
 * ceremoniously


 * a child
 * kid (affectionate form of ʼeveng)
 * (suffix for the product/spawn of something larger)


 * young


 * plant
 * (suffix in various plant names)
 * moss


 * friend
 * friendship


 * respond, to answer
 * in answer, in response
 * an answer, a response


 * end, conclude
 * (the) end
 * forever, until the end of time


 * become absorbed, lose oneself


 * a bit, a small amount
 * son
 * daughter
 * not a bit, not at all
 * (do) a little, a bit


 * remain, stay


 * spiral
 * the spiral of lives


 * the English language
 * in English


 * remembrance, memory


 * unfold, blossom


 * color


 * lake


 * Earth


 * thing (abstract or concrete)
 * something
 * what (thing)
 * everything
 * nothing, none
 * none at all, not at all


 * more
 * longer (time) (krr time)
 * rather, prefer (new to want)
 * rather, prefer (new to want)


 * message

A

 * which, that, who ( and )
 * (links adjectives to nouns)
 * far away, at a distance (irregular from lìm be far)
 * nearby, at close range (irregular sim be near)


 * (male name)


 * ready

far away, at a distance (lìm be far)
 * "Stay back!"


 * . infix (in medial position)


 * turn, instance, number of times
 * my turn
 * each time, every time
 * once
 * (just) one time
 * twice
 * thrice
 * three times
 * four times
 * five times

because (lun reason; cf. talun(a))


 * . infix (in medial position)


 * infix (in medial position)


 * (female name)

leaf pitcher plant


 * fibonacci plant (ʼìheyu spiral)

Hammerhead


 * large
 * delta tree (ngrr root)
 * unidelta tree (tsawl tall)


 * . infix (in medial position)


 * . infix (in medial position)

nearby, at close range (sim be near)


 * . infix (in medial position)


 * light (source of illumination)


 * (male name)
 * "son of Ateyo" [to confirm]


 * seeds of the great tree (rinaʼ "seed")
 * seeds of the great tree (rinaʼ "seed")


 * land


 * infix (affect; added to final syllable)


 * drum (made of skin)


 * no, it can't be! (expresses consternation)


 * sign, omen


 * banshee of paradise plant

because (oeyk cause; cf. taweyk(a))

cliff

camps


 * infix (in initial valency position)


 * we (including you); alt. for ayoeng


 * infix (in medial position)


 * (plural prefix) (causes lenition)
 * they (= fo)
 * to the others
 * you all
 * we (exclusive)
 * we (inclusive)
 * like us (inclusive)

Ä
after a consonant and the vowels i, u, o.

pitcher plant


 * a vision


 * (male name)


 * infix (affect; added to final syllable)


 * below


 * infix (in initial valency position)


 * a request
 * to (make a) request

E

 * blue, green
 * in blue
 * cheadle plant


 * infix (affect; added to final syllable)

beat


 * obstruction, barrier, baricade

thorny paw plant


 * a brain
 * pay attention, quit goofing off
 * brainworm (hallucinogenic)
 * computer


 * to pass (a test for initiation) (= em "over" + zaʼu "come")


 * (male name)


 * in front of


 * infix (in medial position)


 * auspicious, favourable

child
 * kid

plant


 * right, correct [check syll]
 * wrong, incorrect [syll differs]
 * correctness, being correct
 * you're right


 * warbonnet fern


 * infix (in initial valency position)


 * lead
 * leader

friend


 * (male name)


 * Pandoran "World spirit" and Naʼvi deity, equivalent to Gaea
 * good-bye (lit. "Eywa (be) with you")
 * Pandora (the Naʼvi world)

I

 * stringed instrument


 * Hallelujah Mountains (Thundering rocks, Stairway to Heaven (floating mountains))


 * Mountain Banshee (a pterosaur-like animal)


 * . infix (in medial position)


 * . infix (in medial position)


 * above


 * animal, beast
 * bug (hìʼi little)
 * fish (pay water)
 * sturmbeest
 * bird (ya air)


 * thank you
 * (Jake's pronunciation in the film) thank you
 * thank
 * I thank you


 * . infix (in medial position)


 * case suffix, reduced to −t after a vowel. Also invariable −ti.

bit
 * son
 * daughter


 * infix (in medial position)


 * . infix (in medial position)

Ì
spiral


 * case suffix, reduced to −l after a vowel


 * along, via, following
 * through (via the kxam middle)


 * alala! (battle cry)


 * . infix (in medial position)


 * . infix (in medial position)


 * past infix (in medial position)


 * . infix (in medial position)


 * case suffix, reduced to −ri after a vowel


 * . infix (in medial position)


 * . infix (in medial position)


 * (male name)


 * . infix (in medial position)


 * future infix (in medial position)

O

 * (indefinite suffix)
 * "it's just some alien"
 * "some messages"
 * something
 * somebody
 * somewhere
 * one day, some day
 * ? cause

[stress trial? syll. pl?]
 * I, we (but not you)
 * 1
 * 2
 * ? with me
 * [stress trial?]
 * we two (you and I), all of us
 * [stress?]
 * 1 [stress?]
 * 2 [stress?]
 * [confirm form]
 * like us
 * we (you and us: alt. for ayoeng)
 * I (deferential or ceremonial form)
 * we two (inclusive & formal)
 * our (inclusive dual & formal) [stress?]
 * we (you and us: alt. for ayoeng)
 * I (deferential or ceremonial form)
 * we two (inclusive & formal)
 * our (inclusive dual & formal) [stress?]
 * our (inclusive dual & formal) [stress?]


 * cause (eyk to lead)
 * explain, say why
 * explanation
 * because (English clause order)
 * because (opposite clause order)


 * hungry
 * hunger
 * be hungry


 * (hiss, snarl; expresses anger)

memory


 * infix (in medial position)


 * clan
 * clan leader


 * the Blue Flute Clan
 * (irregular)


 * know
 * as is known


 * nose

color

lake


 * (clan name)

U

 * dry


 * and (joins )


 * meeting
 * meet, have a meeting (use hu for 'with')
 * encounter, meet (by chance; run find)


 * dream
 * Dream Hunt (initiation ceremony)
 * an avatar (dreamwalker body) (tìran to walk, tokx body)
 * dreamwalker


 * behind

message


 * case suffix, from *−uru; reduced to −ru (and frequently shortened to −r) after a vowel


 * infix (in initial valency position)


 * tree
 * (suffix in various tree names)
 * Tree of Voices (mokri voice)
 * the Tree of Souls


 * a game
 * play a game


 * infix (affect; added to final syllable)