User:Kwamikagami

My current project on Wikibooks is Naʼvi, the fictional language in the film Avatar. Naʼvi is a nice introduction to linguistics, as it presents exotic linguistic phenomena in an accessible manner. My main account is w:User:Kwamikagami.


 * The colubrid Telescopus semiannulatus in an acacia, central Tanzania

<!--:aim: (v) kan. (n) tìkan.
 * goal: tìkan
 * purpose: tìkan
 * target: tìkan


 * alive: rusey. be alive: rey.
 * anger: (n) tìsti. (make someone angry) steyki.
 * apparently: tatlam
 * appearance: tìlam
 * arrival: tìpähem


 * barricade, barrier: ekxan
 * obstruction: ekxan


 * bird: yayo
 * black: layon
 * blind: kakrel
 * blood: reypay
 * brave: tstew
 * broken: fwel
 * camp (n) ʼawm. (v) tìʼawm si.
 * camping: tìʼawm


 * chance, opportunity: skxom
 * opportunity: skxom


 * chin: tsuksìm
 * choice: tìftxey
 * clean: laro
 * cold: wew
 * color: ʼopin
 * complete: ʼänsyem


 * construction: tìtxula
 * building (a thing built): tìtxula


 * continuously: nìlkeftang


 * conversation: tìpängkxo. have a conversation: pängkxo.
 * discussion: tìpängkxo


 * creation: tìngop
 * dark: vawm
 * darkness: tìvawm
 * death: kxitx
 * decision: tìpeʼun
 * destruction: tìskaʼa
 * different: keteng
 * dirty: tsewtx
 * dry: ukxo
 * dull (of a blade) tete
 * enemy: kxutu


 * excess (overabundance) hawng
 * overabundance: hawng
 * excessive: lehawng


 * face: key
 * family: soaia
 * fate: syay


 * favorable: etrìp
 * auspicious: etrìp


 * field (open terrain) txayo
 * fish: payoang
 * food: syuve
 * foot: venu
 * friendship: tìʼeylan


 * forgive me!: ngaytxoa
 * sorry!: ngaytxoa


 * greed: tìtxanew
 * greedy: txanew
 * hair: nikre
 * hand: tsyokx
 * hard: txaʼ
 * harmonious: meʼem
 * harmony (living at one with nature) meoauniaea
 * hateful: fkay
 * head: reʼo
 * health (physical) fpomtokx
 * healthy: lefpomtokx


 * Hellfire Wasp: zizeʼ
 * wasp (approx) zizeʼ


 * hero: txantstew
 * high: kxayl
 * impossible: keltsun


 * individuality (negative connotation) tìʼawpo
 * selfishness: tìʼawpo


 * insane: lekyeʼung
 * crazy, insane: lekye'ung


 * intelligence: tìkanu. (understanding) tìtslam.
 * intelligently: nìkanu
 * living (life) tìrusey. (alive) rusey. living thing: rusey.
 * journey: tìsop
 * knife: tstal
 * lake: ʼora
 * last night: txonam


 * final: syen
 * last: syen


 * leaf: rìk
 * left (side, direction) ftär
 * long (size) ngim
 * loud: wok


 * beloved (adj.) yawne. (loved one) yawnetu, yawntu
 * loved (adj.) yawne. loved one: yawnetu, yawntu
 * low: tìm
 * lung: tsopì


 * mantis (approx.) fwäkì
 * marriage: tìmuntxa
 * mating: tìmuntxa
 * meat: tsngan
 * mouth: kxa
 * necessary: lekin
 * neck: pewn
 * noun: tstxolìʼu


 * nevertheless: tsalsungay
 * nonetheless: tsalsungay
 * even so: tsalsungay


 * aged: koak
 * former: spuwin
 * old: (not new) spuwin. (not young) koak.


 * painful: sraw


 * perimeter: pxawpa
 * border: pxawpa
 * circumference: pxawpa


 * enjoyable: mowan
 * pleasing: mowan


 * pleasure: tìprrteʼ
 * position: klltseng
 * powerful: txantur
 * plan: tìhawl
 * preparations: tìhawl
 * present time: sekrr
 * probable; probably: skxakep
 * prophecy: tìsreseʼa


 * quiet: tìfnu. be quiet: fnu.
 * silence: tìfnu


 * red, orange: tun
 * orange, red: tun


 * ocean: txampay
 * sea: txampay


 * right (side, direction) skien
 * safe: kxuke
 * school: numtseng


 * intelligent (of a person) kanu
 * smart: (of people) kanu. (of things) sìlronsem.


 * soft: (of an object) hewne. (of a sound) ʼango.
 * source: tsim


 * battle group: wempongu
 * squad: wempongu
 * stomach: ngäng
 * story: vur


 * strange (unfamiliar) stxong
 * unfamiliar: stxong
 * unknown: stxong


 * stream: payfya
 * supplies: mekre


 * thinking (way of thinking) fpìlfya
 * thought pattern: fpìlfya


 * throat: flew
 * tired: ngeyn
 * toe: venzek
 * tomorrow night: txonay
 * tonight: fìtxon
 * tooth: sreʼ
 * treachery: kavuk


 * Poor thing!: keftxo!
 * sad: keftxo. How sad! keftxo!
 * unhappy: keftxo
 * upset: keftxo


 * unhealthy: kelfpomtokx
 * unpleasant to the senses: väʼ


 * verb: kemlìʼu
 * village: tsray
 * white: teyr


 * well (sentence opener) tse
 * now (sentence opener) tse

Exclamations:


 * of consternation: au
 * war cry (alala!) ìley
 * of pity (poor thing!): keftxo
 * of anger or annoyance (aargh!) oìsss


 * alarm cry; call to defense: rawke
 * as a threat: saa
 * upon exertion (oomph!) sau


 * of warning or frustration (oy!) tsa-hey, wiya

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