Navi-English-Dictionary.pdf

NA’VI - ENGLISH DICTIONARY v: 5.027

TARONYU : RICHARD LITTAUER

Having been disappointed by the paucity of collated and collected data, I have

worked all of the available sources I could ﬁnd into one dictionary here. Thanks are

certainly to be given to the following people for their monumental efforts: Dr. From-

mer, Quentin Martinez, Karyu Amawey, Eywa mokriya, Vicky, Harıghawnu, and ev-

eryone on IRC, Skype, and the Learn Na’vi site.

Where appropriate, extra notes have been included for the entries below. Com-

pound non-inﬂected words and loan words from English have been noted. I have on

several occasions derived non-attested root forms: these are marked by a *, and should

list sources. The traditional Na’vi transcription in use by Frommer as been maintained

throughout: the IPA transcription is given as well. Some, if not many, parts of speech

may be erroneous - many have been excluded entirely. Where suitable, lenited words

have been included. Some words found elsewhere are not included here, as all afﬁxes

and inﬁxes have been avoided, unless their inclusion is deemed particularly useful.

Forms that are inﬂected have been included if their uninﬂected form is not attested.

Bold indicates Na’vi word.Italicsindicate English deﬁnition. Underlining indicates

where Frommer has given us stress information, which is not otherwise predictable:

I have included this in the IPA transcriptions instead of using normal IPA", because

syllable boundaries are often hard to place - any fault in underlining, unless a typing

error, can be laid at Frommer’s door. Plain text indicates grammatical categorisation:

parentheses indicate further notes. <x> represents an inﬁx, where t<1><2>ar<3>on

are the positions. Proper nouns have been capitalised. – and + indicates that an afﬁx

or adposition can fall on either side. Knowledge of lenition processes will be assumed.

For more on inﬂections, see this document.

Abbreviations:

– = morpheme boundary

+ = leniting morpheme boundary

<> = inﬁx morpheme

‘ = ejective [in IPA]

adj. = adjective

adp. = adpositional afﬁx

adv. = adverb

conj. = conjunction

c.w. = compound word

intj. = interjection

inter. = interrogative

lit. = literally

n. = noun

num. = number

part. = particle

prep. = preposition

pn. = pronoun

prop.n. = proper noun

v. = verb

= illegal phonotactics

For those of you wishing for an English - Na’vi dictionary, merely use Ctrl (or Apple)

+ F, and search away. An English - Na’vi dictionary is not forthcoming.

Date: Last updated: January 7 th , 2010.

S OURCES

I have sourced every word as best as I could. This sourcing is placed in a subscript

after the IPA transcription, and tells where I, or the source from which I received a

word, initially got their word from Frommer. In order of validity, from most to least:

F = Frommer himself.

FE = Frommer’s personal emails

S = the list at the end of the Survival Guide

W = Wikipedia (which has received Frommer’s blessing)

SG = the Survival Guide main text (ﬂora and songs)

M = transcriptions or scripts from the Avatar movie

T = Taronyu

D = words not derived by Taronyu.

G = the Avatar game (which has illegal names)

SG = the Survival Guide main text (everything else)

Frommerian words have the highest worth. The Activists Survival Guide contains

a list at the end of Na’vi words, which is the main source of all present dictionaries.

Words not in this list but still within the Guide often have illegal phonotactic entries.

I have attached the character to each such word, and put them in their own sec-

tion in the appendix. There are also spelling mistakes: Omaticaya and skx’awng are

obvious. However, the plant names look distinctly Frommerian: they have the ı in

some names, and exhibit compounding, unlike the rest of the words in the SG text.

Somewhat humorously, I’ve noticed that all but one word from the Guide that doesn’t

concern Pandoran ﬂora have illegal combinations (the word is u’imi streamers) . I have

therefore left this word, and all botanical terms, in the dictionary.

Words from the game are listed here. Some words have been derived from the Movie

alone. Wikipedia, as a general grammatical deriving source, has been used for most

grammatical items included here. I myself have derived several words: I have marked

those here. Trust them at your own risk. Many notes or derivations that I have made

with some guesswork are noted with a T . For more on proper sources, and their his-

tory, go here.

I have edited this dictionary too many times not to assume that it will have errors.

Please , if you note any, let me know here, and I will change them. As for version num-

ber, I’ll change the ﬁrst digit when there is a big change. I’ll update .0x0 when I make a

signiﬁcant, but not large change. Finally, I’ll edit the .00x number when I’ve made tiny

edits. Refer to the Change Log for explanation. Version 1 was the original. Version

2 sourced every word. Version 3 involved adding words from the Guide’s main text.

Version 4 took illegal words and put them in a separate appendix, and was completely

cross-checked. Version 5 added an appendix for inﬂectional endings, with examples,

as well as a change log, and should be the ﬁnal version until more information is re-

leased.

NB: I hold that Na’vi should be allowed to grow organically by trial and error by

learners themselves and not solely from a Frommerian synthetic system.

’ampi : [Pampi] S touch

’angtsıka : [PaNµIkæ] G n. hammerhead

(Pandora fauna)

’aw : [Paw] S num. one

’aw– : [Paw] T third person neutral pro-

noun one

’awkx : [Pawk'] S n. cliff

’awpo : [Pawpo] S pn. one individual T

’awsiteng : [Pawsi tEN ] S adv. together

’awve : [PawvE] S adj. ﬁrst

’e’al : [PEPal] S worst

’eko : [PEko] S attack

’ekong : [PEkoN] S beat (rhythmic)

’engeng : [PENEN] S n. level, ﬂoor T

’eveng : [PEvEN] S n. child

’evi : [PEvi] S n. kid (affectionate form of

’eveng child)

’ı’awn : [PIPawn] S v. remain, stay

’ıheyu : [PIhEju] SG spiral

’ınglısı : [P IN lIsI] S n. English language

(loaned from Eng. English)

’it : [Pit] S n. bit, a small amount

*’it : [Pit] T n. progeny derived from ’itan

son and ’ite daughter

’itan : [Pitan] S n. son

’ite : [Pite] S n. daughter

’ok : [Pok] S n. remembrance

’ong : [PoN] S v. unfold, blossom

*’u : [Pu] T n. thing derived from fı’u this

thing and tsa’u that thing

’upe : [PupE] S n. what (thing) (c.w. from

*’u thing and pe inter. marker)

’upxare : [Pup'aRE] S message

*’Urar : [PuRaR] T;M prop.n. the aerie, ikran

roost

a : [a] S pn. which, that

–a– : [a] F adjectival attributive marker

–a : [æ] W genitive sufﬁx for nouns ending

in a consonant (allomorph of ya )

aie : [æiE] S n. vision

alaksı : [alaksI] S adj. ready

Amhul : [amhul] S prop.n. child’s name

Ansıt : [ænsIt] S prop.n. child’s name

alım : [alIm] ? far, far away, at a distance

< am >: [am] W past tense verbal inﬁx in

position 2

–an : [an] W masculine sufﬁx for certain

nouns

< ang >: [æN] W pejorative affect verbal in-

ﬁx in position 3

apxa : [ap'a] S adj. large

< arm >: [aRm] W imperfective past tense

verbal inﬁx in position 2, derived from

am + er

atan : [atan] S light

*atoki : [atoki] T n. sacred tree (Pandoran

ﬂora) derived from atokirina’ seeds of

the great tree

atokirina’ : [atokiRinaP] S n. seeds of the

great tree, very pure spirits (c.w. from

rina’ seed)

atxale : [æt'ælE] S request

atxkxe : [at'k'E] S n. land

au : [au] S n. drum (made of skin)

aungia : [auNia] S n. sign, omen

awaiei : [awaiEi] SG n. banshee of paradise

(Pandoran ﬂora)

ay+ : [aj] F plural adp. for nouns

< ay >: [aj] W future tense verbal inﬁx in

position 2

ayfo : [ayfo] S pn. they

ayla : [ayla] S pn. the others (edited from

aylaru to the others) T

aynga : [ayNa] S pn. you all

ayoe : [ayoE] S pn. we (exclusive)

ayoeng : [ayoEN] S pn. we (inlcusive)

–e : [E] F feminine sufﬁx for certain nouns

ean : [Ean] S blue

< ei >: [Ei] F laudative affect verbal inﬁx in

position 3

eltu : [Eltu] S n. brain

eltu si : [Eltusi] S v. listen, pay attention

eltungawng : [EltuNawN] S n. brainworm

(Pandoran fauna) (c.w. from eltu brain

and ngawng worm) T

*(’)em : [(P)Em] T prep. above derived from

ta’em from above and emza’u pass

emza’u : [EmzaPu] S v. pass (a test)

eo : [Eo] S prep. before, in front of

< er >: [eR] D Imperfective aspect verbal in-

ﬁx in position 2

eyaye : [Ejaje] SG n. warbonnet (Pandoran

ﬂora)

eyk : [Ejk] S v. lead

eyktan : [ Ejk tan] S n. leader

Eytukan : [Ejtukan] M prop.n. man’s name

Eywa : [ Ej wa] S prop.n. world spirit, guiding

force and deity (equivalent to Gaia) Ey wa

nga hu intj. good-bye, ... be with you

from fay this plural and vrrtep demon) T

fı– : [fI] F adp. this derived from fıpo this

one and fı’u this thing

fıfya : [fIfja] S pn. this, this way, like this

fıkem : [fIkEm] S pn. this (action)

fıpo : [fIpo] S pn. this one (person or thing)

fıtseng(e) : [fI µEN (E)] S pn. this, here, this

place

fı’u : [fIPu] S pn. this, this thing

fkarut : [fkaRut] S peel

fkeu : [fkEu] S adj. mighty

fko : [fko] S one (might be from po ) T

fmawn : [fmawn] S n. news, something to re-

port

fmetok : [fmEtok] S v. test

fmi : [fmi] S v. try

fngap : [fngap] G n. metal

fngapsutxwll : [fngapsut'wl " :] SG n. metal-

fpi : [fpi] S for the sake of

fpıl : [fpIl] FE v. think

fpom : [fpom] S well-being, peace

fpxafaw : [fp'afaw] S n. medusa (Pandoran

fauna)

fpxakım : [fp'ækIm] S v. enter

*fra– : [fRa] T adp. every derived from

frapo everyone and fra’u everything

fra’u : [fRaPu] S n. everything (c.w. from ’u

thing)

frapo : [fRapo] S n. everyone (c.w. from po

he/she)

ftang : [ftaN] S v. stop

fte : [ftE] S conj. so that

fteke : [ftEkE] S conj. so that not, lest (c.w.

from fte so that and ke not)

ftia : [ftia] F study

ftxoza : [ft'ozæ] FE n. holiday

ftu : [ftu] S prep. from (direction)

ftu sat : [ftusat] S conj. from that

ftue : [ftuE] S adj. easy

*ftxavang : [ft'avaN] T adj. passion derived

from nıftxavang passionately

ftxey : [ftEj] S v. choose

fu : [fu] S conj. or

futa : [futa] FE conj. that (subjunctive

marker)

*fya– : [fja] T n. path, direction derived

from fya’o path and fyape how

fya’o : [fjaPo] S n. path, way

fyape : [fjapE] S conj. how

fyawıntxu : [fjawInt'u] S guide (c.w. from

*fya how and wıntxu show) T

following plant (Pandoran ﬂora)

fnu : [fnu] S v. quiet, be quiet

fo : [fo] S pn. they derived from ay+ deleted

plural leniting morpheme and po he/she T

fpak : [fpak] S v. hold off, suspend action

fpe’ : [fpEP] S v. send

fpeio : [fpEio] S challenge (ceremonial)

fa : [fa] S prep. with, by means of

fahew : [fahEw] F v. smell

faketuan : [fakEtuan] ? n. alien, non-Na’vi

(might be poor transcription of fa + ke-

tuan ) T

*fay– : [faj] T adp. these derived from fı

this and ay plural

fayvrrtep : [fajvr " tEp] F n. these demons (c.w.

ha : [ha] S conj. so, in that case

hahaw : [hahaw] F v. sleep

hapxı : [hap'i] S part

hasey : [hasEj] S adj. done, ﬁnished

hawnu : [hawnu] S v. protect, shelter

hı’i : [hIPi] S adj. small

hu : [hu] S adp. with (accompaniment)

hufwe : [hufwE] S n. wind

hum : [hum] S v. leave, depart

i’en : [iPEn] S n. stringed instrument

*ik : [ik] D n. heaven, sky derived from

ik-ni-maya stairway to heaven and ikran

walks the sky

Iknimaya : [iknimaja] S prop.n. Thunder-

ing Rocks, Stairway to Heaven, Hallelujah

Mountains, or a rite of passage

ikran : [ikRan] S n. banshee (mountain ban-

shee) SG

ikranay : [ikRanaj] SG n. forest banshee (du-

bious: +ay would make banshees) T

–ıl : [Il] W ergative case sufﬁx for nouns

ending in a consonant (allomorph of –l )

ıla : [Ilæ]or[Ilæ] S prep. by, via, following

*ım : [Im] T prep. behind, back derived from

ne’ım back

< ım >: [Im] W recent past verbal inﬁx in

position 2

ioang : [ioaN] S n. animal, beast

irayo : [iRajo] S n., intj. thank you

–ıri : [IRi] W topical sufﬁx for nouns ending

in a consonant (allomorph of ri )

< ırm >: [IRm] W imperfective recent past

tense verbal inﬁx in position 2, derived

from ım + er

–it : [it] W accusative sufﬁx for nouns end-

ing in a consonant (allomorph of ti )

< iv >: [iv] W subjunctive mood verbal in-

ﬁx in position 2

< ıy >: [Ij] W immediate future tense ver-

bal inﬁx in position 2

ka : [ka] S prep. across

ka : [ka] ? adv. not (allomorph of ke not)

ka : [kæ] S v. go

kali’weya : [kaliPwEja] SG n. species of poi-

sonous arachnid (Pandoran fauna)

kaltxı : [kalt'I] S intj. hello

kamakto : [kæmakto] S v. ride out (c.w.

from ka go and makto ride T )

kame : [kamE] S v. see, see into, understand,

know

kangay : [kaNaj] S adj. valid

*kar : [kar] T v. teach derived from karyu

teacher

karyu : [kaRju] S n. teacher

kato : [kato] S n. rhythm

*kaw– : [kaw] T adp. contraction of ke aw

not one, derived from kawkrr never

kawkrr : [kawkr " ] S adv. never (c.w. from

krr time)

kawng : [kawN] S adj. bad, evil (c.w. from

*kaw– not and –ng inclusive) T

kawtu : [kawtu] S pn. no-one (c.w. from tu

person)

ke : [kE] S adv. not

ke– : [kE] T adp. no, not

ke’u : [kEPu] S pn. nothing (c.w. from ke

not and ’u thing)

kehe : [kEhE] S no

kelku : [kElku] S n. home

kelku si : [kElkusi] S v. live, dwell

Kelutral : [kElutRal] S prop.n. Hometree

(Pandoran ﬂora)

*kem : [kEm] T action derived from fıkem

this action and kempe what action

kempe : [kEmpE] S pn. what (action)

kenong : [kEnoN] S v. model, represent, ex-

emplify

kerusey : [kERusEj] S adj. dead (c.w. from

ke not and r < us > ey living) D

hiyık : [hijIk] S adj. funny, strange

hrrap : [hr " ap] S n. danger

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