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[Eywas gsgesssss]

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• The Na'vi have a tribal communal culture. They have no written language; their history is passed down through songs.

• Humans: in order to document it, use most English alphabet letters, plus two diacritics (ä, ì), three ejectives (px, tx, kx), and an apostrophe as a glottal stop.

• www.learnnavi.org/ is a great place to help learn Na'vi.

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• across - ka
• again - nìmun
• agree - mllte
• alien - ketuwong, kewong
• alien (non-Na'vi) - faketuan
• allow - tung
• almost - stum
• alone - nì'awtu
• among - kip
• ancestor - pizayu
• animal, beast - ioang
• apology - tsap'alute
• arm - pxun
• arrive - pähem
• arrow - swizav
• art - tseo
• as (i.e: same way as) - tengfya
• ask - pawn
• attack - 'eko
• avatar (dreamwalker body) - uniltìrantokx
• awake - txen
• away (direction) - neto
• away (position) - mìso

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• baby carrier/sling - iveh k'nivi s'di
• back (direction) - ne'ìm
• bad, evil - kawng
• badge - pätsì
• be at, occupy a space - tok
• be responsible - kllfrio'
• beat (rhythmic) - 'ekong
• become - slu
• beetle larva(e) - teylu
• before, in front of - eo
• begin, start - sngä'i
• beginning, start time - sngä'ikkr
• bind - yìm
• blue - ean
• blue flute clan - omaticaya
• body - tokxn
• bond (neural connection) - Tsahaylu
• boom - kxangngang
• bow and arrow - tsko swizaw
• bow - tsko
• brain - eltu
• brainworm - eltungawng
• branch (of a tree) - vul
• brave - tsteu
• bring - zamunge
• brother - tsmukan
• burn, consume - nekx
• but - slä
• butt - txìm
• by, via, following - ìla

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• call - syaw
• calm - mawey
• can, be able - tsun
• captive - spe'etu
• capture - spe'e
• center (place in the middle) - kxamtseng
• challenge (ceremonial) - fpeio
• change - latem
• child - 'eveng
• choose - fxtey
• clan - olo'
• clan leader - olo'eyktan
• clear, certain - law
• clever (thing) - sìlronsem
• close - lok
• colleague - lertu
• come - za'u
• continually - nìtut
• cord - telem
• create - ngop
• creature - swirä
• cut - mun'i

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• daddy - sempu
• dance - sreu
• danger - hrrap
• dangerous - lehrrap
• daughter - 'ite
• day - trr
• dead - kerusey
• demon - vrrtep
• destroy - ska'a
• die - terkup
• dig up - kllkulat
• dim (of a person) - snumìna
• dinner, served meal - wutso
• direhorse - pa'li
• dive - tawng
• do not (negative) - rä'ä
• do, make - si
• doctor - toktor
• done, finished - hasey
• down - kllte
• dream - unil
• dream hunt - uniltaron
• dreamwalker (avatar) - uniltìranyu
• drive out - kurakx
• drum (made of skin) - au
• duck - tawng

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• ear - mikyun
• easily - nìftue
• easy - ftue
• eat - yom
• elbow - pxuntil
• english language - 'ìnglìsì
• enough - nìtam
• enter - fpxäkìm
• everyone - frapo
• everything - fra'u
• evil - tìkawng
• examine - steftxaw
• example - tìkenong
• eye - nari
• eyes (two) - menari

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• false - tsleng
• far away, at a distance - alìm
• fast - nìwin
• father - sempul
• fear - txopu
• feed - yomtìng
• female (person) - tutee
• finger - zekwä
• fire - txep
• first - 'awve
• first - nì'awve
• fly - tswayon
• for the sake of - fpi
• forbidden - kxanì
• forest - na'rìng
• forgiveness - txoa
• four - tsìng
• fresh (food) - pxausul
• from above - ta'em
• from (direction) - ftu
• from (various uses) - ta
• full - teya
• funny - hiyìk

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• get down! (to the ground) - ne kllte!
• give - tìng
• go - käì
• good - sìltsan
• good bye, see you again soon - kìyevame
• good bye, eywa be with you - eywa ngahu
• got it, i understand - tslolam
• grab - niä
• grant - teswotìng
• great leonpteryx (last shadow) - toruk
• great, much, many (quantity) - txan
• great, noble - nawm
• ground - kllte
• group of pople, party - pongu
• guide - fyaxwìntxu
• gunship - kunsìp

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• halt - txey
• he - poan
• he, she - po
• heart - txe'lan
• hello - kaltxì
• help, assistance - srung
• hexapede, hexapod - yerik
• hold off, suspend action - fpak
• home - kelku
• hometree - kelutrel
• honor - meuia
• hot - som
• how (conjunction) - fyape
• how (adjective) - peyfa
• hunt - taron
• hunter - taronyu

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• i - oe
• if - txo
• if not, or else - txokefyaw
• in - mì
• insanity - keye'ung
• interpret - ralpeng

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• joint, hinge - til

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• kid, child - 'evi
• kill - tspang
• knee - kinamtil
• know - omun

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• land - atxkxe
• large - apxa
• lead - eyk
• leader - eyktan
• learn' - nume
• leave, depart - hum
• leave, abandon - txìng
• leg - kinam
• level - 'engeng
• life - tìrey
• light - atan
• like us - nìayoeg
• like, as - na
• lip - seyri
• listen - tìng mikyun
• listen, pay attention, quit goofing off - eltu si
• life - rey
• live, dwell - kelku si
• long (period of time) - yol
• longer (time) - nulkrr
• look - tìng nari
• look at - nìn

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• male (person) - tutean
• many - pxay
• mated - muntxa
• matriarch - tshahìk
• matter - txele
• matter, be of importance - tsranten
• meaning - ral
• medusa (animal) - fpxafaw
• meeting - ultxa
• message - 'upxare
• middle, midpoint - kxam
• mighty - fkeu
• mind - ronsem
• model, represent, exemplify - kenong
• moment - swaw
• mommy - sa'nu
• more - nì'ul
• moron - skxawng
• mother - sa'nok
• mountain banshee - ikran
• move, shift position - rikx
• much - nìtxan
• music - pamtseo
• must - zene

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• need - kin
• need - tìkin
• never - kawkrr
• news, something to report - fmawm
• night - txon
• no - kehe
• no (before a noun) - kea
• no one - kawtu
• nose - ontu
• not - ke
• nothing - ke'u
• now - set

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• offence, insult - zoplo
• one - fko
• one number - 'aw
• one (person) - 'awpo
• only - nì'aw
• or - fu
• other - lahe
• other one (person or thing) - lapo
• outside - wrrpa

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• part - hapxì
• pass (a test) - emza'u
• passionately, with all heart - nìftxavang
• path, way - fya'o
• pattern - renu
• peel - fkarut
• people (the people: name for themselves) - na'vi
• perhaps, maybe - kxawm
• person - tute
• place - tseng(e)
• plant species - eyaye
• please - rutxe
• poison - txum
• pretty - sevin
• promise (a thing to someone) - pänutìng
• proper, fair, right - muiä
• protect, shelter - hawnu
• protection - tìhawnu
• pull - za'ärìp

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• quiet ("be quiet!") - fnu

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• rain - tompa
• ready - alaksì
• release, let go - lonu
• remain, stay - 'ì'awn
• remembrance - 'ok
• request - ätxäle
• rhythm - kato
• ride - makto
• ride out - kämaktao
• rock, stone - tskxe
• run - tul

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• sacred - swok
• sacred place - swotu
• safe place, refuge - zongteng
• save - zong
• saying (quote) - san
• see (physical sense) - tse'a
• see (spiritual sense) - kame
• seed - rina'
• seeds of the great tree - atrokirina'
• seem, appear - lam
• send - fpe'
• service - kìte'en
• seven - kinä
• sharp - pxi
• she - poe
• show - wintxu
• sibling - tsmuk, tsmuktu
• sign, omen - aungia
• sing - rol
• sister - tsmuke
• sixteen - vofu
• sky - taw
• sky person - tawtute
• slinger - lenay'ga
• small - hì'i
• smell - faheu
• smile - lrrtok
• so (or "in that case") - ha
• so that - fte
• so that not - fteke
• son - 'itan
• song - tìrol, way
• songchord - waytelem
• soon - ye'rin
• sound - pam
• speak - plltxe
• spear - tukru
• species of fruit or vegetable - ki'ong, kxener
• spin - kim
• spiral - 'iheyu
• spirit - tirea
• spirit animal - tireaioang
• spirit path - tireafya'o
• spread, proliferate - virä
• stand - kllkxem
• star - tanhì
• stingbat - riti
• stop - ftang
• stopping - tìftang
• straight - yey
• strength - tìtxur
• strike - takuk
• stringed instrument - i'en
• strong - txur
• study - ftia
• sturmbeest - talioang
• suffice - tam
• sun - tsawke

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• tail - kxetse
• take, bring - munge
• take/consume time - krrnekx
• teacher - karyu
• teaching, instruction - sänume
• tell - peng
• territory - kllpxìltu
• test - fmetok, tìfmetok
• than - to
• thanator - palulukan
• thank you - irayo
• that - tsnì
• that (action) - tsakem
• that (as object) - tsat
• that (person) - tsatu
• then, at that time - tsakrr
• there, that place - tsatseng
• they - ayfo, fo
• they (those two) - mefo
• thirthy-two - tsìvol
• this (action) - fikem
• this (thing) fi'u
• this one (person or thing) - fipo
• this way, like this - fifya
• this here, this place - fitseng(e)
• thread - kìng
• thundering rocks, stairway to heaven, hallelujah mountaints (floating mountains) - iknimaya
• time - krr
• to (direction) - ne
• to the others - aylaru
• together - 'awsiteng
• too - nìhawng
• touch - 'ampi
• track, lock up - sutx
• training, exercise - tskxekeng
• tree - utral
• tree of voices - utral aymokriyä
• true - ngay
• truly - nìngay
• trunk (of a tree) - tangek
• truth - tìngay
• try - fmi
• turn - mìn
• two - mune

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• understand - tslam
• unfold, blossom - 'ong
• unquote - sìk

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• valid - kangay
• viperwolf - nantang
• vision - äie
• voice - mokri

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• wait - pey
• walk - tìran
• want - neu
• war - tsam
• war party - tsampongu
• warrior - tsamsiyu
• wash - yur
• watch out, be careful - nari si
• we (exclusive) - ayoe
• we (inclusive) - ayoeng
• we; two (exclusive) - ayoeng
• we; two (inclusive) - moe
• weak - meyp
• weave - täftxu
• weaver - täftxuyu
• well - nìltsan
• well-being, peace - fpom
• what (thing) - 'upe
• what (action) - kempe
• what (before a noun) - pe
• when - krrpe, pehrr
• where (adjective) - peseng
• where (adjective) - tsengpe
• which, that - a
• while (same time as) - tengkrr
• who - pesu, tupe
• why - lumpe, pelun
• wind - hufwe
• wing - tsyal
• wise - txantslusam
• with (accompaniment) hu
• with (by means of) - fa
• word - lì'u
• world spirit guiding force and deity; eywa - eywa
• world (physical) - kifkey
• worm - ngawng
• worst - 'e'al
• worthy - pxan

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• year - zìzìt
• yellow - rim
• yes - srane
• you - aynga, nga

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• 'ampi - touch
• mawe - calm
• 'e'al - worst
• 'eko - attack
• 'ekong - beat (rythmic)
• 'engeng - level
• 'ì'awn - remain, stay
• 'ìheyu - spiral
• 'it - bit, small amount
• 'ok - Remembrance
• 'ong - unfold, blossom
• 'upxare - message
• äie - vision
• alaksi - ready
• apxa - large
• atan - light
• ätxäle - request
• atxkxe - land
• au - drum (made of skin)
• aungia - sign, omen
• ean - blue
• emza'u - pass (a test)
• eyk - lead
• eyktan - leader
• eywa ngahu - good-bye, eywa be with you
• faheu - smell
• fkarut - peel
• fkeu - mighty
• fmawn - news, something to report
• fmetok - test
• fmi - try
• fnu - quiet (be quiet)
• fpak - hold off, suspend action
• fpe' - send
• fpeio - challenge (ceremonial)
• fpom - well being; peace
• fpi - for the sake of
• fa - with (by means of)
• zamuncko - well done
• kaltxì - hello
• rutxe - please
• irayo - thanks

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• ifko' - one
• iaw - one
• iawve - first
• iawpo - one individual
• iawsiteng - together
• imune - two
• itsìng - four
• ikinä - seven
• ivofu - sixteen
• itsìvol - thirty-two (octal: 40)
• iay- - plural prefix
• ime- - dual prefix

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• alìm - far away, at a distance
• eo - before, in front of

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• eywa - "world spirit" & guiding force and deity
• amhul - child's name
• änsìt - child's name
• ralu - child's name
• faketuan - alien (i.e. non-na'vi)
• fpeio - challenge (ceremonial)
• uniltaron - dream hunt
• tireafya'o - spirit path
• tireaioang - spirit animal
• tsahaylu - bond (neural connection)
• tsahìk - matriarch
• tsawke - sun
• teylu - beetle larva(e)
• tawtute - sky person
• olo'eyktan - clan leader
• omaticaya - blue flute clan
• uniltìrantokx - "dreamwalker body"; avatar
• iknimaya - thundering rocks, stairway to heaven (hallelujah mountains)

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• ioang - animal, beast
• nantang - viperwolf
• fpxafaw - medusa
• eyaye - warbonnet
• eltungawng - brainworm
• pa'li - direhorse
• angtsik - hammerhead titanothere
• yerik - Hexapede
• toruk - "last shadow"; Leonopteryx
• ikran - mountain banshee
• lenay'ga - slinger
• atokirina’ - seeds of the great tree
• palulukan - "dry mouth bringer of fear"; thanator
• utral - tree
• utral aymokriyä - tree of voices
• kelutrel - hometree (tree for living in)

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• til - joint, hinge
• kinam - leg
• kinamtil - leg-joint, knee
• pxun - arm
• pxuntil - arm-joint, elbow
• kxetse - tail
• zekwä - finger
• tsyal - wing
• txìm - butt, rear end
• nari - eye
• menari - eyes (two)
• mikyun - ear
• ontu - nose
• seyri - lip
• eltu - brain
• eltu si - Pay attention, quit goofing off

• note: the verb tìng "give" is used for senses; for example tìm mikyun "give ear, listen"

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• olo’ - clan
• ’eveng - child
• ’evi - kid (affectionate form of “child”)
• ’itan - son
• ’ite - daughter
• sempul - father
• sempu - daddy
• sa’nok - mother
• sa’nu - mommy
• tsmukan - brother
• tsmuke - sister

- - - - - - - - - - - - > n a ' v i -> e n g l i s h : PHRASES

• fyape fko syaw ngar? - in what way does one call to you? / what is your name?

• oeru syaw (fko) - one calls to me (as) / my name is

• kaltxì - hello (casaul)

• oel ngati kameie - i see you (familiar)

• kame ngat - see you (familiar/casual)

• kìyevame - (i will) see (you again) soon

• eywa ngahu - eywa with you

• txon lefpom - peaceful night

• ngaru lu fpom srak? - how are you?

• ngaru tut? - and to you?

• nga yawne lu oer - you are beloved to me / i love you

• lu oeru - i have...

• oeru txoa livu - may i have forgiveness / forgive me

• kaltxì, oel ke tsole'a kea ngati...fyape fko syaw ngar - hello, i have not seen you before...what are you called?

• kaltxì, oeru syaw --. Ngaru tut? - hello, i am --. And you?

• oeru lu fpom, slä oel tspìyang ngati fa swizaw oeyä! ngaru tut? - i am well, but i am about to kill you with my arrow. and you?

• kehe, lam futa oe tìyerkup... Nang tse'a! Atokirina'! - no, it seems that i am about to die...oh look! a seed of the great tree!

• pak, oeru txoa livu, lam futa nga rerey. kìyevame! - bah, forgive me, it seems you live. see you again soon!

• oeri ta peyä fahew akewong ontu teya längu. my nose is full of his alien smell

• tewti, ma --! plltxe nga nìltsan! - wow --! you speak well!

• tsun oe ngahu nìna'vi pivängkxo a fì'u oeru prrte' lu - it's a pleasure to be able to chat with you in na'vi

• fìskxawngìri tsap'alute sengi oe - i apologise for this moron

• fayvrrtep fìtsenge lu kxanì - these demons are forbidden here

• kìyevame ulte eywa ngahu - goodbye and eywa be with you

• txo new nga rivey, oehu! - come with me if you want to live

• tawsìp ngeyä lu sngeltseng - your ship is a garbage dump

• -- herahaw - -- is sleeping

• -- yerikit tolaron - -- hunted a hexapede

• oel ngati kameie, ma tsmukan, ulte ngaru seiyi ireiyo. ngari hu eywa saleu tirea, tokx 'ì'awn slu na'viyä hapxì. - i see you brother, and thank you. your spirit goes with eywa, your body stays behind to become part of the people.

• sìfmetokit emzola'u ohel. ätxäle si tsnì livu oheru uniltaron - i have passed the tests. i respectfully request the dream hunt.

• ma --, lu oeru aylì'u frapor. aylì'u na ayskxe mì te'lan - --, i have something to say, to everyone. the words are like stones in my heart.

• eo ayoeng lu txana tìkawng. sawtute zera'u fte fol kelutralti skiva'a. pìyähem fìtseng ye'rìn - a great evil is upon us. the sky people are coming to destroy hometree

• ayngari zene hivum, txo... - you must leave or...

• nga za'u fìtseng pxìm srak? - do you come here often?

• oeyä ikran slivu nga, tsakrr oeng 'awsiteng mivakto - be my ikran and let's ride together

• pxasìk - screw it! no way!

• ke lu kawtu a nulnivew oe pohu tireapivängkxo äo vitrautral - there's nobody i'd rather commune with under the tree of souls

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