Author Archives: Pawl

Kaltxì nìmun, ma frapo! Our LEP (Lexical Expansion Project) team has been working overtime, and I have an impressive list of submissions, some from months ago, that I’m gradually going through. Most of the following new vocabulary items are either … Continue reading →

Kaltxì, ma eylan, ulte Vospxìpuk lefpom! Happy June, everyone. I hope you’re all doing well as summer (or winter, depending on where you live!) fast approaches. Among the most recent vocabulary submissions from the LEP (Lexical Expansion Project) were some … Continue reading →

Kaltxì, ma frapo! Fleltrr Lefpom! Happy April Fool’s Day! No tricks—just a few new words this time along with a new way to use a word you already know. I hope you’ll find these useful. Actually, the only word family … Continue reading →

Kxì, ma frapo. Zìsìtnuntrr Lefpom! Happy Leap Year Day! A bit of explanation: I realized there was a gap in the lexicon in the area of words relating to long and short. Here’s what we’ve had up to now:                                     … Continue reading →

Kaltxì, ma frapo, ulte Mipa Zìsìt Lefpom! Happy New Year, everyone! I hope 2024 proves to be a happy and healthy one for us all. We haven’t had any new vocabulary in a while, so here are some words I … Continue reading →

Kaltxì, ma eylan! Sìlpey oe, ayngaru lu fpom nìwotx. Once again, I need to apologize that other things have kept me away from Na’viteri for too long. But that doesn’t mean I’ve been away from Na’vi! It’s been a pleasure … Continue reading →

Kaltxì nìmun, ma frapo! Here, at long last, is the complete list of Reef Na’vi words with u or ù. As we now know, Reef Na’vi (RN) distinguishes u (as in English food) and ù (as in English good), while … Continue reading →

Kaltxì, ma frapo. Sìlpey oe, ayngari nìwotx Vospxìkin sngilvä’i nìltsan. And for those of you in the States, Happy Independence Day! I was thinking about how to say that in Na’vi. Independence, in the sense it was originally used in … Continue reading →

Kaltxì nìmun, ma frapo! Srane, oe tolätxeiaw. Some personal issues kept me away, but now that they’ve been resolved, I’m very happy to be back. So let’s see . . . where were we? The last couple of posts dealt … Continue reading →

Gì, ma eylan!  🙂 The previous post on Reef Na’vi phonetics and phonology elicited some really perceptive questions in the comments section, so let me respond to those here. Then I’ll mention a few other things you might be interested … Continue reading →