Is there a Na'Vi word for "love?"

[Lightna]

A random question that popped into my head... (and also couldn't find it in the dictionaries of english-to-Na'vi.) So unless someone made it up, I'm curious if there really is a word for it.

[tìngay mungeyu]

A random question that popped into my head... (and also couldn't find it in the dictionaries of english-to-Na'vi.) So unless someone made it up, I'm curious if there really is a word for it.

Tìyawn is the word for 'love'.
It is in the latest version of Taronyu's dictionary that you can download from here.

Nga yawne lu oer. - You are beloved to me. - I love you.

Eywa ngahu!

[Lightna]

Irayo nga srung. 
Thank you for your help.

[iloveneytiri]

A random question that popped into my head... (and also couldn't find it in the dictionaries of english-to-Na'vi.) So unless someone made it up, I'm curious if there really is a word for it.

Tìyawn is the word for 'love'.
It is in the latest version of Taronyu's dictionary that you can download from here.

Nga yawne lu oer. - You are beloved to me. - I love you.

Eywa ngahu!

Shouldn't it be "Nga yawne lu oeru" ? -ru is the dative ending. Oeru = "to me"

[Keylstxatsmen]

Shouldn't it be "Nga yawne lu oeru" ? -ru is the dative ending. Oeru = "to me"

The dative has three different allomorphs -ru, -ur, -r, the first for words that end in a vowel, the next for consonants, and a short form.

This said however, we don't quite know why the -u can be dropped at the end of -ru, but many people have suggested it is formality (the shorter form being less formal) or maybe just preference of the speaker.  Especially when the dative comes at the end of a sentence, we have often seen it shorted like this.

-Keyl  

[omängum fra'uti]

I thought someone got an answer out of Frommer that it's purely phonetically aesthetics whether -ru or -r is used.  But he seems to always use -r when it's the end of a sentence.

[Tseyk Tìriuä]

Frommer sent me an email saying it was purely how it sounded.  I guess he at least feels its awkward to end a sentence in -ru.

[Kxetse!]

I've just copied this from a site, which included a message of the maker himself.

I love you.
Nga yawne lu oer.

I see you.
Oel ngati kameie.

Don't ask me if it's -r of -ru

[Hawnuyu atxen]

-r and -ru are the same
Otherwise see the 2nd post here.

[Erimeyz]

Frommer sent me an email saying it was purely how it sounded.  I guess he at least feels its awkward to end a sentence in -ru.

Would you be comfortable posting the relevant portions of that email?  That would be a valuable piece of knowledge for the community to have.

  - Eri

[wm.annis]

Would you be comfortable posting the relevant portions of that email?  That would be a valuable piece of knowledge for the community to have.

Well, in this he does say, "Ngar and ngaru are used interchangeably--pick the one you think sounds better in its position."

[Lukxasì]

  Great!!!

[iloveneytiri]

Shouldn't it be "Nga yawne lu oeru" ? -ru is the dative ending. Oeru = "to me"

The dative has three different allomorphs -ru, -ur, -r, the first for words that end in a vowel, the next for consonants, and a short form.

This said however, we don't quite know why the -u can be dropped at the end of -ru, but many people have suggested it is formality (the shorter form being less formal) or maybe just preference of the speaker.  Especially when the dative comes at the end of a sentence, we have often seen it shorted like this.

-Keyl  

Thank you very much for your explanation, Keyl!

[Na'rìng]

Love = Yawn(e). There is a slight problem using it though: the word isn't a verb, it is actually a noun.

[kewnya txamew'itan]

Love = Yawn(e). There is a slight problem using it though: the word isn't a verb, it is actually a noun.

Kehe, yawne = beloved, and adjective.

The noun is tìyawn as noted earlier in the thread.