Surnames

[Kxalatsi]

Seems cultural so I'll ask here.

We know Neytiri's surname is Mo'at'ite and Tsu'tey's is Ateyitan.  Do we know if the pattern of daughter-of-mother and son-of-father is the standard?  Also, as for "te Tskaha" and "te Rongloa", what are these family lines?

Irayo,
Kxalatsi

[Amaya]

Those aren't actually their surnames, they're the same as the Russian "Andreovich" or "Petrovna", although in this case it would seem that girls use a matronymic rather than a patronymic.  Presumably if Eytukan and Mo'at had a son, his name would have been "___ te Tskaha Etukanitan"

The "surname" would seem to be placed in the middle in this case, the "Tskaha" and "Rongloa" being family or clan names.

But that's just my interpretation, of course.

[Mako]

Ayoel tìarmpängkxo satit teri trram mì TeamSpeak.

What I remember is that it's set up as:

Name + te + Family Name + Father/Mother's Name + 'itan/'ite

In my case:

Reyona te Tsateka Ray'i'itan.

As further justification of my proof:

...The survival guide lists in the Na'vi - English dictionary "te" as "particle used in full names"...

(But some more picky members *cough* Tirea *cough* don't accept it as canon and are therefore reluctant to adknowledge it.)

[Kxalatsi]

Irayo nìtxan.

The Omatikaya are lead by an olo'eyktan.  Is olo' more properly the word for tribe if the family line is a clan?  Or, perhaps, do you think we'll get a word for family line?

[Sireayä mokri]

Yes, olo' means clan and, as I can remember, whatever comes after te is a tribe name within a clan.

[Mako]

Te is the equivalent of saying "Reyona of the Tsateka".

[Txura Rolyu]

I know my tsawtute surname is related to where my ancestors lived. Dennewitz is actually a place in Germany. "Dennew" (from "danne" meaning forest) and "itz" (meaning village). Would the Navi have something similar as to where they came from or does the tribe take that place seeing as they dont travel?