Na'vi Vocabulary Committee

[Puvomun]

My pet word would be pamreltslam or so, for reading.
Understand the writing.

Or maybe pamrenìn...

Or maybe new root...

Because new roots are awesome.

Pamngrr
HRH!!

[Sireayä mokri]

Pamngrr
HRH!!

Pam is sound, rel is image.

I believe we should have a word that would represent "read" more as "see into" than just "understand meaning".

[Puvomun]

Pamngrr
HRH!!

Pam is sound, rel is image.

My too fast bad. Sorry.

I believe we should have a word that would represent "read" more as "see into" than just "understand meaning".

So it would be more "kameie" than "tse'a". I agree with that. Kamrel, kamerel perhaps.

[Kamean]

In my opinion kamrel seems better.

[Puvomun]

In my opinion kamrel seems better.

Sran. It also "feels" good (to me anyway) as then pamrel and kamrel sound similar. I like that connection, as the two words are related. That is why I put kamrel first, and kamerel as an alternative.

[Kemaweyan]

My pet word would be pamreltslam or so, for reading.
Understand the writing.

Or maybe pamrenìn...

Or maybe new root...

No. I think here new root is impossible, because Na'vi have not a writing, so they won't have a reading

In my opinion kamrel seems better.

It sounds good, but kame is "see" in spiritual sense.. I think it should be tse'a + pam, for example: pamtse'a

[Kamean]

It sounds good, but kame is "see" in spiritual sense.. I think it should be tse'a + pam, for example: pamtse'a

Wou! Really good. In the same way with pamtseo.

[Kemaweyan]

Yeah, almost as pamtseo

[Puvomun]

It sounds good, but kame is "see" in spiritual sense.. I think it should be tse'a + pam, for example: pamtse'a

Pamtse'a would then mean looking at sound.
Perhaps, if we follow this one, reltse'a would be better: looking at image.

Any comments?

[Le'eylan]

It sounds good, but kame is "see" in spiritual sense.. I think it should be tse'a + pam, for example: pamtse'a

Pamtse'a would then mean looking at sound.
Perhaps, if we follow this one, reltse'a would be better: looking at image.

Any comments?

*enters thread with cheerleaders*
NEW ROOT NEW ROOT NEW ROOT ohhhhh NEW ROOT!

[Kemaweyan]

It sounds good, but kame is "see" in spiritual sense.. I think it should be tse'a + pam, for example: pamtse'a

Pamtse'a would then mean looking at sound.
Perhaps, if we follow this one, reltse'a would be better: looking at image.

Any comments?

I disagree.. If we "look at image", it can be not text (sound), right? I can look at a photo and it would be reltse'a, but it isn't "reading". Reading is "looking at a picture which means sounds", so sound + see is better than picture + see

[Puvomun]

It sounds good, but kame is "see" in spiritual sense.. I think it should be tse'a + pam, for example: pamtse'a

Pamtse'a would then mean looking at sound.
Perhaps, if we follow this one, reltse'a would be better: looking at image.

Any comments?

I disagree.. If we "look at image", it can be not text (sound), right? I can look at a photo and it would be reltse'a, but it isn't "reading". Reading is "looking at a picture which means sounds", so sound + see is better than picture + see

Okay, I see your point, but trying to make reltse'a a verb for looking at a picture takes it a tad far I think. Oe tse'a reltu would bring the same thing across (and please excuse Na'vi blunders, I am a level 0.9 NgayNumeyu).

I suddenly thought of another approach though. How about word-watching/seeing? Li'tse, from li'u and tse'a? Or word understanding? When I read something I hope to understand it, or learn from it. (Ma Eywa, I love this word doodling!)

[Kemaweyan]

Also we can create this word from "hear by eyes"...

[Ekirä]

*chanting growing louder*

New root!

New root!

New root!

New root!

New root!

New root!

*ahem*

Excuse me. Sorry for the interruption.

[Kì'eyawn]

Also we can create this word from "hear by eyes"...

Tsaw sunu oer nìtxan 

[Puvomun]

New root!

Eh? What?

[Ekirä]

New root!

Eh? What?

Never mind.

[Puvomun]

New rootword. Mip li'u.
Making this one up as I go.

To read: kxin. Short, simple, and there are not many words starting with 'kx'.

[Kemaweyan]

Yeah, sounds good But I don't like this way for "read", because Na'vi have not a reading

[Sireayä mokri]

Grace could teach them.