kepo (no one) no longer valid?

Started by Lisa, July 22, 2010, 06:27:10 PM

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Lisa

I was looking at the word list in the conversational vocabulary post http://forum.learnnavi.org/vocab-phrases/conversational-vocab-learn-these-first/ and saw kepo (no one) listed, but it's not in Taronyu's dictionary, the wiki vocabulary or the wikibooks dictionary.  What is listed in all three places is kawtu (no-one, nobody).   I did a LN search for kepo, and nothing showed up, but not even the vocab post showed up, so maybe my search fu is weak.  If this has been covered before, I apologize.

Presumably it existed at one time since it's on the vocab list, but has kepo been banished to the Na'vi lexical graveyard?  :)   

Oeru syaw "Tirea Ikran" kop slä frakrrmi layu oe "Grammar Skxawng"   :)

Taronyu

Sure looks that way. I've never heard of it, for one, and it's not a Frommerian word as we know it. I'll edit that.

`Eylan Ayfalulukanä

I can see how it was derived-- ke(not) po(person). This list is from pretty early on in the history of Na`vi. It could be that someone along the way assembled this word as illustrated above, to fill a need. It got used a few times, and ended up on this (otherwise very useful) list. In any case, Taronyu has already used his magic mod powers to correct this problem.

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Lisa

Irayo, ma Taronyu sì ma `Eylan Ayfalulukanä!

I thought that might be the case as I couldn't find it in the regular resources, but just wanted to make sure.  :)

Oeru syaw "Tirea Ikran" kop slä frakrrmi layu oe "Grammar Skxawng"   :)

'Oma Tirea

Interesting find.  I wonder then, how come we still have the Frommerian "frapo" instead of something like "fratu"...
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