L E P/Basic actions and technology
Lexical Expansion Project
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miss (C)
- He shot the arrow but missed the target.
saddle (B)
- For riding ikran.
basket (A)
- woven container
- We know the Na'vi weave, and baskets are mentioned in the ASG.
knot (n. vtr. and derivations) (B)
stretch, pull (A)
- I will stretch the cord onto the bow.
pull out, extract, remove (from enclosure, entrapment etc.) (vtr.) (A)
- She pulled the arrow out of the hexapede.
- We were pulling out the roots.
- This focuses more on extraction than the movement (vs. za'ärìp "pull").
chip (v.) (B)
- chip away at, slowly break or crack
- I chipped away at the stone until it was a nice (something).
- My spearhead chipped when I killed the sturmbeest.
shatter (B)
- smash into many pieces
- The pot shattered when it fell.
break (v.) (B)
- make unusable
- He dry-fired my bow and it broke.
- I will break your arm, bastard!
break (v.) (C)
- break spirit or domesticate
- break a horse
- I will not let the enemy break me
repair, mend, fix (A)
- The bow was not really too broken, and she repaired it in a day.
lift spirits, increase morale, comfort or heal depression (B)
- My friends comforted me when my grandmother died.
muscle, force (v.) (B)
- indimidate through physical threat or otherwise cause someone to do something against their will
- He forced his way through the door.
- They tried to block her path but she muscled through them both.
squeeze (B)
- pinch or compress
- To get the juice from the fruit you have to squeeze it hard.
- She pinched my lovehandles and startled me.
embrace (B)
- hold or hug
- Mother gives the biggest hugs.
- I embraced her as she died.
tool, utensil (A)
- While useful as a generic term, it would also be a great help in naming specific tools.
rope (B)
belt, strap (B)
mimic, imitate (C)
- The hunter imitates the call of the animal.
musical instrument (B)
- There may not be a generic word for this, but instead separate words for wind vs. stringed, say.
carve, incise (C)
- We will carve out your bow later.
- She carved a pattern into the cup.
back into shape, back into condition (C)
- indicating that the core action is done to bring something back into a preferred or original state
- Klingon verb suffix {-Ha'}: {jotlh} "take down", {jotlhHa'} "put back up"; {boq} "ally with", {boqHa'} "separate from"
offer (v. and n.) (A)
- I offer my help
- This is a good offer
feel (A)
- examine by touch
- I felt the soft fabric
- He felt the scars on his arm with his hand
- distinct from 'ampi?
hit (v.) (A)
- a broad, less specific term for using the body or a body part to physically impact something else
use the tail (A)
- in various ways; different words?
steal (B)
- Not necessarily implying doing something unlawful (perhaps they should have two words with one for this) but rather implying taking something without asking for it or without the foreknowledge of the owner.
talent, skill (B)
play music (A)
- pamtseo si?
draw, paint (art) (A)
- distinct words regarding body paint for rituals, war etc.?
control (n. or v.) (B)
job, task, mission (A)
impede (C)
survive (A)
stable, reliable (B)
- of a branch, ledge etc.
be in a good position to grab (B)
hide (v.) (A)
- something or oneself
get entangled (B)
- His ikran got entangled in the vines.
avoid (B)
- Avoid the sky people!
- Yerik knows to avoid predators.
divide, portion out (B)
- We will divide the yerik meat among the clan.
apply, put onto a surface (A)
- Put the poison on the arrow.
- It'll stick when I apply the medicine.
handle, deal with, attend to (A)
- Why do I have to deal with this skxawng?
- We'll deal with the sky people soon.
loom (A)
- since weaving is that important to the Na'vi, there must be a term for this device, although it may look very different from earthly ones.
spinning, yarn (v and n) (A)
- since they weave using threads, they must get them somehow
practice (v and n) (A)
- In order to get an experienced hunter, you need much practice.
- Jake practiced to ride his pa'li.
roll (B)
- turn over and over
- move like a ball
rub (B)
- move something over the surface of another thing
slide (B)
- move smoothly over a surface
scrape (B)
- pulling an object over another object, often forcefully
- He scraped his knee when he tripped on the rock
point (v.) (A)
- aim one's finger toward
- aim in general
pour (A)
- flow
- cause to flow
collapse (v.) (B)
- fall down or inward suddenly
- break down or fail suddenly in strength, health or power
load (v. and n.) (B)
- put objects on or into a container (verb)
- that which is carried (noun)
store, keep (A)
- put away for future use
rip (B)
- tear, rend
bundle (n. or v.) (B)
- small (portable) collection of similar objects
- make a bundle
fold (v.) (C)
clean (v.) (A)
- distinct from yur?
excite (B)
- "to energize and increase movement"
foresee, predict, expect, anticipate (A)
- We expect them to be here soon.
organize, put in order (B)
- "make order of a situation"
edge, rim (B)
- the end of a plane, the sharp part of a knife
master (n) (B)
- someone, who devoted his life to e. g. weaving, and was able to acchieve a extraordinary level of perfection admired by the rest of the people; maybe related to "karyu", but not necessary connected to it.
support, hold up, maintain (C)
- A rope holds up my hammock.
- That branch won't support an ikran!
restrain, hold back (C)
- We have to hold back the ikran from eating clumsy sky people.
- Keep the prisoners away from the clan leader!
result, outcome (C)
- That was not a happy outcome.
- Will that result be good for us?
disappear (C)
- The viperwolf pack disappeared down a ravine.
affix (v), attach (C)
- Here, attach these feathers to your hair.
- Use cooked tree sap to affix the insect wings to your headgear.
react (C)
- They didn't react when they heard about Hometree.
- Sky people react quickly when they see a knife.
arrange, order (put in order) (C)
- Get these threads in order, so we can start weaving.
- Thinking of Gk. tássō here, which gives us "tactics, syntax, taxonomy, etc."