L E P/Speech and language
Lexical Expansion Project
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funny/humerous (adj.) (C)
- The joke was funny.
- It hurt when I stubbed my toe, but it was funny when you fell off your ikran and broke your neck.
- [1]
joke (n. or v.) (B)
various fill sounds (C)
- um... eh... hrrm... oh... mmmm! aahhh!
huh? (C)
- Klingon nuqjatlh lit. "say what?"
well done! bravo! (B)
boo! you s*ck! (B)
aww, too bad! (C)
hang in there! hold out! (C)
お疲れさま/"honorable tiredness", ご苦労さま/"honorable suffering/hardship/pain/anxiety" (C)
you're welcome! (A)
- response to irayo, if any
succeed despite idiocy, serendipity (C)
- "pull a Homer" (Simpsons)
sarcastic, ironic (B)
- Klingon wejpuH "charming, that's just great" (ironic)
- to what extent does Na'vi do such things?
yell, talk loudly or angrily (A)
various colloquial greetings (A)
- beyond kaltxì and kìyevame
swear, curse (B)
- to what extent do the Na'vi swear? more than pxasìk?
various insults (B)
- beyond skxawng
persuade, convince (B)
describe, illustrate (B)
demand, require, order (B)
admit guilt (C)
reason (v.) (C)
- ronsem si?
mutter, mumble (C)
whisper (A)
sentence (A)
- bounded sequence of words
scold, berate (B)
announce (B)
contradict (B)
belittle, make fun of (B)
- idiom?
praise (n. or v.) (B)
narrate (A)
- relate a story or tale to an audience in an entertaining fashion
- important for oral tradition
hiss, bare teeth (B)
- threatening noise/gesture
- related to "threaten(ing)"?
gesture (C)
- "I see you" hand gesture
- thumbs up/thumbs down
- "come here" wave, "stay there" palm
whistle (B)
- call to ikran
unexpected (B)
- out of context of the conversation
- Japanese (and probably Chinese) have 意外: igai (Thought)(Outside) Outside of (what I) thought