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Body in general

body (tokx) (B)

Does "tokx" only refer to body in the anatomical sense (body of an animal/Na'vi/...) or is it a generic term for any space-filling objects (physical sense of "body"). Or are there different terms used for these concepts - as originally in German "Leib" (anat.) vs. "Körper" (phys.) - although nowadays "Leib" is mostly replaced by "Körper", it still exists in certain cases, e. g. it's Unterleib [lower body], not *Unterkörper.

fat, grease, oil (B)

Yerik fat is tasty.
Some languages distinguish lipids by their source, rather than consistency.

skin (B)

Head

head (A)

face (A)

mouth (A)

nostrils, gills (C)

Are the shark-gill-like nostrils of a direwolf given the same name as Na'vi nostrils? as fish gills? What of fa'li?

breath (n and v) (B)

forehead (C)

chin (C)

cheek (C)

part of the head, which doesn't belong to the face (C)

hair (B)

Neck

neck (B)

Is there just one word for the body-part between the head and the shoulders, or is it different at a whole and at the back-side (like "Hals" [neck] and "Nacken" [nape of the neck] in German).

Upper body

shoulder (B)

upper body (B)

Does "upper body" include the head (as e. g. Japanese "jôhanshin" [lit. upper half of body]) or is it just the body-part between head and lower body (as e. g. German "Oberkörper" [lit. upper-body])?

breast (B)

Is it called the same in male Na'vi and in female Na'vi? Is there a special term for the protruding parts of the female breast, or is there just one term "breast" to describe both, the body-part between shoulder and stomach *and* the 'boobs'?

nipple (C)

stomach (A)

navel (C)

the back (dorsal part of the upper-body) (C)

spine (visible/touchable vertical line on the back) (C)

Lower Body

lower body (A)

Does "lower body" include the legs and feet (as e. g. Japanese "kahanshin" [lit. lower half of body]) or is it just the body-part between stomach and legs (as e. g. German "Unterleib" [lit. lower-body])?

hip (C)

buttocks (B)

Are there different terms for the body-part itself and the two half-moon-parts, like German "Hintern"/"Gesäß" (= the body part as a whole) and "Backe" (= one of the two bulgings)?

to defecate (C)

Generic term and/or separated to urine and scat.

private parts (B)

At least a generic term would be helpful. Maybe different in males and females?

Arm/Leg

leg (kinam) / foot ; arm (pxun) / hand (A)

Does "kinam" include the feet, like e. g. Japanese "ashi" does? Or is there a separate term for "foot"? Same question about "arm" (pxun) and "hand".

upper arm (vs) forearm / upper leg [thigh] (vs) lower leg (B)

finger (zekwä) (C)

What are the names for the four fingers of the Na'vi-hand? When Jake is brought it, does a kid say s.t. about him having four fingers? does this mean the thumb is not a zekwä?

toe (C)

Is it just "finger of the foot" like Latin "pedis digitus" or is there a special term like in English/German/Japanese?

nails (of fingers/toes) (A)

same word as claw?

Anatomy

bone (B)

Are there basic terms for the various bones? 'skull'/'head bone', 'spine', 'chest-bones'?

blood, to bleed (B)

Maybe "blood" could be related to the name of it's color (red?), like e. g. *blood* (blood) > *bloodish* (red). [assuming that's the color of Na'vi blood, and that the Na'vi can even see red]

intestines (C)

Maybe as a generic term for more or less all inner organs.

vessels (C)

veins, arteries, nerves

lungs (C)

tendon, sinew (C)

sep. words in body and used as binding or bowstring? word for bowstring?

pus ()

either infected would or boil or both

pimple, boil, zit ()

wart, mole ()

Na'vi specials

queue (A)

Are the paired animal queues the same word as Na'vi queues?

bioluminescent freckle (C)

also 'shine', 'glow' (of these freckles). Maybe = tanhì, both little lights in an expanse? Stars = freckles of the sky? Freckles = stars of the face?

Reproduction

milk (B)

The Na'vi would appear to be mammals.

lactate, nurse (v), suckle (C)

bear, give birth (B)

Do the Na'vi give birth? Or are they laying eggs or alike?

egg (C)