Numerals
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The Na'vi, having four digits per hand, use a base eight (octal) system. This will be familiar to computer geeks, but may take some practice for everyone else.
- ’aw
- mune
- pxey
- tsìng
- mrr
- pukap
- kinä
- vol
- volaw (8+1)
- vomun (8+2)
- vopey (8+3)
- vosìng (8+4)
- vomrr (8+5)
- vofu (8+6)
- vohin (8+7)
- mevol (2 × 8 = 16)
- mevolaw (16 + 1)
- mevomun (16 + 2)
The pattern of accenting and combination continues in this manner.
- pxevol (3 × 8 = 24)
- tsìvol (4 × 8 = 32)
- mrrvol (5 × 8 = 40)
- puvol (6 × 8 = 48)
- kivol (7 × 8 = 56)
- zam = 64 (100 octal)
- vozam = 512 (1000 octal)
- zazam = 4096 (10000 octal)
See this post for the email describing the system.