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'Awsiteng lu mefo lanay'ka.
They are a slinger (together).
(Calling two people a slinger praises how well they work together and complement each other.)
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'Uori pey, kxawm ngaru ke ley.
If you hesitate doing something, it might not be important to you.
(Of course, we often hesitate with things that are in fact important to us, because we're afraid to fail. So this proverb is more meant/used as a motivation for someone hesitating, or even as a teasing to get someone into action)
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(na) fwampop fkip wopx
(Like) a tapirus in the clouds
(“Fish out of water”; something or someone out of their usual element or comfort zone.)
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(na) lanay'ka luke re'o
Like a slinger without a head
(Like a slinger without a head—i.e., completely lost.)
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A: Srake ngal stolawm futa Tsenu Ralur mowan lu txan?
B: Zawr na'rìng, ma tsmuk! Tsat omum oel kintrro.
A: Have you heard that Ralu has the hots for Tsenu?
B: Old news, brother! I've known it for a week.
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Hahaw 'aw txo palukan smivon ngar.
Only sleep if you are familiar with the Thanator.
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Ke kur fko fa kxetse.
One can't hang by a tail.
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Kxetse 'ong!
Slow tail!
(That is, “Don't get angry.” When the Na'vi get angry, their tails whip around, so “slow down your tail” is another way to say calm down.)
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Kxìm utuftu fnawe'tu.
A coward commands from the canopy.
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Po maw kxitx muntxatuä 'amefu na lanay'ka re'oluke.
After the death of his spouse, he felt completely lost.
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Spä skxawng sìn 'ana aflì.
A fool jumps onto a thin vine.
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Tolaron mefol mesalioangit! Tewti, 'awsiteng lu mefo lanay'ka.
They hunted two sturmbeest? Wow, they work very well together.
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Tsayerik terul ne 'awkx.
That hexapede is running toward the cliff.
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yerik (a) yrrap
Hexapede in a storm
(a metaphor or simile representing extreme panic, anxiety or timidity.)
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zawr (a) na'rìng
an animal cry in the forest
(Old news)