I'm reading through the Avatar Fire and Ash visual dictionary. The book keeps talking about the Sully family coming from the Na'ring Rainforest.
Na'rìng is forest in Na'vi.
Did some RDA grunt ask a member of the Omatikaya what the forest was called, was told Na'rìng and went 'nah-rihng, got it.'
(this sort of thing actually happens a lot: tautological place names, Wikipedia)
(i and ì are pronounced differently in Na'vi. I is ee, like feet, ì is ih like in fit. But Na'ring is exactly how I'd expect someone unfamiliar with the Na'vi language to spell what they heard. And is probably easier to type.)














