Clan members will occasionally sleep singly or with their mates in smaller hammocks, called snonivi. This is socially acceptable as long as the member returns to group sleep, in their swaynivi, within a short period. As attuned as they are to one another, the Na’vi use sleeping arrangements as an accurate barometer of a clan member’s emotional health; if a Na’vi is seen to sleep outside the group for an extended period, it is generally considered a sign that the clan member is in some kind of distress.
Snonivi may be woven. In a Kelutral, to make a snonivi, epiphytic plants that grow on the spokes of the tree are cultivated and carefully strung up into a hammock shape with ropes and threads. The snonivi respond to touch by gently curling into a cocoon-like shape for a Na’vi.
