Artist = tseoyu? ["-yu" = "people who do things?']

[Coyote]

Okay, in the Avatar 101 Role Play, my character is revealed to be a bit of an artist. I looked up art, which is tseo, and then looked up other types of word to describe people by their jobs. I found:

täftxuyu = Weaver
taronyu = Hunter
tsamsiyu = Warrior

So would it stand to reason that:

tseoyu = Artist?


Also, is "I do not understand" simply "ke tslolam"?

[Tìng Eywatikìte'e]

I imagine that it would work. As far as we know at least, since the suffix "yu" is kinda like "one who does." Or something along those lines.

[Taronyu]

Don't think it would work. Not tsamsiyu - you need the si there. That's because tseo and tsam are verbs.

use tseosiyu.

And yes, that is I don't understand.

[kewnya txamew'itan]

ninja'd by taronyu grrr...

Yeah you need a si in there. Tseo is a noun for art whilst -yu turns a verb into someone who specialises in the verb. The solution? Turn tseo into a verb in between with si.

tseosiyu = maker of art.

as for I don't understand, I think the <ol> infix might be wrong, the lack of understanding is ongoing and so if anything it should be imperfective (<er>). Ke tslam is definitely correct though (you don't have to mark aspect).

[Coyote]

Thank you all for your help. I didn't think the first thing I'd be doing with Na'vi in the RP was going all the way out and inventing a new word, but... well, it was dramatically correct! 

So "Ke tslam" is "I don't understand", then?

What about "You don't understand." =  "Aynga ke tslam"?

[Taronyu]

ke tslolam is given in the survival guide list. It's what we use for all of our words. The <ol> prefix can imply completeness, as in , I totally do not get it.

Aynga would be you all.

[kewnya txamew'itan]

oh, my copy of the survival guide has just been ordered so I haven't seen that.

I stand corrected.

Aynga would be if you are referring to several people at least some of whom are in the room and being spoken to.

[Taronyu]

oh, my copy of the survival guide has just been ordered so I haven't seen that.

I stand corrected.

Aynga would be if you are referring to several people at least some of whom are in the room and being spoken to.

Sok. I don't think I included it in my dictionary because it's an obvious use of the infix.

[Coyote]

My guide is still on a UPS truck somewhere.  

So, I'm going back and looking at the other stuff in the on-line guide, and see again Hunter:

taronyu = Hunter

taron is 'hunt' as in, 'the hunt', yes? "I am going on the hunt" as opposed to "I am going hunting", if I understand correctly?

Should taronyu be taronsiyu on the website?  

[kewnya txamew'itan]

Coyote, taron is hunt as in the verb to hunt so no si is needed. A hunt would be tìtaron.

ma Taronyu, yeah there's no need for it to go in the dictionary,  it just never struck me before.

[Coyote]

Okay, thanks again for the clarification. Me say "duh".