Muntxa (and all of it's variations)

[Swoka Swizaw]

"Mated" in Na'vi has given me some trouble, but, also, some great material to ponder.

Muntxa means "mated." Tìmuntxa would, then, mean "mating," yes? If this logic is sound, would it be alright to assume that tìmuntxa si means "to mate?" If you added -yu, you would get tìmuntxasiyu, "one who mates (or whatever single word in English means the same)." What about "a mate?" Since -tu can't be attached to a verb, would "a mate" be tìmuntxatu?

I hope the last part makes sense, because that really is my question. Irayo...

[wm.annis]

Muntxa means "mated." Tìmuntxa would, then, mean "mating," yes?

Perhaps, but probably not, I think.  It seems clear that muntxa is an adjective.  When other adjectives take the tì- prefix, the meaning is more an abstract noun.  If anything, tìmuntxa would mean "matedness" or something like that.

[Swoka Swizaw]

Muntxa means "mated." Tìmuntxa would, then, mean "mating," yes?

Perhaps, but probably not, I think.  It seems clear that muntxa is an adjective.  When other adjectives take the tì- prefix, the meaning is more an abstract noun.  If anything, tìmuntxa would mean "matedness" or something like that.

OK. That helps. But is there, then, a way to produce the words that I've suggested?

It does really make me wonder why yawn DOESN'T mean "to love." Tìyawn (love) is an abstact noun, right?

[wm.annis]

OK. That helps. But is there, then, a way to produce the words that I've suggested?

I will not guess on a verb for "to mate."  The noun "mate" might be muntxatu, based on what Frommer has said about -tu.