Ni'nat or Ninat?

[Ashen Key]

Originally Posted by Human No More

Not all names have a literal meaning (actually, the only one that DOES is Toruk (technically, I guess Seze could be considered although I think that's different because it's named after something else and isn't a compound word. ))

Well, Peyral means "Meant to Wait", Neytiri (as far as I can remember) is "Wants Life" - they aren't just meaningless symbols thrown together. Take your real name, or mine - my full first name, Ashleigh, means "ash-tree field". By and large, names have meanings. And in fiction, these meanings can (but not always) be quite symbolic - Miles "soldier", Jake from Jacob "supplanter", Trudy from Gertrude "spear-strength". Even Neytiri's "wants life" - she's so vibrant and fierce, and the name suits her.

So, not knowing what Mo'at means, or not knowing what Ninat means, bothers me. But I can be pedantic like that *g*