Description:

The term 'mixxa' is an Old Common root meaning to make reference to something. It's used in conversation to clarify what you're talking about, it has a use in the linguistics of the Common language, and it's a word for gossip.

Verb:

As a verb, 'mixxa' is a semitransitive noxaj verb that takes an absolutive referrer and a dative referent. Because of this structure, where the object is framed as not affected by the action, it usually doesn't have the connotation of speaking falsely about someone, and as a word for gossiping about someone, it's pretty mild, although it can be pejorated by adding the adverb 'was'. It's a common conversational device for clarifying the topic of conversation. E.g.:

Wer nox mixxa ija Toni pikki.
We're talking about Tony's cat.

There is a causative happat form of the verb which means something like to refer someone to someone or something else. In this form, the referrer is the ergative subject, the one referred is the absolutive object, and the person or thing referred to is the dative indirect object. The leteral sense of these forms is 'X made Y refer to Z', but idiomatically it's a little different than that. IT's a bit more like to send or to receommend E.g.:

Ja Sara sy hapo mixxa we ija Caw sy.
Sarah referred me to Zhao.

This has a sense like 'send', but it can have a sense like 'recommend', especially with the adverb 'zra' added.

Je hapo mixxa a Sara sy ixi te ken a Paul Wei sy.
I recommended reading Paul Wei to Sara.

Noun:

As a noun, 'mixxa' refers to a reference to something - not the referrer or the referent, but the act or instance. With the adjective 'zra', it can have the sense of 'recommendation'. The thing or person referenced can be specified with the derived form mixxakija.

In Common grammar, 'mixxakija' is the word for 'referent', meaning withe rthe subject of a verb, or the associated noun or verb phrase of a modifier.