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Qenya 

(ek)koiru-

verb. to come to life

A verb appearing as {ekkoitu >>} (ek)koiru “come to life” in the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) from 1948 (PE22/112), a u-verb based on the root ᴹ√KOY “live” with the (optional) prefix ᴹQ. et-, where tk became kk as it did in cases where it did not undergo metathesis to kt > ht.

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KOY “live, have life”
  • ᴹ✶etkoitu- “to bud, open (of flowers and leaves)” ✧ PE22/114
    • ᴹ√KOY “live, have life”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶et-koi-tu > ekkoitu[ekkoitu]✧ PE22/114

Variations

  • (ek)koiru ✧ PE22/114
  • ekkoitu ✧ PE22/114 (ekkoitu)