asta

month

asta (1) noun "month", a division of the year (VT42:20). Pl. astar is attested (Appendix D). According to VT48:11, the basic meaning of asta is "division, a part", especially one of other equal parts: "of the year, a month or period". According to VT48:19, asta is also used in Quenya as a group suffix (see quentasta).

asta

noun. month; division, part (esp. one of other equal parts)

Derivations

• √SAT “space, place; divide, apportion, mark off” ✧ VT42/19; VT48/11

Element in

• ᴺQ. astaincë “particle”
• ᴺQ. astamo “member”
• Q. ca(na)sta “one fourth, one fourth, *quarter” ✧ VT48/11
• Q. enquesta “one sixth” ✧ VT48/11
• Q. lepesta “one fifth” ✧ VT48/11
• Q. minquesta “*one eleventh” ✧ VT48/11
• Q. nel(d)esta “one third” ✧ VT48/11
• Q. ne(re)sta “one ninth” ✧ VT48/11
• Q. o(to)sta “one seventh” ✧ VT48/11
• Q. peresta “one half” ✧ VT48/11
• ᴺQ. quaista “one tenth”
• Q. caista “one tenth” ✧ VT48/11
• Q. ránasta “lunar month” ✧ VT48/11
• Q. to(lo)sta “one eighth” ✧ VT48/11
• Q. yunquesta “*one twelfth” ✧ VT48/11

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√SAT > asta	[asta]	✧ VT42/19
√sat > asta	[asta]	✧ VT48/11

astar

faith, loyalty (not belief)

astar noun "faith, loyalty (not belief)" (PE17:183). Not to be confused with the pl. form of asta #1.

ránasta

lunar month

ránasta noun "lunar month" (Rána + asta, q.v.) (VT48:11)

ránasta

noun. lunar month

Elements

Word	Gloss
Rána	“Moon, (lit.) Wayward”
asta	“month; division, part (esp. one of other equal parts)”