canta

shape

canta (2) _("k") noun"shape" (PE17:175), also used as adj._ "shaped", also as quasi-suffix -canta ("k") "-shaped" (KAT)

canta

cardinal. four

canta (1) ("k") cardinal "four" (KÁNAT, VT42:24, VT48:6). In the Etymologies as printed in LR, this word was cited with a final hyphen (as if it were a verb), but the hyphen does not actually appear in Tolkien's manuscript (VT45:19). Ordinal cantëa ("k") "fourth" (VT42:25) Compare cantil.

canta

cardinal. four

Cognates

• S. canad “four” ✧ PE17/095; VT48/06
• T. canat “four” ✧ VT42/24; VT48/06

Derivations

• ✶kanatā “four” ✧ VT42/24
  • √KANAT “four”

Element in

• Q. ca(na)sta “one fourth, one fourth, *quarter”
• ᴺQ. canquain “forty”
• ᴺQ. canaquain “forty”
• ᴺQ. canaquëan “forty”
• ᴺQ. cantallumë “four times”
• ᴺQ. cantalya “four-legged, quadruped, (lit.) four-footed”
• Q. cantëa “fourth”
• ᴺQ. cantil “quadrangle, *quadrilateral, rectangle, square”
• Q. lepecan “fourth finger”
• Q. cantil “fourth finger”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶kanatā > kanta	[kanatā] > [kantā] > [kanta]	✧ VT42/24

Variations

• can-ta ✧ PE17/095
• kanta ✧ VT42/24; VT48/06

canta

noun. frame

frame, frame-work, shape

canta

noun. shape, framework, shape, framework, [ᴹQ.] frame; shaped

Derivations

• ✶kanta “shape; fashion”
  • √KAT “shape, shape, [ᴹ√] make” ✧ PE18/089
• √KAT “shape, shape, [ᴹ√] make” ✧ PE18/090

Element in

• ᴺQ. cantemma “shaped image, sculpture”
• Q. cantië “pattern”
• ᴺQ. canton “soapstone, (lit.) sculpted rock”
• ᴺQ. lincantëa “diverse, (lit.) many shaped”
• Q. Nasser ar Cenime Cantar Valaron ar Maiaron “The Natures and Visible Shapes of the Valar and Maiar” ✧ PE17/175
• ᴺQ. ocantië “pattern”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√KAT > canta	[kanta]	✧ PE18/090

Variations

• canta ✧ PE18/090

can-

cardinal. four

can- (1) (prefix)("k") "four" (KÁNAT)

cat-

verb. shape

shape, fashion

venië

shape, cut

venië noun? "shape, cut" (LT1:254)

venwë

shape, cut

venwë noun? "shape, cut" (LT1:254)