cesta-

to seek, search for

cesta- ("k") vb. "to seek, search for" (PE17:156)

cesta-

verb. ask

cesta-

verb. to seek, search for

Cognates

• ᴺS. cesta- “to seek, search for, look for”

Derivations

• √KETH “enquire of, question, examine something” ✧ PE17/156

Element in

• ᴺQ. alacestaima “unsearchable”
• ᴺQ. alacestima “unsearchable”
• ᴺQ. mánacestië “intercession, (lit.) boon-seeking”

Elements

Word	Gloss
ces-	“to search, examine (in order to find something)”
-ta	“causative verb suffix”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√KEÞ > kesta	[cetʰta-] > [cesta-]	✧ PE17/156

Variations

• kesta ✧ PE17/156

cesta-

verb. to ask

Derivations

• √KETH “enquire of, question, examine something”

Element in

• Q. [[q|[?it/itē] kestallen, tuluvanye]] “if you ask me, I shall come” ✧ PE22/138
• Q. (ai)que kestanellen, (ai) tullenye “if you had asked me, I should have come” ✧ PE22/138 ({(au)que >>} (ai)que kestanellen, (ai) tullenye)
• Q. [[q|aite[?] kestallen]] “now, suppose, you ask me” ✧ PE22/138
• Q. [[q|aite[?] kestuvallen, tuluvanye]] “now supposing you asked me, a thing unlikely {or ridiculous} to suppose...” ✧ PE22/138
• Q. au kestanellen! “if only you had asked me!” ✧ PE22/139 (au kestanellen!)

maquet-

ask

#maquet- vb. *"ask", only attested in the past tense: maquentë (PM:403)

cesië

noun. search

Elements

Word	Gloss
ces-	“to search, examine (in order to find something)”
-ië	“gerund suffix, -ing”

cesta-

ziF1`C= verb. to seek, search for

Sindarin cognate of the Quenya word cesta-.

Phonetic Developments:
ketʰta- > kesta-, cesta-

cesta-

verb. to seek, search for, look for

Cognates

• Q. cesta- “to seek, search for”

Derivations

• √KETH “enquire of, question, examine something”

Element in

• ᴺS. cestaed “curious, seeking, inquisitive”