esta

adjective. first

esta

pronoun. *his, hers, its (emphatic possessive other)

estanosse

collective name. Firstborn

A rejected term for the Elves as Firstborn of Iluvator (EtyAC/SET), a combination of (rejected) esta “first” and nosse “clan”.

esta-

verb. to precede

esta-

verb. to name

esta-

verb. to place, set, plant

A verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s, rejected when the meaning of its root ᴹ√ES was revised to be the basis of “name” words (EtyAC/ES).

estaina

adjective. named, named, *called

enna

adjective. first

ampana-

verb. to build

A verb for “to build” in the Quenya Verbal System of 1948, attested only in its imperfect passive participle form {ampananta >>} ampanaina “while it was being built” (PE22/108). A longer and better attested verb of the same meaning is ᴹQ. ampanóta-.

esse

noun. name

esse

noun. beginning

inga

adjective. first

minya

ordinal. first