ham- (1) vb. "sit" (KHAM)
Quenya
har-
sit, stay
har-
verb. to sit, stay, to sit, stay, [ᴱQ.] remain; [ᴹQ.] to dwell, abide, reside
Derivations
- √KHAD “sit”
Element in
- ᴺQ. epeharmo “president”
- Q. (hara) máriessë “(stay) in happiness” ✧ PE17/162
- Q. nai tiruvantes i hárar mahalmassen mi Númen “in the keeping of those who sit upon thrones of the West” ✧ UT/305
ham-
sit
har- vb. "sit, stay", pl. present hárar in CO (i hárar "those who sit, those who are sitting"). Imperative hara in the phrase (hara) máriessë "(stay) in happiness" (PE17:162). According to VT45:20, har- "sit" is derived from a stem KHAD which Tolkien abandoned in the Etymologies, but since CO is later than Etym, he may seem to have restored KHAD. If so, the past tense of har- would be *handë.