Early Quenya
iq-
verb. to beg, ‘pray’ [ask earnestly]
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
iq-
verb. to beg, ‘pray’ [ask earnestly]
A verb appearing in its 1st-singular form ᴱQ. iqin in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “I beg, ‘pray’”, derived the early root ᴱ√IQI “request, ask for” (QL/43). Tolkien specified it was used “only in this form” [1st-singular]. I suspect that the gloss ‘pray’ is in its archaic English sense “ask earnestly”.
Neo-Quenya: I would retain this as a general verb ᴺQ. iqu- “beg, ‘pray’ [ask earnestly]”, based on the Neo-Root ᴺ√IKWI(S). Helge Fauskanger used this verb for “to beg” in his NQNT (NQNT). For “pray [to God]” Fauskanger instead used hyam-, and I would do the same for purposes of Neo-Quenya.