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Early Quenya

kekteket

noun. clucking

The word ᴱQ. kekteket “clucking” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√KEKE “cluck” (QL/46). In the margin Tolkien wrote cectecet, an early example of him using c in spelling for the sound [k].

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I’d adapt this word as ᴺQ. cehtecet “clucking”, since in later Quenya phonetics kt became ht (IPA [xt]).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√KEKE “cluck” ✧ QL/046

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√KEKE > kekteket[kektekekt] > [kekteket]✧ QL/046

Variations

  • cectecet ✧ QL/046
Early Quenya [QL/046] Group: Eldamo. Published by