Early Quenya
masta-
verb. to tarry, linger
Derivations
- ᴱ√ŊWAÐA “tarry, linger” ✧ GL/47; QL/063
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√ŋwa- > masta- [ŋʷasta-] > [masta-] ✧ GL/47 Variations
- mařa-³ ✧ QL/063
mara-
verb. to tarry, linger
nesta-
verb. to feed
Cognates
- G. nesta- “to put to grass, graze, pasture, feed”
Derivations
- ᴱ√NESE “give to feed; feed, pasture; graze” ✧ QL/066
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√NESE > nesta- [nesta-] ✧ QL/066
toro-
verb. to bake
Derivations
- ᴱ√TORO “*bake” ✧ QL/094
Element in
- Eq. torina “baked, done” ✧ QL/094
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√TORO > toro- [toro-] ✧ QL/094
The verb ᴱQ. nesta- “feed” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s as a derivative of the early root ᴱ√NESE “give to feed; feed, pasture; graze” (QL/66). It has past forms nēse and nesse, indicating a close relationship to the verb ᴱQ. nese- “graze, pasture, give to feed, feed” from the same root, which likely would have had the same or similar past-tense forms.
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would combine both these early verbs into ᴺQ. nesta- “to graze, pasture, give to feed, feed”, derived from the Neo-Root ᴺ√NES.