masta-

verb. to bake

A verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “bake” derived from the root ᴹ√MBAS of similar meaning (Ety/MBAS; PE17/51).

Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s instead had ᴱQ. mas- “bake, cook” from the early root ᴱ√M(B)ASA “cook, bake” (QL/59). In that 1910s document it coexisted with ᴱQ. toro- “bake” under the early root ᴱ√TORO (QL/94), but it seems this other root was abandoned. Early Qenya Word-lists had only ᴱQ. mas- with a single gloss “bake” (QL/94). The verb became masta- “bake” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, as noted above.

masta

noun. bread

etta matie masta

his eating bread

le·mere kina masta

do you want a little bread? (when little is precise and not partitive)

túro matie masta

Túro’s eating bread

yára túro mante ilqa masta ha mé·ne úmahtale

old Túro’s eating of all the bread was a nuisance to us