masta

noun. bread

masta-

verb. to tarry, linger

A verb in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s given as ᴱQ. mařa-³ “tarry, linger” based on the early root ᴱ√NWAÐA [ŊWAÐA] (QL/63). A verb form masta- < ŋwa from the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon might be variant (GL/47).

mastakorne

noun. [bread] loaf

A word appearing as ᴱQ. mastakorne “loaf” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, a combination of ᴱQ. masta “bread” and ᴱQ. korne “loaf” (QL/59). In Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s, “loaf” was instead {korma >>} kormasta (PE16/141).

Neo-Quenya: Since the relevant roots √MBAS “bake” and √KOR “round” continue to appear in Tolkien’s later writings, I would retain ᴺQ. mastacornë “[bread] loaf” for purposes of Neo-Quenya.

masta úlea

bread and butter

kormasta

noun. loaf

matso

noun. food

korne

noun. loaf

A word appearing as ᴱQ. korne “loaf” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√KORO “be round, roll” (QL/48), likely referring to the round or cylindrical shape of a loaf.

Neo-Quenya: Since √KOR “round” survived in Tolkien’s later writings, I would retain ᴺQ. cornë “loaf” as well.

mara-

verb. to tarry, linger

matl

noun. food

nesta-

verb. to feed

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.

toro-

verb. to bake