Qenya
mat-
verb. to eat
Cognates
Derivations
- ᴹ√MAT “eat” ✧ Ety/MAT; EtyAC/MAT; PE22/102
Element in
- ᴹQ. (a)·matis “it is eaten (one eats it)” ✧ PE22/107
- ᴹQ. etta matie masta “his eating bread” ✧ PE22/119
- ᴹQ. etta matie the ye úmahta “his eating it is a nuisance” ✧ PE22/119
- ᴹQ. helávate mate “they will not eat it” ✧ PE22/127
- ᴹQ. matie “eating”
- ᴹQ. matie ye mára “eating is (a) good (thing)” ✧ PE22/119
- ᴹQ. mattima “edible”
- ᴹQ. nila tyaze matie makse “I do not like eating meat” ✧ PE22/120
- ᴹQ. níla tyaze matite sí “I don’t like eating (to eat) it now” ✧ PE22/120
- ᴹQ. ni·la nyára pa matie “I am not talking about eating” ✧ PE22/119
- ᴹQ. te ye matina “it is eaten” ✧ PE22/107
- ᴹQ. Túro matie masta “Túro’s eating bread” ✧ PE22/119
- ᴹQ. yára Túro mante ilqa masta ha mé·ne úmahtale “old Túro’s eating of all the bread was a nuisance to us” ✧ PE22/119
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√MAT > mat- [mat-] ✧ Ety/MAT ᴹ√MAT > mat- [mat-] ✧ EtyAC/MAT
mattima
adjective. edible
Elements
Word Gloss mat- “to eat” -ima “able to be done, -able, -ible”
vanima
adjective. fair
Derivations
- ᴹ√BAN “*beauty” ✧ Ety/BAN
Element in
- ᴹQ. Vanimo “The Beautiful; Fair Folk” ✧ Ety/BAN
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√BAN > vanima [banima] > [βanima] > [vanima] ✧ Ety/BAN