mat

root. eat

This was the root for eating words for all of Tolkien’s life, appearing very regularly. It was ᴱ√MATA “eat” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/59), ᴹ√MAT “eat” in The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/MAT), and √MAT “eat” in etymological notes from the late 1960s (VT48/26), among its many other appearances. This puts it among the most conceptually stable of Elvish roots.

matwā

?. matwā

mat-

verb. to eat

matnā

adjective. eaten, eaten, [ᴹ✶] food

matulā

adjective. edacious

matyā-

verb. to feed

matˢtimā

adjective. edible

matjā-

verb. feed

matulā

adjective. edacious

mā

noun. hand

sron

root. flesh, substance, matter, substance, matter, flesh

maita-

verb. to feed

magtā-

verb. to handle, wield, manage, deal with

srawā

noun. body

bani

adjective. fair

morokō

noun. bear

năta

noun. thing

poli

noun. meal

srā

noun. flesh

us(u)kwē

noun. dusk

wanyā

adjective. fair

yuyuñal

noun. twilight