ista-

verb. to know

Derivations

• √IS “know” ✧ PE17/155; VT41/06; VT48/25

Element in

• Q. iluisa “omniscient” ✧ VT39/20
• ᴺQ. istalë “information”
• ᴺQ. istanómë “school, academy”
• Q. istan quetë “I can speak, I know how to speak” ✧ PE17/155; PE17/155
• Q. Istar “Wizard, (lit.) One Who Knows”
• Q. istima “wise (in sense knowing very much), knowledgeable, very well informed, learned”
• Q. laista “ignorance, (lit.) not-knowing”
• Q. lá istan “I suppose so, I don’t know” ✧ PE22/158
• Q. sinwa “known, certain, ascertained” ✧ PE17/068
• Q. sívë “knowing, knowledge”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√ISI > istan	[istan]	✧ PE17/155
√isi > istan	[istan]	✧ VT41/06
√IS > is-ta	[ista-]	✧ VT48/25

Variations

• ista ✧ PE17/052; PE22/164; VT49/16
• istā ✧ PE22/148 (istā)
• is-ta ✧ VT48/25

nista

noun. thrust, push, shove

Elements

Word	Gloss
NID	“force, press(ure), thrust; will, will; force, press(ure), thrust; [ᴹ√] lean against”
-dā	“product of an action”