quent

word

quent ("q")noun "word" (LT2:348; in Tolkien's later Quenya quetta)

quetta

word

quetta noun "word" (SA:quen-/quet-, GL:28), pl. quettar (WJ:391). An quetta "a word more" (phrase used = "to add to what has been said") (PE17:91)

quetta

noun. word

quetta

noun. word

Cognates

• S. peth “word” ✧ PE17/046; SA/quen

Derivations

• √KWET “say, speak, utter words” ✧ PE17/046; SA/quen
  • √KWE “vocal speech” ✧ WJ/392

Element in

• Q. an quetta “a word more, to add to what has been said” ✧ PE17/091
• ᴺQ. cariquetta “verb”
• Q. i carir quettar ómainen “those who form words with voices” ✧ WJ/391
• ᴺQ. quettacarmë “(art of) word-making”
• ᴺQ. quettalcar “renown, (lit.) word-glory”
• ᴺQ. quettalë “sentence; wording, expression, phrase”
• ᴺQ. quettaparma “wordlist, wordbook”
• Q. Quettúri “Word-masters”
• ᴺQ. vinquetta “neologism”
• ᴺQ. yáraquetta “archaism, archaic word”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√QUET > quetta	[kwetta]	✧ PE17/046
√quet- > quetta	[kwetta]	✧ SA/quen

peth

noun. word

peth

word

(beth) _ n. word. fennas nogothrim lasto beth lammen _'doorway of the Dwarf-folk listen to the words of my tongue'. Q. quetta. >> beth

peth

noun. word

Cognates

• Q. quetta “word” ✧ PE17/046; SA/quen

Derivations

• √KWET “say, speak, utter words” ✧ PE17/046; SA/quen
  • √KWE “vocal speech” ✧ WJ/392

Element in

• S. agarfant beth “he spoke words” ✧ PE17/126
• S. albeth “(word of) good omen” ✧ PE17/146
• S. athrabeth “conversation, debate, (lit.) interchange of words”
• S. daebeth “blasphemy” ✧ PE17/151
• S. danbeth “*answer, (lit.) back-word” ✧ PM/395
• S. fennas nogothrim, lasto beth lammen “doorway of the Dwarf-folk listen to the word of my tongue” ✧ LotR/0307; PE17/046
• ᴺS. gobeth “dictionary”
• ᴺS. gwabeth “sentence, phrase”
• ᴺS. iorbeth “archaism, archaic word”
• S. Malbeth “*Golden Word”
• S. pedo beth mellon “say the word mellon” ✧ VT44/26
• ᴺS. pethas “sentence, phrase”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√QUET > peth	[kwettā] > [pettā] > [petta] > [pettʰa] > [peθθa] > [peθθ] > [peθ]	✧ PE17/046

beth

noun. word

_n. _word.

peth

word

peth (i beth, o pheth), pl. pith (i phith)

peth

word

(i beth, o pheth), pl. pith (i phith)

peth

noun. word

peth

noun. word

Derivations

• ᴹ✶kwetta “word” ✧ Ety/KWET
  • ᴹ√KWET “say” ✧ Ety/KWET

Element in

• N. pethron “narrator, reciter, minstrel”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶kwetta > peth	[kwetta] > [petta] > [pettʰa] > [peθθa] > [peθθ] > [peθ]	✧ Ety/KWET