Early Quenya
qaqa-
verb. to quack, squawk, cackle
Derivations
- ᴱ√QAHA ✧ QL/076
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√QAHA > qaqa- [kʷakʷa-] ✧ QL/076
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A verb appearing as ᴱQ. qaqa- “quack, squawk, cackle” in Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√QAHA (QL/76).
Neo-Quenya: I’d adapt this word as ᴺQ. quaqua- “quack, squawk, cackle, ✱croak” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, based on hypothetical onomatopoeic root ✱√KAWAK, the basis for words like ✶kāwāk > Q. quácë “frog” (VT47/36).