Early Quenya
qet-
verb. to speak, talk
Cognates
- G. cwed- “to say, tell” ✧ LT2A/Tôn a Gwedrin
Derivations
- ᴱ√QETE “*speak” ✧ LT2A/Tôn a Gwedrin; QL/077
Element in
- Eq. eldaqet “language of the Eldar” ✧ LT2A/Tôn a Gwedrin
- Eq. en ilta n·ner ya me·qetsime ka húyo ne hwa·telpe ie-rautanéma ompa va húyo “thereupon in came the man {from whom we heard >>} by whom we were told his money had all been stolen from him” ✧ PE14/054
- Eq. nanqete “speaking down the nose”
- Eq. qentien no máre nar i hondor “*than good, I said, are the hearts” ✧ PE15/32
- Eq. sí qente Feanor n·istaléra “*now said Feanor the wise” ✧ PE15/32
- Eq. varúse qentier nóvo san i “*in other manner than was said before” ✧ PE15/32
- Eq. ya qensie melmur ne iksa telpe rautanéma “by whom we were told his money had all been stolen from him” ✧ PE14/054
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√QETE > qet- [kʷet-] ✧ QL/077