Early Quenya
qilti-
verb. to gird, encircle
Derivations
- ᴱ√QḶTḶ “*belt, girdle” ✧ QL/078
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√QḶTḶ > qilti- [kʷḷt-] > [kʷilt-] ✧ QL/078 ᴱ√QḶTḶ > qalte [kʷḹte-] > [kʷalte-] ✧ QL/078
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A verb appearing as ᴱQ. qilti- “gird, encircle” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√QḶTḶ (QL/78).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would adapt this verb as ᴺQ. quilta- “to gird, encircle” from a Neo-Root ᴺ√KWILIT (WJ/369). For example, this Early Qenya verb was adapted this way by Helge Fauskanger in his NQNT (NQNT).