Early Quenya
qosta-
verb. to choke, drown (trans.)
Derivations
- ᴱ√QOÐO “*choke, suffocate, drown” ✧ QL/078
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√QOŘO > qosta- [kʷoðta-] > [kʷozta-] > [kʷosta-] ✧ QL/078
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A verb appearing as ᴱQ. qosta- “choke, drown (tr.)” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s based on the early root ᴱ√QOŘO [QOÐO] or ᴱ√QOSO (QL/78).
Neo-Quenya: I would retain this word as ᴺQ. quosta- “to choke, drown (trans.)” for purposes of Neo-Quenya as a derivative of ✱kwod-tā based on the Neo-Root ᴺ√KWOD, but some Neo-Quenya writers reject this word under the assumption that the combination quo- is not possible in Quenya; see the entry on how [[q|[wo] became [o]]] for further discussion.