Early Quenya
rent
noun. spittle, saliva
Derivations
- ᴱ√RETYE “*spit” ✧ QL/079
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√RET͡YE > rent [rentʲ] > [rent] ✧ QL/079
rekka
noun. spittle
Cognates
- En. crech “spittle” ✧ PE13/140
Derivations
The word ᴱQ. rent (renty-) “spittle, saliva” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√RET͡YE (QL/79). In Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s Tolkien had ᴱQ. rekka as a cognate of ᴱN. crech “spittle” from primitive ᴱ✶kǝ̀rekka (PE13/140).
Neo-Quenya: I’d retain ᴺQ. recca “spittle, ✱saliva” for purposes of Neo-Quenya.