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Early Quenya

saiqa

adjective. hungry

An adjective appearing as ᴱQ. saiqa “hungry” in the Qenya Lexicon under the early root ᴱ√SAẎA (QL/82). In Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s, the Qenya word for “hungry” was instead saisa, though its Early Noldorin equivalent ᴱQ. haib seems to indicate primitive ✱saikwā (PE13/146).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya I would retain the adjective ᴺQ. saiqua “hungry” based on a Neo-Root ᴺ√SAYAK, but only as an archaic word so I could justify the retention of related words like ᴺS. saeb “hungry”. For normal speech I would assume Q. maita “hungry” is the ordinary word for “hungry” (VT39/11).

Cognates

  • En. haib “hungry” ✧ PE13/146
  • G. saig “hungry”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√SAẎA “hunger” ✧ QL/082

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√SAẎA > saiqa[saðʲkʷā] > [saðʲkʷa] > [sajkʷa] > [saikʷa]✧ QL/082

Variations

  • saisa ✧ PE13/146
Early Quenya [PE13/146; QL/082] Group: Eldamo. Published by

saisa

adjective. hungry