Early Quenya
saita-
verb. to be hungry (impersonal)
Cognates
- G. saitha- “to have hunger”
Derivations
- ᴱ√SAẎA “hunger” ✧ QL/082
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√SAẎA > saita [saðʲta-] > [sajta-] > [saita-] ✧ QL/082 Variations
- say- ✧ PE14/028
- saita ✧ QL/082
- saya- ✧ QL/082
saya-
verb. to be hungry
An impersonal verb appearing as ᴱQ. saita- “I am hungry” in the Qenya Lexicon under the early root ᴱ√SAẎA, alongside a variant form saya- (QL/82). The verb say- also appeared unglossed on page of Qenya Verb Forms from this same period (PE14/28).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya I would simply say nán maita “I am hungry”.