An adjective in Quenya Notes (QN) from 1957 glossed “clumsy(-handed), unskilled”, a negated form of maitë “handy, skillful” (PE17/162).
Quenya
úmaitë
clumsy(-handed), unskilled
úmaitë
adjective. clumsy(-handed), unskilled
Elements
Word Gloss ú- “no, not, un-, in-; hard, difficult, bad, uneasy; hardly, with difficulty, ‘badly’” maitë “handy, skillful; having a hand, handed; shapely, handy, skillful, [ᴹQ.] skilled; [Q.] shapely, well-shaped; (as suffix) having a hand, handed” Variations
- úmaite ✧ PE17/162
úmaitë adj. "clumsy(-handed), unskilled" (PE17:162)