Quenya
váquet-
to say no
váquet-
verb. to refuse, forbid, prohibit; (lit.) to say no, to say ‘I will not or do not’
Derivations
- ✶bākwet- “to refuse, prohibit, say no” ✧ PE22/167
Elements
Word Gloss vá “will not, do not, shall not” quet- “to say, speak, tell, to say, speak, tell, [ᴱQ.] talk” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶bá-kwet > vāquet- [bākwet-] > [βākwet-] > [vākwet-] ✧ PE22/167 Variations
- vāquet- ✧ PE22/167
- vā-quet ✧ WJ/370
váquet- vb. (1st pers. aorist váquetin and 1st pers. past tense váquenten are given) "to say no" (not denying that something is true, but denying to do or to allow something: "to say I will not/do not"; "to refuse", "to forbid" (WJ:370, 371)