@@@ gloss “start” suggested by Robert Reynolds
Quenya
yesta
beginning
yesta
noun. beginning, beginning, *start
Derivations
- √YESET “beginning”
Element in
- Q. Yestarë “first day of the year” ✧ PE17/120
essë
beginning
essë (3) noun "beginning" (ESE/ESET). This entry was marked by a query in Etym, and a word in the appendices to LotR suggests that it was emended to *YESE/YESET; we may therefore read *yessë for essë. (See esta #2.) However, for the purposes of writing the form yesta "beginning" from PE17:120 may be preferred.
yestië
noun. beginning
Elements
Word Gloss yesta- “to begin, to begin, *start”
yessë
noun. beginning
Derivations
- √YESET “beginning”
yesta (2) noun "beginning" (PE17:120). Also attested in the compound yestarë (see below), but cf. esta #2.