quer-
turn
nan-
backwards
nan- (prefix) "backwards" (NDAN) or "back", as in nanwen- "return" (go/come back, PE17:166), cf. also nanquernë *"turned back", the pl. form of nanquerna _(VT49:17-18). _Apparently assimilated nal- in nalláma "echo" (if this represents nan-láma "back-sound", sound coming back).
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nan-
prefix. backwards
Derivations
- ᴹ√(N)DAN “back, backwards” ✧ Ety/NDAN
Element in
- ᴹQ. nalláma “echo”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√NDAN > nan- [ndan-] > [nan-] ✧ Ety/NDAN Variations
- nan- ✧ Ety/NDAN
kere
root. turn
Derivatives
Element in
- ᴱ√KEREKE “turn round and round, send to and fro; weave” ✧ PE14/065
Variations
- kere ✧ PE14/065
- ku̯ere ✧ PE14/065
- ki̯ere ✧ PE14/065
kwere
root. turn
kyere
root. turn
#quer- vb. "turn" (transitive), attested as pa.t. quernë (VT49:18-20). Compare kuere (kwere) as one variant of a stem meaning "turn" (PE14:65). English intransitive "to turn" requires a reflexive pronoun in Quenya: mo quernë immo "one turned oneself" (VT49:6), in idiomatic English simply "one turned". Passive participle #querna "turned", isolated from nuquerna (q.v.) "under-turned" = reversed, turned upside down. Also in númenquerna "turned westward" (VT49:18), nanquernë "turned back", pl. form of *nanquerna (VT49:17-18, 20)