Quenya 

-ite

suffix. {habit or special association with the verbal action}

Quenya [PE 22:137; PE 22:155] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

-itë

having x

-itë adjectival ending, often attached to nouns with the sense of "having X" or "having the quality of X" (VT49:42)

-itë

suffix. adjectival ending; capable of doing, generally (and naturally) doing

Derivations

  • -iti “habit or special association with the verbal action” ✧ PE22/155

Element in

  • ᴺQ. aitë “of some sort, of any sort”
  • Q. caraitë “active, busy, active, busy; [ᴹQ.] able to make, handy, crafty, craftsmanlike, skilled” ✧ PE22/155
  • Q. cenítë “seeing, *able to see” ✧ PE22/153; PE22/155
  • Q. coloitë “capable of bearing, tolerant (of), enduring” ✧ PE22/155
  • Q. cuvoitë “hiding, secretive; treacherous” ✧ PE22/155
  • Q. hlonitë “phonetic”
  • ᴺQ. lahlaraitë “deaf, (lit.) unable to hear”
  • ᴺQ. laitë “false”
  • ᴺQ. lalevítë “lame”
  • Q. lanotoitë “innumerable”
  • ᴺQ. luitë “melancholic, (lit.) habitually being sad”
  • Q. maitë “handy, skillful; having a hand, handed; shapely, handy, skillful, [ᴹQ.] skilled; [Q.] shapely, well-shaped; (as suffix) having a hand, handed”
  • Q. manaitë “*blessed, having grace” ✧ VT49/42
  • ᴺQ. mardaitë “homely, domestic”
  • Q. naitë “true” ✧ VT49/28
  • Q. nefítë “air-breathing”
  • Q. noroitë “(capable of) running” ✧ PE22/155
  • Q. nútaite “?lowering (naturally), degrading” ✧ PE22/156
  • Q. ólamaitë “consonantal”
  • ᴺQ. quetítë “having speech, able to talk, good at expression, glib”
  • Q. ruscuitë “foxy” ✧ VT41/10
  • Q. sítë “of this sort”
  • Q. taitë “of that sort” ✧ VT49/11
  • Q. tirítë “watchful, vigilant” ✧ PE22/155
  • ᴺQ. tyaraitë “effective, productive, effectual, efficacious”
  • Q. xiétë “passing, impermanent” ✧ PE22/155
  • Q. yuluitë “drinking (as a habit), *aquatic” ✧ PE22/155

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
-iti > eiti > íte[-eiti] > [-eite] > [-īte]✧ PE22/155
-iti > [y]eiti > éte[-jeiti] > [-jeite] > [-jēte]✧ PE22/155
-iti > [w]oiti > aite[-woiti] > [-woite] > [-waite]✧ PE22/155
-iti > -vuiti > oite[-vuiti] > [-vuite] > [-voite]✧ PE22/155

Variations

  • -ite ✧ PE22/153; VT41/10 (-ite); VT49/28 (-ite); VT49/42 (-ite)
  • -iti ✧ PE22/154
  • uite ✧ PE22/155
  • íte ✧ PE22/155
  • éte ✧ PE22/155
  • aite ✧ PE22/155
  • oite ✧ PE22/155
  • ĭti ✧ PE22/156
Quenya [PE22/153; PE22/154; PE22/155; PE22/156; VT41/10; VT49/11; VT49/28; VT49/42] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

-ite

suffix. (verbal) adjective ending

Element in

  • ᴹQ. aranaite “*kingly, royal”
  • ᴹQ. karaite “able to make, handy, crafty, craftsmanlike, skilled” ✧ PE22/111; PE22/111; PE22/111
  • ᴹQ. himíte “clinging, able to stick on” ✧ PE22/111; PE22/111
  • ᴹQ. inimeite “*feminine”
  • ᴹQ. maite “handy, skilled”
  • ᴹQ. ólamaite “consonantal”
  • ᴹQ. tulumaite “likely to come, probable (of future events)” ✧ PE22/111; PE22/111
  • ᴹQ. -voite “adjective suffix”

Variations

  • íte ✧ PE22/111
  • aite ✧ PE22/111
  • oite ✧ PE22/111
  • uite ✧ PE22/111
  • maite ✧ PE22/111

Gnomish

-in

suffix. adjective ending

Element in

  • G. gulin “patient, enduring, long suffering; (lit.) burdened” ✧ GL/38
  • G. orcômin “fierce and bloody minded”

Variations

  • -in ✧ GL/38

Early Quenya

-ite

suffix. adjective ending

Element in

Early Quenya [QL/039; QL/043; QL/067; QL/088] Group: Eldamo. Published by