Primitive elvish

kwet-

verb. say!

Primitive elvish [PE22/139] Group: Eldamo. Published by

bākwet-

verb. to refuse, prohibit, say no

Primitive elvish [PE22/167] Group: Eldamo. Published by

at-kwet

verb. answer

Primitive elvish [PE17/166] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Sindarin 

aphred

answer

_ n. _answer. Q. aquet. . This gloss was rejected.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:166] < _at-kwet _< AT 'back', an action by _another agent_ in return to a previous action + ?. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

dambeth

noun. answer, response

In Tolkien's manuscript, this form was rejected in favor of dangweth , with a slightly different meaning. However, it may possibly be assumed that the word is valid per se (although it may be argued that this compound word does not show the regular mutation that one would have expected)

Sindarin [PM/395] dan+peth "back word". Group: SINDICT. Published by

dangweth

noun. answer, reply giving new information

Sindarin [PM/395] OS *ndanagwetʰa "back report". Group: SINDICT. Published by

ped-

say

_ v. _say. Q. quĕt-. >> pedo

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:40] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

dambeth

answer

(i nambeth, o ndambeth) (response), pl. dembith (i ndembith)

dangweth

answer

(noun) 1) dangweth (i nangweth, o ndangweth) (reply giving new information), pl. dengwith (i ndengwith) (PM:395), 2) dambeth (i nambeth, o ndambeth) (response), pl. dembith (i ndembith)

dangweth

answer

(i nangweth, o ndangweth) (reply giving new information), pl. dengwith (i ndengwith) (PM:395)

ped

say

ped- (i **bêd**, i phedir) (speak), pa.t. pent (attested in mutated form -phent); the imperative pedo is also attested.

ped

say

(i bêd, i phedir) (speak), pa.t. pent (attested in mutated form -phent); the imperative pedo is also attested.

Quenya 

aquet

answer

[aquet noun? vb? "answer" (PE17:166)]

endaquet-

verb. answer

endaquet- vb. "answer" (gloss uncertain) (PE17:167)

hanquenta

answer

hanquenta vb.? noun? "answer" (PE17:176)

hanquenta

noun. answer, answer, *response

@@@ gloss “response” suggested by Tamas Ferencz

quet-

verb. say, speak

quet- vb. "say, speak" (SA:quen-/quet-, LT2:348), sg. aorist quetë in VT41:11 and VT49:19 (spelt "qete" in the latter source), not to be confused with the infinitival aorist stem in the example polin quetë "I can speak" (VT41:6); pl. aorist quetir in VT49:10-11, present tense quéta in VT41:13, pa.t. quentë in PM:401, 404, apparent gerund quetië in VT49:28 (by Tolkien translated as "words", but more literally evidently *"speaking"). Imperative in the command queta Quenya! "speak Quenya!" (PE17:138), see Quenya regarding the meaning of this phrase. The same verb is translated "tell" in the sentence órenya quetë nin "my heart tells me" (VT41:15). Cf. also #maquet-

tóquet-

verb. answer

[tóquet- vb. "answer" (PE17:166)]

nangwesa

noun. answer

Quenya Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

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Middle Primitive Elvish

kwet

root. say

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/KWET; Ety/LU; PE18/050; PE19/040] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Primitive adûnaic

bith

root. say

A root glossed “say” (SD/416), from which bêth “expression, saying, word” is most likely derived. It may be related to the Primitive Elvish root √KWET; see the entry on bêth for further discussion.

Primitive adûnaic [SD/416] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Old sindarin

ndangwetha

noun. answer

Old sindarin [PM/395] Group: Eldamo. Published by