quet-

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-

ped-

say

_ v. _say. Q. quĕt-. >> pedo

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.

kwet

root. say, speak, utter words

Derivations

• √KWE “vocal speech” ✧ WJ/392

Derivatives

• √Ad. BITH “say”
  • Ad. bêth “expression, saying, word”
  • Ad. bith- “to say”
• ✶kwentrō “speaker, reciter, narrator, minstrel” ✧ PE18/100; PE19/083
  • Q. quentaro “speaker, reciter, speaker, reciter; [ᴹQ.] narrator, minstrel” ✧ PE18/100; PE19/083
  • S. pethron “speaker, reciter, speaker, reciter, [N.] narrator, minstrel” ✧ PE18/100
• ✶kwet- “say!”
• ✶kwetnā “saying, proverb” ✧ PE19/086
  • Q. quenna “saying, proverb” ✧ PE19/086
• Q. quet- “to say, speak, tell, to say, speak, tell, [ᴱQ.] talk” ✧ PE17/126; SA/quen
• Q. quetta “word” ✧ PE17/046; SA/quen
• S. ped- “to say, speak” ✧ SA/quen
• S. peth “word” ✧ PE17/046; SA/quen

Element in

• ✶bākwet- “to refuse, prohibit, say no”
• ᴺQ. hwinquetë “confused talk, nonsense”
• ᴺQ. artaquet- “to converse, debate”
• ᴺQ. artaquetië “conversation”
• Q. manaquenta “*blessed”
• ᴺQ. nangwesa “answer”
• ᴺQ. osquetië “context”

Variations

• QUET ✧ PE17/046; PE17/181
• quet- ✧ SA/quen
• KWETE ✧ WJ/392