Quenya 

aquet

answer

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

endaquet-

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

tóquet-

answer

[tóquet- vb. "answer" (PE17:166)]

aquet-

verb. to answer

Changes

  • aquettóquet- “answer” ✧ PE17/166

Cognates

  • S. aphed- “to answer” ✧ PE17/166

Derivations

  • at-kwet “answer” ✧ PE17/166

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
at-kwet > aquet[atkwet] > [akwet]✧ PE17/166

Variations

  • aquet ✧ PE17/166 (aquet)

endaquet-

verb. to answer

Elements

WordGloss
en-“re-, again”
-da“motion to or towards a point, allative suffix”
quet-“to say, speak, tell, to say, speak, tell, [ᴱQ.] talk”

tóquet-

verb. to answer

Changes

  • tóquet-hanquenta “answer” ✧ PE17/166

Elements

WordGloss
quet-“to say, speak, tell, to say, speak, tell, [ᴱQ.] talk”

nangwesa

noun. answer

Elements

WordGloss
nan-“back (again), back (again); [ᴹQ.] backwards”
KWET“say, speak, utter words”
Quenya Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

nanquet-

verb. to answer

Elements

WordGloss
nan-“back (again), back (again); [ᴹQ.] backwards”
quet-“to say, speak, tell, to say, speak, tell, [ᴱQ.] talk”
Quenya Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

hanquet-

verb. to answer, *respond

@@@ gloss “respond” suggested by Tamas Ferencz

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
han-“*back as an answer or return by another agent”
quet-“to say, speak, tell, to say, speak, tell, [ᴱQ.] talk”
Quenya Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. 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

aphed-

verb. to answer

Cognates

  • Q. aquet- “to answer” ✧ PE17/166

Derivations

  • at-kwet “answer” ✧ PE17/166

Elements

WordGloss
ad-“back, again, re-”
ped-“to say, speak”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
at-kwet > aphed[atkwet-] > [atpet-] > [appet-] > [appʰet-] > [aɸɸet-] > [affet-] > [affed-]✧ PE17/166

Variations

  • aphed ✧ PE17/166 (aphed)
Sindarin [PE17/166] Group: Eldamo. Published by

dangweth

noun. answer, reply giving new information

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

dangweth

noun. answer, *(lit.) back-report

Derivations

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
Os. Ndangwetha > Dangweth[ndanwetha] > [danwetha] > [dangwetha] > [dangweth]✧ PM/395

Variations

  • Dangweth ✧ PM/395

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

danbeth

noun. *answer, (lit.) back-word

@@@ HSD incorrectly has dambeth

Elements

WordGloss
dan“back to, (back in return) against, down upon, back on, back again”
peth“word”

Variations

  • Danbeth ✧ PM/395

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)

dambed-

verb. to answer

@@@ Another possibility is danbed- based on penbed, but usually nb > mb (and is the main source of medial mb)

Elements

WordGloss
dan“back to, (back in return) against, down upon, back on, back again”
ped-“to say, speak”
Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

Primitive elvish

at-kwet

verb. answer

Derivatives

  • Q. aquet- “to answer” ✧ PE17/166
  • S. aphed- “to answer” ✧ PE17/166
Primitive elvish [PE17/166] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Old sindarin

ndangwetha

noun. answer

Derivatives

  • S. dangweth “answer, *(lit.) back-report” ✧ PM/395

Variations

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