astar noun "faith, loyalty (not belief)" (PE17:183). Not to be confused with the pl. form of asta #1.
Quenya
asta
month
asta
noun. month; division, part (esp. one of other equal parts)
Derivations
- √SAT “space, place; divide, apportion, mark off” ✧ VT42/19; VT48/11
Element in
- ᴺQ. astaincë “particle”
- ᴺQ. astamo “member”
- Q. ca(na)sta “one fourth, one fourth, *quarter” ✧ VT48/11
- Q. enquesta “one sixth” ✧ VT48/11
- Q. lepesta “one fifth” ✧ VT48/11
- Q. minquesta “*one eleventh” ✧ VT48/11
- Q. nel(d)esta “one third” ✧ VT48/11
- Q. ne(re)sta “one ninth” ✧ VT48/11
- Q. o(to)sta “one seventh” ✧ VT48/11
- Q. peresta “one half” ✧ VT48/11
- ᴺQ. quaista “one tenth”
- Q. caista “one tenth” ✧ VT48/11
- Q. ránasta “lunar month” ✧ VT48/11
- Q. to(lo)sta “one eighth” ✧ VT48/11
- Q. yunquesta “*one twelfth” ✧ VT48/11
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √SAT > asta [asta] ✧ VT42/19 √sat > asta [asta] ✧ VT48/11
astar
faith, loyalty (not belief)
ránasta
lunar month
ránasta noun "lunar month" (Rána + asta, q.v.) (VT48:11)
ránasta
noun. lunar month
Elements
Word Gloss Rána “Moon, (lit.) Wayward” asta “month; division, part (esp. one of other equal parts)”
asta (1) noun "month", a division of the year (VT42:20). Pl. astar is attested (Appendix D). According to VT48:11, the basic meaning of asta is "division, a part", especially one of other equal parts: "of the year, a month or period". According to VT48:19, asta is also used in Quenya as a group suffix (see quentasta).