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auta-

verb. to go (away), depart, leave; to disappear, be lost, pass away

Cognates

  • S. gwae- “to go, depart” ✧ PE17/148
  • T. auta- “to go, depart, pass away” ✧ WJ/366

Derivations

  • √WĀ/AWA “away (from); go (away), depart, pass away, move (from speaker); before (of time), ago, away (from); go (away), depart, pass away, move (from speaker); before (of time), ago; [ᴹ√] forth, out” ✧ PE17/063; PE17/063; PE17/148; WJ/365
  • ✶awta- ✧ PE17/063; WJ/366; WJ/366
    • √WĀ/AWA “away (from); go (away), depart, pass away, move (from speaker); before (of time), ago, away (from); go (away), depart, pass away, move (from speaker); before (of time), ago; [ᴹ√] forth, out”

Element in

  • ᴺQ. autaila “going, passing, nearly gone”
  • Q. auta i lómë “The night is passing!” ✧ S/190; WJ/166
  • Q. áva márië “go happily” ✧ PE17/162
  • Q. vanwa “gone, lost, departed, vanished, past, over, no longer to be had, passed away, dead, gone, lost, departed, vanished, past, over, no longer to be had, passed away, dead, [ᴹQ.] gone for good; [ᴱQ.] on the road” ✧ PE17/063; WJ/366
  • ᴺQ. autamar “museum, (lit.) hall of the past”
  • Q. yéni ve lintë yuldar avánier “the years have passed like swift draughts” ✧ LotR/0377; RGEO/58
  • Q. yéni avánier ve lintë yuldar “years have passed away like swift draughts” ✧ RGEO/58

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
√AWA > auta-[awta] > [auta]✧ PE17/063
✶wāne > vāne[wāne] > [βāne] > [vāne]✧ PE17/063
√AWA > auta-[awta] > [auta]✧ PE17/063
√AWA/WĀ > auta[awta] > [auta]✧ PE17/148
√AWA > auta-[awta] > [auta]✧ WJ/365

Variations

  • auta- ✧ PE17/063; PE17/063; WJ/366
  • av|va ✧ PE17/063
  • auta ✧ PE17/148
Quenya [LotR/0377; PE17/063; PE17/148; PE17/162; PE22/164; RC/341; RGEO/58; S/190; WJ/166; WJ/366] Group: Eldamo. Published by