pahta (2) noun "speech", i.e. language (PE17:126); accompanied by the intransitive verb pakta- "speak, talk", which would be *pahta- in Quenya, of which the transitive equivalent is quet-, q.v. The intransitive verb "speak" is also given as carpa-, q.v.
Quenya
rama-
to shout
pahta
speech
pahta
noun. speech
Cognates
- S. paeth “speech” ✧ PE17/126
Derivations
- √PAKAT “*talk, speech” ✧ PE17/126
Element in
- ᴺQ. pahtalanga “interpretation”
- Q. úpahtëa “speechless” ✧ PE17/126
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √PAKAT > pahta [paktā] > [paxtā] > [paxta] ✧ PE17/126 Variations
- pahta ✧ PE17/126
quenya
speech
quenya noun (original adj.) "speech" (PM:399); the language-name Quenya is said to mean properly "language, speech" (WJ:393); cf. the phrase coirëa quenya "living speech" (PM:399).However, Quenya (archaic Quendya, still so in Vanyarin) is also interpreted "Elvish" (Letters:176), sc. the adjective corresponding to Quendi (WJ:374), but it was no longer used as a general adjective. Quenya lambë"Quenya tongue" (WJ:407). The command queta Quenya! "speak Quenya!" was used in the sense of "speak precisely and intelligibly, put into actual words" (instead of using hand signs or looks); the word Quenya is here used adverbially (PE17:138). The variant queta quenyā (PE17:137) appears to use the distinct accusative (formed by lengthening a final vowel) known from "Book Quenya".
tévië
hatred
tévië noun "hatred" (LT1:268; according to QL:90 the first vowel should be long)
orco
noun. Orc
This word was adapted from its Sindarin cognate orch, since the Noldor did not encounter orcs until they returned to Middle-earth (WJ/390). There are two attested plurals for this word, orqui and orcor. One possible scenario is that the word was at first treated as a u-stem noun by analogy with urco (urcu-), but later as the two words were disassociated, the declension of orco was regularized and treated as an ordinary vocalic noun.
This is the theory followed here, so that orcor is considered the regular plural and orqui archaic, probably active only in the First Age. If you use the orqui plural, you should also treat this as a u-stem noun (orcu-). @@@
Cognates
Derivations
- S. orch “Orc, Orc, [N.] goblin” ✧ PE17/047; WJ/390
Variations
- orko ✧ WJ/390
- Orko ✧ WJI/Orc(s)
hollë
noun. shout
Derivations
- √KHOL “crow, cry aloud”
rama- vb. "to shout" (LT1:259)