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lausta-
verb. to lead a life, gain a living
lausta-
verb. to roar, rush [making a rushing sound]
Element in
- Eq. ar i·súru laustuváro lintataurelasselindon “*and the wind will roar like many forest leaves” ✧ PE16/077
- Eq. i súru laustaner “the wind lausted (made a windy noise)” ✧ MC/216; PE16/100; PE16/104
- Eq. man tenuva súru laustane? “Who shall hear the wind roaring?” ✧ MC/213
- Eq. lausto “*noisily”
- Eq. súru laustanéro “the winds rushed” ✧ MC/220; PE16/062; PE16/072; PE16/074
Variations
- lausta- ✧ PE16/075
laulesta-
verb. to lead a life, gain a living
A verb appearing as {laumeta- or laumesta- >>} ᴱQ. lausta- or laulesta- “lead a life, gain a living” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, an elaboration of ᴱQ. laule “mode of life” (QL/52).
Neo-Quenya: Since I retain ᴺQ. laulë, I’d also retain ᴺQ. laulesta- for purposes of Neo-Quenya.
Changes
laumeta-→ lausta- ✧ QL/052laumesta-→ laulesta- ✧ QL/052Derivations
- ᴱ√LAWA “*life (esp. plants)” ✧ QL/052
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√LAWA > lausta- [lawsta-] > [lausta-] ✧ QL/052 Variations
- lausta- ✧ QL/052
- laumeta- ✧ QL/052 (
laumeta-)- laumesta- ✧ QL/052 (
laumesta-)
A verb appearing in several Early Qenya poems from around 1930, glossed “roar” (MC/213) or “rush” (MC/220), or in one place “lausted (made a windy noise)” (MC/216). Its etymology is very unclear, but it could be related to the early root ᴱ√RAVA with various derived “lion” words (QL/79), and so meaning “roar” by analogy with that animal with l/r variation in the initial letter. See also Q. rávëa “roaring” from versions of the Markirya poem from the 1960s.