An adjective for “hungry” in notes from around 1960 derived from the root √MAT “eat” via i-infixion (VT39/11), which produced a small class of desiderative words in Quenya, as in “desiring to eat”.
Quenya
maita
hungry
maita
adjective. hungry
Derivations
- √MAT “eat” ✧ VT39/11
Element in
- ᴺQ. maitië “hunger”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √MAT > maita [maita] ✧ VT39/11
mai-
verb. to have, possess
Derivations
- √MAG “good (physically); to thrive, be in a good state, good (physically); to thrive, be in a good state; [ᴹ√] use, handle” ✧ PE22/148
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √MAGA > mai [magi] > [maɣi] > [mai] ✧ PE22/148
harya-
verb. to have, to have, [ᴹQ.] possess
Derivations
- ᴹ√ƷAR “have, hold”
Element in
- ᴺQ. harno “possessor”
- Q. merin sa haryalyë alassë nó vanyalyë Ambarello “I hope that you have happiness before you pass from the world” ✧ MS/01
sam-
verb. to have
Derivations
- √SAM “to have, have; [ᴹ√] unite, join” ✧ PE17/173
Element in
- ᴺQ. osáma “common, joint, (lit.) together-having”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √SAM > samin [sam-] ✧ PE17/173
saiqua
adjective. hungry
Cognates
- ᴺS. saeb “hungry”
Derivations
- ᴺ✶. SAYAK “hunger”
maita (1) adj. "hungry" (VT39:11)