maitar

artist

maitar noun "artist" (by itself usually: a poet), also compounded in lindimaitar "composer, musician", nyarnamaitar "storyteller", ondomaitar "sculptor in stone", (PE17:163)

maitar

noun. artist; poet

Cognates

• S. maeron “artist, poet” ✧ PE17/163

Derivations

• √MAY “excellent, admirable, beautiful; make [art]; suitable, useful, proper, serviceable; right” ✧ PE17/163

Element in

• ᴺQ. findimaitar “barber, hairdresser”
• Q. lindimaitar “composer, musician” ✧ PE17/163
• Q. nyarnamaitar “storyteller” ✧ PE17/163
• Q. ondomaitar “sculptor in stone” ✧ PE17/163

Elements

Word	Gloss
maita-	“to make with art, design, compose”
-r(o)	“agental suffix”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√MAY > maitar	[maitaro] > [maitar]	✧ PE17/163

maita-

to make with art, design, compose

maita- (2) transitive vb. "to make with art, design, compose" _(PE17:163). _Cf. maitar, maitalë.

lindimaitar

composer, musician

lindimaitar noun "composer, musician" _(PE17:163). _Compare lindë, maitar.

nyárë

tale, saga, history

nyárë noun "tale, saga, history". Compounded in Eldanyárë "History of the Elves", lumenyárë "history, chronological account" (NAR2, LR:199). Compare nyarië, nyarna.

quenta

tale

quenta ("q")noun "tale" (KWET), "narrative, story" (VT39:16); Quenta Silmarillion "the Story/Tale of the Silmarils", also Quenta Eldalien "History of the Elves" (SD:303), notice "Qenya" genitive in -n in the latter title. Quenta is also translated "account", as in Valaquenta "Account of the Valar".

nyarna

tale, saga

nyarna noun "tale, saga" (NAR2), compounded in nyarmamaitar noun "storyteller" (PE17:163), literally *"tale-artist" (see maitar).