makse

noun. meat

A noun for “meat” appearing the Quenya Verbal System written in 1948.

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I stick to the better-known word ᴹQ. apsa “meat” from The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/AP). This help avoids a conflict with ᴹQ. makse “dough”, also from The Etymologies (Ety/MASAG).

Element in

• ᴹQ. nila tyaze matie makse “I do not like eating meat” ✧ PE22/120

Variations

• makse ✧ PE22/120

makse

noun. dough

A word for “dough” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶mazgē under the root ᴹ√MASAG “knead” (Ety/MASAG), where zg unvoiced to sk and then the sk underwent metathesis to ks.

Cognates

• N. moeas “dough” ✧ Ety/MASAG
• Ilk. maig “dough” ✧ Ety/MASAG

Derivations

• ᴹ✶mazgē “dough” ✧ Ety/MASAG
  • ᴹ√MASAG “knead, make soft by rubbing, kneading” ✧ Ety/MASAG
  • ᴹ√M(B)AS “knead”
• ᴹ√MASAG “knead, make soft by rubbing, kneading” ✧ EtyAC/MASAG
  • ᴹ√M(B)AS “knead”

Element in

• ᴺQ. pulmaxë “leaven(ing), *yeast”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶mazgē > makse	[mazgē] > [maskē] > [maske] > [makse]	✧ Ety/MASAG
ᴹ√MÁSAG > makse	[mazgē] > [maskē] > [maske] > [makse]	✧ EtyAC/MASAG

Variations

• makse ✧ Ety/MASAG; EtyAC/MASAG (makse)

má

noun. hand

Cognates

• On. mō “hand” ✧ Ety/MAƷ

Derivations

• ᴹ✶māʒ “hand” ✧ Ety/MAƷ; PE18/035
  • ᴹ√MAƷ “hand” ✧ Ety/MAƷ
• ᴹ✶magā “hand” ✧ EtyAC/MAƷ
  • ᴹ√MAG “use, handle” ✧ EtyAC/MAƷ

Element in

• ᴹQ. númessier “and he gave it into the hands of the Lords: they are in the West” ✧ LR/072
• ᴹQ. Lunguma “Heavy Hand”
• ᴹQ. maite “handy, skilled”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶māʒ > mā	[māɣ] > [mā]	✧ Ety/MAƷ
ᴹ✶magā > mā	[magā] > [maɣā] > [mā]	✧ EtyAC/MAƷ
ᴹ✶mā > mā	[mā]	✧ PE18/035

Variations

• mā ✧ Ety/MAƷ; EtyAC/MAƷ (mā); PE18/035; PE21/40; PE22/021