Early Quenya
manta
adjective. eaten
Elements
Word Gloss mata- “to eat”
salistya-
verb. to bless
Element in
- Eq. salistina “blessed” ✧ QL/055; QL/081
Elements
Word Gloss sa- “intensive” listya- “to bless” Variations
- salistya ✧ QL/081
listya-
verb. to bless
Cognates
- G. lista- “to bless”
Derivations
- ᴱ√LISI “sweetness” ✧ QL/054
Element in
- Eq. listanelto in otso qarda “*they blessed the great evil” ✧ PE15/32
- Eq. salistya- “to bless” ✧ QL/055; QL/081
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√LISI > listya- [listʲa-] ✧ QL/054 Variations
- listya ✧ QL/081
An adjective (passive participle?) for “eaten” in Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/142), clearly based on ᴱQ. mat- “eat” (PE16/141).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I think it is safer to stick to the later passive participle form of the verb: ᴺQ. matina “eaten”.