Early Quenya
mapa-
verb. to seize, take; to ravish, seize and carry off forcibly
má
noun. hand
aqa-
verb. to seize
makte
noun. hand
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A verb in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as aqin “I seize in my hand” with past form anqe “seized”, both under the early root ᴱ√AQA “grasp, hold, etc.” (QL/31).