maquet-

ask

#maquet- vb. *"ask", only attested in the past tense: maquentë (PM:403)

maquet-

verb. *to question, ask

Cognates

• ᴺS. mabed- “to ask [a question]”

Element in

• Q. maquente Elendil “*asked Elendil” ✧ PM/403
• ᴺQ. maquetta “question”

Elements

Word	Gloss
quet-	“to say, speak, tell, to say, speak, tell, [ᴱQ.] talk”

quet-

say, speak

quet- vb. "say, speak" (SA:quen-/quet-, LT2:348), sg. aorist quetë in VT41:11 and VT49:19 (spelt "qete" in the latter source), not to be confused with the infinitival aorist stem in the example polin quetë "I can speak" (VT41:6); pl. aorist quetir in VT49:10-11, present tense quéta in VT41:13, pa.t. quentë in PM:401, 404, apparent gerund quetië in VT49:28 (by Tolkien translated as "words", but more literally evidently *"speaking"). Imperative in the command queta Quenya! "speak Quenya!" (PE17:138), see Quenya regarding the meaning of this phrase. The same verb is translated "tell" in the sentence órenya quetë nin "my heart tells me" (VT41:15). Cf. also #maquet-

cesta-

verb. ask