mat

noun. meal, meal time

Cognates

• G. mâd “meal”

Derivations

• ᴱ√MATA “eat” ✧ QL/059

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴱ√MATA > mat	[matt] > [mat]	✧ QL/059

mat-

verb. to eat

matl

noun. food

Cognates

• G. madri “food, edibles; a meal”

Derivations

• ᴱ√MATA “eat” ✧ QL/059

Element in

• Eq. koisimatl “animal food” ✧ QL/059
• Eq. lausimatl “vegetable food” ✧ QL/059

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴱ√MATA > matl	[matlǝ] > [matl] > [matḷ] > [matḷ]	✧ QL/059

makte

noun. hand

An archaic word for “hand” in Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from the early root ᴱ√MAHA “grasp” (QL/57). There are no signs of it in Tolkien’s later writings.

Derivations

• ᴱ√MAHA “grasp” ✧ QL/057

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴱ√MAHA > makte	[makti] > [makte]	✧ QL/057

Variations

• makte ✧ QL/057 (makte)

mata-

verb. to eat

Cognates

• G. mad- “to eat”

Derivations

• ᴱ✶mat- “to eat” ✧ PE14/058; PE14/070; PE14/070
  • ᴱ√MATA “eat”
• ᴱ√MATA “eat” ✧ QL/059

Element in

• Eq. ha·matsir “one eats it, it is eaten” ✧ PE14/056; PE14/085
• Eq. hi·mante “she ate” ✧ PE14/085
• Eq. hu·mate “he eats” ✧ PE14/085
• Eq. matsima “edible” ✧ QL/059
• Eq. manta “eaten”
• Eq. matsile “bear”
• Eq. matso “food” ✧ PE16/141
• Eq. -matwa “*-eating”
• Eq. kamanta- “to make eat, give to eat” ✧ QL/043

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴱ✶mat- > mansie	[mantiē] > [mantie] > [mantsie] > [mansie]	✧ PE14/058
ᴱ✶mat- > mantye	[mantjē] > [mantje]	✧ PE14/058
ᴱ✶matī > matsi	[matī] > [mati] > [matsi]	✧ PE14/070
ᴱ✶mati > mate	[mati] > [mate]	✧ PE14/070
ᴱ√MATA > mat-	[mat-]	✧ QL/059

Variations

• mat- ✧ PE14/028; PE14/057; PE16/141; QL/059
• máta- ✧ QL/043

matso

noun. food

Changes

• masta → matso “food” ✧ PE16/141

Variations

• masta ✧ PE16/141 (masta)

má

noun. hand

Cognates

• G. ma “with instrument or by agent” ✧ GL/55
• G. mô “hand”

Derivations

• ᴱ√MAHA “grasp” ✧ LT2A/Ermabwed; QL/057

Element in

• Eq. malenka “left handed” ✧ QL/057
• Eq. mavoite “having hands” ✧ LT2A/Ermabwed; QL/057
• Eq. Makarnea “Red-handed”
• Eq. marikta “wrist” ✧ QL/057
• Eq. mapalin “plane [tree], sycamore” ✧ QL/057
• Eq. maite “maple”
• Eq. torwa pior má tarasse “*the dark-brown fruit in the hand of the hawthorns” ✧ VT40/08

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴱ√MAHA > maha > mā	[maxa] > [maxǝ] > [max] > [maɣ] > [mā]	✧ QL/057

Variations

• mâ ✧ GL/55; PE15/73
• mā ✧ LT2A/Ermabwed; PE16/137; QL/057