Early Quenya
matu
noun. the mouth (inside)
Derivations
- ᴱ√MATA “eat” ✧ QL/059
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√MATA > matu [matū] > [matu] ✧ QL/059
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A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “the mouth (inside)” derived from the early root ᴱ√MATA “eat”, which Tolkien compared to similarly derived ᴱQ. anto “jaw” (QL/59). Much later, Tolkien used Q. anto for “mouth” (LotR/1123), likely also derived from √MAT “eat”.