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Qenya 

nak-

verb. to bite

A verb for “bite” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√NAK of the same meaning (Ety/NAK).

Conceptual Development: ᴱQ. naka- “bite” dates back to the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s, already based on ᴱ√NAKA “bite” (QL/64; PME/64).

Cognates

  • N. nag- “to bite, to bite; [G.] to chew, gnaw” ✧ Ety/NAK

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NAK “bite” ✧ Ety/NAK

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√NAK > nak-[nak-]✧ Ety/NAK

Variations

  • nak- ✧ Ety/NAK

nak-

verb. to kill, slay; to hate

Cognates

  • N. dag- “to slay”

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶ndak- “will slay thee, I will slay, I will slay thee” ✧ PE21/65
  • ᴹ√(N)DAK “slay” ✧ PE22/112

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶ndăkŭbā̆nyē > nakuvan[ndakuban] > [ndakuβan] > [nakuβan] > [nakuvan]✧ PE21/65
ᴹ√NDAK- > nake[ndaki] > [ndake] > [nake]✧ PE22/112
Qenya [PE21/65; PE22/112; PE22/120; PE22/123] Group: Eldamo. Published by