nehta- (3) vb. "deprive" (PE17:167)
Quenya
nehta-
verb. to slay
nehta-
verb. deprive
nehta-
verb. to deprive, to deprive, *(lit.) make divided or separate [from]
A verb for “deprive” in Quenya Notes (QN) from 1957, based on the root √NEK of similar meaning (PE17/163).
Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. oista- “bereave” under the early root ᴱ√OYO (QL/71). Likely this verb was used in the Old English sense of “bereave” = “deprive of”.
nehta
spearhead
nehta (1) noun "spearhead", isolated from nernehta, q.v.
#nehta- (2) vb. "to slay" if such a stem can be isolated from #nehtar (see below). The (variant?) form nahta- is given in VT49:24.