Early Quenya
nesta
noun. (act of) feeding
Derivations
- ᴱ√NESE “give to feed; feed, pasture; graze” ✧ QL/066
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√NESE > nesta [nestā] > [nesta] ✧ QL/066
huest(y)a
adjective. one ninth
Variations
- huetya ✧ PE14/051
huesto
fraction. one ninth
Element in
- Eq. huest(y)a “one ninth” ✧ PE14/051; PE14/084
Variations
- huetto ✧ PE14/051
huetya
adjective. one ninth
huetto
fraction. one ninth
The noun ᴱQ. nesta “(act of) feeding” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√NESE (QL/66).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I’d instead use the gerund ᴺQ. nestië of the verb ᴺQ. nesta- “(give to) feed”.