ohta

noun. war

war, hostility

ohta

war

ohta noun "war" (OKTA, KOT > KOTH). In the pre-classical Tengwar system presupposed in the Etymologies, ohta was also the name of tengwa #15 (VT46:7), but Tolkien would later call this letter anca instead changing its value from ht to nc.

ohta

noun. war

ohta

noun. war

Derivations

• ✶oktā “war, hostility, strife” ✧ PE18/085
  • √KOT “hate; be wroth, quarrel, be wroth, quarrel, [ᴹ√]strive; [√] hate” ✧ PE18/085; PE18/087; PE18/087

Element in

• Q. ma caruvalwë ohta “shall we make war” ✧ PE22/161
• Q. ohtar “warrior”
• Q. vá caruvalwë (ohta) “we will not (make war)” ✧ PE22/161

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶ok(h)ta > ohta	[okʰta] > [oktʰa] > [okta] > [oxta]	✧ PE18/085