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Qenya 

pis-

verb. to spit

Derivations

  • ᴹ√PITH “spit” ✧ PE22/103

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√PITH > pithe > pise[pitʰe] > [piθe] > [pise]✧ PE22/103
ᴹ√PITH > pitte[pintʰe] > [pittʰe] > [pitte]✧ PE22/103

piuta-

verb. to spit

An apparent verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√PIW “spit” and so probably of the same meaning (Ety/PIW).

Conceptual Development: The earliest verb for “spit” was ᴱQ. retye- from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√RET͡YE (QL/79). In the Early Qenya Grammar of the 1920s Tolkien had ᴱQ. piste “spit” from primitive ᴱ✶pṣt- (PE14/58), a verb that also appeared in the contemporaneous Early Noldorin Dictionary as a cognate of ᴱN. hist- “spit” (PE13/163). The next “spit” verb was ᴹQ. piuta- in The Etymologies of the 1930s (see above), and in the 1948 Quenya Verbal System Tolkien had ᴹQ. pise from the root ᴹ√PITH “spit” (PE22/103).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I prefer 1930s ᴹQ. piuta- “spit”, in part because it is better known that 1948 pith- but also because it has a Noldorin cognate N. puia- and is thus part of a more complete paradigm.

Cognates

  • On. puia- “to spit” ✧ Ety/PIW
  • N. puia- “to spit” ✧ Ety/PIW

Derivations

  • ᴹ√PIW “spit” ✧ Ety/PIW

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√PIW > piuta[piuta-]✧ Ety/PIW

Variations

  • piuta ✧ Ety/PIW