pahta (2) noun "speech", i.e. language (PE17:126); accompanied by the intransitive verb pakta- "speak, talk", which would be *pahta- in Quenya, of which the transitive equivalent is quet-, q.v. The intransitive verb "speak" is also given as carpa-, q.v.
Quenya
questa
noun. speech, language
Element in
- Q. Parmaquesta “Book-language” ✧ PE18/075
- Q. Tarquesta “High Speech, High Language”
quenya
speech
pahta
speech
pahta
noun. speech
Cognates
- S. paeth “speech” ✧ PE17/126
Derivations
- √PAKAT “*talk, speech” ✧ PE17/126
Element in
- ᴺQ. pahtalanga “interpretation”
- Q. úpahtëa “speechless” ✧ PE17/126
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √PAKAT > pahta [paktā] > [paxtā] > [paxta] ✧ PE17/126 Variations
- pahta ✧ PE17/126
quenya noun (original adj.) "speech" (PM:399); the language-name Quenya is said to mean properly "language, speech" (WJ:393); cf. the phrase coirëa quenya "living speech" (PM:399).However, Quenya (archaic Quendya, still so in Vanyarin) is also interpreted "Elvish" (Letters:176), sc. the adjective corresponding to Quendi (WJ:374), but it was no longer used as a general adjective. Quenya lambë"Quenya tongue" (WJ:407). The command queta Quenya! "speak Quenya!" was used in the sense of "speak precisely and intelligibly, put into actual words" (instead of using hand signs or looks); the word Quenya is here used adverbially (PE17:138). The variant queta quenyā (PE17:137) appears to use the distinct accusative (formed by lengthening a final vowel) known from "Book Quenya".