quetta

word

quetta noun "word" (SA:quen-/quet-, GL:28), pl. quettar (WJ:391). An quetta "a word more" (phrase used = "to add to what has been said") (PE17:91)

quetta

noun. word

quetta

noun. word

Cognates

• S. peth “word” ✧ PE17/046; SA/quen

Derivations

• √KWET “say, speak, utter words” ✧ PE17/046; SA/quen
  • √KWE “vocal speech” ✧ WJ/392

Element in

• Q. an quetta “a word more, to add to what has been said” ✧ PE17/091
• ᴺQ. cariquetta “verb”
• Q. i carir quettar ómainen “those who form words with voices” ✧ WJ/391
• ᴺQ. quettacarmë “(art of) word-making”
• ᴺQ. quettalcar “renown, (lit.) word-glory”
• ᴺQ. quettalë “sentence; wording, expression, phrase”
• ᴺQ. quettaparma “wordlist, wordbook”
• Q. Quettúri “Word-masters”
• ᴺQ. vinquetta “neologism”
• ᴺQ. yáraquetta “archaism, archaic word”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√QUET > quetta	[kwetta]	✧ PE17/046
√quet- > quetta	[kwetta]	✧ SA/quen

quent

word

quent ("q")noun "word" (LT2:348; in Tolkien's later Quenya quetta)