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Early Quenya

saikelta-

verb. to starve

Variations

  • saikelta ✧ QL/082
Early Quenya [QL/082] Group: Eldamo. Published by

saitya-

verb. to starve

A verb appearing as ᴱQ. saitya- “to starve” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s based on the early root ᴱ√SAẎA “hunger” which was mostly used in combination with -kǝ (QL/82). Its ancient form is probably ✱saikya- with ky > ty (PE12/22). Tolkien said this verb was transitive as in “to starve [someone]”, but could be used impersonally to mean “I starve”. Tolkien also gave a variant form saikelta-, apparently a combination of ᴱQ. saike “hunger” with the verb suffix ᴱQ. -lta.

Neo-Quenya: I retain this verb as ᴺQ. saitya- for purposes of Neo-Quenya. Its impersonal use would be saitya ni “[it] starves me” = “I starve”.

Derivations

  • ᴱ√SAẎA “hunger” ✧ QL/082

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√SAẎA > saitya[saðʲka-] > [sajkja-] > [saikja-] > [saitja-]✧ QL/082
ᴱ√SAẎA > saiksine[sajkjne] > [saiksine]✧ QL/082

Variations

  • saitya ✧ QL/082
Early Quenya [QL/082] Group: Eldamo. Published by