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root. cut short, limit, confine, cramp

A root appearing in Quenya Notes (QN) from 1957 glossed “cut short, limit, confine, cramp” with derivatives Q. senna/S. thenn “short” (PE17/185). As pointed out by Christopher Gilson, it was likely a later iteration of the “root” ᴹ√STINTĀ (actually a primitive word) from The Etymologies of the 1930s with gloss “short” and derivatives like ᴹQ. sinta/N. thent “short” (Ety/STINTĀ).

Derivatives

• ✶stenna “short” ✧ PE17/185
  • Q. senna “short” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/185
  • S. esten(t) “short” ✧ PE17/141
  • S. thent “short” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/185
• ᴺQ. senta- “to shorten”
• ᴺQ. senwa “moment, instant”
• S. esten(t) “short” ✧ PE17/185