Quenya 

racta-

stretch out, reach

racta- ("k") vb. "stretch out, reach" (LT2:335; read *rahta- if the word is to be adapted to LotR-style Quenya)

cairë

lay

cairë _("k")_vb. "lay" (pa.t. of "lie") (MC:221; this is "Qenya" - in LotR-style Quenya cainë pa.t. of caita?) An word cairë with no clear definition appears in PE17:101; see cëa, cairë.

lícuma

taper, candle

lícuma ("k")noun "taper, candle"

tindon

lay

tindon pa.t. vb? "lay" (???) (MC:220; this is "Qenya")

lirilla

lay, song

lirilla noun "lay, song" (LT1:258)

cainë

lay

cainë "lay", pa.t. of caita- "lie", q.v.

rahta-

verb. to stretch out, reach

Derivations

  • ᴹ√RAK “stretch out, reach”

Element in

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Sindarin 

hoda-

verb. to lay, stretch out, lay flat on ground

Derivations

  • √KHAW “cover up, hide away, lay in store, [ᴹ√] rest, lie at ease; [√] cover up, hide away, lay in store”
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glaer

long lay

(i ’laer) (narrative poem), no distinct pl. form except with article (in glaer)

glîr

lay

glîr (i **lîr, construct glir) (poem, song), no distinct pl. form except with article (in glîr), coll. pl. glíriath**;

glîr

lay

(i ’lîr, construct glir) (poem, song), no distinct pl. form except with article (in glîr), coll. pl. glíriath;

Noldorin 

glaer

noun. long lay, narrative poem

Written glær (with ae-ligature) in the Etymologies, rectified here according to VT/45:15

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Middle Primitive Elvish

rak

root. stretch out, reach

The first iteration of this root was as ᴱ√RAHA “stretch forward” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like ᴱQ. rá “arm” and ᴱQ. ráma “wing” (QL/78). It also had derivatives in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon such as G. rath “the full arm” and G. ram “wing, pinion” (GL/64-65). In The Etymologies of the 1930s, “wing” words were based on ᴹ√RAM (Ety/RAM), but “arm” words were derived from ᴹ√RAK “stretch out, reach”: ᴹQ. ranko/N. rhanc “arm” along with ᴹQ. rangwe/N. rhaew “fathom” (Ety/RAK). The relationship to earlier and later ᴱ√RAKA/✱√RAK “break”, if any, is unclear.

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶rakmē “fathom” ✧ Ety/RAK
    • ᴹQ. rangwe “fathom” ✧ Ety/RAK
    • On. ragme “fathom” ✧ Ety/RAK
    • N. rhaew “fathom” ✧ Ety/RAK
  • ᴹ✶ranku “arm” ✧ Ety/RAK
    • ᴹQ. ranko “arm” ✧ Ety/RAK
    • On. ranko “arm” ✧ Ety/RAK
    • N. rhanc “arm” ✧ Ety/RAK; Ety/RAK
  • ᴺQ. rahta- “to stretch out, reach”
  • ᴹQ. rakka “*claw”
  • ᴺS. raeth “extent, reach; region, sphere, district, scope”
  • ᴺS. raetha- “to reach at, reach for; to reach, extend (intr.)”
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Gnomish

hautha-

verb. to lay, stretch out, lay flat on ground

Early Primitive Elvish

tapa

root. *taper, stretch out

An unglossed root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like ᴱQ. tapi- “taper, stretch out; feel for, like tentacles” and ᴱQ. tapatenda “taper fingered (light fingered)” (QL/89). In later writings ᴹ√TAP was glossed “stop” (Ety/TAP).

Derivatives

  • Eq. tapa- “to taper, stretch out (intr.), extend thin” ✧ QL/089
  • Eq. tatya- “to feel for (like tentacles etc.)” ✧ QL/089

Variations

  • tapa ✧ QL/093
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Early Quenya

rakta-

verb. to stretch out, reach

Cognates

  • G. raitha- “to reach at, reach for; to reach, extend (intr.)”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√RAHA “stretch forward” ✧ LT2A/Alqarámë; QL/078

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√RAHA > rakta¹[raxta-] > [rakta-]✧ QL/078

Variations

  • rakta ✧ LT2A/Alqarámë
  • rakta¹ ✧ QL/078
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