Ai! Lá polin saca i quettar!
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A verb occurring in the Markirya poem, consists of prefix a- and verb hosta- (gather).
Tolkien noted: "When the bare stem of the verb is used (as after 'see' and 'hear') as infinitive na- [changed to a-] is prefixed if the noun is the object not the subject". In man cenuva lumbor ahosta (changed from na-hosta), "who shall see the clouds gather"