Quenya 

-sta

suffix. verbal noun suffix

Derivations

Element in

  • ᴺQ. ëasta “being, existence”
  • ᴺQ. farasta “hunting, the chase”
  • ᴺQ. lengesta “character (of a person), set of characteristic traits”
  • Q. nemesta “appearance, seeming” ✧ PE22/137
  • ᴺQ. olasta “growth”
  • ᴺQ. paimesta “chastisement”
  • ᴺQ. sanasta “thinking, reflection, pondering”
  • Q. tulusta “advent, arrival”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
-stā > -sta[-stā] > [-sta]✧ PE22/137

Variations

  • -sta ✧ PE22/137 (-sta)