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ᴱQ. saitya- v. “to starve” (Category: Hunger)

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”.

References ✧ QL/82

Glosses

Variations

Related

Inflections

saiksine past ✧ QL/82

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√SAẎA > saitya [saðʲka-] > [sajkja-] > [saikja-] > [saitja-] ✧ QL/82
ᴱ√SAẎA > saiksine [sajkjne] ? [saiksine] ✧ QL/82

ᴱQ. saikelta- v. “to starve” (Category: Hunger)

See ᴱQ. saitya- for discussion.

References ✧ QL/82

Variations

Related

Inflections

saikeltane past ✧ QL/82

Elements

saike “hunger” ✧ QL/82
-lta “?causative” ✧ QL/82