Eldamo : Middle Quenya : nak-²

ᴹQ. nak-² v. “to bite” (Category: to Bite)

ᴹQ. nac-², v. “to bite” (Category: to Bite)

A verb for “bite” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√NAK of the same meaning (Ety/NAK).

Conceptual Development: ᴱQ. naka- “bite” dates back to the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s, already based on ᴱ√NAKA “bite” (QL/64; PME/64).

Reference ✧ Ety/NAK ✧ nak- “bite”

Cognates

N. nag- “to bite” ✧ Ety/NAK

Derivations

< ᴹ√NAK “bite” ✧ Ety/NAK

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√NAK > nak-

[nak-]

✧ Ety/NAK

ᴱQ. naka- v. “to bite” (Category: to Bite)

See ᴹQ. nak-² for discussion.

References ✧ PME/64; QL/64

Glosses

“bite” ✧ PME/64; QL/64

Variations

naka- ✧ PME/64; QL/64

Inflections

nanke	past	✧ QL/64
nāke	past	✧ QL/64

Cognates

G. nag- “to chew, gnaw”

Derivations

< ᴱ√NAKA “bite” ✧ QL/64

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√NAKA > naka-

[naka-]

✧ QL/64