Eldamo : Quenya : maita

Q. maita adj. “hungry” (Category: Hunger)

Q. maita, adj. “hungry” (Category: Hunger): ᴱQ. saita- “to be hungry (impersonal)”; ᴱQ. saya- “to be hungry”

An adjective for “hungry” in notes from around 1960 derived from the root √MAT “eat” via i-infixion (VT39/11), which produced a small class of desiderative words in Quenya, as in “desiring to eat”.

Reference ✧ VT39/11 ✧ “hungry”

ᴺQ. saiqua “hungry” versus maita “hungry”

Element In

ᴺQ. !maitië “hunger”

Derivations

< √MAT “eat” ✧ VT39/11

Phonetic Developments

√MAT > maita

[maita]

✧ VT39/11