Eldamo : Quenya : autas

Q. autas (*autass-) n. “a former occur[rence]” (Category: Past, Ago)

Q. autas (*autass-), n. “a former occur[rence]” (Category: Past, Ago)

A word for “a former occur[rence]” appearing in a 1969 paradigm where its root √awa meant “before, ago of time” rather than its usual meaning “away” (PE22/168).

Reference ✧ PE22/168 ✧ “a former occur[rence]”

Derivations

< √WĀ/AWA “away (from); go (away), depart, pass away, move (from speaker); before (of time), ago” ✧ PE22/168 (awa)

Phonetic Developments

√awa > autas

[autas]

✧ PE22/168