√Ad. NAK root. (biconsonantal-verb) “?” (Category: )
An otherwise unexplained root that Tolkien used to illustrate the processes of Primitive Adûnaic word formation (SD/422-3). It may have no real meaning. Even if it were, certainly only a few of its derivatives could be real words in Classical Adûnaic.
References ✧ SD/422-423
Variations
Inflections
| NAKA | full-form | ✧ SD/422; SD/423 |
| NAKI | subordinate-vowel-variation | ✧ SD/423 |
| NAKU | subordinate-vowel-variation | ✧ SD/423 |
| ANAK | vowel-prefixion | ✧ SD/422 |
| ANKA | vowel-prefixion vowel-suppression | ✧ SD/422 |
| -NKA | vowel-suppression | ✧ SD/422 |
| DA-NKA | vowel-suppression | ✧ SD/422 |