Q. ná- v. (irregular-verb) “to be” (Category: Be)
- Q. ná-, v. (irregular-verb) “to be, ⚠️[ᴱQ.] exist” (Category: Be)
References ✧ LotR/377; Minor-Doc/1955-CT; PE17/57-59, 74, 90, 93, 126, 162; PE22/154, 158, 166-168; RGEO/58-60; VT42/33-34; VT43/13-16,
23, 30, 34; VT44/34; VT49/9-10, 19, 23, 27-30
Glosses
Variations
Related
- ëa- “to be, exist” as opposed to ná- “to be”
- návë “being” might simply be the gerund of ná- “to be”
- uva is future [for] nā̆ “it is” ✧ VT49/30
Changes
Inflections
Element In
- ᴺQ. !nalumë “sometime(s)”
- ᴺQ. !nanomë “someplace, somewhere”
- ᴺQ. !yonávë “company, *companionship, camaraderie”
- Q. alcar mi Tarmenel na Erun “glory [be] to God in the highest” ✧ VT44/32; VT44/32
- Q. A (ná) calima lá B “A is brighter than B; (lit.) A is bright beyond B” ✧ PE17/90; PE17/90
- Q. aranielya na tuluva “thy kingdom come” ✧ VT43/8; VT43/12
- Q. ná “yes, it is so, it is a fact”
- Q. na airë esselya “hallowed be thy name” ✧ VT43/12
- Q. na carë indómelya “thy will be done” ✧ VT43/12
- Q. nai “maybe; be it that, may it be that; perhaps, it may be, there is a chance or possibility” ✧ RGEO/60; VT49/28 (nái)
- Q. namárië “farewell, (lit.) be well, let it be well (to you)” ✧ PE17/58; PE17/59 (na mārie); PE17/59; PE17/74 (na-mārië)
- Q. námo¹ “person, somebody (unnamed)”
- Q. násan “*amen, (lit.) may it be so”
- Q. násië “*amen, (lit.) may it be so”
- Q. návë “being”
- Q. sí vanwa ná, Rómello vanwa, Valimar! “now lost, lost to those from the east is Valimar!” ✧ LotR/377; RGEO/58
- Q. A anamelda na ar ilyan “A is dearest of all” ✧ PE17/57
- Q. A anamelda na epë B “A is dear before B” ✧ PE17/57
- Q. A anamelda na ep’ ilya “A is dearest of all” ✧ PE17/57
- Q. A arimelda na epe B “A is (very much) [dearer] than B” ✧ PE17/57
- Q. A arimelda na ilyaron “A is dearest of all” ✧ PE17/57
- Q. á hyamë rámen úcarindor “pray for us sinners” ✧ VT43/27
- Q. aistana elyë imíca nísi “blessed art thou amongst women” ✧ VT43/26; VT43/27
- Q. alasaila ná lá carë tai mo nave mára “it is unwise not to do what one judges good” ✧ PE22/154; VT42/34
- Q. á na márië “be well” ✧ PE17/162
- Q. Átaremma i ëa han Eä “our Father who art in Heaven” ✧ VT43/8
- Q. cemendë tambe Erumandë “on Earth as [it is] in Heaven” ✧ VT43/11
- Q. cé tulis, ní nauva tanomë “*if he/she comes, I will be there” ✧ VT49/19
- Q. cé tulis, tanomë nauvan “*if he/she comes, I will be there” ✧ VT49/19
- Q. eldar ataformaiti “the Elves were ambidexters” ✧ VT49/6; VT49/7
- Q. essë úpa nas “he is dumb” ✧ PE17/126
- Q. i Héru aselyë “the Lord is with thee” ✧ VT43/26
- Q. lá carita i hamil mára alasaila ná “not to do (in this case) what you judge good (would be) unwise” ✧ PE22/154; VT42/33
- Q. lá caritas alasaila cé nauva “not doing this may be/prove unwise” ✧ PE22/154; VT42/34
- Q. lá caritas, navin, alasaila ná “not doing this would be (I think) unwise” ✧ PE22/154; VT42/34
- Q. mal ámë etelehta ulcullo: násië “but deliver us from evil: Amen” ✧ VT43/9
- Q. mára ná “it is good” ✧ PE17/93
- Q. naitë “true” ✧ VT49/28
- Q. náner ataformaitë ve fírimor quetir “*were ambidextrous as mortals say” ✧ VT49/6
- Q. nanwa¹ “existing, actual (true)” ✧ VT49/30
- Q. nár (naitië) “they are (indeed = truly)” ✧ PE22/166
- Q. nás mára nin “I like it” ✧ VT49/30
- Q. nassë “nature, true-being, *essence; person, individual” ✧ VT49/30
- Q. nésë nórima rocco “he was a horse strong/swift at running” ✧ VT49/29
- Q. quí(ta) la tuldes, nánë márië (nin) “[if he had not come], it was well to me (I was glad)” ✧ PE22/158
- Q. roccor i Erulingaron márë nár (ma naitë)? “the horses of the Rohirrim are good (are they not, lit. is it true)” ✧ PE22/166
- Q. savin Elessar ar i nánë aran Ondórëo “I believe that E[lessar] really existed and that he was a King of Gondor” ✧ PE22/158; VT49/27
- Q. sínen i·anda nyarnë metta ar taina andaurenya na quanta “*with this the long tale ends and my extended long day is complete” ✧ Minor-Doc/1955-CT
- Q. sí vanwa ná, Rómello vanwa, Valimar!² “now lost is, [to one] from the East lost, Valimar!” ✧ RGEO/59
- Q. umbë nin i hríve nauva urra (si loa) “I have a feeling that winter will be bad (this year)” ✧ PE22/168
- Q. yá hríve menë, ringa ná “when winter comes/arrives/is with us, it is cold” ✧ VT49/23
Cognates
- Ad. -n “predicate suffix”
- S. #na- “to be”
Derivations
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√NĀ “be (the same as another), exist” ✧ PE17/93
Phonetic Developments