Q. onta- v. “to beget” (Category: to Beget (of Father))
A verb in Tolkien’s writings glossed “beget” and derived from the root √NŌ/ONO (PE17/170; Ety/ONO). In The Etymologies of the 1930s it had a second gloss “create” (Ety/ONO).
Conceptual Development: The Early Qenya Grammar of the 1920s had the word ᴱQ. puita- “beget” (PE14/77), likely based on the early root ᴱ√PU(HU) “generate” (QL/75).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya I’d use this verb primarily with the sense “beget = *conceive (a child)”, as opposed to nosta- “to beget = give birth to”. I’d use this verb irrespective of the gender of the parent. When used of non-living or abstract things, it would have the sense “create”: ontanen vinya parma lírion “I begat [= created] a new book of songs”.
Reference ✧ PE17/170 ✧ onta “beget”
Element In
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| √ON/NO > onta | [onta-] | ✧ PE17/170 |
ᴹQ. onta- v. (ta-causative) “to beget, create” (Category: to Beget (of Father))
References ✧ Ety/ONO
Glosses
Variations
Inflections
| ontane | past | ✧ Ety/ONO |
| óne | past; strong-past | ✧ Ety/ONO |
Element In
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ√ONO > onta- | [onta-] | ✧ Ety/ONO |