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ᴺQ. [Q.] ahtar- v. “to do back, react; ⚠️to requite, avenge” (Category: Action)

ᴺQ. [Q.] ahtar-, v. “to do back, react; ⚠️to requite, avenge” (Category: Action)
See Q. ahtar- for discussion.

Elements

AT “two, double, bi-, di-; back, re-; across, over, lying from side to side”
Q. car- “to do, make”

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Q. ahtar- v. “to do back, react; to requite, avenge” (Category: Action)

In notes from around 1959 Tolkien had a verb akkar- or ahtar-, cognate to S. achar- “do back, react; requite; avenge” as combination of √AT “back” (related to √AT-TA “two”) and √KAR “do” (PE17/166). This etymology was rejected when Tolkien decided that, as a prefix, at- meant “re- of the same or other agent in repeating (more or less similarly) a previous action” and in Q. “only in literal sense of second time, double”. It was thus not suitable for “avenge”.

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I think ᴺQ. ahtar- can be salvaged in the more limited sense “to do back, react”.

References ✧ PE17/166

Glosses

Variations

Elements

at(a)- “double, second time”
car- “to do, make”
AT “two, double, bi-, di-; back, re-; across, over, lying from side to side” ✧ PE17/166 (AT)

Cognates