Q. henta- v. (weak-verb) “to eye, examine, read, scan” (Category: to Read)

Q. henta-, v. (weak-verb) “to eye, examine, read, scan” (Category: to Read)

ᴺQ. !cenya- “to study”

References ✧ PE17/77, 114, 156

Glosses

• “to eye” ✧ PE17/114
• “to eye, to examine (by looking), to read (books/letters)” ✧ PE17/77 (hen-ta)
• “to eye, to examine (with the eyes), scan, to read (silently)” ✧ PE17/77

Variations

• henta ✧ PE17/77; PE17/114
• hen-ta ✧ PE17/77

Related

• S. Hen ✧ PE17/77

Inflections

hentā̆	aorist		✧ PE17/77
hentuva	future		✧ PE17/77
hentie	gerund	“reading”	✧ PE17/77
henta	infinitive	“to read”	✧ PE17/156
hentăne	past		✧ PE17/77: aorist past
ehentănie	perfect; weak-perfect		✧ PE17/77
hentea	present		✧ PE17/77

Elements

#hen	“eye”
-ta	“causative verb suffix”

Element In

• ᴺQ. !atahenta- “to revise, (lit.) re-examine”
• ᴺQ. !lávehentar “ticket inspector, (lit.) permission examiner”
• Q. henta parma “to read a book” ✧ PE17/156
• Q. hentië “reading” ✧ PE17/77
• Q. parmahenta- “*to read”
• Q. ethenta- “to read aloud” ✧ PE17/77 (et-henta)

Cognates

• ᴺS. !henna- “to read”