Eldamo : Early Primitive Elvish : ITI¹

ᴱ√ITI¹ root. “peck, bite (of flies), annoy”

⚠️ᴱ√ITI¹ root. “peck, bite (of flies), annoy”: ^ᴺ√ITITH “annoy, *itch, irritate; ⚠️peck, bite (of flies)”

A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “peck, bite (of flies), annoy” with derivatives like ᴱQ. itisya- “to itch, irritate” and ᴱQ. itse “small fly” (QL/43). The Gnomish word for “fly”, G. sitha, was probably related (GL/68). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing, and the word for “fly” became Q. pupso/S. budhu (PE19/101). However, I think it is worth postulating a Neo-Eldarin root ᴺ√ITITH to salvage early Qenya words for itch and annoy.

References ✧ QL/43, 47

Glosses

“peck, bite (of flies), annoy” ✧ QL/43

KITI “‽” compare to ITI ✧ QL/47
?FESE “*itch” vs. ITI¹ “peck, bite (of flies), annoy”

Derivatives

> ᴱQ. itis “a fly bite” ✧ QL/43
- ⇒ ᴱQ. itisin “itching” ✧ QL/43
> ᴱQ. itisya- “to itch, irritate” ✧ QL/43
> ᴱQ. itse “small fly” ✧ QL/43
- ⇒ ᴱQ. Itselokte “Pleiades, (lit.) Cluster of (Silver) Flies” ✧ QL/43
> G. sitha¹ “fly”
- ⇒ G. sithagong “dragonfly” ✧ GL/68; LT1A/Gong
- ⇒ G. sithaling “fly snake, dragonfly” ✧ GL/68
- ⇒ G. Sithaloth “Pleiades (lit.) Fly-cluster” ✧ GL/68; LT1A/Gong