Eldamo : Middle Quenya : tak-

ᴹQ. tak- v. (basic-verb) “to fasten” (Category: to Join, Unite)

ᴹQ. tac-, v. (basic-verb) “to fasten, [ᴱQ.] fix” (Category: to Join, Unite)

A verb appearing as take “he fastens” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√TAK “fix, make fast” (Ety/TAK).

Conceptual Development: ᴱQ. tak- “to fasten” appeared in Early Qenya Phonology derived from ᴱ√tak- “stick (in), fix” (PE14/66), ᴱQ. tak- “fix” appeared in Qenya Verb Forms from the 1910s (PE14/28), and ᴱQ. tak- “fix, fasten” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√TAKA of the same meaning (QL/88). The root √TAK “fasten, fix” also appeared in Tolkien’s writings of the 1950s (PE18/100; PE19/83).

References ✧ Ety/TAK

Inflections

take	aorist	“he fastens”	✧ Ety/TAK
tanke	past		✧ Ety/TAK

Cognates

Ilk. tag- “to fix, construct, make” ✧ Ety/TAK (taga)
N. taetha- “to fasten, tie” ✧ Ety/TAK (taetho)
S. #tag- “to fix”

Derivations

< ᴹ√TAK “fix, make fast; make” ✧ Ety/TAK

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√TAK > take

[tak-]

✧ Ety/TAK

ᴱQ. taka- v. “to fix, fasten” (Category: to Join, Unite)

See ᴹQ. tak- for discussion.

References ✧ PE14/28, 66; QL/88

Glosses

“fix” ✧ PE14/28 (tak-)
“fix, fasten” ✧ QL/88
“to fasten” ✧ PE14/66 (tak-)

Variations

taka- ✧ QL/88
tak- ✧ PE14/28; PE14/66

Inflections

tanke

past

✧ QL/88

Cognates

G. tag- “to fix, make firm, construct”

Derivations

< ᴱ√TAKA “fix, fasten, stick” ✧ PE14/66 (tak-); QL/88

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√tak- > tak-	[tak-]	✧ PE14/66
ᴱ√TAKA > taka-	[taka-]	✧ QL/88