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'''''nahta''''' is a [[Quenya]] word with several meanings.
'''nahta''' "slay"
==''nahta''<sup>1</sup>==
==Etymology==
Meaning: ''nahta-'' "slay"<ref name=QQ>[http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/wordlists.htm Quettaparma Quenyallo (Quenya Wordlists)] (accessed 29 November 2010)</ref>
[[PQ]] *''ndaktâ'' < [[root]] [[NDAK]]<ref>{{HM|LR}}, [[The Etymologies]] p. 375</ref>
===Etymology===
==Other forms==
[[Sundocarmë|Root]] [[NDAK]]<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 375</ref>
*''nahtana'' "slain"<ref>[[Vinyar Tengwar 49]] p. 24</ref>
===Other forms===
==Cognates==
*''nahtana'' "slain"<ref name=VT49>{{VT|49a}}, p. 24</ref>
*''nahtan'' "I slay"<ref name=VT49/>
===Cognates===
*[[Sindarin]] ''[[dag]]''
*[[Sindarin]] ''[[dag]]''
==''nahta''<sup>2</sup>==
Meaning: ''nahta'' "a bite" (noun)<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 374</ref><ref name=QQ/>
===Etymology===
[[Sundocarmë|Root]] [[NAK]]
==''nahta''<sup>3</sup>==
Meaning: ''nahta'' cardinal "eighteen"<ref>{{PE|14}}, p. 17, note 6</ref><ref name=QQ/>
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Latest revision as of 22:46, 6 November 2012

nahta is a Quenya word with several meanings.

nahta1[edit | edit source]

Meaning: nahta- "slay"[1]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

Root NDAK[2]

Other forms[edit | edit source]

  • nahtana "slain"[3]
  • nahtan "I slay"[3]

Cognates[edit | edit source]

nahta2[edit | edit source]

Meaning: nahta "a bite" (noun)[4][1]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

Root NAK

nahta3[edit | edit source]

Meaning: nahta cardinal "eighteen"[5][1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Quettaparma Quenyallo (Quenya Wordlists) (accessed 29 November 2010)
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 375
  3. 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals and Related Writings — Part Three" (edited by Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 49, June 2007, p. 24
  4. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 374
  5. J.R.R. Tolkien, "Early Qenya and The Valmaric Script", in Parma Eldalamberon XIV (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, Patrick H. Wynne, and Bill Welden), p. 17, note 6