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ᴱQ. saiqa adj. “hungry” (Category: Hunger)

An adjective appearing as ᴱQ. saiqa “hungry” in the Qenya Lexicon under the early root ᴱ√SAẎA (QL/82). In Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s, the Qenya word for “hungry” was instead saisa, though its Early Noldorin equivalent ᴱQ. haib seems to indicate primitive *saikwā (PE13/146).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya I would retain the adjective ᴺQ. saiqua “hungry” based on a Neo-Root ᴺ√SAYAK, but only as an archaic word so I could justify the retention of related words like ᴺS. saeb “hungry”. For normal speech I would assume Q. maita is the ordinary word for “hungry” (VT39/11).

References ✧ PE13/146; QL/82

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ᴱ√SAẎA > saiqa [saðʲkʷā] > [saðʲkʷa] > [sajkʷa] > [saikʷa] ✧ QL/82