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ᴹQ. #suv- v. (basic-verb) “to sink (esp. in water)” (Category: to Sink)

A verb appearing on a rejected page of verbal roots in the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) from 1948, given only in its past form ᴹQ. sumbe based on the root ᴹ√SUB “sink, esp. in water” (PE22/127). Presumably its stem form would be *suv- “to sink”.

Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. suq- “fall, fail, go down, die down” under the early root ᴱ√SUQU (QL/87). Related words had to with the setting sun and stars rather than sinking in water.

Neo-Quenya: I retain ᴺQ. suv- “to sink (especially in water)” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, as similar verbs mostly have to do with descending objects like the setting sun rather than sinking in liquid.

References ✧ PE22/127

Inflections

sumbe past ✧ PE22/127

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√SUB > sumbe [sub-] > [suβ-] > [suv-] ✧ PE22/127

ᴱQ. suq- v. “to fall, fail, go down, die down” (Category: to Sink)

See ᴹQ. #suv- for discussion.

References ✧ QL/87

Glosses

Variations

Inflections

sunqe past ✧ QL/87

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√SUQU > suq- [sukʷ-] ✧ QL/87