Eldamo : Quenya : hehta-

Q. hehta- v. (weak-verb) “to put aside, leave out, exclude, abandon, forsake” (Category: to Leave, Relinquish)

Q. hehta-, v. (weak-verb) “to put aside, leave out, exclude, abandon, forsake” (Category: to Leave, Relinquish)

A verb in the Quendi and Eldar essay from 1959-60 glossed “put aside, leave out, exclude, abandon, forsake” from primitive ✶hek-ta (WJ/365), a causative form of the root √HEKE “aside, apart, separate” (WJ/361).

References ✧ WJ/365

Glosses

“put aside, leave out, exclude, abandon, forsake” ✧ WJ/365

Variations

hehta- ✧ WJ/365

Inflections

hehtane

past

✧ WJ/365

Element In

ᴺQ. !hehtar “renegade”

Cognates

T. hecta- “to reject, abandon” ✧ WJ/365

Derivations

< ✶hektā- “set aside, cast out, forsake” ✧ WJ/365 (hek-ta)
- < √HEK “aside, apart, separate” ✧ WJ/361 (HEKE)

Phonetic Developments

✶hek-ta > hehta-

[hekta-] > [hexta-]

✧ WJ/365