Eldamo : Early Quenya : qilti-

ᴱQ. qilti- v. “to gird, encircle” (Category: Belt, Girdle)

⚠️ᴱQ. quilti-, v. “to gird, encircle” (Category: Belt, Girdle): ᴺQ. ^quilta- “to gird, encircle”

A verb appearing as ᴱQ. qilti- “gird, encircle” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√QḶTḶ (QL/78).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would adapt this verb as ᴺQ. quilta- “to gird, encircle” from a Neo-Root ᴺ√KWILIT (WJ/369). For example, this Early Qenya verb was adapted this way by Helge Fauskanger in his Neo-Quenya New Testament (NQNT).

References ✧ QL/78

Glosses

“gird, encircle” ✧ QL/78

Variations

qilti- ✧ QL/78

Inflections

qalte

past

✧ QL/78

Derivations

< ᴱ√QḶTḶ “*belt, girdle” ✧ QL/78; QL/78

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√QḶTḶ > qilti-	[kʷḷt-] > [kʷilt-]	✧ QL/78
ᴱ√QḶTḶ > qalte	[kʷḹte-] > [kʷalte-]	✧ QL/78