ᴹQ. qenta n. “tale, story, account, history” (Category: Tale, Story)

References ✧ Ety/KWET; LRI/Qenta; PE18/30; SD/303; SM/206, 27

Glosses

• “account” ✧ PE18/30
• “History” ✧ SD/303 (Quenta)
• “story” ✧ SM/206 (Quenta)
• “tale” ✧ Ety/KWET

Variations

• qenta ✧ Ety/KWET; LRI/Qenta; PE18/30; SM/27
• Quenta ✧ LRI/Qenta; SD/303; SM/206

Related

• quete- “say” ✧ SM/206

Element In

• ᴹQ. lúmeqenta “history, chronological account”
• ᴹQ. Qenta Eldalien “History of the Elves” ✧ SD/303 (Quenta Eldalien)
• ᴹQ. qentale “account, history” ✧ Ety/KWET
• ᴹQ. Qenta Noldorinwa “History of the Gnomes”
• ᴹQ. Lámaqenta “Account of Sounds” ✧ PE18/30
• ᴹQ. qentasse “history” ✧ SM/206 (quentassë)

Cognates

• N. pennas “history” ✧ LRI/Qenta; SM/27
• N. pent “tale, story” ✧ Ety/KWET; SM/206

Derivations

• < ᴹ✶kwentā “tale” ✧ Ety/KWET
  • < ᴹ√KWET “say” ✧ Ety/KWET

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶kwentā > qenta

[kwentā] > [kwenta]

✧ Ety/KWET