Eldamo : Quenya : hequa

Q. hequa adv. and prep. “leaving aside, not counting, excluding, except” (Category: to Leave, Relinquish)

Q. hequa, adv. and prep. “leaving aside, not counting, excluding, except” (Category: to Leave, Relinquish)

An adverb and preposition in the Quendi and Eldar essay from 1959-60 glossed “leaving aside, not counting, excluding, except” derived from primitive ✶hek-wā based on the root √HEKE (WJ/364). For example: á quete ten hequa i elda “speak to them excluding the elf”.

Reference ✧ WJ/364 ✧ “leaving aside, not counting, excluding, except”

hequa “leaving aside, not counting, excluding, except” may replace ᴹQ. enga “save, *except”

Cognates

ᴺS. !eb “save, except”
T. heco “leaving aside, not counting, excluding, except” ✧ WJ/365

Derivations

< ✶hek-wā “leaving aside, not counting, excluding, except” ✧ WJ/364
- < √HEK “aside, apart, separate” ✧ WJ/364

Phonetic Developments

✶hek-wā > hequa

[hekwā] > [hekwa]

✧ WJ/364