ᴱQ. qalta adj. “girdled, girt” (Category: Belt, Girdle)
An adjective appearing as ᴱQ. qalta “girdled, girt” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√QḶTḶ (QL/78). The vowel a indicates its primitive form had a long syllabic ḹ, which became al in Early Qenya (PE12/11).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would just use the passive participle ᴺQ. quiltaina of the verb quilta- “to gird, encircle”.
Reference ✧ QL/78 ✧ “girdled, girt”
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴱ√QḶTḶ > qalta | [kʷḹtā] > [kʷḹta] > [kʷalta] | ✧ QL/78 |