Q. #hócir- v. (basic-verb) “to cut off (so as to have or use a required portion)” (Category: to Cut)
A verb in the Quendi and Eldar essay from 1959-60 translated “cut off a required portion, so as to have it or use it” (WJ/366) and “cut off, so as to have or use a required portion” (WJ/368), a combination of hó- “away (towards the speaker)” and cir- “cut” (WJ/366, 368).
References ✧ WJ/366, 368
Related
Inflections
hókiri | aorist | “cut off a required portion so as to have it or use it” | ✧ WJ/366 |
hókiri- | aorist | “cut off so as to have or use a required portion” | ✧ WJ/368 |
Elements
hó- | “away, from, from among” | ✧ WJ/368 (hō-) | |
#cir- | “to cut” | aorist | ✧ WJ/368 (kiri-) |