Eldamo : Neo-Quenya : nópata-

ᴺQ. !nópata- v. “to precede, (lit.) to walk before” (Category: Before (temporal))

ᴺQ. !nópata-, v. “to precede, (lit.) to walk before” [created by Paul Strack] (Category: Before (temporal))

See ᴹQ. esta-³ for discussion.

!nópata- “to precede, (lit.) to walk before” is patterned after S. aphad- “to follow”

Elements

Q. nó¹	“before (of time); at back (of place)”
Q. pata-	“to walk”

ᴹQ. esta-³ v. “to precede” (Category: Before (temporal))

The Etymologies of the 1930s had ᴹQ. esta- “to precede” based on the root ᴹ√SET “precede forward”, but this entry was deleted (EtyAC/SET).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would replace this word with ᴺQ. nópata- “to precede, (lit.) to walk before” inspired by S. aphad- “follow, (lit.) after-walk”.

Reference ✧ EtyAC/SET ✧ esta- “to precede”

Derivations

< ᴹ√ESE(T) “precede (forward)” ✧ EtyAC/SET (SET)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√SET > esta-

[esta-]

✧ EtyAC/SET