Eldamo : Quenya : ces-

Q. ces- [þ] v. (basic-verb) “to search, examine (in order to find something)” (Category: to Seek)

Q. ces- [þ], v. (basic-verb) “to search, examine (in order to find something)” (Category: to Seek): Q. cesta-¹ “to seek, search for”; ᴱQ. tucu- “to go in search of, look for, fetch”

A verb in notes from 1964 meaning “to search (for something), to examine (something) in order to find (something)”, based on the root √KEÞ “enquire of, question, or examine something” (PE17/156).

Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. saka- “pursue, look for, search” under the early root ᴱ√SAKA (QL/81).

References ✧ PE17/156

Glosses

“to search (for something), to examine (something) in order to find (something)” ✧ PE17/156 (kes-)

Variations

kes- ✧ PE17/156

*sur- “*to seek” vs. ces- “to search, examine (in order to find something)”

Inflections

kesin	aorist 1st-sg		✧ PE17/156
kese	infinitive	“to look in”	✧ PE17/156
kense	past		✧ PE17/156: for kente [probably a primitive form]
kense	past		✧ PE17/156
†kente	past		✧ PE17/156

Element In

ᴺQ. !cesië “search”
ᴺQ. !ucésima “unsearchable”
Q. cesë parma “to look in a book” ✧ PE17/156
Q. cesta-¹ “to seek, search for”
Q. ecces- “to find out, bring out by examining or eyeing[?]” ✧ PE17/156 (ekkes-)

Cognates

ᴺS. !ceth- “to examine, search, interrogate”

Derivations

< √KETH “enquire of, question, examine something” ✧ PE17/156 (KEÞ)

Phonetic Developments

√KEÞ > kes-

[cetʰ-] > [ceθ-] > [ces-]

✧ PE17/156

ᴱQ. saka- v. “to pursue, look for, search” (Category: to Seek)

See Q. ces- for discussion.

References ✧ QL/81

Glosses

“pursue, look for, search” ✧ QL/81

Variations

saka- ✧ QL/81

Inflections

sāke

past

✧ QL/81

Derivations

< ᴱ√SAKA “*search” ✧ QL/81

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√SAKA > saka-

[saka-]

✧ QL/81