Q. quet- v. (basic-verb) “to say, speak, tell” (Category: to Say)

Q. quet-, v. (basic-verb) “to say, speak, tell, ⚠️[ᴱQ.] talk” (Category: to Say)

References ✧ PE17/40, 126, 137-138, 160, 167, 181; PE22/158; PM/401, 404; SA/quen; VT41/6, 11, 13; VT49/11, 19, 28

Glosses

• “say” ✧ PE17/40 (quĕt-)
• “speak” ✧ SA/quen

Variations

• quet- ✧ SA/quen
• quĕt- ✧ PE17/40
• qet- ✧ PE17/126

Related

• quet- “to say, speak, tell” versus nyar- “to relate, recite”
• pakta- “speak, talk (intransitive)” [versus] transitive is qet- ✧ PE17/126

Inflections

qete	aorist		✧ VT49/19
quete	aorist		✧ PE17/138
quete	aorist	“speak”	✧ VT41/6
quete	aorist	“tells”	✧ VT41/11
quetir	aorist plural	“they ... say”	✧ PE17/167
quetir	aorist plural		✧ VT49/11
quetie	gerund	“words”	✧ PE22/158; VT49/28
queta	imperative		✧ PE17/137; PE17/138
quete	infinitive	“speak”	✧ PE17/160; PE17/181; VT41/6
Quente	past		✧ PM/401; PM/404
quenten	past 1st-sg	“I said”	✧ PE22/158
quēta	present	“is saying”	✧ VT41/13

Element In

• ᴺQ. !apaquet- “to forebode, foretell, predict”
• ᴺQ. !asquétima “easy to say”
• ᴺQ. !etequet- “to confess, speak out”
• ᴺQ. !hanquet- “to answer, *respond”
• ᴺQ. !lanquet- “to converse, debate, *discuss”
• ᴺQ. !lanquetta “conversation, debate, interchange of words”
• ᴺQ. !meluquetya “sweet-speaking person, flatterer”
• ᴺQ. !mirquet- “to persuade, (lit.) into-talk”
• ᴺQ. !nanquet-¹ “to talk back, speak against”
• ᴺQ. !nanquet-² “to answer”
• ᴺQ. ^nenquet- “to condescend, (orig.) speak down the nose”
• ᴺQ. !ulquet- “to accuse”
• Q. alaquenta “well (happily) said”
• Q. ataquetië “saying again, repetition”
• Q. endaquet- “to answer”
• Q. enquet- “to repeat, say again”
• Q. istan quetë “I can speak, I know how to speak”
• Q. láquet- “to deny (fact or accusation); (lit.) to say ‘it is not’”
• Q. loiquetë “mistake in speech”
• Q. #maquet- “*to question, ask”
• Q. naiquet- “to curse or blaspheme”
• Q. náquet- “to assent, agree (on fact); (lit.) to say ‘it is’”
• Q. polin quetë “I can speak, I am able to speak” ✧ PE17/181; VT41/6
• Q. Quendë “Elf, (lit.) One That Speaks”
• Q. queta Quenya “speak Quenya” ✧ PE17/137; PE17/138
• Q. quetë Quenya “*speaks Quenya” ✧ PE17/138
• Q. #quétima “speakable, pronounceable, *able to be said”
• Q. sáquet- “I will, to agree (to do); (lit.) to say ‘yes’”
• Q. tóquet- “to answer”
• Q. váquet- “to refuse, forbid, prohibit; (lit.) to say no, to say ‘I will not or do not’”
• Q. cé mo quetë ulca “*if one speaks evil” ✧ VT49/19
• Q. lertan quetë “I can speak, I am free to speak” ✧ PE17/160; VT41/6
• Q. náner ataformaitë ve fírimor quetir “*were ambidextrous as mortals say” ✧ VT49/6
• Q. órenya quéta nin “my heart is saying to me” ✧ VT41/13
• Q. órenya quetë nin “my heart tells me” ✧ VT41/11
• Q. quenten tulil márië nin “I said: you come happily (for me)” ✧ PE22/158
• Q. quentë Quengoldo “Thus spoke Pengoloð” ✧ PM/404
• Q. quetië “words” ✧ PE22/158; VT49/28
• Q. quetir en “they still say” ✧ PE17/167
• Q. sin quentë Quendingoldo Elendilenna “*thus Pengoloð said to Elendil” ✧ PM/401

Cognates

• S. ped- “to say, speak” ✧ PE17/40; SA/quen (pedo)
• T. pet- “to tell” ✧ VT41/11 (pete)

Derivations

• < √KWET “say, speak, utter words” ✧ PE17/126; SA/quen (quet-)
  • < √KWE “vocal speech” ✧ WJ/392

Phonetic Developments

√KWET > qet-	[kwet-]	✧ PE17/126
√quet- > quet-	[kwet-]	✧ SA/quen

ᴹQ. qet- v. (basic-verb) “to say” (Category: to Say)

References ✧ PE22/118-119; SM/206

Glosses

• “say” ✧ SM/206 (quete-)

Variations

• quete- ✧ SM/206

Related

• Quenta “story” ✧ SM/206

Inflections

qete	aorist		✧ PE22/118
qete	aorist	“say”	✧ PE22/119
qetis	aorist with-sg-object	“tell him”	✧ PE22/118
qente	past	“said”	✧ PE22/119

Element In

• ᴹQ. avaqet- “to refuse, forbid”
• ᴹQ. laqe[t]- “[unglossed]”
• ᴹQ. qeqetta- “to repeat, keep on saying”
• ᴹQ. qettima “utterable”
• ᴹQ. ni qente (sa) e·tule “I said he is coming, I said (that) he was coming” ✧ PE22/119
• ᴹQ. ni qente (sa) e·tulle “I said he came, I stated that (at some time previous to my speaking) he came (but was no longer present)” ✧ PE22/119
• ᴹQ. ni qente (sa) e·utúlie “I said he had come” ✧ PE22/119
• ᴹQ. ni qete (sa) e·tule “I say (that) he is coming” ✧ PE22/119
• ᴹQ. **ni qetis tule “I tell him to come, say to him to come, bid him to come” ✧ PE22/118
• ᴹQ. ni·te·qete tule “I tell him to come, say to him to come, bid him to come” ✧ PE22/118

Derivations

• < ᴹ√KWET “say”

ᴱQ. qet- v. “to speak, talk” (Category: to Speak, Talk)

References ✧ LT2A/Tôn a Gwedrin; PE14/54; PE15/32; PE16/134; QL/77

Glosses

• “speak” ✧ PE16/134
• “speak, talk” ✧ LT2A/Tôn a Gwedrin; QL/77

Variations

• qet- ✧ LT2A/Tôn a Gwedrin; PE16/134; QL/77

Changes

• qense >> qensiēma ✧ PE14/54
• qensiēma >> qetsime “were told” ✧ PE14/54

Inflections

qense	past		✧ PE14/54
qensie	past	“were told”	✧ PE14/54
qente	past	“*said”	✧ PE15/32
qente	past		✧ QL/77
qentë	past		✧ LT2A/Tôn a Gwedrin
qentien	past 1st-sg	“*I said”	✧ PE15/32
qensiēma	past passive-participle		✧ PE14/54
qetsime	past passive-participle	“were told”	✧ PE14/54
qentier	past plural	“*was said”	✧ PE15/32

Element In

• ᴱQ. eldaqet “language of the Eldar” ✧ LT2A/Tôn a Gwedrin
• ᴱQ. nanqete “speaking down the nose”
• ᴱQ. en ilta n·ner ya me·qetsime ka húyo ne hwa·telpe ie-rautanéma ompa va húyo “thereupon in came the man {from whom we heard >>} by whom we were told his money had all been stolen from him” ✧ PE14/54
• ᴱQ. qentien no máre nar i hondor “*than good, I said, are the hearts” ✧ PE15/32
• ᴱQ. sí qente Feanor n·istaléra “*now said Feanor the wise” ✧ PE15/32
• ᴱQ. varúse qentier nóvo san i “*in other manner than was said before” ✧ PE15/32
• ᴱQ. ya qensie melmur ne iksa telpe rautanéma “by whom we were told his money had all been stolen from him” ✧ PE14/54

Cognates

• G. cwed- “to say, tell” ✧ LT2A/Tôn a Gwedrin

Derivations

• < ᴱ√QETE “*speak” ✧ LT2A/Tôn a Gwedrin; QL/77

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√QETE > qet-

[kʷet-]

✧ QL/77