Eldamo : Sindarin : esta-

S. #esta- v. “to call, *name” (Category: Name)

S. #esta-, v. “to call, *name” (Category: Name)

A verb appearing in a future-passive form estathar “should be called” in the King’s Letter from the early 1950s. It also appeared (unglossed) as a present-passive estar “*is called” in the Túrin Wrapper from the 1950s. Its gloss “be called” is because it is being used with passive voice; in active voice it would be “to call” or (more accurately) “*to name”, as with its Quenya cognate ᴹQ. esta- “to name” (Ety/ES).

Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s Tolkien gave G. enu- or enwa- “am called, am named” (GL/32), clearly derived from the early root ᴱ√ENE having to do with names (QL/35). A few lines below he wrote but deleted {en(1) “am called”}.

References ✧ AotM/62; SD/129; VT50/13

Inflections

estathar	future passive		✧ AotM/62
estathar	future passive	“should be called”	✧ SD/129
estar	passive	“*is called”	✧ VT50/13

Element In

ᴺS. !estannen “named, called”
S. edregol e aníra tírad i Cherdir Perhael (i sennui Panthael estathar aen) Condir i Drann “in especial he desires to see Master Samwise (who should be called Fullwise) Mayor of the Shire” ✧ AotM/62; SD/129
S. i·Veleglind i eithro en estar i·Chîn Húrin “*the Great Song that is also called the Children of Húrin” ✧ VT50/5

Cognates

ᴹQ. esta-¹ “to name”

Derivations

< ᴹ√ES¹ “indicate, name”

G. enu- v. “to be called, be named” (Category: Name)

See S. #esta- for discussion.

References ✧ GL/32

Glosses

“am called” ✧ GL/32 (en¹)
“am called, am named” ✧ GL/32

Variations

enu- ✧ GL/32
enwa- ✧ GL/32
en¹ ✧ GL/32

Changes

en¹ “am called” >> enn “name” ✧ GL/32

Inflections

enthi

past

✧ GL/32

Cognates

ᴱQ. en- “to be called”

Derivations

< ᴱ√ENE³ “*name”