ᴺQ. [Q.] ahtar- v. “to do back, react; ⚠️to requite, avenge” (Category: Action)
Elements
| √AT | “two, double, bi-, di-; back, re-; across, over, lying from side to side” |
| Q. car- | “to do, make” |
Element In
Q. ahtar- v. “to do back, react; to requite, avenge” (Category: Action)
In notes from around 1959 Tolkien had a verb akkar- or ahtar-, cognate to S. achar- “do back, react; requite; avenge” as combination of √AT “back” (related to √AT-TA “two”) and √KAR “do” (PE17/166). This etymology was rejected when Tolkien decided that, as a prefix, at- meant “re- of the same or other agent in repeating (more or less similarly) a previous action” and in Q. “only in literal sense of second time, double”. It was thus not suitable for “avenge”.
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I think ᴺQ. ahtar- can be salvaged in the more limited sense “to do back, react”.
References ✧ PE17/166
Glosses
Variations
Elements
| at(a)- | “double, second time” | ||
| car- | “to do, make” | ||
| √AT | “two, double, bi-, di-; back, re-; across, over, lying from side to side” | ✧ PE17/166 (AT) | |
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