Eldamo : Quenya : pahta¹

Q. pahta¹ adj. “closed, shut, private” (Category: to Shut, Close)

Q. pahta¹, adj. “closed, shut, private” (Category: to Shut, Close)

An adjective for “closed, shut, private” in the Ósanwe-kenta essay and associated etymological notes from 1959-60, derived from the root √PAK “close, shut” (VT39/23; VT41/5; PE17/159). Raccoon suggested it might be derived from *pak-nā in a discord discussion from 2024-02-14.

References ✧ PE17/171; VT39/23; VT41/6

Glosses

“closed” ✧ VT39/23
“closed, shut, private” ✧ PE17/171; VT41/6

Element In

Q. aquapahtië “privacy, *(lit.) full-closedness” ✧ VT39/23

Derivations

< √PAK “close, shut” ✧ PE17/171; VT41/6

Phonetic Developments

√PAK > pahta

[paknā] > [paktā] > [paxtā] > [paxta]

✧ PE17/171