Q. asta n. “month; division, part (esp. one of other equal parts)” (Category: Month)

Q. asta, n. “month; division, part (esp. one of other equal parts)” (Category: Month)

ᴱQ. tirt “part, portion, share, section”

ᴱQ. #ranta² “part”

References ✧ LotR/1108; PE17/18, 120; VT42/20; VT48/11, 19

Glosses

• “division, a part (esp. one of other equal parts); a month or period of the year” ✧ VT48/11
• “month” ✧ PE17/18; PE17/120; VT42/20

Variations

• asta ✧ PE17/18; PE17/120; VT42/20; VT48/11; VT48/19

Inflections

astar

plural

“months”

✧ LotR/1108

Element In

• ᴺQ. !astaincë “particle”
• ᴺQ. !astamo “member”
• Q. caista “one tenth” ✧ VT48/11 (kaista)
• Q. ca(na)sta “one fourth” ✧ VT48/11 (kanasta)
• Q. enquesta “one sixth” ✧ VT48/11
• Q. lepesta “one fifth” ✧ VT48/11
• Q. minquesta “*one eleventh” ✧ VT48/11
• Q. nel(d)esta “one third” ✧ VT48/11 (nelesta)
• Q. ne(re)sta “one ninth” ✧ VT48/11 (neresta)
• Q. o(to)sta “one seventh” ✧ VT48/11 (otosta)
• Q. peresta “one half” ✧ VT48/11
• Q. ránasta “lunar month” ✧ VT48/11
• Q. to(lo)sta “one eighth” ✧ VT48/11 (tolosta)
• Q. yunquesta “*one twelfth” ✧ VT48/11

Derivations

• < √SAT “space, place; divide, apportion, mark off” ✧ VT42/19; VT48/11

Phonetic Developments

√SAT > asta	[asta]	✧ VT42/20
√sat > asta	[asta]	✧ VT48/11

ᴱQ. #-nto suf. “fraction suffix” (Category: Affix)

References ✧ PE14/51, 85

Related

• *-sto “fraction suffix” = #-nto “fraction suffix”

Element In

• ᴱQ. mindórinto “one millionth”
• ᴱQ. otsonto “one seventh”
• ᴱQ. tuksanto “one hundredth”
• ᴱQ. yukainento “one twentieth”
• ᴱQ. leminto “one fifth” ✧ PE14/51
• ᴱQ. maisinto “one thousandth” ✧ PE14/85