Q. mat- v. (basic-verb) “to eat” (Category: to Eat)
The verb for “to eat” derived from the root √MAT of the same meaning (VT39/7).
Conceptual Development: This verb and root are quite well established, dating all the way back to ᴱQ. mat- and ᴱ√MATA of the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/59) and appearing as ᴹQ. mat- and ᴹ√MAT in The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/MAT), as well as numerous other places albeit with occasional variants like mata- (PE12/26). This verb was one Tolkien often used in examples of verb conjugations and as such its inflected forms changed considerably over time, but that is more a topic of the evolution of the Quenya verb system itself.
References ✧ PE17/13, 76; PE22/131-132, 157, 162; VT39/7
Changes
Inflections
| matinye | aorist 1st-sg | “I shall eat” | ✧ PE22/131 |
| matuvanye | future 1st-sg | “I shall eat” | ✧ PE22/132 |
| matuvatye | future 2nd-sg-familiar | “you [shall] eat” | ✧ PE22/162 |
| mătie | gerund | “eating” | ✧ PE17/13 |
| mate | infinitive | “to eat” | ✧ PE22/132 |
| mante | past | “ate” | ✧ VT39/7 |
| mantelme | past 1st-pl-exclusive | ✧ PE17/76 | |
| matatule | past-imperfect | “was eating” | ✧ PE22/157 |
| mātane | past-imperfect | “was eating” | ✧ PE22/157 |
| mātante | past-imperfect | “was eating” | ✧ PE22/157 |
| (a)mátie | perfect | “have eaten” | ✧ PE17/13 |
| amātielmi | perfect 1st-pl-exclusive | ✧ PE17/76 | |
| mātare | present 3rd-sg | ✧ PE17/76 |
Element In
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ✶mat-ubā-ni/njē > matuvanye | [matubānjē] > [matuβānjē] > [matuβanjē] > [matuβanje] > [matuvanje] | ✧ PE22/132 |
| √MATA > mante | [mante] | ✧ VT39/7 |
ᴹQ. mat- v. (basic-verb) “to eat” (Category: to Eat)
References ✧ Ety/MAT; EtyAC/MAT; PE22/94, 99-100, 102, 104-109, 119-120, 127; VT48/32
Glosses
Variations
Related
Changes
Inflections
Element In
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ√MAT > mat- | [mat-] | ✧ Ety/MAT |
| ᴹ√MAT > mat- | [mat-] | ✧ EtyAC/MAT |
| ᴹ✶matil·sa > matilda | [matilsa] > [matilda] | ✧ PE22/94 |
ᴱQ. mata- v. “to eat” (Category: to Eat)
References ✧ PE12/26; PE14/23, 28, 34, 56-59, 70, 85; PE16/141; QL/43, 59
Glosses
Variations
Inflections
| mata | ? | ✧ PE14/23 | |
| matan | ? | ✧ PE14/23 | |
| matando | ? | ✧ PE14/23 | |
| matar | ? | ✧ PE14/23 | |
| matasse | ? | ✧ PE14/23 | |
| matasti | ? | ✧ PE14/23 | |
| matya | aorist | ✧ PE14/34 | |
| matse | aorist fem | ✧ PE14/34 | |
| matso | aorist masc | ✧ PE14/34 | |
| matta | aorist neut | ✧ PE14/34 | |
| matuva | future | ✧ PE14/57 | |
| mat | imperative | ✧ PE14/59 | |
| mansie | past | ✧ PE14/57; PE14/58 | |
| mante | past | ✧ PE14/57; QL/59 | |
| mante | past | “ate” | ✧ PE14/85 |
| mantye | past | ✧ PE14/58 | |
| mansier | past impersonal | ✧ PE14/57 | |
| mansiel | past plural | ✧ PE14/57 | |
| mate | present | ✧ PE14/57; PE14/70 | |
| mate | present | “eat” | ✧ PE14/58 |
| mate | present | “eats” | ✧ PE14/85 |
| matsin | present active-participle | ✧ PE14/57 | |
| matsista | present gerund | ✧ PE14/57 | |
| matsir | present impersonal | “is eaten” | ✧ PE14/56 |
| matsir | present impersonal | ✧ PE14/57 | |
| matsir | present impersonal | “one eats; is eaten” | ✧ PE14/85 |
| matsi | present plural | ✧ PE14/70 | |
| matsil | present plural | ✧ PE14/57 | |
| matsikto | present reflexive | ✧ PE14/57 | |
| matsilto | present reflexive plural | ✧ PE14/57 |
Element In
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴱ✶mat- > mansie | [mantiē] > [mantie] > [mantsie] > [mansie] | ✧ PE14/58 |
| ᴱ✶mat- > mantye | [mantjē] > [mantje] | ✧ PE14/58 |
| ᴱ✶matī > matsi | [matī] > [mati] > [matsi] | ✧ PE14/70 |
| ᴱ✶mati > mate | [mati] > [mate] | ✧ PE14/70 |
| ᴱ√MATA > mat- | [mat-] | ✧ QL/59 |