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 |