Eldamo : Early Quenya : lehta-

ᴱQ. lehta- v. “to ride, move (tr.)” (Category: to Ride)

⚠️ᴱQ. lehta-, v. “to ride, move (tr.)” (Category: to Ride): ᴹQ. lehta- “to loose, slacken”; Q. norta- “to ride, [lit.] make run (specially used of riding horses or other animals)”

This verb first appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s in its root form ᴱ√LEHE “come, be sent, approach”, with a past tense lenge (QL/52). At this point its Qenya stem form is probably something like ᴱQ. *lé-, since “h ... between vowels > ɣ > vanished” in the early Qenya of the 1910s (PE12/18). The English-Qenya Dictionary of the 1920s had a similar verb ᴱQ. lehe- or ᴱQ. lehta- “ride”. See the entries for √LEN and √LED for later iterations of these roots.

References ✧ PE15/76; PE16/132

Glosses

“(tr.) move” ✧ PE16/132
“ride” ✧ PE15/76 (lehe)

Variations

lehta ✧ PE15/76; PE16/132
lehe ✧ PE15/76

Inflections

lehtane

past

✧ PE15/76

Element In

ᴱQ. lehesta “ride, riding, raid” ✧ PE15/76 (lehtasta)

Derivations

< ᴱ√LEHE¹ “come, be sent, approach”
- < ᴱ√ELE¹ “drive, push, thrust, send forth” ✧ QL/52

ᴱQ. *lé- v. “to come, be sent, approach” (Category: to Come)

See ᴱQ. lehta- for discussion.

References ✧ QL/52

Inflections

lenge

past

✧ QL/52

Cognates

G. lentha- “to come towards speaker, approach, draw near”

Derivations

< ᴱ√LEHE¹ “come, be sent, approach”
- < ᴱ√ELE¹ “drive, push, thrust, send forth” ✧ QL/52