Q. maitar n. “artist; poet” (Category: Art)
A noun for “artist” in Quenya Notes (QN) from 1957, an agental form of maita- “to make art” (PE17/163). By itself it either meant a general “artist” or implied a “poet”, but it could be combined with other words for more specific types of artists: lindimaitar “composer, musician”, ondomaitar “sculptor”, etc.
Reference ✧ PE17/163 ✧ “artist; poet”
Elements
| maita- | “to make with art, design, compose” |
| #-r(o) | “agental suffix” |
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Phonetic Developments
| √MAY > maitar | [maitaro] > [maitar] | ✧ PE17/163 |