Eldamo : Neo-Quenya : saiqua

ᴺQ. [ᴱQ.] saiqua adj. “hungry” (Category: Hunger)

ᴺQ. [ᴱQ.] saiqua, adj. “hungry” (Category: Hunger)

See ᴱQ. saiqa for discussion.

saiqua “hungry” versus Q. maita “hungry”

Cognates

ᴺS. ^saeb¹ “hungry”

Derivations

< ^ᴺ√SAYAK “hunger”

ᴱQ. saiqa adj. “hungry” (Category: Hunger)

An adjective appearing as ᴱQ. saiqa “hungry” in the Qenya Lexicon under the early root ᴱ√SAẎA (QL/82). In Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s, the Qenya word for “hungry” was instead saisa, though its Early Noldorin equivalent ᴱQ. haib seems to indicate primitive *saikwā (PE13/146).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya I would retain the adjective ᴺQ. saiqua “hungry” based on a Neo-Root ᴺ√SAYAK, but only as an archaic word so I could justify the retention of related words like ᴺS. saeb “hungry”. For normal speech I would assume Q. maita is the ordinary word for “hungry” (VT39/11).

References ✧ PE13/146; QL/82

Glosses

“hungry” ✧ PE13/146 (saisa); QL/82

Variations

saiqa ✧ QL/82
saisa ✧ PE13/146

Cognates

ᴱN. haib “hungry” ✧ PE13/146
G. saig “hungry”

Derivations

< ᴱ√SAẎA “hunger” ✧ QL/82

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√SAẎA > saiqa

[saðʲkʷā] > [saðʲkʷa] > [sajkʷa] > [saikʷa]

✧ QL/82