Q. ca(na)sta fraction. “one fourth” (Category: Fraction, Division)
A word appearing as kanasta, kasta, or kansat “1/4” in notes on numbers from the late 1960s, a combination of canta¹ “four” with the fractional suffix -sta.
Conceptual Development: The Early Qenya Grammar of the 1920s had ᴱQ. kantasto “quarter, [one] fourth” with adjective form ᴱQ. kantast(y)a (PE14/51, 84), combinations with the 1920s fractional suffix ᴱQ. -sto.
References ✧ VT48/11
Glosses
Variations
Elements
| canta¹ | “four” | ||
| asta | “month; division, part (esp. one of other equal parts)” | ✧ VT48/11 | |
| √SAT | “divide, apportion, mark off; space, place” | ✧ VT48/11 | |
Element In
Cognates
ᴱQ. kantasto fraction. “quarter, one fourth” (Category: Fraction, Division)
References ✧ PE14/51, 84
Glosses
Elements
| kanta | “four” | ✧ PE14/49; PE14/82 |
| *-sto | “fraction suffix” | ✧ PE14/84 (#-sto) |
Element In
ᴱQ. kantast(y)a adj. “quarter, one fourth” (Category: Fraction, Division)
References ✧ PE14/51, 84
Glosses
Variations
Changes
Elements
| kantasto | “quarter, one fourth” | ✧ PE14/51; PE14/84 |