Eldamo : Neo-Quenya : itis

ᴺQ. [ᴱQ.] itis [þ] n. “fly bite; *itch” (Category: Fly (n))

ᴺQ. [ᴱQ.] itis [þ], n. “fly bite; *itch” (Category: Fly (n))

See ᴱQ. itis for discussion.

Derivations

< ^ᴺ√ITITH “annoy, *itch, irritate; ⚠️peck, bite (of flies)”

ᴱQ. itis n. “a fly bite” (Category: Fly (n))

The word ᴱQ. itis “a fly bite” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√ITI “peck, bite (of flies), annoy” (QL/43). Tolkien first wrote this form as itis(s-) implying a stem from of itiss-, but he erased the second s and wrote “(-s)” separately, which seems to imply a stem form of itis-.

Neo-Quenya: I would adapt this word as ᴺQ. itis [þ] based on the Neo-Root ᴺ√ITITH, chosen to preserve Late Quenya s in all forms, and extend its meaning to include both “fly bite” and “*itch” based on the adjective itisin “itching”.

References ✧ QL/43

Glosses

“a fly bite” ✧ QL/43

Variations

itis ✧ QL/43

Inflections

[iti]s-	stem	✧ QL/43
itis(s-)	stem	✧ QL/43

Element In

ᴱQ. itisin “itching” ✧ QL/43

Derivations

< ᴱ√ITI¹ “peck, bite (of flies), annoy” ✧ QL/43

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√ITI > itis

[itiss] > [itis]

✧ QL/43