Eldamo : Quenya : auta

Q. auta adv. “ago” (Category: Past, Ago)

⚠️Q. auta, adv. “ago” (Category: Past, Ago): Q. né “ago, behind (earlier time); yes (it was so)”

A word for “ago” as part of a 1969 paradigm where its root √awa meant “before, ago of time” rather than its usual meaning “away” (PE22/168).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would use better attested né for “ago”.

Reference ✧ PE22/168 ✧ “ago”

Derivations

< √WĀ/AWA “away (from); go (away), depart, pass away, move (from speaker); before (of time), ago” ✧ PE22/168 (awa)

Phonetic Developments

√awa > auta

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