Eldamo : Quenya : estat-

Q. estat- v. “to distribute in even portions” (Category: to Divide)

Q. estat-, v. “to distribute (in even portions), *partition” (Category: to Divide): ᴱQ. tirty- “to partition, divide, part, distribute”

A verb appearing in notes associated with Quenya Fractions from the late 1960s, appearing as etsat or estat “distribute in even portions” based on the root √SAT “divide, apportion” (VT48/11). Likely it was originally et “out” + sat- “apportion”, with estat- being an alternate form produced by metathesis.

References ✧ VT48/11

Glosses

“distribute in even portions” ✧ VT48/11 (etsat)

Variations

estat ✧ VT48/11
etsat ✧ VT48/11

ᴺQ. !cilta- “to divide, separate” vs. estat- “to distribute in even portions”
ᴺQ. !ustat- “to misappropriate, supplant, usurp” vs. estat- “to distribute in even portions”

Elements

#et(e)-	“*out”	✧ VT48/11 (#et-)
√SAT	“divide, apportion, mark off; space, place”	✧ VT48/11

Element In

ᴺQ. !estatië “portion, share”
ᴺQ. !estatina “divided, shared, distributed”

Derivations

< √SAT “divide, apportion, mark off; space, place” ✧ VT48/11

Phonetic Developments

√sat > estat

[etsat-] > [estat-]

✧ VT48/11