Eldamo : Middle Quenya : narta-

ᴹQ. narta- v. “to kindle” (Category: to Light, Kindle)

ᴹQ. narta-, v. “to kindle, *ignite, inflame, set fire to” (Category: to Light, Kindle): ᴱQ. purya- “to set fire to”; ᴱQ. tunda- “to kindle”

A verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s for “kindle” derived from the root ᴹ√NARTA of the same meaning (EtyAC/NARTA). This root is probably just a causative verb formation from ᴹ√NAR¹ “flame, fire”, more literally “*make fire”. Hence I think this verb can be used in the general sense of “*ignite, inflame, set fire to”, etc.

Reference ✧ EtyAC/NARTA ✧ narta “kindle”

Q. tinta- “to kindle, cause to spark” is probably weaker in sense than narta- “to kindle”

Element In

ᴺQ. !nartaima “inflammable”

Cognates

N. nartha- “to kindle” ✧ EtyAC/NARTA (nartho)

Derivations

< ᴹ√NARTA “kindle” ✧ EtyAC/NARTA
- < ᴹ√NAR¹ “flame, fire”

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√NARTA > narta

[narta-]

✧ EtyAC/NARTA