Eldamo : Quenya : quat-

Q. quat- v. “to fill” (Category: Full)

Q. quat-, v. “to fill, *be filled” (Category: Full)

A verb for “fill” in the Quendi and Eldar essay (Q&E) from 1959-60 based on the root √KWAT of the same meaning (WJ/392). Compare with better attested quanta- “fill”. It may be that quanta- is transitive “fill [something] ” and quat- is intransitive “*be filled”, as in nén quantane i yulma “water filled the cup” vs. i yulma quante nénanen “the cup filled with water”.

Reference ✧ WJ/392 ✧ “fill”

quat- “to fill” is perhaps an intransitive variant of the better known quanta- “to fill”

Element In

ᴺQ. !amaquat- “to fulfill, (lit.) up fill”

Derivations

< √KWAT “fill; full” ✧ WJ/392 (KWATA)
- < √KWA “complete, full, whole, all, every” ✧ WJ/392

Phonetic Developments

√KWATA > quat-

[kwat-]

✧ WJ/392