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ᴱQ. tanta-¹ v. “to bounce, bound, rebound” (Category: to Jump, Leap)

A verb appearing as ᴱQ. tanta- “bounce, bound, rebound” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√TṆTṆ (QL/93). The verb tante reappeared in the Early Qenya Grammar based on primitive ✶tṇt- {“dance” >>} “bounce” (PE14/58). See also the transitive variant tanta- from this same period “dance (tr.), dandle, wave” (QL/94).

Neo-Quenya: As we have no better options for “bounce”, for purposes of Neo-Quenya I would retain ᴺQ. tanta- “to bounce, bound, rebound” based on the Neo-Root ᴺ√TANTA; I would use it both transitively and intransitively, with distinct past forms tantane “bounced [something]” and tanante “bounced [self]”. This does conflict with the 1960s verb Q. tanta- “to play a harp”, but I prefer 1930s ᴹQ. ñanda- “to harp” instead. For other “dance” verbs see Q. lilta-.

References ✧ PE14/58; QL/93

Glosses

Variations

Inflections

tansie past   ✧ PE14/58
tante past   ✧ QL/93
tantye past   ✧ PE14/58
tante present “bounce” ✧ PE14/58

Element In

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ✶tṇt- > tansie [tṇ̄tie-] > [tantie-] > [tantsie-] > [tansie-] ✧ PE14/58
ᴱ✶tṇt- > tantye [tṇ̄tje-] > [tantje-] ✧ PE14/58
ᴱ✶tṇt- > tante [tṇt-] > [tant-] ✧ PE14/58
ᴱ√TṆTṆ > tanta- [tṇta-] > [tanta-] ✧ QL/93
ᴱ√TṆTṆ > tante [tṇ̄te-] > [tante-] ✧ QL/93