Q. caita-¹ v. (ta-formative) “to lie (down)” (Category: to Lie, Recline)
The Quenya verb for “lie” based on the root √KAY of the same meaning (PE17/72; PE22/156). It is a half-strong verb with half-strong past ceantë (PE22/157, 164), but it more commonly uses a strong past caine “lay” (PE17/72; PE22/159; VT48/12) as is often the case for verbs derived from y-roots. This version of the verb is intransitive, but there also seems to be transitive variant caita-² “*lay” with a weak past form caitane (PE22/159); see that entry for discussion.
The verb caita- is not used to describe the location of regions or other flat geographical features like lakes; the verb [ᴹQ.] lat- “spread, extend, be situated” is used for that purpose instead (PE22/126); see that entry for discussion.
Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, ᴱQ. kaita- was a transitive verb with the gloss “to place” under the early root ᴱ√KAYA “lie, rest; dwell” (QL/46). The intransitive verbs in this period were ᴱQ. {kaito- >>} kaima- “lie quiet” < ᴱ√KAYA (QL/46) and ᴱQ. kama- “lie down” < ᴱ√KAMA (QL/44). The Early Qenya Grammar of the 1920s had kaita “lie down” (PE14/58), but the first version of the ᴱQ. Oilima Markirya used ᴱQ. kaya- “to lie” (MC/221; PE16/75) and kay- “lie” appeared in Qenya Word-lists from slightly earlier (PE16/132).
Starting in the late 1930s, intransitive “lie” seems to have been only ᴹQ. kaita- (VT27/7; PE22/126).
References ✧ LotR/377; PE17/65, 72; PE22/156-157, 159, 164; RGEO/58-59; VT48/12
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| √KAY > caita | [kaita-] | ✧ PE17/72 |
| √KAY > kaita | [kaita-] | ✧ PE22/156 |
ᴹQ. kaita- v. (ta-formative) “to lie” (Category: to Lie, Recline)
References ✧ PE22/126; VT27/7
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| kakainen | past | “were lying” | ✧ VT27/7 |
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| ᴹ√KAY > kaita- | [kaita-] | ✧ PE22/126 |
ᴱQ. kaya- v. “to lie” (Category: to Lie, Recline)
References ✧ MC/221; PE16/62, 65, 72, 74-75, 77, 132
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| kainer | past 3rd-sg-fem | ✧ PE16/65 | |
| Kaire | present 3rd-sg-fem | “lay” | ✧ MC/221 |
| kair | present 3rd-sg-fem | ✧ PE16/75 | |
| kaire | present 3rd-sg-fem | “lay” | ✧ PE16/62 |
| kaire | present 3rd-sg-fem | ✧ PE16/74; PE16/77 | |
| †kaire | present 3rd-sg-fem | ✧ PE16/75 | |
| käire | present 3rd-sg-fem | ✧ PE16/72 |
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