ᴺQ. !catta n. “back” (Category: Back)
A neologism for “back” coined by Paul Strack in 2022 specifically for Eldamo, based on Q. ca(ta) “behind, at back of place”. This word can refer to the back of body as well as the back of other things.
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| Q. #ca(ta) | “behind, at back of place” |
ᴹQ. opto n. “back” (Category: Back)
A word (noun?) translated as “back” in notes on The Feanorian Alphabet from the 1940s (PE22/50).
Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had a noun ᴱQ. ponte “back, rear” under the early root ᴱ√POT-I (QL/75). Early Noldorin word-lists of the 1920s had ᴱQ. ponte as the equivalent of ᴱN. bón “back” (PE13/139), while Early Qenya word-lists from this same period had ᴱQ. ponte “back” (PE16/136).
Neo-Quenya: In Tolkien’s later writings, the root √OPO was used for “in front” (PE22/168; VT49/32), so I would replace these early “back” words with a neologism ᴺQ. catta “back” based on the later preposition Q. ca(ta) “behind, at back (of place)”.
Reference ✧ PE22/50 ✧ “back”
Derivations
ᴱQ. ponte (ponti-) n. “back, rear” (Category: Back)
References ✧ PE13/139; PE16/136; QL/75
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| ponti- | stem | ✧ QL/75 |
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Phonetic Developments
| ᴱ√POT-I > ponte | [bonti] > [bonte] > [ponte] | ✧ QL/75 |