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Select Elvish Words 12.16-12.17: to Stay, Remain, be Left Over

12.16: to Stay, Wait, Remain

ᴹQ. hora- v. “to wait for”

A verb appearing as ᴹQ. {hopa >> kopa >>} hora- “wait for” in the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) written in 1948 as an example of an a-verb (PE22/113). It was derived from {ᴹ√skop >> ᴹ√kop >>} ᴹ√skor.

ᴹQ. lemya- v. “to remain, tarry; *to be left over”

A verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “to remain, tarry” derived from the root ᴹ√LEM of similar meaning (EtyAC/LEB).

Neo-Quenya: Given ᴹQ. lemba “left behind”, I think lemya- might also be used for “remain = be left over/behind”.

ᴹQ. ser- v. “to rest, repose; to stay, tarry, stop, be for a while, at the moment”

A verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing as serin “I rest” under the root ᴹ√SED of the same meaning (Ety/SED). It appeared as sére “resteth” in the contemporaneous Fíriel’s Song (LR/72). In the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) of 1948 Tolkien said that ᴹQ. ser- properly meant “to rest, repose”, but it was frequently used to mean “stay, tarry, stop, be for a while, at the moment” (PE22/125). The example he gave was ᴹQ. sinan Elessar Aran séra Arkimbelesse “at present King Elessar is [staying for a while] at Rivendell”.

N. dartha- v. “to wait, stay, remain, last, endure”

A verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “wait, stay, last, endure” under the root ᴹ√DAR “stay, wait, stop, remain” (Ety/DAR).

S. reth- v. “to remain in same place”

A verb for “remain in same place” based on the root √REÞ of the same meaning, appearing in a list of Sindarin words from around 1957 (PE17/182).

S. send n. “?rest”

A word implied by the noun sennas “guesthouse”. It might be a noun form of the root √SED “rest”, so that sennas = “*rest-place”.

12.17: to Remain, be Left Over

ᴹQ. lemba adj. “left behind”

An adjective in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “left behind” derived from ᴹ✶lebnā under the root ᴹ√LEB “stay, stick, adhere, remain, tarry” (Ety/LEB).

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