12.18 to Leave, Relinquish
- Q. hehta- v. “to put aside, leave out, exclude, abandon, forsake”
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A verb in the Quendi and Eldar essay from 1959-60 glossed “put aside, leave out, exclude, abandon, forsake” from primitive ✶hek-ta (WJ/365), a causative form of the root √HEKE “aside, apart, separate” (WJ/361).
- Q. hequa adv. and prep. “leaving aside, not counting, excluding, except”
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An adverb and preposition in the Quendi and Eldar essay from 1959-60 glossed “leaving aside, not counting, excluding, except” derived from primitive ✶hek-wā based on the root √HEKE (WJ/364). For example: á quete ten hequa i elda “speak to them excluding the elf”.
- N. awarth n. “abandonment”
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A noun for “abandonment” in The Etymologies of the 1930s based on the root ᴹ√WAR “give way, yield, not endure, let down, betray” (Ety/WAR).
- N. awartha- v. “to forsake”
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A verb for “forsake” in The Etymologies of the 1930s based on the root ᴹ√WAR “give way, yield, not endure, let down, betray” (Ety/WAR).