Eldamo : Quenya : coita-

Q. #coita- v. (ta-formative) “*to live, be alive, have life” (Category: to Live; Living; Life)

Q. #coita-, v. (ta-formative) “[ᴹQ.] to live, be alive, have life” (Category: to Live; Living; Life): ᴺQ. !cuina- “to live, be alive”

A verb for “to live, be alive, have life” appearing as [ᴹQ.] koita- in the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) of 1948 (PE22/103, 125). It had a strong past form koine (PE22/103). This strong past appeared (unglossed) in Late Notes on Verb Structure (LVS) from 1969 hinting at its ongoing validity (PE22/152), although this same set of notes used Q. cuita- for “live” (PE22/154, 156).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Eldarin I prefer to use the root √KOY for “live” and √KUY for “awake”, so I’d use coita- for “to live”, and assign cuita- the meaning: “to waken, rouse”.

References ✧ PE22/152

#coita- “*to live, be alive, have life” is probably a better word for “live” than cuita- “to live”

Inflections

koine

past; strong-past

✧ PE22/152

Derivations

< √KOY “*live, have life”

ᴹQ. koita- v. (ta-formative) “to live, be alive, have life” (Category: to Live; Living; Life)

See Q. #coita- for discussion.

References ✧ PE22/103, 125

Glosses

“live, be alive” ✧ PE22/103
“live, have life” ✧ PE22/125

Variations

koita- ✧ PE22/103; PE22/125

ola “grow” of plants is more usually employed [than] koita- “live, have life” ✧ PE22/125

Inflections

koitar	aorist plural	“live”	✧ PE22/125
koine	past; strong-past		✧ PE22/103
okoine	perfect; reformed-perfect		✧ PE22/103: [should be okoinie?]

Element In

ᴹQ. ekkoita- “to awake”
ᴹQ. atani koitar endoresse “men live in Middle-earth” ✧ PE22/125
ᴹQ. niksi koitar nenesse “fish live in water” ✧ PE22/125

Derivations

< ᴹ√KOY “live, have life” ✧ PE22/125

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√KOY > koita-

[koita-]

✧ PE22/125