Eldamo : Early Quenya : unqu-¹

ᴱQ. unqu-¹ v. “to hook into, catch (fish), catch in, etc.” (Category: Hook, Crook)

⚠️ᴱQ. unqu-¹, v. “to hook into, catch (fish), catch in, etc.” (Category: Hook, Crook)

A transitive and intransitive verb in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “hook into, catch (fish), catch in, etc.” under the early root ᴱ√(U)ṆQ(U)Ṇ¹ that was the basis for hook, handle and loop words (QL/98).

References ✧ QL/98

Glosses

“hook into, catch (fish), catch in, etc.” ✧ QL/98 (unq-¹)

Variations

unq-¹ ✧ QL/98

Inflections

anqe

past

✧ QL/98

Derivations

< ᴱ√ṆQṆ¹ “*ear” ✧ QL/98 ((U)ṆQ(U)Ṇ¹); QL/98 ((U)ṆQ(U)Ṇ¹)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√(U)ṆQ(U)Ṇ¹ > unq-¹	[ṇkʷ-] > [uŋkʷ-]	✧ QL/98
ᴱ√(U)ṆQ(U)Ṇ¹ > anqe	[ṇ̄kʷe-] > [aŋkʷe-]	✧ QL/98