Eldamo : Quenya : sa¹

Q. sa¹ pron. and conj. “it (inanimate)” (Category: Pronoun)

Q. sa¹, pron. and conj. “it (inanimate)” (Category: Pronoun)

@@@ in Qenya living things as trees etc. are never regarded as neuter (PE14/44) Note that most vegetable objects (esp. trees) are rarely classed as neuter or “inanimate” in Qenya - while all things may in nonce-use be personified (PE14/73)

References ✧ PE22/156; VT49/30, 32, 37, 51

Glosses

“inanimate, it” ✧ VT49/37
“it” ✧ PE22/156; VT49/30
“S[ingular] 3 neuter” ✧ VT49/51 (sá)

Variations

sa ✧ PE22/156; VT49/30; VT49/32; VT49/32; VT49/37
sá ✧ VT49/51

sa “inanimate, it” as opposed to se “animate, he, she, it” ✧ VT49/37
sa² “that [anaphoric]” vs. sa¹ “it (inanimate)”

Element In

Q. insa “itself”
Q. tultauvas sa nin “he will send it to me” ✧ PE22/156

Derivations

< ✶sa “3 sg. neuter [it], the thing, impersonal; this by me”

ᴹQ. sa¹ pron. “it (abstract object)” (Category: Pronoun)

References ✧ PE23/80, 85-86, 88-89, 92-93

Glosses

“[abstract] obj.” ✧ PE23/80 (sá)
“abstract objective” ✧ PE23/85
“it” ✧ PE23/88; PE23/92; PE23/93; PE23/89 (sa)
“refers to abstractions of the mind, thoughts, things grasped as facts or acts or notions” ✧ PE23/92

Variations

sa ✧ PE23/85; PE23/88; PE23/89; PE23/92; PE23/92; PE23/93; PE23/89 (sa); PE23/86 (sa)
sá ✧ PE23/80
să ✧ PE23/86
ra/za ✧ PE23/86

Changes

sa >> ra/za ✧ PE23/86

Inflections

sán	dative	“[abstract] obj.”	✧ PE23/80
sō	genitive	“[abstract] obj.”	✧ PE23/80
sánen	instrumental	“[abstract] obj.”	✧ PE23/80

Element In

ᴹQ. sana “that (already mentioned), that very thing (already referred to)” ✧ PE23/86 (săna)
ᴹQ. saniminye “I think so, it seems to me so” ✧ PE23/92

Derivations

< ᴹ✶sa¹ “demonstrative” ✧ PE23/89