Eldamo : Quenya : quanta-

Q. quanta- v. (weak-verb) “to fill” (Category: Full)

Q. quanta-, v. (weak-verb) “to fill [something], *(lit.) make full; [ᴱQ.] to complete, *fulfill” (Category: Full)

A (probably transitive) verb for “to fill” derived from the root √KWAT of the same meaning, perhaps based more directly on the adjective quanta “full” (PE17/68). See also the basic verb quat- “fill”.

Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. qanta- “fill, complete” under the early root ᴱ√QṆTṆ (QL/78), with perhaps “complete” = “*fulfill”.

References ✧ PE17/68

Glosses

“fill” ✧ PE17/68
“to fill” ✧ PE17/68

Variations

quanta- ✧ PE17/68; PE17/68

quat- “to fill” is perhaps an intransitive variant of the better known quanta- “to fill”

Inflections

quantuva

future

“will fill”

✧ PE17/68

Element In

ᴺQ. !anquantaina “complete, thoroughly filled”
ᴺQ. !ítaquanta- “to charge (an electrical device), (lit.) to fill with lightning”
ᴺQ. !usquanta- “to squander”
Q. ataquanta- “*to refill, fill a second time, double fill”
Q. enquanta- “to refill” ✧ PE17/68 (enquantuva); PE17/68

Derivations

< √KWAT “fill; full” ✧ PE17/68 (QUAT)
- < √KWA “complete, full, whole, all, every” ✧ WJ/392

Phonetic Developments

√QUAT > quanta-

[kwanta-]

✧ PE17/68

ᴱQ. qanta- v. “to fill, complete” (Category: Full)

See Q. quanta- for discussion.

References ✧ QL/78

Glosses

“fill, complete” ✧ QL/78

Variations

qanta- ✧ QL/78

Inflections

qantane	past	✧ QL/78
qante	past	✧ QL/78

Cognates

G. cwintha- “to fill”

Derivations

< ᴱ√QṆTṆ “*fill; full” ✧ QL/78

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√QṆTṆ > qanta-

[kʷṇta-] > [kʷanta-]

✧ QL/78