Eldamo : Neo-Quenya : sesta-

ᴺQ. !sesta- v. “to set, (lit.) to make rest (on)” (Category: to Put, Place, Set, Lay)

ᴺQ. !sesta-, v. “to set, (lit.) to make rest (on)” (Category: to Put, Place, Set, Lay): ᴹQ. esta-² “to place, set, plant”; ᴱQ. casóro- “to make sit, set”; ᴱQ. sesta- “to liken, compare, make like, model on, assimilate, imitate”

This neologism arose from a conversation on Google+ in 2018 discussing various options for “put, place, set” in (Neo) Elvish. This verb (and its Sindarin equivalent) was proposed for “set” as a causative verb formation based on the root √SED, so more literally “to make rest (on)”. It is used when placing an item on a more or less horizontal surface without any special attachments, as in i adan sestane i macil paluhtasse “the man set the sword on a table”.

The same Google+ conversation suggested ᴺQ. sasta- for the more general sense “put, place”, a causative formation based on √SAT “place”. However, I now find this construction problematic since the verbal sense of √SAT is “apportion”, not “place”. I prefer to use Q. caita-² “to lay, place” as a transitive variant of Q. caita-¹ “to lie (down)”, inspired by ᴱQ. kaita- “to place” from the 1910s (QL/46).

!sesta- “to set, (lit.) to make rest (on)” versus ᴹQ. panya- “to fix, set”

Cognates

ᴺS. !sesta- “to set, (lit.) to make rest (on)”

Derivations

< √SED “rest”

ᴺQ. !sasta- v. “to put, place” (Category: to Put, Place, Set, Lay)

See ᴺQ. !sesta- for discussion.

Cognates

ᴺS. !sasta- “to put, place”

Derivations

< √SAT “divide, apportion, mark off; space, place”