Q. senta [þ] adj. “short” (Category: Short)
An adjective for “short” with various forms. In The Etymologies of the 1930s it was ᴹQ. sinta under the root ᴹ√STINTĀ of the same meaning (Ety/STINTĀ). In 1957 Notes on Names (NN), it was senta < ✶stentā where it was contrasted with sinda “grey-elf” < ✶thindā (PE17/141). In contemporaneous Quenya Notes (QN) Tolkien instead had senna < ✶stenna, but this was part of a (brief?) paradigm where medial nt did not become nn in Sindarin (PE17/185); see S. thent for further discussion.
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I prefer senta [þ] “short”.
References ✧ PE17/141, 185
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| ✶stentā > thenta > senta | [stentā] > [θentā] > [θenta] > [senta] | ✧ PE17/141 |
| ✶stenna > thenna > senna | [stenna] > [θenna] > [senna] | ✧ PE17/185 |
ᴹQ. sinta [þ] adj. “short” (Category: Short)
References ✧ Ety/STINTĀ; PE18/32
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| Sintar | plural | “short” | ✧ PE18/32 |
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| ᴹ√STINTĀ > sinta | [stintā] > [θintā] > [θinta] > [sinta] | ✧ Ety/STINTĀ |