Eldamo : Early Quenya : masta-

ᴱQ. masta- v. “to tarry, linger” (Category: to Stay, Wait, Remain)

⚠️ᴱQ. masta-, v. “to tarry, linger” (Category: to Stay, Wait, Remain): ᴹQ. lemya- “to remain, tarry; *to be left over”; ᴹQ. masta- “to bake”

A verb in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s given as ᴱQ. mařa-³ “tarry, linger” based on the early root ᴱ√NWAÐA [ŊWAÐA] (QL/63). A verb form masta- < ŋwa from the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon might be variant (GL/47).

References ✧ GL/47; QL/63

Glosses

“tarry, linger” ✧ QL/63 (mařa-³)

Variations

masta- ✧ GL/47
mařa-³ ✧ QL/63

Derivations

< ᴱ√ŊWAÐA “tarry, linger” ✧ GL/47 (ŋwa-); QL/63 (NWAÐA)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√ŋwa- > masta-

[ŋʷasta-] > [masta-]

✧ GL/47