Eldamo : Early Quenya : apta-

ᴱQ. apta- v. “to open” (Category: to Open)

⚠️ᴱQ. apta-, v. “to open” (Category: to Open): ᴺQ. !estatië “portion, share”; Q. latya- “to open anything (so as to allow entry)”; Q. apta- “to refuse, deny, say nay”

A verb in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “to open” under the early root ᴱ√AFA “open, begin” (QL/29).

Reference ✧ QL/29 ✧ “to open”

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√AFA > apta-

[aɸta-] > [apta-]

✧ QL/29