Eldamo : Quenya : öa-

Q. öa- v. (irregular-verb) “to possess, own, keep” (Category: to Own, Possess)

Q. öa-, v. (irregular-verb) “to possess, own, keep” (Category: to Own, Possess): Q. mai-² “to have, possess”

A verb Tolkien coined in Late Notes on Verb Structure (LVS) written in 1969 (PE22/155-156) to have the meaning “possess, own, keep (have in hand, use or with one)” (PE22/151). It was derived from the root √AW, apparently not in its usual sense “away”. Tolkien considered two base forms: auta- with pasts au̯ante, oante, vante, or oa- with past aune, future auva, and alternate present āva. Since auta- clashes with better known auta- “depart”, I recommended using oa- “possess, own, keep” for purposes of Neo-Quenya.

References ✧ PE22/151-152

öa- “to possess, own, keep” vs. #sam- “to have”
#harya- “to have” versus öa- “to possess, own, keep”

Inflections

auva	future		✧ PE22/151
aune	past		✧ PE22/151; PE22/152
†au̯ante	past		✧ PE22/151
oante	past		✧ PE22/151
vante	past		✧ PE22/151
auta	present	“possess, own, keep (have in hand, use or with one)”	✧ PE22/151
oa	present		✧ PE22/151
āva	present		✧ PE22/151

Element In

ᴺQ. !öamo “owner”

Derivations

< √AW “possess, own, keep (have in hand, use or with one)” ✧ PE22/151; PE22/151; PE22/151; PE22/151
- < ăw̯a < AW ✧ PE22/151
- < au̯uva < AW ✧ PE22/151

Phonetic Developments

√AW > auta	[awta-] > [auta-]	✧ PE22/151
√AW > ăw̯a > oa	[awa-] > [oa-]	✧ PE22/151
√AW > āva	[āwa] > [āβa] > [āva]	✧ PE22/151
√AW > au̯uva > auva	[awuva] > [auva]	✧ PE22/151