Q. hosta- v. “to gather (hastily together), collect, assemble, pile up” (Category: to Gather, Collect)
This was the Quenya verb for “gather” for most of Tolkien’s life. It appeared in notes associated with the Markirya poem from the 1960s with the glosses “gather, collect, assemble” (MC/223). It also appeared in Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings (WPP) from the late 1950s or early 1960s with the glosses “gather hastily together, pile up” and derived from √KHOT “gather, together in confusion, jumble” (PE17/39). ᴹQ. hosta- “to collect” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√KHOTH “gather” (Ety/KHOTH). ᴱQ. hosta- appeared in the Qenya Verb Forms of the 1910s as the basis for ᴱQ. hostalka “able to gather” (PE14/33-34).
References ✧ MC/222-223; PE17/39
Glosses
Variations
Changes
Inflections
| ahosta | infinitive | ✧ MC/222 | |
| na-hosta | infinitive | “gather” | ✧ MC/222 |
| na-hosta | infinitive | ✧ MC/223 |
Elements
| #a- | ✧ MC/223 (na-); MC/223 (na-) |
Element In
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ✶khot-ta > hosta | [kʰotta-] > [kʰosta-] > [xosta-] > [hosta-] | ✧ PE17/39 |
ᴹQ. hosta- v. “to collect” (Category: to Gather, Collect)
References ✧ Ety/KHOTH; LR/72
Glosses
Variations
Inflections
| hostainiéva | passive-participle stative-future | “is numbered” | ✧ LR/72 |
Element In
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ√KHOTH > hosta- | [kʰotʰta-] > [kʰosta-] > [xosta-] > [hosta-] | ✧ Ety/KHOTH |