Q. núta- v. (ta-causative) “to lower” (Category: to Fall)
A transitive (ta-causative) verb appearing as andúta or núta “lower” in Late Notes on Verb Structure (LVS) from 1969, as opposed to intransitive (ya-formative) núya- “descend” (PE22/156). It was clearly based on ✶ndūtā- “cause to sink”, which appeared in Common Eldarin: Verb Structure (EVS2) from the early 1950s (PE22/135).
Conceptual Development: In earlier documents this verb had intransitive meanings, such as ᴱQ. nūta- “stoop, sink” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√NUHU “bow, bend down; stoop, sink” (QL/68), and ᴹQ. núta- “set, sink (of Sun or Moon)” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√NDŪ “go down, sink, set (of Sun, etc.)” (Ety/NDŪ). In the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) from 1948, Tolkien revised intransitive {núta} “come down” to ᴹQ. unta (PE22/125 note #136); see that entry for discussion.
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would limit the verb núta- to transitive “lower = *cause to sink or go down”. I would use núya- “descend” and [ᴹQ.] unta- “*sink, stoop” for the intransitive senses.
References ✧ PE22/156
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| nútaila | active-participle | ✧ PE22/156 |
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ᴹQ. núta- v. (ta-formative) “to set, sink (of Sun or Moon)” (Category: to Fall)
References ✧ Ety/NDŪ; PE22/125
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| núta | aorist | “come down” | ✧ PE22/125 |
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| ᴹ√NDŪ > núta | [ndūta-] > [nūta-] | ✧ Ety/NDŪ |