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ᴺQ. [ᴹQ.] capta- v. “to make spring, scatter; [ᴱQ.] to startle, ⚠️leap” (Category: to Strew, Spread Out)

ᴺQ. [ᴹQ.] capta-, v. “to make spring, scatter; [ᴱQ.] to startle, ⚠️leap” (Category: to Strew, Spread Out)
See ᴹQ. kapta- for discussion.

Elements

ᴹ√KAP “leap”
-tā “verb suffix (transitive), causative”

Cognates


ᴹQ. kapta- v. “to make spring, scatter” (Category: to Strew, Spread Out)

A verb appearing in the initial drafts of Outline of Phonetic Development (OP1) from the 1940s as ᴹQ. kapta- “make spring, scatter”, a combination of ᴹ√KAP “leap” with the causative suffix ᴹ✶-tā so more literally “make leap”, and having a variant kapsa- in the Lindarin dialect (PE19/41-43, note #79). Tolkien rejected the relevant section while exploring other possible phonetic developments of pt (PE19/41).

Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, ᴱQ. kapta- was glossed {“swallow” >>} “startle” under the early root ᴱ√KAPA “leap, spring”, though Tolkien marked this word with a “?” (QL/45). In documents from the 1920s, ᴱQ. kapta- was glossed “leap” (PE14/56, 58, 66).

Neo-Quenya: Since kapta- is consistent with the phonetic rules described in the Outline of Phonology (OP2) from the 1950s, I would retain ᴺQ. capta- (pronounced [kaɸta]) with the senses “to make spring, scatter; to startle”. In ordinary use I would assume capta- mainly means “startle, (orig.) make leap”. To emphasize that the startled individuals actually scatter away, I would combine it with the adverb öa “away”: captalvet oa = “we scattered them, (lit.) we startled them away”.

References ✧ PE19/42-43

Glosses

Variations

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√KAP > kapsa [kapta] > [kapsa] ✧ PE19/43

ᴱQ. kapta-² v. “to leap” (Category: to Jump, Leap)

See ᴹQ. kapta- for discussion.

References ✧ PE14/56, 58, 66

Glosses

Variations

Inflections

kaptuva future   ✧ PE14/56
kampie past   ✧ PE14/56; PE14/58
kampie- past   ✧ PE14/66
kapta present “leap” ✧ PE14/58

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ✶kapa > kapta [kapta-] ✧ PE14/58
ᴱ√kapa- > kapta- [kapta-] ✧ PE14/66

ᴱQ. ‽kapta-¹ v. “to startle” (Category: Fear, Fright)

See ᴹQ. kapta- for discussion.

References ✧ QL/45

Glosses

Variations

Changes

Inflections

kāpe past ✧ QL/45

Cognates

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√KAPA > ‽kapta- [kapta-] ✧ QL/45