Q. cesta-¹ v. (weak-verb) “to seek, search for” (Category: to Seek)
A verb in notes from 1964 glossed “to seek, search for”, a long form of ces- of similar meaning (PE17/156).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I prefer to use cesta- to mean “to ask” and ces- for “to search”.
Reference ✧ PE17/156 ✧ kesta “to seek, search for”
Elements
| ces- | “to search, examine (in order to find something)” |
| -ta | “causative verb suffix” |
Element In
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| √KEÞ > kesta | [cetʰta-] > [cesta-] | ✧ PE17/156 |