Eldamo : Middle Quenya : hamu-

ᴹQ. hamu- v. (u-verb) “to sit down, take a seat” (Category: to Sit)

⚠️ᴹQ. hamu-, v. (u-verb) “to sit down, take a seat” (Category: to Sit): ᴺQ. ^haru- “to sit down, take a seat”

The verb ᴹQ. hamu- “sit down, take a seat” appeared in the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) of 1948 as an example of an inceptive verb based on ᴹQ. ham- “sit” (PE22/114).

Neo-Quenya: In Tolkien’s later writings the usual verb for “sit” was Q. har-, so I would update the 1948 verb hamu- to ᴺQ. haru- “to sit down, take a seat”.

Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. {sosta- >>} sorta- “sit down” under the early root {ᴱ√SOŘO >>} ᴱ√SORO [ÐORO] (QL/85-86).

Reference ✧ PE22/114 ✧ “sit down, take a seat”

Derivations

< ᴹ√KHAM¹ “sit (down)”

ᴱQ. sorta- v. “to sit down” (Category: to Sit)

See ᴹQ. hamu- for discussion.

References ✧ QL/85

Glosses

“sit down” ✧ QL/85; QL/85 (sosta-)

Variations

sorta- ✧ QL/85
sosta- ✧ QL/85

Changes

sosta- >> sorta- ✧ QL/85

Inflections

sōre

past

✧ QL/85

Derivations

< ᴱ√ÐORO “sit” ✧ QL/86 (SOŘO); QL/85

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√SOŘO > sosta-	[soðta-] > [soθta-] > [sosta-]	✧ QL/85
ᴱ√ÐORO > sorta-	[ðorta-] > [sorta-]	✧ QL/85