Q. anya- v. (?ya-formative) “to reach, arrive at, go to” (Category: to Reach, Arrive)
A verb for “reach, arrive at, go to” in Late Notes on Verb Structure (LVS) from 1969, derived from the root √ANA “to(wards)” (PE22/157, 163).
Conceptual Development: An earlier verb for “arrive” was tenya- “arrive, end (not at speaker’s[?] place)” in notes from the late 1950s or early 1960s (VT49/24; VTE/49). A similar verb reappeared in notes from 1968 as tene “arrive, come to, get to” from a root √TEN, but in that note the ten- forms were rejected and changed to men-. Elsewhere men- was used in the more general sense “go” or “come” (PE17/13, 16; PE22/162), whereas in the 1969 Ambidexters Sentence, the verb tenta- was used to mean “point at” (VT49/6-8).
Luinyelle suggested that a form of anya- “arrive” (or a similar verb) might appear in the sentence [ᴹQ.] Sorni Númevalion anner “The Eagles of the Powers of the West are at hand” from the 1940s, with anner being a strong-past from ancient *an-nē, so the literal meaning of the sentence is “the Eagles ... arrived”. I think this is a plausible theory, but given the gap in years between this sentence and the appearance of anya- “arrive”, it is hard to say.
Neo-Quenya: Of the various options, I think anya- is the best Neo-Quenya verb for “arrive”. I further assume it is a half-strong verb with past tense ananye “arrived”; I prefer this as more distinctive than a strong past anne. I would use it both intransitively and transitively (without a preposition), as in ananyen “I arrived” vs. ananyen i osto “I arrived [at] the city = I reached the city”.
In a post on 2024-01-31 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), Luinyelle suggested it might be used in the idiomatic sense “manage, succeed (in something)” when combined with the infinitive of another verb: ananyen pare Quenya “I managed to learn Quenya” = “(lit.) I arrived [at] learning Quenya”
References ✧ PE22/157, 163
Glosses
Element In
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| √an > anya | [anja-] | ✧ PE22/157 |
| √ana/na > anya- | [anja-] | ✧ PE22/163 |
Q. ten- v. (basic-verb) “to arrive, come to” (Category: to Reach, Arrive)
References ✧ VT49/23
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Changes
Inflections
| tene | aorist | “comes, arrives, is with us” | ✧ VT49/23 |
| tenin | aorist 1st-sg | ✧ VT49/23: is indefinite in time | |
| tenin | aorist 1st-sg | “I arrive at/come to/get to” | ✧ VT49/23 |
| tenuva | future | “will arrive” | ✧ VT49/23 |
| tenne | past | “arrived, reached” | ✧ VT49/23 |
| tennen | past 1st-sg | “I arrive[d]” | ✧ VT49/23 |
| etēnie | perfect | “has just arrived” | ✧ VT49/23 |
| tēna- | present | “is on point of arrival, is just coming to the end” | ✧ VT49/23: pres. |
Element In
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| √ten- > tēna- | [tenna] | ✧ VT49/23 |
Q. †tenya- v. (ya-formative) “to arrive, end (not at speaker’s[?] place)” (Category: to Reach, Arrive)
References ✧ VT49/24; VTE/49
Glosses
Variations
Changes
Inflections
| †tenne | past; strong-past | ✧ VT49/24 |
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| √ten > †tenya | [tenja-] | ✧ VT49/24 |