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'''''ista-''''' is a [[Quenya]] word meaning "(to) know".<ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 361</ref><ref name=VT48>{{VT|48a}}, p. 25 (form: ''is-ta'' "to know")</ref>
'''''ista-''''' is a [[Quenya]] word meaning "(to) know".<ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 361</ref><ref name=VT48>{{VT|48a}}, p. 25 (form: ''is-ta'' "to know")</ref>
==Etymology==
 
*[[Sundocarme|Root]] IS ("know")<ref name=LR/><ref name=VT48/>
== Etymology ==
==Examples==
* [[Sundocarme|Root]] IS ("know")<ref name=LR/><ref name=VT48/>
*[[Istari]]<ref>{{L|156}}</ref><ref>[[Helge Fauskanger]], "[http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/affix~1.htm Quenya Affixes]" at [http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/ Ardalambion] (accessed 15 December 2011)</ref>
 
== Examples ==
* [[Istar]]<ref>{{L|156}}</ref><ref>[[Helge Fauskanger]], "[http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/affix~1.htm Quenya Affixes]" at [http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/ Ardalambion] (accessed 15 December 2011)</ref>
 
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Latest revision as of 03:39, 18 February 2023

ista- is a Quenya word meaning "(to) know".[1][2]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

Examples[edit | edit source]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 361
  2. 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals and Related Writings — Part Two" (edited by Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 48, December 2005, p. 25 (form: is-ta "to know")
  3. J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 156, (dated 4 November 1954)
  4. Helge Fauskanger, "Quenya Affixes" at Ardalambion (accessed 15 December 2011)