+Tamas Ferencz I consider NAY² to be a dubious root. It is a very late invention coined to explain nai “maybe”, which already has a perfectly good explanation as ná + i “may it be (that)”. It has no other derivatives and it also conflicts with the much better attested √NAY¹ “grief, lament”.
+Paul Strack I am starting to warm to *ekeme, but would throw the variants éke, (e)kesse, ekesta, eque, ehta[1] into the mix [1] using -ta as for '(one) result of action' = one instance of chance, opportunity
Tamas Ferencz Jun 03, 2018 (13:47)
eldamo.org - Eldamo : Primitive Elvish : NAY²
Paul Strack Jun 03, 2018 (18:30)
https://eldamo.org/content/words/word-2108335185.html
I think something based of KE/EKE might be better:
eldamo.org - Eldamo : Primitive Elvish : KE/EKE
Perhaps ecemë “chance, opportunity”
ܤܡܝ ܦܠܕܢܝܘܤ Jun 06, 2018 (16:19)
Paul Strack Jun 06, 2018 (16:32)
Tamas Ferencz Jun 10, 2018 (09:51)
[1] using -ta as for '(one) result of action' = one instance of chance, opportunity
Paul Strack Jun 10, 2018 (15:14)
Tamas Ferencz Jun 11, 2018 (00:18)