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qnàt.

to (make/produce) smoke

Usage notes

This verb is not used for smoking tobacco any more – the modern term for that is the related qentà..

Etymology

NLem qent‑a ‘smoke (also tobacco)’
LMLem, MLem qent‑a ‘smoke (also herbs)’
OLem thent‑ ‘to smoke (also herbs)’
PLem *sent‑ ‘to smoke’, Narten present of
PIE *sen‑dʰh₁‑ ‘secrete’, compound of
  PIE *sen ‘aside, away’
 —and—
  PIE *dʰeh₁‑ ‘put, make’

doublet of qentà.

Cognates

Eng cinder, Gk ὄνθος ‘dung’