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Gloss of the hour

ui-

prefix. twi-

Derivations

  • ᴹ√YŪ “two, both” ✧ Ety/YŪ

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. yú- “both” ✧ Ety/YŪ

Element in

  • N. uial “twilight” ✧ Ety/YŪ

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√YŪ > ui-[jūju] > [jūjo] > [juio] > [uio] > [ui]✧ Ety/YŪ

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Phrase of the day

       :

Lá karita i hamil mára alasaila ná.

An example of negation in Quenya, both as an independent adverb as well as a prefix.

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