löa

noun. (seasonal) year, (lit.) (time of) growth, blooming

Cognates

• ᴺS. lóran “seasonal year, (lit.) growth-cycle”

Derivations

• ✶lawā “growing, blooming” ✧ PE17/159; VT42/10
  • √LAW “flourish (green), grow, flourish (green), grow, [ᴹ√] abound; warm” ✧ PE17/159

Element in

• ᴺQ. illöa(va) “annual, yearly, per annum (year as item)”
• ᴺQ. löasta “season, (lit.) year-part”
• ᴺQ. löacasta “season, (lit.) year-quarter”
• Q. loëndë “mid-year (Númenórean calendar), *(lit.) year-middle”
• ᴺQ. qualöa(va) “annual, yearly, perennial (year as whole)”
• Q. umbë nin i hríve nauva urra (si loa) “I have a feeling that winter will be bad (this year)” ✧ PE22/168

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶lawā > löa	[lawā] > [loa]	✧ PE17/159
✶lawa > loa	[lawa] > [loa]	✧ VT42/10

Variations

• loa ✧ LotR/1107; LotR/1112; PE17/120; PE22/168; PM/126; UT/327; UTI/loa; UTI/tuilë; UTI/yestarë; VT42/10