Quenya
löa
noun. (seasonal) year, (lit.) (time of) growth, blooming
Cognates
- ᴺS. lóran “seasonal year, (lit.) growth-cycle”
Derivations
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