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Early Quenya

-íne(a)

suffix. diminutive

Element in

Variations

  • -íne ✧ PE14/049
  • -ine ✧ PE14/081
  • -inea ✧ PE14/081
  • -inya ✧ PE14/081
  • -īne ✧ QL/042
  • -īnea ✧ QL/042
  • -inke ✧ QL/046 (-inke)
Early Quenya [PE14/049; PE14/081; QL/042; QL/046] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-pin(ke)

suffix. diminutive

Derivations

  • ᴱ√PINI “*small” ✧ QL/073

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ > -pi[-pī] > [-pi]✧ QL/073

Variations

  • -pi ✧ QL/073
  • -pit ✧ QL/073
  • -pin ✧ QL/073
  • -pinke ✧ QL/073
Early Quenya [QL/073] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-inya

suffix. diminutive

-linte

suffix. diminutive

-pi(t)

suffix. diminutive

mi(e)-

prefix. diminutive

-(l)inta

suffix. diminutive

-(w)inta

suffix. diminutive

-(w)inte

suffix. diminutive

Variations

  • -linte ✧ PE14/049
  • -(l)inte ✧ PE14/081
  • -(w)inta ✧ PE14/081
  • -(l)inta ✧ PE14/081
Early Quenya [PE14/049; PE14/081] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-itsa

suffix. diminutive

-itse

suffix. diminutive

Element in

  • Eq. eulitse “*little lamb” ✧ QL/036
  • Eq. heritse “an Inwe” ✧ QL/040
  • Eq. inwilitse “little fairy” ✧ QL/042
  • Eq. melitse “darling, sweetheart” ✧ QL/060
  • Eq. miqilitse “little or tender kiss” ✧ QL/061

Variations

  • itse- ✧ PE14/081
  • -litse ✧ QL/042 (-litse); QL/061 (-litse)
Early Quenya [PE14/081; QL/036; QL/040; QL/042; QL/060; QL/061] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mike-

prefix. diminutive

Elements

WordGloss
mike“little, a (little) bit; diminutive”

Variations

  • mi(e)- ✧ PE14/081
  • miki- ✧ PE14/081
Early Quenya [PE14/081] Group: Eldamo. Published by

miki-

prefix. diminutive

-litse

suffix. diminutive

-lla

suffix. diminutive

Element in

  • Eq. lotella “floret” ✧ QL/055
  • Eq. maksella “mesh” ✧ QL/058
  • Eq. mirilla “faint smile” ✧ QL/061
  • Eq. qimelle “little woman” ✧ QL/077
  • Eq. porokelle “chicken” ✧ QL/075
  • Eq. pusilla “puff, whiff, breeze” ✧ QL/076
  • Eq. qiqilla “Lily of the Valley” ✧ QL/077
  • Eq. ruella “village” ✧ QL/080

Variations

  • -lle ✧ QL/075 (-lle); QL/077 (-lle)
Early Quenya [QL/055; QL/058; QL/061; QL/075; QL/076; QL/077; QL/080] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-lle

suffix. diminutive

-tsa

suffix. diminutive

Variations

  • -itsa ✧ PE14/047; PE14/080
Early Quenya [PE14/047; PE14/080] Group: Eldamo. Published by