ala- (2) negative prefix "not", "un-", reduced to al- before a vowel (VT42:33, GALA, VT45:25), though the example Alcorin would suggest that al- can sometimes appear before a consonant as well. In a deleted entry in Etym, al(a)- was defined as "not" and said to be a "pure negative" (VT45:5). In alahasta, Alamanyar, alasaila, Alcorin.
Quenya
-la
suffix. active participle
-(i)la
suffix. active participle
Changes
-la→-ila→ -(i)lā ✧ PE22/154-la→ -ila ✧ PE22/155Cognates
- S. -ol “continuative participle, continuative [active] participle; adjective suffix”
Derivations
- ✶-lā “active participle”
Element in
Variations
- -(i)lā ✧ PE22/154
- -la ✧ PE22/154 (
-la); PE22/155 (-la)- -ila ✧ PE22/155
-ya
suffix. verbal suffix
Element in
ala
not
ala-
not
-tië
suffix. verbal suffix
Changes
- -tie → ı̯e ✧ PE17/013
Element in
- Q. omentië “meeting (of pathways), (lit.) coming together of journey-path, meeting or junction of the directions of two people” ✧ PE17/013
Variations
-tie✧ PE17/013
ala, #ála (1) imperative particle á, a combined with the negation lá, -la "not" to express a prohibition (VT43:22; see lá #1). Also with 1st person suffix -lyë (alalyë and álalyë, VT43:10, 22, VT44:8) and 1st person pl. object suffix -më (alamë and álamë, "do not [do something to] us", as in álamë tulya, "do not lead us", VT43:12, 22). In the essay Quendi and Eldar, negative imperatives are rather indicated by áva, q.v., but this form can well coexist with ala, #ála.