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Early Quenya

-li

suffix. many, multiplicative suffix

Cognates

  • G. -lim “many” ✧ GG/15

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ “*many” ✧ QL/053

Element in

  • Eq. saiwali “summer” ✧ QL/081

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ > -li[-lī] > [-li]✧ QL/053

Variations

  • -lī ✧ GG/15
Early Quenya [GG/15; PE14/046; QL/053; QL/081] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-lin

suffix. noun suffix

-lis

suffix. noun suffix

Element in

  • Eq. arqilis “desert” ✧ QL/032
  • Eq. indolis “domicile” ✧ QL/043
  • Eq. oinalis “ointment” ✧ QL/071
  • Eq. maksilis “lordship” ✧ QL/057
  • Eq. Avestalis “January” ✧ QL/029
  • Eq. sintilis “sparkling as of crystal” ✧ QL/085
  • Eq. qindelis “nun” ✧ QL/077
Early Quenya [QL/029; QL/032; QL/043; QL/057; QL/071; QL/077; QL/085] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-ika

suffix. partitive

Early Quenya [VT43/30] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-ine

suffix. noun suffix

Element in

  • Eq. túrin “king(dom)” ✧ QL/095
  • Eq. kólemaine “patience” ✧ QL/047
  • Eq. laulemuine “people of the neighborhood, population” ✧ QL/052
  • Eq. poimine “lather, foam; mermaid” ✧ QL/075
  • Eq. mapalin “plane [tree], sycamore” ✧ QL/057
  • Eq. mulmin “mill” ✧ QL/063
  • Eq. iskane “pallor” ✧ QL/043
  • Eq. sestaine “assimilation, imitation, etc.” ✧ QL/082
  • Eq. paimene “vindictiveness, vengefulness, cruelty” ✧ QL/072
  • Eq. pampine “tremor, earthquake” ✧ QL/072
  • Eq. sunqelaine “sunset” ✧ QL/087
  • Eq. tusturin “match” ✧ QL/096
  • Eq. malkane “torture” ✧ QL/058 (malkane)

Variations

  • -ne ✧ QL/043 (-ne); QL/058 (-ne); QL/072 (-ne); QL/075 (-ne)
  • -in ✧ QL/057 (-in); QL/063 (-in); QL/095 (-in); QL/096 (-in)
Early Quenya [QL/043; QL/047; QL/052; QL/057; QL/058; QL/063; QL/072; QL/075; QL/082; QL/087; QL/095; QL/096] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-rin

suffix. noun suffix

Element in

  • Eq. falmarin “sea-fay (male), spirit of the sea foam”
  • Eq. enyarin “device, escutcheon, blazon” ✧ QL/035
  • Eq. lamáre “flock” ✧ QL/050
Early Quenya [QL/035; QL/050] Group: Eldamo. Published by

olli

adjective. many

Derivations

  • ᴱ√OLO “*increase, more” ✧ QL/069

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√OLO² > olli[ollī] > [olli]✧ QL/069
Early Quenya [QL/069] Group: Eldamo. Published by

limba

adjective. many

Cognates

  • G. lim “many”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ “*many” ✧ QL/053

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ > limba[limbā] > [limba]✧ QL/053
Early Quenya [QL/053] Group: Eldamo. Published by

olli-

prefix. many

li(n)-

prefix. many

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ILI “many” ✧ QL/042
  • ᴱ√ “*many” ✧ QL/053

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ > li-[li-]✧ QL/053

Variations

  • li- ✧ LT1A/Tinwë Linto; QL/053
  • lin- ✧ LT1A/Tinwë Linto; PE16/077; PE16/077; QL/042; QL/053; QL/069
  • LĪ- ✧ QL/042
Early Quenya [LT1A/Tinwë Linto; PE16/077; QL/042; QL/053; QL/069] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lia(r)

adjective. many

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ “*many” ✧ QL/053

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ > lia(r)[liar]✧ QL/053
Early Quenya [QL/053] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-re

suffix. noun suffix

Element in

  • Eq. anúre “manliness, masculinity” ✧ QL/031
  • Eq. lotóre “blooming, flowering, best time, flower” ✧ QL/055
  • Eq. qildare “bat” ✧ QL/078
  • Eq. tantare “dance”
  • Eq. tessare “little maid” ✧ QL/091
  • Eq. aldare “wood”
  • Eq. Tuilére “Spring” ✧ QL/096
Early Quenya [QL/031; QL/055; QL/078; QL/091; QL/096] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ola-

prefix. many