-viltë
-less
-valta
-less
-valta suffix "-less", also -viltë (evidently endings used to derive adjectives like "lifeless") (GL:23) The ending -lóra appears with the same meaning in Tolkien's later Quenya.
al-
prefix. -less
-less
-lóra
-less, without
-lóra ending "-less, without", as in ómalóra "voiceless" (VT45:28)
pen-
-less
pref. -less. >> penadar
pen-
-less
pref. -less. Q. _pen _without, not having. . This gloss was rejected.
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-vilte
suffix. -less
Cognates
- G. -(a)vlid “less” ✧ GL/23
Derivations
- ᴱ√VḶTḶ “release, set free; deprive, take away” ✧ QL/102
Element in
- Eq. naustavilte “free from suspicion, *innocent” ✧ QL/065
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√VḶTḶ > -vilte [βḷti] > [βḷte] > [vḷte] > [vilte] ✧ QL/102 Variations
- -valta ✧ GL/23; QL/102
-valta
suffix. -less
-viltë adjectival ending "-less", also -valta (evidently endings used to derive adjectives like "lifeless") (GL:23). Rather -lóra in Tolkien's later Quenya.