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Early Quenya

aina

adjective. holy, revered, worshipful

Derivations

  • ᴱ√AYA “honour, revere” ✧ QL/034

Element in

  • Eq. ainar “temple [body part]”
  • Eq. Ainatar “God, (lit.) Holy Father” ✧ QL/034
  • Eq. aipio “cherry” ✧ QL/034

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√AY̯A > aina[ajnā] > [ajna] > [aina]✧ QL/034
Early Quenya [PME/034; QL/034] Group: Eldamo. Published by

minwa

adjective. small

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MINI “*small, less” ✧ QL/061

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√MINI > minwa[minwā] > [minwa]✧ QL/061
Early Quenya [QL/061] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-noina

suffix. adjective suffix

Element in

  • Eq. hestanoina “bearing the nearest consanguinity” ✧ QL/040
  • Eq. vestanoina “related by marriage” ✧ QL/101

Elements

WordGloss
-ina“adjectival suffix”
Early Quenya [QL/040; QL/101] Group: Eldamo. Published by

pínea

adjective. small

Element in

Variations

  • pīnea ✧ QL/073; QL/095
Early Quenya [QL/073; QL/095; VT40/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

pinilya

adjective. small

Derivations

  • ᴱ√PINI “*small”

Element in

Early Quenya [MC/220; PE16/076] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tamíne

noun. today

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
táma“this”
íne“to-day”

Variations

  • tamīne ✧ QL/034; QL/087
Early Quenya [QL/034; QL/041; QL/087] Group: Eldamo. Published by

vala

noun. God

Cognates

  • G. Ban “god, one of the Valar” ✧ GL/21; LT2A/Valar; PE15/21; GL/18; PE13/103
  • G. Gwala “one of the gods” ✧ PE15/08; PE15/08

Derivations

  • ᴱ√WALA “fortune, happiness; *power” ✧ QL/099

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√VALA > Valar[βalar] > [valar]✧ QL/099
Early Quenya [GL/18; GL/21; LBI/Valar; LT1/061; LT1A/Valar; LT1I/Valar; LT2A/Valar; LT2I/Valar; PE13/103; PE14/010; PE15/08; PE15/21; PE15/72; PME/099; QL/039; QL/099] Group: Eldamo. Published by

et(t)amíne

noun. today

Variations

  • et(t)amīne ✧ QL/034
  • ettamīne ✧ QL/041; QL/087
Early Quenya [QL/034; QL/041; QL/087] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-wa

suffix. adjective suffix

-ya

suffix. adjective suffix

Element in

  • Eq. erya “only, single” ✧ PE14/082
  • Eq. arinya “fireside” ✧ QL/032
Early Quenya [PE14/082; QL/032] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-noite

suffix. adjective suffix

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
-ite“adjective ending”
Early Quenya [PE15/69; QL/039; QL/067; QL/077; QL/080; QL/104] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-se

suffix. adjective suffix

Element in

  • Eq. ankasse(a) “lofty, tall, (lit.) up-headed, high-headed” ✧ QL/030
  • Eq. simpise “piping, whistling” ✧ QL/084
Early Quenya [QL/030; QL/084] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-voite

suffix. adjective suffix

@@@ sometimes with stem voisi-: kuluvoite, mavoite,

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
-ite“adjective ending”
Early Quenya [QL/029; QL/031; QL/048; QL/049; QL/051; QL/055; QL/057; QL/062; QL/078; QL/083; QL/096; QL/098; QL/100; QL/102] Group: Eldamo. Published by