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alasta
adjective. of marble, marble
Cognates
- G. glastrin “marble”
alas
noun. marble
A noun appearing as ᴱQ. alas (alast-) “marble” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from primitive ᴱ✶ʒalast- (QL/30).
Neo-Quenya: I think this word may be salvageable in Neo-Quenya as ᴺQ. alas, reconceived as a derivative of ᴹ√GALAS “joy, be glad”, perhaps from ᴺ✶galast- originally with the sense “thing pleasant to touch”.
Cognates
- G. glast “marble”
Derivations
- ᴱ✶ʒalast- “*marble” ✧ QL/030
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ✶ʒalast- > alas [ɣalastǝ] > [ɣalast] > [ɣalas] > [alas] ✧ QL/030
A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s given as ᴱQ. alasta “of marble, marble”, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. alas (alast-) “marble” (QL/30).
Neo-Quenya: I think it might likewise be used in Neo-Quenya as ᴺQ. alasta, an adjectival form of ᴺQ. alas “marble”.