alvë

elm

alvë noun "elm" (PE17:146), also pronounced albë. In an earlier source, the word for "elm" is given as alalmë, lalmë.

alvë

noun. elm

A word appearing as alve or albe “elm” in notes from 1959, derived from the root √ALAB of similar meaning (PE17/146, 153).

Conceptual Development: This word was ᴱQ. alalme (alalmi-) “elm (tree)” in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s, derived from the early root ᴱ√ALA “spread” (QL/29; PME/29). It was ᴱQ. alalme “elm” in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/140), and ᴹQ. alalme or lalme “elm-tree” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the roots ᴹ√ALAM or ᴹ√LALAM (Ety/ÁLAM, LÁLAM). The change to alve/albe was fairly late, as noted above.

Cognates

• S. alaf “elm” ✧ PE17/153

Derivations

• √ALAB “elm” ✧ PE17/146; PE17/153

Element in

• Q. alalvëa “having many elms” ✧ PE17/146
• Q. Alalvinórë “Land of Many Elms” ✧ PE17/153

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√ALAB > albe > alve	[galbe] > [ɣalbe] > [ɣalβe] > [alβe] > [alve]	✧ PE17/146
√ALAB > albe	[galbe] > [ɣalbe] > [ɣalβe] > [alβe] > [albe]	✧ PE17/153

Variations

• alve ✧ PE17/146
• albe ✧ PE17/153

albë

noun. elm

albë

albë

albë, see alvë

lalmë

elm-tree

lalmë noun "elm-tree" (ÁLAM). Cf. alvë in a post-LotR source.

alalmë

elm, elm-tree

alalmë (2) noun "elm, elm-tree" (ÁLAM, LÁLAM, LT1:249). Cf. alvë in a post-LotR source.

alalmino

elm

alalmino noun? "Elm"-something? (Narqelion)