An adjective for “long-fingered” in the English-Qenya Dictionary of the 1920s, a combination of ᴱQ. anda “long” and ᴱQ. lepta “finger” (PE15/74).
Early Quenya
anda
adjective. long
andra
adjective. long
anda-ráma
adjective. long-arm(ed); long-wing(ed)
anda-lepta
adjective. long-fingered
anda ráma
(a) long wing
ando
noun. door
ande(a)
adjective. long (of space)
-léni
suffix. long
-lénu
suffix. long
-víke
suffix. as
ailin
noun. shore
A word for “shore” in the ᴱQ. Oilima Markirya poem and its draft of the late 1920s (MC/213, 221), in one place given an archaic form aile and a translation “beach” (PE16/75). In the version of the Markirya poem from the 1960s, this word became Q. hresta (MC/221-222), whereas Q. ailin itself usually meant “lake” in later writings.
hunto
noun. elephant
ielúme
adverb. long ago
limbelu
adverb. *long
maktya-
verb. to kill
A verb for “kill” in the Early Qenya Grammar of the 1920s, a causative form of ᴱQ. maka- “die” (PE14/58).
pelekta-
verb. to hew
posta
noun. door
tarnon
noun. door
yúye
adverb. long ago
ô
preposition. from
A word for “long-arm(ed)” in the manuscript version of Early Qenya Grammar of the 1920s (PE14/45), changed to “long-wing” in the typescript version (PE14/75). The word appeared with the glosses “long-wing” (PE15/74) or “longwinged” (PE15/79) in the contemporaneous English-Qenya Dictionary. It was a combination of ᴱQ. anda “long” and ᴱQ. ráma which was usually glossed “wing”, but in one place in the 1920s was glossed “arm, wing” (PE16/137).