A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “long-haired, -tressed”, a combination of ᴱQ. ande “long” and ᴱQ. silqe “hair” (QL/31). It also appeared in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa with the gloss “long-haired” (PME/31).
Early Quenya
andesalke
place name. Africa, (lit.) Long-grass
andesilqe
adjective. long-haired, long-tressed
ande(a)
adjective. long (of space)
A name for Africa from the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s (QL/31, 84), glossed “long-grass” in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/31). It is a compound of ande(a) “long” and salki “grass”.