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Early Quenya

ar

noun. child

Cognates

  • En. arn “child, child, [G.] son” ✧ PE13/160

Element in

  • Eq. aris “daughter, maid” ✧ QL/032
  • Eq. kalmar “child of light”
  • Eq. Lómear “Child of Gloom”

Variations

  • arne ✧ PE13/160
  • ar ✧ PE16/135; QL/032
Early Quenya [PE13/160; PE16/135; PME/032; QL/032] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ar

preposition. to, against, next, on (wall)

Cognates

  • G. art “beside, along side of”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ASA “*beside, close to” ✧ QL/033

Element in

  • Eq. astuvu- “to begin” ✧ QL/033

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ASA > ar[as] > [ar]✧ QL/033

Variations

  • ar ✧ QL/033
Early Quenya [QL/033] Group: Eldamo. Published by

a

pronoun. it

Element in

Early Quenya [PE14/046] Group: Eldamo. Published by

arne

noun. child

ar(a)

conjunction. but; and

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ƷARA “spread, extend sideways; wide places” ✧ QL/032

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ƷARA > ar(a)[ɣar] > [ar]✧ QL/032

Variations

  • ar ✧ MC/216; MC/216; PE15/32; PE15/32; PE16/056; PE16/057; PE16/060; PE16/060; PE16/077; PE16/077; PE16/090; PE16/092; PE16/100; PE16/104; PE16/146; QL/033
Early Quenya [MC/216; PE15/32; PE16/056; PE16/057; PE16/060; PE16/077; PE16/090; PE16/092; PE16/100; PE16/104; PE16/146; QL/032; QL/033] Group: Eldamo. Published by

a-

prefix. it; 3rd sg. neut. pronoun

ha

pronoun. it; 3rd sg. neut. pronoun

Element in

  • Eq. (h)áva “*its; 3rd sg. neut. possessive emphatic” ✧ PE14/052
  • Eq. ha·matsir “one eats it, it is eaten” ✧ PE14/056; PE14/085
  • Eq. (h)a·tule “it comes (some definite thing)” ✧ PE14/052
  • Eq. ha·tule “it (some definite thing) comes” ✧ PE14/085
  • Eq. hu·karne ha min “he did it first (i.e. either before anyone else did so, or before he did anything else)” ✧ PE14/084
  • Eq. hea “it (emphatic); 3rd sg. neut. pronoun” ✧ PE14/052
  • Eq. ha- “*its; 3rd sg. neut. possessive” ✧ PE14/052
  • Eq. unlunke naiqe yu vaile·na ar elle ha men ambostuva “*he pulled his sword from the sheath and drove it into the breast” ✧ PE16/146

Variations

  • ha- ✧ PE14/052; PE14/085
  • a- ✧ PE14/052
  • (h)a ✧ PE14/052
Early Quenya [PE14/052; PE14/053; PE14/056; PE14/084; PE14/085; PE16/146] Group: Eldamo. Published by

vardar

noun. king

Early Quenya [LT1A/Varda; QL/102] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kale

noun. day

Changes

  • kaletantare “day” ✧ PE14/043

Derivations

  • ᴱ√KALA “shine golden”
Early Quenya [PE14/043] Group: Eldamo. Published by

noun. day

Element in

  • Eq. Ambalar “the East” ✧ PE16/075

Variations

  • ✧ PE16/075
Early Quenya [PE16/075] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tur

noun. king

Cognates

  • En. tîr “king” ✧ PE13/154
  • G. tûr “king” ✧ LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TURU “am strong” ✧ LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi; QL/095

Element in

  • Eq. turwen “princess” ✧ QL/096
  • Eq. túrin “king(dom)” ✧ QL/096
  • Eq. Sorontur “King of Eagles” ✧ LT1A/Sorontur
  • Eq. túrani “queen” ✧ QL/096
  • Eq. túranu “king” ✧ QL/096
  • Eq. turillo “prince” ✧ QL/096
  • Eq. turinqi “queen” ✧ LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi; QL/096
  • Eq. turqin “queen” ✧ QL/096 (turqin)
  • Eq. Turondo

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√TURU > Tur[tur]✧ QL/095

Variations

  • -tur ✧ LT1A/Sorontur
  • túr ✧ PE13/154; PE16/138
  • Tur ✧ QL/096
Early Quenya [LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi; LT1A/Sorontur; PE13/154; PE16/138; QL/096] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ya(n)

conjunction. and

Derivations

  • ᴱ√YA “*and” ✧ QL/104

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√YA > ya(n)[jan]✧ QL/104

Variations

  • ya ✧ LFC/030; PE15/69 (ya); VT40/08
  • yan ✧ PE15/69 (yan); QL/043
Early Quenya [LFC/030; PE15/69; QL/043; QL/104; VT40/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

túranu

noun. king

Variations

  • tūranu ✧ QL/095
Early Quenya [QL/095] Group: Eldamo. Published by

erus(ta)

noun/adjective. outside

Cognates

  • G. edhos “just without, close by”

Derivations

Variations

  • erus ✧ QL/036
  • erusta ✧ QL/036
Early Quenya [QL/036] Group: Eldamo. Published by

enqe

preposition. without

Variations

  • Enqe ✧ QL/035
Early Quenya [QL/035] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hil(de)

noun. child

Cognates

  • G. hiltha “youth (more often masculine)” ✧ GL/49

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶χilþē “youth” ✧ GL/49
    • ᴱ√HILI “*youth, offspring” ✧ GL/49
  • ᴱ√HILI “*youth, offspring” ✧ QL/040

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶χilþē > hilde[xilθē] > [xilθe] > [xilðe] > [xilde] > [hilde]✧ GL/49
ᴱ√HIL > hil[xil] > [hil]✧ QL/040

Variations

  • hilde ✧ GL/49; PME/040; QL/040
  • hil ✧ QL/040
Early Quenya [GL/49; PME/040; QL/040] Group: Eldamo. Published by