A word for a (male) child in The Etymologies of the 1930s added to its entry when the meaning of the root ᴹ√SEL-D was changed from “daughter” to “child” (Ety/SEL-D). It was written above its feminine equivalent ᴹQ. selde and an apparently neuter form ᴹQ. selda was written to the right, making seldo likely the masculine form as suggested by Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne (EtyAC/SEL-D), hence = “✱boy”.
Qenya
ar
conjunction. and; but
Changes
ar(a)→ ar “and” ✧ Ety/AR²Cognates
- N. a “and”
Derivations
- ᴹ√AR “beside, outside” ✧ Ety/AR²
Element in
- ᴹQ. númessier “and he gave it into the hands of the Lords: they are in the West” ✧ LR/072
- ᴹQ. ar Sauron túle nukumna Númenórenna “and Sauron came humbled to Númenor” ✧ LR/047; LR/056; SD/310
- ᴹQ. a yonya inye tye-méla “and I too, my son, I love thee” ✧ LR/061
- ᴹQ. Ilu Ilúvatar en káre eldain a fírimoin “the Father made the World for Elves and Mortals” ✧ LR/072
- ᴹQ. Ilu vanya, fanya, eari, i-mar, ar ilqa ímen “the World is fair, the sky, the seas, the earth, and all that is in them” ✧ LR/072
- ᴹQ. i·nér né raiqa ar sí aphasta “the man was angry but now is in good humor (lit. it pleases him)” ✧ PE22/124
- ᴹQ. Sinome nimaruva, yo hildinyar tenn’ Ambar-metta “Here will I abide, and my heirs, unto the ending of the world” ✧ SD/056
- ᴹQ. ten sí ye tyelma, yéva tyel ar i narqelion “for here is ending, and there will be an end and the Fading” ✧ LR/072
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√AR² > ar [ar] ✧ Ety/AR² Variations
- ar(a) ✧ EtyAC/AR² (
ar(a))- Ar ✧ LR/056
- A ✧ LR/061
- a ✧ LR/072
ar-
prefix. outside, beside
Cognates
Derivations
- ᴹ√AR “beside, outside” ✧ Ety/AR²
Element in
- ᴹQ. Arvalin “Outside Valinor” ✧ Ety/AR²
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√AR² > ar- [ar-] ✧ Ety/AR²
ara
preposition. outside, beside
Derivations
- ᴹ√AR “beside, outside” ✧ Ety/AR²
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√AR² > ara [ara] ✧ Ety/AR²
are
noun. day
Cognates
- N. ar- “day” ✧ Ety/AR¹
Derivations
Element in
- ᴹQ. Are Fanturion “Day of the Fanturi, fourth day of the Valian week”
- ᴹQ. Are Manwen “Day of Manwe, first day of the Valian week”
- ᴹQ. Arendien “Midyear’s Day”
- ᴹQ. Are Veruen “Day of the Spouses, third day of the Valian week”
- ᴹQ. artuile “dayspring, early morn”
- ᴹQ. Ar Ulmon “Day of Ulmo, second day of the Valian week”
- ᴹQ. enar “tomorrow”
- ᴹQ. Mettare “Year’s end”
- ᴹQ. sinar “today, this morning”
- ᴹQ. Tuilear “Springdays”
- ᴹQ. yáre “former days”
- ᴹQ. Koirear “Stirringdays”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶ari- > are [ari] > [are] ✧ Ety/AR¹
aran
noun. king
Element in
- ᴹQ. ā laituva i·aran “(long[?]) live[?] [the] k[ing?]” ✧ PE22/106
- ᴹQ. aranaite “*kingly, royal”
- ᴹQ. aranyalle “*kingdom”
- ᴹQ. aran ie mólome “being a king is a burden” ✧ PE22/124
- ᴹQ. Nuaran “*West-king”
- ᴹQ. sinan Elessar Aran séra Arkimbelesse “at present King Elessar is at Rivendell” ✧ PE22/125
Variations
- aran ✧ PE22/106; PE22/124
- Aran ✧ PE22/125
aran
noun. child
Derivations
- ᴹ✶arān
Variations
- aran ✧ PE21/19
tár
noun. king
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
- ᴹQ. tar- “high; king or queen (in compounds)” ✧ Ety/TĀ
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶tārō > tár [tār] ✧ Ety/TĀ Variations
- tār ✧ LR/047
ye
preposition. at
Derivations
- ᴹ✶yē “at” ✧ PE21/27
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶yē > ye [je] ✧ PE21/27
ala
noun. day
Derivations
- ᴹ√GALAN “bright” ✧ EtyAC/GAL¹
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√GALÁN > ala [gala] > [ɣala] > [ala] ✧ EtyAC/GAL¹
au-
prefix. without
yo
conjunction. and
Derivations
Element in
- ᴹQ. lairesse nihare to tarassi, yu unta hrívesse landannar “in the summer I live in [i.e. on] the hills [as a rule], and come down to the plains in the winter” ✧ PE22/125
- ᴹQ. Sinome nimaruva, yo hildinyar tenn’ Ambar-metta “Here will I abide, and my heirs, unto the ending of the world” ✧ SD/056
Variations
- yu ✧ PE22/125
yu
conjunction. and
ava-
prefix. without
Derivations
- ᴹ√AWA “away, forth; out” ✧ Ety/AR²; Ety/AWA
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√AWA > ava- [awa-] > [ava-] ✧ Ety/AWA Variations
- au- ✧ Ety/AWA
ette
adverb/adjective. outside
Cognates
- ᴺS. eth “outside”
Derivations
- ᴹ√ET “out, forth” ✧ Ety/ET
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√ET > ette [ette] ✧ Ety/ET Variations
- ette ✧ Ety/ET
seldo
noun. child, child [m.], *boy
Derivations
- ᴹ√SEL(D) “child, child; *daughter” ✧ Ety/SEL-D
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√SEL-D > seldo [seldo] ✧ Ety/SEL-D
the
pronoun. it
Element in
- ᴹQ. etta matie the ye úmahta “his eating it is a nuisance” ✧ PE22/119
ve
preposition. with
Element in
- ᴹQ. ni·utúlie nyariello ve atarella “I have just come from talking with your father” ✧ PE22/119
This word first appeared as ᴱQ. ar (arn-) “child” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/32) and its stem form arn- appeared in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/32). The word reappeared in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/135), but in the Early Noldorin Dictionary the Qenya form was given as arne. In the Declension of Nouns from the early 1930s, the word appeared as ᴹQ. aran (arn-) “child” (PE21/19), but there is no sign of it from this point forward, probably displaced by Q. aran “king”.