Early Quenya
-víke
suffix. as
Element in
- Eq.
noldovike“like a gnome, after the gnomes’ way” ✧ PE15/69 (noldovike)Variations
- vīke ✧ QL/101
as
noun. bone
Cognates
- G. asg “bone; stone of fruit”
Element in
- Eq. píke assari silde “blinking on bones gleaming” ✧ MC/214
- Eq. assea “bony” ✧ QL/033
- Eq. aswa “of bone” ✧ QL/033
se
preposition. as, like, in manner of
Changes
sē→ sĕ ✧ QL/082Derivations
- ᴱ√SĒ “‽” ✧ QL/082
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√SĒ > sĕ [se] ✧ QL/082 Variations
- sĕ ✧ QL/082
- sen ✧ QL/082
- sē ✧ QL/082 (
sē)
sen
preposition. as, like, in manner of
ve
preposition. as, like
Cognates
- G. ba “in” ✧ GL/21
Derivations
- ᴱ√VĪ “as” ✧ QL/101
Element in
- Eq. vea “similar, like” ✧ QL/101
- Eq. ve kaivo-kalma “a corpse-candle” ✧ MC/214
- Eq. ve maiwin qaine “like gulls wailing” ✧ MC/213
- Eq. v’ematte sinqi Eldamar “*that they call to mind the gems of Elven-home” ✧ VT40/08
- Eq. ve sangar voro úmeai “*like throngs ever large” ✧ VT40/08
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√VĪ > ve [βi] > [βe] > [ve] ✧ QL/101 Variations
- Ve ✧ VT40/08
ya(n)
conjunction. and
Derivations
- ᴱ√YA “*and” ✧ QL/104
Element in
- Eq. Eldar yan Indi “*Elves and Men” ✧ QL/043
- Eq. kuluvai ya karnevalinar “*of golden feathers and orange-red ones too” ✧ VT40/08
- Eq. mára mesta an ni véla tye ento, ya rato nea “good-bye until I see you next, and I hope it will be soon” ✧ LFC/030
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√YA > ya(n) [jan] ✧ QL/104 Variations
- ya ✧ LFC/030; PE15/69 (
ya); VT40/08- yan ✧ PE15/69 (
yan); QL/043
hón(a)
noun. bone
Cognates
- G. hûn “bone” ✧ GL/49
Derivations
- ᴱ√HONO “*heart”
Variations
- hōn- ✧ GL/49
- hōna- ✧ GL/49
tye
pronoun. you
Element in
- Eq. mára mesta an ni véla tye ento, ya rato nea “good-bye until I see you next, and I hope it will be soon” ✧ LFC/030
Variations
- tye ✧ LFC/030
víke
adjective. like
Derivations
- ᴱ√VĪ “as” ✧ QL/101
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√VĪ > vīke [βīkē] > [βīke] > [vīke] ✧ QL/101 Variations
- vīke ✧ QL/101
Quenya cognates of G. hûn “bone” given as Q. hōn- or hōna- in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/49), perhaps related to the early root ᴱ√HONO “✱heart” (QL/40).