Quenya 

canya

adjective. wise

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canya

bold

canya (1) ("k")adj. "bold" (KAN).

canya-

verb. ?to command

@@@ gloss suggested by Helge Fauskanger (QQ/can-)

Derivations

  • KAN “cry aloud; (Q. only) command; lead, rule, cry aloud; (Q. only) command; lead, rule; [ᴹ√] dare” ✧ PE17/113

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
KAN > canya[kanja-]✧ PE17/113

Variations

  • canya ✧ PE17/113

can-

command, order

*can*- (2) vb. "command, order" (give an order) or (with things as object) "demand" _(PM:361-362; where various derivatives of the stem KAN- are listed; the verb _can_- is not directly cited, but seems implied by the statement "in Quenya the sense command had become the usual one". The undefined verb _canya**- listed elsewhere [PE17:113] may also be taken as the actual verbal derivative that Tolkien here refers to.)

nóla

wise, learned

nóla ("ñ") (1) adj. "wise, learned" (ÑGOL) (note that this and the next nóla would be spelt differently in Tengwar writing, and originally they were also pronounced differently, since nóla "wise, learned" was ñóla in First Age Quenya).

saila

wise

#saila adj. "wise" (isolated from alasaila [q.v.] "unwise" in a late source)

saila

adjective. wise

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴹ√SAY “know, understand”

Element in

saira

wise

saira adj. "wise" (SAY, VT46:12; a later source has the alternative formation #saila as above)

tára

wise

tára (2) ?"wise". (From tentative notes trying to explain Daur [unlenited *Taur] as Sindarin name of Frodo; the more normal word for "wise" seems to be saila/saira.)

tára

adjective. wise

Derivations

  • dāra “wise” ✧ PE17/102

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
dāra > tāra[dāra] > [tāra]✧ PE17/102

Variations

  • tāra ✧ PE17/102

iswa

wise

iswa adj. "wise" (LT2:339); rather saila in Tolkiens later Quenya.

isqua

wise

isqua ("q") adj. "wise" (LT2:339).

istima

adjective. wise, knowledgeable, v.well informed

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