Quenya 

ceula

ceula

ceula, see quëa

ceula

adjective. ?alive (of vegetable)

A word in Quenya Notes from 1957 (QN) derived from the root √KEWE/KWĒ “live of vegetables” (PE17/159), so perhaps an adjective meaning “✱alive (of vegetables)”.

Conceptual Development: The word ᴱQ. lausiva “living (of plants)” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s as an adjective form of ᴱQ. laute “living thing, esp. vegetable” (QL/52).

Derivations

  • KEW “new, fresh; anew, repeated; live of vegetables” ✧ PE17/159

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
KEWE/KWĒ > ceula[keula]✧ PE17/159

quëa

vegetable

quëa noun "vegetable", apparently with variant ceula (latter word is not clearly defined). (PE17:159).

quëa

noun. vegetable

A word for “vegetable” in Quenya Notes from 1957 (QN) derived from √KWĒ “live of vegetables” (PE17/159).

Derivations

  • KEW “new, fresh; anew, repeated; live of vegetables” ✧ PE17/159

Element in

  • ᴺQ. quëatarwa “vegetable or kitchen garden”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
KEWE/KWĒ > quëa[kwea]✧ PE17/159