vaháya adj. "far away" (LR:47, SD:310). Also spelt vahaiya (SD:247)
Quenya
ecco
spine
vahaia
adverb. far away
vaháya
far away
Sindarin
ech
maybe ( 2nd sg
ech
pronoun. ?you, yourself (singular)
ech
spine
(= pricle or thorn) ech (pl. ich) (VT45:12)
ech
spine
(pl. ich) (VT45:12)
gwachae
far away
(adj.) *gwachae (remote), lenited wachae, no distinct pl. form. The form occurring in the primary source, #gwahae, must represent the late Gondorian pronunciantion with h for ch (PM:186, isolated from gwahaedir).
gwachae
adjective. far away
Elements
Word Gloss gwa- “*away” hae “far, very far away, far, (very) far away”
Adûnaic
êphalak
adjective. far away
A combination of êphal “far” and the suffix -ak (SD/247, 312), which could either mean “away” or be some kind of intensifier. See the entry for -ak for further discussion.
Element in
- Ad. êphalak îdô Yôzâyan “far away now (is) the Land of Gift” ✧ SD/247
- Ad. ēphalek īdōn akallabēth “far away lo!now is She-that-is-fallen” ✧ SD/312
- Ad. êphal êphalak îdô hi-Akallabêth “far far away now (is) She-that-hath-fallen” ✧ SD/247
- Ad. ēphal ēphalek īdōn athanātē “far far away is now the Land of Gift” ✧ SD/312
Elements
Word Gloss êphal “far” -ak “away” Variations
- ēphalak ✧ SD/247
- ēphalek ✧ SD/312; SD/312
Noldorin
ech
noun. spine
The Etymologies as published gloss this word as "spear", but the correct reading is provided in VT/45
ech
noun. spine, *spiny quill or bristle
A noun for “spine” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√EK (Ety/EK; EtyAC/EK). In The Etymologies as published in The Lost Road it was given the gloss “spear” (LR/355), but Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne corrected this to “spine” in their Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies (VT45/12). Given the root’s association with pointed things, this word likely means “spine” in the sense of “✱spiny quill or bristle” in a plant or animal, and not “spine” as in “vertebrae”.
Cognates
- ᴹQ. ekko “spine, thorn, point” ✧ Ety/EK
Derivations
- ᴹ√EK “spear, (sharp) point, thorn” ✧ Ety/EK
Element in
- N. ecthel “?point (of spear)”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√EK > ech [ekko] > [ekkʰo] > [exxo] > [exx] > [ex] ✧ Ety/EK
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Qenya
vaháya
adverb. far away
Element in
- ᴹQ. haiya vahaiya sín Atalante “far, far away now (is) the Downfallen”
vahai(y)a
adverb. far away
Cognates
- N. gwahae “*far away” ✧ EtyAC/KHAYA
Element in
- ᴹQ. haiya vahaiya sín Atalante “far, far away now (is) the Downfallen” ✧ LR/047; SD/247; SD/310
- ᴹQ. vahaia nóre ëa i a-esta Valinor “far away (there) is a land called Valinor” ✧ PE22/124
- ᴹQ. vahaiya sín Andóre “far away now (is) the Land of Gift” ✧ SD/247
Elements
Word Gloss va “away” háya “far off, far away” Variations
- (a)vahāya ✧ EtyAC/KHAYA
- vahāya ✧ LR/047; SD/310
- Vahaia ✧ PE22/124
- vahaiya ✧ SD/247
Gnomish
annai
adverb. far away
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ✶ṇ̄dai > annai [ṇ̄dai] > [andai] > [annai] ✧ GL/19
Early Noldorin
ech
adverb. far away
Derivations
- ᴱ✶ekse ✧ PE13/142
Early Primitive Elvish
ṇ̄dai
adverb. far away
Derivations
- ᴱ√ṆÐṆ “stretch, extend”
Derivatives
- G. annai “far away” ✧ GL/19
ecco ("k") noun "spine". (In the Etymologies as printed in LR, entry EK/EKTE, the gloss is given as "spear", but according to VT45:12 this is a misreading of Tolkien's manuscript.)