Quenya 

hela

or

hela conj. "or", apparently an ephemeral form, replaced by hya (VT49:14-15). The editor theorizes that hela literally meant "other than" (VT49:15)

hya

or

hya conj. "or" or noun "other thing" (VT49:14)

hya

conjunction. or

Derivations

Element in

Variations

  • hya ✧ VT49/14

var

or

var (1) conj. "or" (QL:100). In Tolkiens later Quenya, the word hya appears for "or". A phrase involving a double varvar may mean "either…or" in one early (untranslated) text, according to Christopher Gilsons interpretation (PE15:32, 39)

ecar

conjunction. or

Cognates

Quenya Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

herca

conjunction. or

Cognates

Quenya Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

Sindarin 

egor

conjunction. or

Sindarin [SD/129-31] Group: SINDICT. Published by

egor

conjunction. or

Cognates

Element in

Sindarin [AotM/062; SD/129] Group: Eldamo. Published by

egor

or

egor

egor

or

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Gnomish

eltha

adverb. or, otherwise

Changes

  • elga/elthaeltha¹ “only; (av.) once only” ✧ GL/32

Elements

WordGloss
ELE“?wonder”
-tha“noun or adjective suffix”

Variations

  • eltha¹ ✧ GL/32
  • elga/eltha ✧ GL/32 (elga/eltha)

el

conjunction. or

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ELE “?wonder”

Element in

  • G. eleg “other, else” ✧ GL/32
  • G. elfel “different, like something else” ✧ GL/32

Early Quenya

var

conjunction. or

Derivations

  • ᴱ√VARA “*separate” ✧ QL/100

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√VARA > var[βar] > [var]✧ QL/100
Early Quenya [PE15/32; QL/100] Group: Eldamo. Published by