erëa adj.? "one" or *"single", apparently an adjectival form (see er) (VT44:17)
Quenya
er
one, alone
er
adverb/adjective. one, alone, one, alone; [ᴱQ.] only, a single
Changes
Erea→ Er “*one” ✧ VT44/17Cognates
Derivations
- √ER “one, single, alone, one, single, alone; [ᴹ√] be alone, deprived; [ᴱ√] remain alone” ✧ SA/er
Element in
- Q. a Aina Neldië Eru Er órava (o)messë “Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us” ✧ VT44/17
- ᴺQ. ellumë “once, one time”
- Q. Ercambo “Onehand(ed), One-hand Man”
- Q. Ercantië “Great Pattern”
- Q. Erendis “?Lonely Bride”
- Q. Eressëa “Lonely (Isle)” ✧ SA/er
- ᴺQ. eretildo “unicorn”
- ᴺQ. erië “oneness”
- Q. erinqua “single, alone”
- ᴺQ. eritë “singular”
- Q. Ermenië “One Beginning”
- ᴺQ. ernóna “only-born, only-begotten”
- Q. Erólamaitë “uniconsonantal”
- Q. Eru “The One, God”
- ᴺQ. essámalë “agreement, (lit.) one-mindedness”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √er > er [er] ✧ SA/er Variations
- Er ✧ VT44/17
- Erea ✧ VT44/17 (
Erea)
erëa
cardinal. one
erinqua
single, alone
erinqua adj. "single, alone" (VT42:10)
erya
single, sole
erya adj. "single, sole" (ERE)
en
there, look! yon (yonder)
en (1) interjection "there, look! yon (yonder)" (EN, VT45:12)
quén
one, (some)body, person, individual, man or woman
quén (quen-, as in pl. queni; as final element in compounds -quen) noun "one, (some)body, person, individual, man or woman", pl. queni = "persons", "(some) people", "they" with the most general meaning (as in "they [= people in general] say that..."). The element is combined with noun and adjective stems in old compounds to denote habitual occupations or functions, or to describe those having some notable (permanent) quality; examples include roquen, ciryaquen, arquen, q.v. Also in aiquen "whoever", ilquen "everybody" (WJ:361 cf. 360, 372).
sanomë
there
sanomë adv. "there" (PE17:71). Cf. sinomë, tanomë.
ta
there
ta (5) adv. "there" (VT49:33; this may be an Elvish root or "element" rather than a Quenya word; see tanomë; see however also tar, tara, tanna under ta #1).
tassë
there
tassë adv. "there" (VT49:11), short form tás. These seem to be properly locative forms of ta "that, it", hence "in that [place]". Compare allative tanna "thither" and ablative talo "thence".
tás
there
tás adv. "there" (VT49:11); also tassë, q.v.
min
cardinal. one, one, [ᴱQ.] one (in a series), the first
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
tassë
adverb. there
Element in
- Q. tas cennen nótimë eldali “I saw a few elves there” ✧ PE22/155
Variations
- tas ✧ PE22/155
- tās ✧ VT49/11
- tasse ✧ VT49/11
sanomë
adverb. there
tasse
there
tás
adverb. there
min
cardinal. one
min numeral "one", also minë (VT45:34, VT48:6)
minë
cardinal. one
minë numeral "one", also min (MINI, VT45:34)
mir
cardinal. one
mir (2) cardinal "one" (LT1:260; in LotR-style Quenya rather minë)
rië
adverb. only
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶rē > rie [reje] > [rie] ✧ PE22/158 Variations
- rie ✧ PE22/158
rëa
adjective. single
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶rē > rëa [rea] ✧ PE22/158
a
cardinal. one
mo
one, someone, anyone
mo, indefinite pronoun "one, someone, anyone" (VT42:34, VT49:19, 20, 26)
rea
adjective. single
rie
adverb. only
er cardinal "one, alone" (ERE, VT48:6, VT49:54), in an early source also adv. "only, but, still" (LT1:269); Eru er "one God" (VT44:17; er was here emended by Tolkien from erëa, which seems to be an adjectival form *"one, single".)