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Early Quenya

falas(se)

noun. shore, beach, surf

Cognates

  • G. falos “sea-marge, surf, coast, line, beach; margin, fringe, edge” ✧ LT2A/Falasquil; PE15/24; LT1A/Falman

Derivations

  • ᴱ√FALA “*foam, wave” ✧ LT1A/Falman; QL/037

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Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√FALA > falas[ɸalassǝ] > [ɸalass] > [falass] > [falas]✧ QL/037

Variations

  • Falassë ✧ LT1A/Falassë Númëa; LT1A/Falman
  • falas(s) ✧ LT1A/Falman
  • falas ✧ LT2A/Falasquil; PE15/24; QL/037
  • falassë ✧ LT2A/Falasquil
  • falasse ✧ PE15/24; PE16/138
Early Quenya [LT1A/Falassë Númëa; LT1A/Falman; LT2A/Falasquil; PE15/24; PE16/138; PME/037; QL/037] Group: Eldamo. Published by

palastor

noun. surf

A word for “surf” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from ᴱ√Palas (QL/72).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√PALAS “*foam, splash” ✧ QL/072

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√Palas > palastor-[palastor]✧ QL/072

Variations

  • palastor- ✧ QL/072
Early Quenya [QL/072] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aile

noun. beach

ailin

noun. shore

A word for “shore” in the ᴱQ. Oilima Markirya poem and its draft of the late 1920s (MC/213, 221), in one place given an archaic form aile and a translation “beach” (PE16/75). In the version of the Markirya poem from the 1960s, this word became Q. hresta (MC/221-222), whereas Q. ailin itself usually meant “lake” in later writings.

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Elements

WordGloss
AYA(LA)“lake”

Variations

  • aile ✧ PE16/075 (aile)
  • ailin ✧ PE16/075
Early Quenya [MC/213; MC/221; PE16/062; PE16/066; PE16/072; PE16/074; PE16/075; PE16/077] Group: Eldamo. Published by

marmale

noun. beach

A noun for “beach” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, an elaboration of ᴱQ. marma “sand” (QL/63). It was also mentioned in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/63).

Early Quenya [PME/063; QL/063] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sorakte

noun. beach

A word glossed “beach, etc.” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, a combination of the prefix ᴱQ. so- “together” with ᴱQ. rakte “pile, heap” (QL/85). It was also mentioned in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/85).

Early Quenya [PME/085; QL/085] Group: Eldamo. Published by