Early Primitive Elvish
faya
root. *free
fal̃a
root. *free
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
faya
root. *free
fal̃a
root. *free
A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with various Qenya derivatives such as ᴱQ. fainu- “release” and ᴱQ. fairie “freedom” (QL/37). There are words in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon of similar form and meaning, such as G. fair “free, unconstrained” and G. faith “liberty” (GL/34). Of interest is that Tolkien gave this root as an example of a hypothetical ancient gradation of l in different positions of articulation in the early Qenya Phonology, having the most ancient form ᴱ√FAL̃A (PE12/16). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing.