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Early Quenya

han

noun. ground, earth

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with stem form hamb- and gloss “the ground”, derived from the root ᴱ√HAMA (QL/39). The contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa had only its stem form hamb- with the glosses “ground, earth” (PME/39).

Cognates

  • G. ham “ground, level of Earth’s service [surface]”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√HAMA “‽” ✧ QL/039

Element in

  • Eq. hamba “on the ground” ✧ QL/039

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√HAM > han[xamb] > [hamb] > [han]✧ QL/039
Early Quenya [PME/039; QL/039] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ne

conjunction. that

Element in

Early Quenya [PE14/052; PE14/054; PE14/085] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sanda

adjective. that

Changes

  • santasanda ✧ PE14/055

Element in

Variations

  • santa ✧ PE14/055 (santa)
  • tanda ✧ PE16/056; PE16/057; PE16/060; PE16/060
Early Quenya [PE14/055; PE16/056; PE16/057; PE16/060] Group: Eldamo. Published by

santo

pronoun. that

Early Quenya [PE14/055] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tanya

adjective. that

Element in

Early Quenya [MC/215; PE16/090; PE16/092] Group: Eldamo. Published by

a

pronoun. it

Element in

Early Quenya [PE14/046] Group: Eldamo. Published by

via

adjective. male

An adjective in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s glossed “male”, likely related to ᴱQ. vie “teors” [= “✱penis”] (PE16/135).

Early Quenya [PE16/135] Group: Eldamo. Published by

atta

preposition. above

orta

preposition. above

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ORO “steepness, rising” ✧ QL/070

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ORO¹ > orta[ortā] > [orta]✧ QL/070

Variations

  • atta ✧ PE15/67 (atta)
Early Quenya [PE15/67; QL/070] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kasse

preposition. above

Elements

WordGloss
kas“head, top, summit”
Early Quenya [PE15/68] Group: Eldamo. Published by