An adjective in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “withered, dead” (QL/41), an negation of ᴱQ. loite “fresh” (QL/52).
Early Quenya
hessa
adjective. dead, withered
il(l)oite
adjective. withered, dead
mána
adjective. dead
An adjective for “dead” in the Early Qenya Grammar of the 1920s based on the verb ᴱQ. maka- “die” (PE14/58).
narka
adjective. dead
An adjective for “dead” implied by the stative formation narkea “is dead” in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/140), perhaps connected to some precursor of √NDAK “slay”.
qalna
adjective. dead
warda
adjective. dead
An adjective appearing as ᴱQ. hessa “dead, withered” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√HESE “wither” (QL/40).
Neo-Quenya: I would retain ᴺQ. hessa “withered” for purposes of Neo-Quenya derived from the Neo-Root ᴺ√KHES, but would use other words for “dead” like firin or qualin.