kaima

noun. bed, bed, [ᴱQ.] couch

A noun for “bed” in The Etymologies from around 1937 under the root ᴹ√KAY “lie down” (Ety/KAY).

Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, ᴱQ. kaima was glossed “couch” under the early root ᴱ√KAYA “lie, rest; dwell” (QL/46) and ᴱQ. kamba was glossed “bed” under the early root ᴱ√KAMA “lie down” (QL/44). However, ᴱQ. kaima was “bed” in the English-Qenya Dictionary of the 1920s (PE15/70). The form kaimas appeared unglossed in The Feanorian Alphabet of the 1930s (PE22/19), possibly an inflected form of kaima “bed”.

Cognates

• N. caew “lair, resting-place” ✧ Ety/KAY

Derivations

• ᴹ√KAY “lie (down)” ✧ Ety/KAY

Element in

• ᴹQ. kaimasan “bedchamber”
• ᴹQ. kaimasse “lying in bed, sickness, sickness, (lit.) lying in bed” ✧ Ety/KAY

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√KAY > kaima	[kaima]	✧ Ety/KAY