Early Quenya
kalar
noun. lettuce
Derivations
- ᴱ✶karase “lettuce” ✧ PE14/070
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ✶karase > karar > kalar [karase] > [karasǝ] > [karas] > [karaz] > [karar] > [kalar] ✧ PE14/070
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A word appearing as ᴱQ. kalar “lettuce” in Early Qenya Phonology of the 1920s derived from primitive ᴱ✶karase (PE14/70), where the final s became z and then r, after which the medial r dissimilated to l.
Neo-Quenya: The dissimilations in later Quenya were different, with the medial r preventing the z from becoming r and instead dissimilating it back to s (PE19/73). As such, I would adapt this word as ᴺQ. caras “lettuce” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, which also has the advantage of differentiating it from Q. calar “lamp”. Note that the stem for this word would also be caras- rather than the usual carar- due to the same dissimulative forces.