Early Quenya
keleta
noun. trickle
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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!
keleta
noun. trickle
A word appearing as ᴱQ. keleta “a trickle” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√KELE “flow, run; ooze, trickle” (QL/46).
Neo-Quenya: Since √KEL “flow” survives in Tolkien’s later writings, I would retain ᴺQ. celeta “trickle” for purposes of Neo-Quenya. It would have to be derived from ✱kelētā to retain its middle vowel; compare Oromë < ✶Orǭmē.