Quenya 

sirya-

verb. to flow, to flow [smoothly]

Derivations

  • ✶sirya- “to flow, to flow [smoothly]”
    • √SIR “flow” ✧ PE22/135
Quenya [PE17/077; PE22/157; PE22/164] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Primitive elvish

kelu-

verb. to well up, flow (out swiftly), well forth

Derivations

  • √KEL “flow (down or away), run (of water or rivers), go away, flow (down or away), run (of water or rivers), go away, [ᴹ√] run away especially downwards or at end; [ᴱ√] ooze, trickle” ✧ PE18/086; PE22/133

Element in

  • ✶kelutā- “to cause to spring forth, start (water) flowing, tap” ✧ PE22/135
  • Q. celussë “freshnet, water falling out swiftly from a rocky spring” ✧ UTI/Celos
  • S. Celos ✧ UTI/Celos

Variations

  • kel¹-u ✧ PE18/086
  • KELU ✧ PE18/086 (KELU)
  • kelu ✧ PE22/133; PE22/135
Primitive elvish [PE18/086; PE22/133; PE22/135; UTI/Celos] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sirya-

verb. to flow, to flow [smoothly]

Derivations

  • √SIR “flow” ✧ PE22/135

Derivatives

  • Q. sirya- “to flow, to flow [smoothly]”

Variations

  • sirja- ✧ PE22/134
  • sirja ✧ PE22/134; PE22/135
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Noldorin 

siria-

verb. to flow

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. sir- “to flow” ✧ Ety/SIR

Derivations

  • On. sirya- “flow” ✧ Ety/SIR
    • ᴹ√SIR “flow” ✧ Ety/SIR

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
On. sirya- > sirio[sirja-] > [siria-]✧ Ety/SIR

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Qenya 

kelu-

verb. to (begin to) flow, spring forth (of water)

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶kelu- “to flow, well up”
    • ᴹ√KEL “flow, flow away (downhill), run (of water or rivers), run away especially downwards or at end” ✧ PE22/098
  • ᴹ√KEL “flow, flow away (downhill), run (of water or rivers), run away especially downwards or at end” ✧ PE22/114

Element in

  • Q. celussë “freshnet, water falling out swiftly from a rocky spring”
  • ᴹQ. keluste “outflow”
  • ᴹQ. kelulinde “spring” ✧ PE21/10
  • ᴹQ. kelure “fountain”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KEL > kelu-[kelu-]✧ PE22/114

Variations

  • kelu ✧ PE22/097; PE22/097; PE22/116
Qenya [PE21/10; PE22/097; PE22/105; PE22/106; PE22/109; PE22/114; PE22/116; PE22/117] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sir-

verb. to flow

Cognates

  • On. sirya- “flow” ✧ Ety/SIR
  • N. siria- “to flow” ✧ Ety/SIR

Derivations

  • ᴹ√SIR “flow” ✧ Ety/SIR

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√SIR > sir-[sir-]✧ Ety/SIR
Qenya [Ety/SIR; PE22/126] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

kelu-

verb. to flow, well up

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KEL “flow, flow away (downhill), run (of water or rivers), run away especially downwards or at end” ✧ PE22/098

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. kelu- “to (begin to) flow, spring forth (of water)”

Element in

  • ᴹ✶ektelu- “to well, bubble up, gush forth”
  • ᴹ✶kelutā- “to cause to flow out” ✧ PE22/098

Variations

  • kelu ✧ EtyAC/PAL; PE22/098
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Early Quenya

kelu-

verb. to flow

Cognates

  • G. celu- “to trickle”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√KELE “flow, run; ooze, trickle” ✧ QL/046

Element in

  • Eq. kelu(me) “stream; fountain, spring” ✧ QL/046
  • Eq. kelusindi “river (near its source)” ✧ QL/046

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√KELU > kelu-[kelu-]✧ QL/046

Variations

  • kelu ✧ PE14/058
Early Quenya [PE14/058; PE16/134; QL/046] Group: Eldamo. Published by

qelu-

verb. to well up

A verb glossed “well up” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the root ᴱ√QEL+U, a variant of ᴱ√KELU (QL/76).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√QEL+U “*well up” ✧ QL/076

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√QEL+U > qelu-[kʷelu-]✧ QL/076
Early Quenya [QL/076] Group: Eldamo. Published by