cectelë ("k")noun "fountain" (LT1:257, LT2:338. In LotR-style Quenya rather ehtelë.)
Quenya
celure
noun. fountain
ectelë
fountain
cectelë
fountain
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Qenya
kelure
noun. fountain
A noun in the Quenya Verbal System of the 1940s glossed “fountain”, derived from the verb ᴹQ. kelu- “spring forth (of water)” and a suffix of general action: ᴹQ. -re (PE22/110).
Conceptual Development: A possible precursor is (archaic) ᴱQ. †kektele “fountain” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, a combination of the roots ᴱ√KEKE “bubble up” and ᴱ√KELE “flow” (QL/46), also mentioned in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/46).
Elements
Word Gloss kelu- “to (begin to) flow, spring forth (of water)” -(á)re “general action verbal suffix”
Early Noldorin
eithlos
noun. fountain
Variations
- eithlios ✧ PE13/158
- ethlios ✧ PE13/158
ethlios
noun. fountain
eithlios
noun. fountain
Early Quenya
ektele
noun. fountain
Cognates
- G. ecthel(uin) “fountain, fount” ✧ GL/31; LT2A/Ecthelion; PE15/23; PME/046
- G. aithl “spring”
Derivations
- ᴱ√KELE “flow, run; ooze, trickle”
Element in
- Eq. Ektelion “Lord of the Fountain”
Variations
- ektelë ✧ LT1A/Kelusindi; LT2A/Ecthelion
- Ektele ✧ PE15/23
vaskelu
noun. fountain
A word for “fountain” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed, a combination of the roots ᴱ√VASA and ᴱ√KELU (QL/93).
Elements
Word Gloss VASA “*wing” KELE “flow, run; ooze, trickle”
kektele
noun. fountain
Cognates
- G. caithl “source, fount, origin”
Derivations
Variations
- kektelë ✧ LT1A/Kelusindi; LT2A/Ecthelion
ectelë _("k")noun"fountain", also cectelë ("k")(LT1:257, LT2:338; in LotR-style Quenya _ehtelë)