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Early Quenya

la

preposition. before; than

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LAHA “*open, extend”

Element in

Early Quenya [PE14/048; PE14/081; PE15/70; PE15/78] Group: Eldamo. Published by

noun. moor, heath, open space

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s given as “open space, moor, heath” and derived from the root ᴱ√LAHA (QL/50). It also appeared in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa with the gloss “moor, heath” (PME/50).

Cognates

  • G. “space, room, place”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LAHA “*open, extend” ✧ QL/050

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√LAHA > [laxa] > [laɣa] > [lā]✧ QL/050

Variations

  • ✧ PME/050; QL/050
Early Quenya [PME/050; QL/050] Group: Eldamo. Published by