Middle Primitive Elvish
la
root. no, not; to be not
Derivatives
Element in
- ᴹQ.
[[mq|laqe[t]-]]“[unglossed]” ✧ EtyAC/LA (laqe[t])Variations
- ALA ✧ EtyAC/ALA (
ALA); EtyAC/LA (ALA); EtyAC/LA (ALA); PE22/126- LĀ ✧ EtyAC/ALA (
LĀ); PE22/126
lā
root. LĀ
ala
root. no, not; to be not
la-
prefix. no, not, negative prefix
Derivations
- ᴹ√LA “no, not; to be not” ✧ Ety/LA; EtyAC/LA
Derivatives
Element in
- N. Alchorin “Not-of-Kôr” ✧ EtyAC/LA (
Alchoron)Variations
- ḷ ✧ Ety/LA
- l ✧ EtyAC/LA
- la ✧ EtyAC/LA (
la)- lă ✧ PE19/056
pat
root. *open, [ᴱ√] open, wide, spreading
Derivatives
gū
root. no, not
Changes
GŪ/GUMU→ GŪ ✧ Ety/GŪDerivatives
Element in
- ᴹ√UMU “negative stems” ✧ Ety/UGU; Ety/UGU
Variations
- MŪ ✧ Ety/MŪ; Ety/UGU
- GŪ/GUMU ✧ EtyAC/GŪ (
GŪ/GUMU)- ƷŪ ✧ EtyAC/ƷŪ (
ƷŪ)
gū̆-
interjection. no, not
Derivations
Derivatives
Variations
- ugu/gū ✧ Ety/UGU
- gū- ✧ EtyAC/GŪ
An unglossed root in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives like ᴹQ. panta- “to unfurl, spread out, open” and N. panna- “to open, enlarge”, along with ᴹQ. panta “open” and N. pann “wide” (Ety/PAT). It seems to be a later iteration of ᴱ√PATA² or ᴱ√PṆTṆ from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “open, spread out, show” with very similar derivatives like ᴱQ. panta “open, wide, spreading” and ᴱQ. panta- “open, unfold, spread” (QL/72). In Tolkien’s later writings, ✱√PAT seems to mean “step” or “walk”; see that entry for details.
Neo-Eldarin: Despite the later shift in meaning for √PAT, I think this earlier sense “open (wide)” can be salvaged by assuming that form of the root is actually ✱√PANAT or ✱√PANTA, which is consistent with most of its derivatives. For the non-verbal senses of “open”, I think √LAT is generally better.