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Early Primitive Elvish

la’a

root. LA’A

Early Primitive Elvish Group: Eldamo. Published by

laha

root. *open, extend

Derivatives

  • Eq. lá “moor, heath, open space” ✧ QL/050
  • Eq. la “before; than”
  • Eq. lahta- “‽” ✧ QL/050
  • Eq. láta- “to spread, extend, lie (of country)” ✧ QL/050
  • Eq. latsina “level, smooth” ✧ QL/050
  • G. lâ “space, room, place”
  • G. ladin “level, smooth; fair, equitable” ✧ QL/050

Variations

  • LĀHA ✧ QL/029
  • LĀ ✧ QL/032
  • LA’A ✧ QL/050
Early Primitive Elvish [QL/029; QL/032; QL/050] Group: Eldamo. Published by

laẏa

root. be alive, flourish

Derivatives

  • Eq. laiqa “green” ✧ LT1A/Tári-Laisi; PME/052; QL/052
  • Eq. laire “meadow” ✧ LT1A/Tári-Laisi; PME/052; QL/052
  • Eq. laisi “youth, vigour, new life” ✧ LT1A/Tári-Laisi; QL/052
  • G. glair “meadow” ✧ LT1A/Tári-Laisi
  • G. laib “green” ✧ LT1A/Tári-Laisi
  • G. laigos “verdure, greenness” ✧ LT1A/Tári-Laisi

Variations

  • LAYA ✧ LT1A/Tári-Laisi
  • laẏa ✧ PME/052
Early Primitive Elvish [LT1A/Tári-Laisi; PME/052; QL/052] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ðana

root. day

A primitive form in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives meaning “day” (GL/38). There were a variety of different roots for “day” in later writings such ᴹ√AR or √UR.

Derivatives

  • Eq. sana “day (24 hours)”
  • G. dana “day (24 hours)”
  • G. dôn “[unglossed]”

Element in

Variations

  • ðana ✧ GL/66 (ðana)
Early Primitive Elvish [GL/66] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ū

root. not

Derivatives

  • G. untha “no, none”
  • G. u- “negative prefix”
  • G. û- “not to be, not to do”
  • G. u “no, not, nor”
  • G. ug- “negative verb”
  • G. ub “no, none”
  • G. unt “nothing”

Element in

  • ᴱ√UMU “*negative” ✧ QL/098

Variations

  • Ū- ✧ QL/096
Early Primitive Elvish [QL/096; QL/098] Group: Eldamo. Published by