laicolassë, see laica #1
Quenya
laicolassë
masculine name. Green-foliage
Cognates
Elements
Word Gloss laica “green” olass(i)ë “foliage, collection of leaves” Variations
- laic-olassë ✧ PE17/056
laicolassë
laicolassë
olassië
collection of leaves, foliage
olassië noun "collection of leaves, foliage" (Letters:283). A shorter form #olassë is apparently present in laicolassë "green-foliage" (PE17:56).
laica
green
laica (1) adj. "green" (in older sources laiqua) (Letters:282, PE17:159). Laicolassë (laica + #olassë) "green-foliage" (PE17:46), Quenya cognate of Sindarin Laegolas (dialectal form Legolas); compare olassië. Adj. laicalassë "green as leaves", literally "green-leaf" (PE17:56).
laica
adjective. green
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
- Q. laicalassë “green-leaf, green as leaves”
- ᴺQ. laicelumir “malachite (lit.) green-flowing-jewel”
- Q. Laicolassë “Green-foliage” ✧ PE17/056
- ᴺQ. laimaril “emerald”
- Q. Laiquendi “Green-elves”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶laikā > laica [laikā] > [laika] ✧ Let/282 √LAY > laika [laikā] > [laika] ✧ PE17/159 Variations
- laikā ✧ PE17/084
- laika ✧ PE17/159
laiqua
green
laiqua ("q")adj. "green" (LÁYAK, LT1:267, MC:214), "Qenya" pl. laiquali ("q")(MC:216). Occurs in the phrase laiqua'ondoisen ("q") "green-rocks-upon" (MC:221; this is "Qenya"), Laiqualassë ("q") masc. name "Legolas" (Greenleaf) (LT1:267). Used as noun in the phrase mi laiqua of somebody clad "in green" (PE17:71). In later material, the word for "green" appears as laica, and the cognate of Legolas is said to be Laicolassë, q.v. (PE17:56)
laiqua
adjective. green
Changes
laiqua→ laikā “green” ✧ PE17/084Cognates
Derivations
- ✶laikwā ✧ PE17/153
Element in
- ᴺQ. laiquaril “emerald”
- Q. sanomë tarnë Olórin, Aracorno, Eomer, Imrahil, mi mísë, mi telepta yo morna, mi laiqua yo ninquë, mi luinë, ta Gimli mi lossëa “There stood Gandalf, Aragorn, Eomer and Imrahil in grey, in silver and black, in green and white, and in blue, and also Gimli in white” ✧ PE17/071
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶laiquā > laiqua [laikwā] > [laikwa] ✧ PE17/153
ezel(la)
adjective. green
ezel
green
ezel, ezella adj. "green" (in Vanyarin Quenya only). Adopted and adapted from Valarin. (WJ:399)
wenya
green, yellow-green, fresh
wenya adj. "green, yellow-green, fresh" (GWEN), apparently "fair, beautiful" ("probably originally "fresh, fair, unblemished especially of beauty of youth") in a later deleted note (PE17:191).
The Quenya name of Legolas, a compound of laica “green” and olassë “foliage” (PE17/56).
Conceptual Development: In the much earlier Lost Tales, ᴱQ. Laiqalasse was given as the Qenya equivalent of the similarly named G. Legolas (LT2/217), though this was a completely different character, unrelated to the Legolas who appeared in The Lord of the Rings.