Early Quenya
laiqa
adjective. green
Changes
laiqa→ lúne ✧ PE16/056laiqa→ laiq’ ✧ PE16/062Cognates
- G. laib “green” ✧ GL/39; PE15/28
Derivations
- ᴱ√LAẎA “be alive, flourish” ✧ LT1A/Tári-Laisi; PME/052; QL/052
Element in
- Eq. ar laiqali linqi falmari “and the green wet waves” ✧ MC/216; PE16/100; PE16/104
- Eq. kaire laiqa’ondoisen kirya “the white ship lay upon the rocks” ✧ MC/221; PE16/062; PE16/072; PE16/074
- Eq. Laiqalasse “Green-leaf” ✧ LT1A/Tári-Laisi; LT1A/Tári-Laisi; PE15/28
- Eq. laiqasse “greenness” ✧ LT1A/Tári-Laisi
- Eq. ma kaire laiqen ondolissen kirya maita? “*does a ship lie maimed on green rocks?” ✧ PE16/077
- Eq. minqe laiqe eldali “eleven green elves” ✧ PE14/083
- Eq. laiqa ondolissen “on the green rocks” ✧ MC/214
- Eq. sinqitalla laiqaninwa “*sparkling green and blue” ✧ VT40/08
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√LAẎA > laiqa [laðʲkʷā] > [laðʲkʷa] > [lajkʷa] > [laikʷa] ✧ QL/052 Variations
- laika ✧ PE16/139
laika
adjective. green