Quenya 

larma

raiment

#larma (1) noun "raiment", attested in pl. form larmar (PE17:175)

larma

noun. raiment

A word from the late 1960s for “raiment” appearing only its plural form in the phrase Valar ar Maiar fantaner nassentar fanainen ve quenderinwe coar al larmar “Valar and Maiar cloaked their true-being in veils, like to Elvish bodies and raiment” (PE17/175). It’s derivation is unclear, but it might be tied to ᴹ√LAD “lie flat” from the 1940s (PE22/126).

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larma

[?pig-]fat, flesh

larma (2) noun "[?pig-]fat, flesh" (VT45:25; the initial element of the gloss "pig-fat" is not certainly legible in Tolkien's manuscript)

larma

lucky event

[larma (3) noun "lucky event"; additional glosses in Tolkien's manuscript are tentatively read as "pleasure, mirth" by Hostetter and Wynne (VT45:26)]

latsë

noun. area, space, room

Derivations

  • LAT “open, unenclosed, free to entry; low, lowlying, at ground level, open, unenclosed, free to entry, [ᴹ√] lie open; be extended, stretch, be situated (of an area); [√] low, lowlying, at ground level”

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Sindarin 

sad

noun. limited area naturally or artificially defined, a place, spot

Sindarin [UT/425, VT/42:19-20] Group: SINDICT. Published by

sâd

area

(limited area naturally or artificially defined) sâd (-had; i hâd, o sâd, construct sad) (place, spot), pl. said (i said) (UT:314, VT42:20)

sâd

area

(-had; i hâd, o sâd, construct sad) (place, spot), pl. said (i said) (UT:314, VT42:20)


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Qenya 

larma

noun. (?pig-)fat, flesh, fat [as a substance], (?pig-)fat, flesh

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “(?pig-)fat, flesh” under the root ᴹ√LAR “rich, fat” (EtyAC/LAR); the first half “pig” of the first word in the gloss was unclear.

Conceptual Development: When this entry was first written, the root forms were ᴹ√LAR/LAS and this word was glossed “a lucky event, (?pleasure, mirth)”; the last two words in the gloss were unclear (EtyAC/LAR). When Tolkien updated this root to be “fat, rich” he seems to have restored the early root ᴱ√LARA from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s whose derivatives also had to do with “fat” (QL/51).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes Neo-Quenya, I would use this word to primarily refer to “fat” as a substance, either living or unliving, especially fat used in the preparation of food. For “flesh” in general as part of a body I would use Q. hrávë.

Changes

  • larmalarma “a lucky event” ✧ EtyAC/LAR
  • larmalarma “fat, richness” ✧ EtyAC/LAR

Derivations

  • ᴹ√LAR “rich, fat” ✧ EtyAC/LAR; EtyAC/LAR

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Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√LAR/LAS > larma[larma]✧ EtyAC/LAR
ᴹ√LAR > larma[larma]✧ EtyAC/LAR
ᴹ√LAR > larma[larma]✧ EtyAC/LAR

Early Quenya

larma

noun. area, space, room

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LAÐA “*broad” ✧ QL/051

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Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√LAŘA > larma[laðmā] > [laðma] > [lazma] > [larma]✧ QL/051
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