ava- (3) prefix "without" (AR2, AWA). In some cases apparently used as a mere negation prefix: The form avalerya in VT41:6 is seemingly a negated form of the verb lerya- "release, set free"; the verb avalerya- is suggested to have the same meaning as the root KHAP = "bind, make fast, restrain, deprive of liberty". Likewise, the verb avalatya- from the same source seems to mean "to close, shut", this being a negated form of a verb *latya- "open" (q.v.)
Quenya
latya-
to open anything (so as to allow entry)
latya-
verb. to open anything (so as to allow entry)
Cognates
- ᴺS. ledia- “to open; unlock (transitive)”
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” ✧ PE17/159; VT41/05
Element in
- Q. avalatya- “to close, shut”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √LAT > latya [latja] ✧ PE17/159 √lat > latya [latja] ✧ VT41/05 Variations
- latya ✧ PE17/159; VT41/05
ava-
without
au-
without
au- (3) privative prefix, = "without" (AWA)
-enca
without, -less
-enca suffix "without, -less" (PE17:167), cf. nec-, q.v.
nec-
without, -less
nec- prefix "without, -less" (PE17:167), cf. -enca, q.v.
nec-
prefix. without
Derivations
- √NEK “divide, separate, part; deprive” ✧ PE17/167
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √NEK > nec- [nek-] ✧ PE17/167
pen
without, not having
[pen prep. "without, not having" (PE17:171). Cf. Ú #1.]
ú
without, destitute of
ú (1) adv. and prep. "without, destitute of" (VT39:14). Usually followed by genitive: ú calo "without light" (cala). In one source, ú is seemingly also used as a negative verb "was not" (VT49:13), but Tolkien revised the text in question.
latya- (2) vb. "to open anything (so as to allow entry)" (PE17:159). Cf. the negated form avalatya *"un-open" = to "close"? (VT41:6). See ava- #3.