laurëa

golden, like gold

laurëa adj. "golden, like gold"; pl. laurië is attested (Nam, RGEO:66)

laurëa

adjective. golden (of hue)

Element in

• Q. ai! laurië lantar lassi súrinen “ah! like gold fall the leaves in the wind” ✧ LotR/0377; RGEO/58
• Q. ai! lassi lantar laurië súrinen “ah! leaves fall golden in [by means of] the wind” ✧ RGEO/58
• Q. laurië “goldenness; like gold” ✧ PE17/058

Elements

Word	Gloss
laurë	“gold (light or colour)”
-a	“adjectival suffix”

Variations

• laurea ✧ PE16/096

laurë

noun. gold (light or colour)

Cognates

• Nan. lóri “gold” ✧ NM/347; PE17/048
• S. glawar “gold (light or colour), gold (light or colour); [N.] sunlight, radiance (of Laurelin)” ✧ PE17/048; PE17/061; PE17/159; VT41/10; NM/351
• T. glavarë “golden light” ✧ NM/351

Derivations

• √(G)LAWAR “golden light” ✧ NM/351; PE17/159
• ✶glaware “sheen of gold” ✧ PE19/079; PE21/80; VT41/10
  • √(G)LAWAR “golden light”

Element in

• Q. Ingalaurë “*Top Gold”
• Q. laurëa “golden (of hue)” ✧ PE17/061; RGEO/62
• Q. Laurefindele “Golden Haired”
• Q. Laurelin “Song of Gold, Singing Gold” ✧ PE17/061; PE17/080; SA/laurë
• Q. Laurelindórenan “(Land of the) Valley of Singing Gold” ✧ Let/308; NM/351; PE17/048; UT/253
• Q. Laurenandë “Valley of Gold” ✧ UT/253
• Q. laurië “goldenness; like gold” ✧ PE17/061
• Q. laurinquë “yellow-flowered tree”
• Q. Macalaurë “Forging Gold” ✧ PM/353; VT41/10
• Q. nai laurë lantuva parmastanna lúmissen tengwiesto “may (a) golden light fall on your book at the times of your reading” ✧ VT49/47
• ᴺQ. nendalaurë “golden water-flower, yellow iris”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√(g)lawar- > laure	[glawarē] > [glawrē] > [glaurē] > [ɣlaurē] > [laurē] > [laure]	✧ NM/351
√LAWAR > laurē > laure	[laurē] > [laure]	✧ PE17/159
✶glawarē > glaurē > ʒlaurē > laurē	[glawarē] > [glawrē] > [glaurē] > [ɣlaurē] > [laurē] > [laure]	✧ PE19/079
✶glawarĭ > laure	[glawari] > [glaware] > [glawre] > [glaure] > [ɣlaure] > [laure]	✧ PE21/80
✶glaware > laure	[glaware] > [glawre] > [glaure] > [ɣlaure] > [laure]	✧ VT41/10

Variations

• laure ✧ Let/308; NM/351; PE17/048; PE17/061; PE17/076 (laure); PE17/080; PE17/159; PE21/81; PM/353; RGEO/62; VT41/10; VT49/47
• laurē ✧ PE19/079
• Laure ✧ UT/253

laurië

goldenness

laurië noun "goldenness", also used as adv. "goldenly" (PE17:74); the word laurië occurring in Namarië Tolkien variously interpreted either as this adverb or as the pl. form of laurëa, q.v.

laurina

golden

laurina adj. "golden" (LT1:258). Compare laurëa in later material.