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Early Quenya

liantasse

noun. vine

A word appearing as ᴱQ. liantasse “vine” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, an elaboration of ᴱQ. liante “tendril” under the early root ᴱ√LI+ya “unite many as one” (QL/53).

Neo-Quenya: The later root ᴹ√SLIG was the basis for words like ᴹQ. liante “spider” and ᴹQ. lia “fine thread, spider filament”, so I think ᴺQ. liantassë “vine” can be salvaged as a derivative of this root, perhaps originally meaning “✱an entwining”. This word was used for “vine” in Helge Fauskanger’s NQNT (NQNT).

Variations

  • liantassë ✧ LT1A/Ungwë Lianti
Early Quenya [LT1A/Ungwë Lianti; PME/053; QL/053] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kangaris

noun. spider

A word for “spider” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, based on the verb ᴱQ. kanga- “weave, spin” from the early root ᴱ√KANGA (QL/45), also appearing in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/45).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√KAŊA “weave, twine” ✧ QL/045

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√KANGA > kangaris[kaŋgarist] > [kaŋgaris]✧ QL/045
Early Quenya [PME/045; QL/045] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ungwe

noun. spider

Cognates

  • G. gung “spider” ✧ GL/43; QL/098
  • G. ungwi “spider”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√GUŊU “*spider” ✧ LT1A/Ungwë Lianti; QL/098

Element in

  • Eq. Ungweliante “Great Spider Who Enmeshes” ✧ LT1A/Ungwë Lianti; LT1I/Ungweliantë; QL/098
  • Eq. Ungwe Fuiva “the Spider of Night” ✧ PME/104

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√GUŊU > ungwe[ɣuŋwē] > [ɣuŋwe] > [uŋwe] > [uŋgwe]✧ QL/098

Variations

  • ung-we ✧ GL/43 (ung-we)
  • ungwë ✧ LT1A/Ungwë Lianti
  • Ungwë ✧ LT1I/Ungweliantë
  • Ungwe ✧ PME/104
Early Quenya [GL/43; LT1A/Ungwë Lianti; LT1I/Ungweliantë; PE16/145; PME/104; QL/098] Group: Eldamo. Published by