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Qenya 

limba

noun. drop

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “a drop”, derived from the root ᴹ√LIB “drip” (Ety/LIB¹).

Conceptual Development: It may be a later iteration of ᴱQ. litl or lipte “a tiny drop” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, a derivative of the root ᴱ√LIPI (QL/54).

Cognates

  • ᴺS. limig “[small] drop, drop of water”

Derivations

  • ᴹ√LIB “drip” ✧ Ety/LIB¹

Element in

  • ᴹQ. helkelimbe “*icicle, (lit.) ice-drop” ✧ Ety/LIB¹

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√LIB¹ > limba[limba]✧ Ety/LIB¹

lin-

prefix. many

Derivations

  • ᴹ√LI “many; large people” ✧ Ety/DÓRON; Ety/LI; Ety/YEN

Element in

  • ᴹQ. lilótime “*many-flowered”
  • ᴹQ. lindornea “having many oaks” ✧ Ety/DÓRON; Ety/LI
  • ᴹQ. lintyulussea “having many poplars” ✧ Ety/LI
  • ᴹQ. linyenwa “old, having many years” ✧ Ety/YEN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√LI > lin-[lin-]✧ Ety/DÓRON
ᴹ√LI > lin-[lin-]✧ Ety/LI

Variations

  • lin- ✧ Ety/DÓRON; Ety/LI; Ety/YEN (lin-)
Qenya [Ety/DÓRON; Ety/LI; Ety/YEN] Group: Eldamo. Published by