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Middle Primitive Elvish

liñ

root. *twang (descriptive of plucked strings)

A root appearing in the Quenya Verbal System of the 1940s beside ᴹ√TAÑ of similar meaning, serving as the basis for the verb ᴹQ. linga- whose past form †linge is glossed “ring, twang — descriptive of plucked strings” (PE22/103). It probably refers back to ᴱQ. linga- “to hum like the string of a harp” from around 1930 (PE16/100), a verb used in the Earendel poem (MC/216).

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. linga- “to ring, twang, to twang, [ᴱQ.] hum like the string of a harp, *resonate; [ᴹQ.] ring” ✧ PE22/103
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lingi

root. hang

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liñwi

noun. fish

Derivations

  • ᴹ√LIW “*fish” ✧ Ety/LIW

Derivatives

  • Ilk. líw “fish” ✧ Ety/LIW
  • ᴹQ. lingwe “fish” ✧ Ety/LIW
  • N. lhim “fish” ✧ Ety/LIW
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(g)lingi

root. hang

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “hang” and acting as an alternate explanation of ᴹQ. Laurelin, usually interpreted as “Song of Gold” but also meaning “Hanging Flame” as reflected in its Noldorin name Glingal (Ety/GLING, LIN², LING). The continued appearance of S. Glingal in later versions of The Silmarillion indicates this root likely remained valid (S/126).

A pair of forms ᴱQ. kinka- “to hang (intr.)” and ᴱQ. kinkata- “hang (tr.)” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s imply the existence of a root ᴱ√KINIKI, which may be a precursor to ᴹ√(G)LINGI.

Changes

  • GLINGGLING “hang” ✧ Ety/GLING

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. linga- “to hang, dangle” ✧ Ety/GLING; Ety/LING; EtyAC/LING
  • ᴺQ. lingil “hanger, hook (for clothes)”
  • N. gling- “to hang, dangle” ✧ Ety/GLING; Ety/LING
  • N. Glingal “Hanging Flame” ✧ EtyAC/LING

Element in

  • ᴹQ. Laurelin “Song of Gold” ✧ Ety/LIN²

Variations

  • GLING ✧ Ety/GLING (GLING); Ety/GLING; Ety/LING
  • LING ✧ Ety/GLING; Ety/LIN²; EtyAC/LING; EtyAC/LING
  • LINGA ✧ Ety/LING
  • GILÍNG ✧ EtyAC/GLING (GILÍNG)
  • lingi ✧ PE18/066
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/GLING; Ety/LIN²; Ety/LING; EtyAC/GLING; EtyAC/LING; PE18/066] Group: Eldamo. Published by

skala

noun. fish

Derivations

  • ᴹ√SKAL “small fish” ✧ EtyAC/KHAL¹

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. hala “(small) fish” ✧ EtyAC/KHAL¹
  • N. hâl “fish” ✧ EtyAC/KHAL¹

Element in

Variations

  • khala ✧ EtyAC/KHAL¹
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