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Qenya 

harya-

verb. to possess

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ƷAR “have, hold” ✧ Ety/ƷAR
  • ᴹ√GAR “keep, hold, possess; maintain, defend” ✧ Ety/GAR

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√ƷAR > harya-[ɣarja-] > [harja-]✧ Ety/ƷAR
ᴹ√GAR > arya-[garja-] > [ɣarja-] > [arja-]✧ Ety/GAR

Variations

  • arya- ✧ EtyAC/GAR (arya-)
Qenya [Ety/ƷAR; EtyAC/GAR] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

guira-

verb. to possess

Changes

  • gaira- → guira- ✧ GL/43

Cognates

  • Eq. yaim- “to possess” ✧ GL/43

Variations

  • gaira- ✧ GL/43 (gaira-)

Early Noldorin

awes

adjective. rich

Changes

  • aurin → awes “wealthy” ✧ PE13/137

Derivations

  • ᴱ√AW̯A “*wealth”

Variations

  • aurin ✧ PE13/137 (aurin)
  • ’wessa ✧ PE13/137
  • gwes ✧ PE13/137
  • gwest ✧ PE13/137
Early Noldorin [PE13/137] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gwes(t)

adjective. rich

hiw

adjective. rich

A word Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s glossed “rich”, derived from ᴱ✶pingwé (PE13/147). The editors suggest it was likely related to ᴱQ. pingwa “fat, rich (of soil)” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/74).

Derivations

Early Noldorin [PE13/147] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

malke

adjective. rich

Changes

  • malka → malke ✧ QL/062

Cognates

  • G. malc “rich, powerful”

Derivations

Element in

  • Eq. malkasta “lordship, province” ✧ QL/062

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√MḶKḶ > malke[mḹki] > [mḹke] > [malke]✧ QL/062

Variations

  • malka ✧ QL/062 (malka)
Early Quenya [QL/062] Group: Eldamo. Published by

milk(i)-

verb. to possess, have, keep

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MḶKḶ “possess” ✧ QL/062; QL/063

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√MḶKḶ > milk-[mḷk-] > [milk-]✧ QL/062
ᴱ√MḶKḶ > malke[mḹke-] > [malke-]✧ QL/062

Variations

  • milk- ✧ QL/062
  • milki- ✧ QL/063
Early Quenya [QL/062; QL/063] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aute

adjective. rich

Cognates

  • G. ausin “rich; fortune” ✧ LT2A/Ausir

Derivations

  • ᴱ√AW̯A “*wealth” ✧ LT2A/Ausir; QL/033

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√AW̯A > aute[awti] > [awte] > [aute]✧ QL/033
ᴱ√AW̯A > ausi[awti-] > [auti-] > [autsi-] > [ausi-]✧ QL/033

Variations

  • autë ✧ LT2A/Ausir
  • aute ✧ QL/033
Early Quenya [LT2A/Ausir; QL/033] Group: Eldamo. Published by

yaima-

verb. to possess

yaim-

verb. to possess

Changes

  • ia·ma → yaime ✧ GL/43

Cognates

  • G. guira- “to possess” ✧ GL/43
  • G. gôtha- “to possess, have, hold” ✧ GL/43

Derivations

  • ᴱ√YAYA “*steel, possession”

Variations

  • yaime ✧ GL/43
  • ia·ma ✧ GL/43 (ia·ma)
  • yaima ✧ GL/43
Early Quenya [GL/43] Group: Eldamo. Published by