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Early Quenya

mange

noun. grease

A word for “grease” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived the early root ᴱ√MṆGṆ (QL/62), with syllabic ṇ becoming an [aŋ] which was the most common result in Early Qenya (PE12/10).

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√MṆGṆ > mange¹[mṇgi] > [mṇge] > [maŋge]✧ QL/062
Early Quenya [QL/062] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mange

noun. lack, want, shortage

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MANGA “lacking” ✧ QL/059

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√MANGA > mange²[maŋgē] > [maŋge]✧ QL/059
Early Quenya [QL/059] Group: Eldamo. Published by