oa

öa, öar

oa (1), also oar ("öa, öar"), adverbs, "away", with the idea of movement away (WJ:366, gloss in VT39:6). Compare au #2.

oa

wool

oa (2) noun "wool" (LT1:249; evidently replaced by tó in Tolkien's later Quenya)

öa

adverb. away (of movement)

Cognates

• T. au “away” ✧ WJ/366

Derivations

• √WĀ/AWA “away (from); go (away), depart, pass away, move (from speaker); before (of time), ago, away (from); go (away), depart, pass away, move (from speaker); before (of time), ago; [ᴹ√] forth, out” ✧ PE17/024
• ✶awā “away” ✧ WJ/366
  • √WĀ/AWA “away (from); go (away), depart, pass away, move (from speaker); before (of time), ago, away (from); go (away), depart, pass away, move (from speaker); before (of time), ago; [ᴹ√] forth, out” ✧ WJ/361; WJ/365

Element in

• Q. öar “away from” ✧ WJ/366
• ᴺQ. öatarië “apostasy, (lit.) away-standing”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√awa > öa	[awa] > [oa]	✧ PE17/024
✶awā > öa	[awā] > [oa]	✧ WJ/366

Variations

• oa ✧ PE17/144
• óa ✧ PE22/168 (óa)

oar

oar

oar (1) = oa #1, q.v.

öa-

verb. to possess, own, keep

Derivations

• √AW “possess, own, keep (have in hand, use or with one)” ✧ PE22/151

Element in

• ᴺQ. öamo “owner”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√AW > auta	[awta-] > [auta-]	✧ PE22/151
√AW > ăw̯a > oa	[awa-] > [oa-]	✧ PE22/151
√AW > āva	[āwa] > [āβa] > [āva]	✧ PE22/151

au

away

au (2) adv. "away", of position rather than movement (compare oa). PE17:148

tó

wool

tó 1) noun "wool" (TOW)

hó-

away, from, from among

hó- verbal prefix; "away, from, from among", the point of view being outside the thing, place, or group in thought (WJ:368)

auta-

verb. to possess, own, keep