Quenya 

laivë

ointment

laivë noun "ointment" (LIB2)


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Qenya 

laive

noun. ointment

A word for “ointment” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶laibē under the root ᴹ√LIB (Ety/LIB²). The (archaic?) form laiwe appeared in notes written around 1940 as a cognate to N. glaew (TMME/53).

Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s Tolkien had ᴱQ. oine “unguent” and ᴱQ. oinalis (oinaliss-) “ointment”, both under the early root ᴱ√OẎO (QL/71). ᴱQ. oine “unguent” also appeared in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/71).

Cognates

  • N. glaew “ointment, salve” ✧ Ety/LIB²; TMME/053
  • On. glaibe “salve, ointment” ✧ TMME/053

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶laibē “ointment” ✧ Ety/LIB²
    • ᴹ√(G)LIB “*ointment” ✧ Ety/LIB²

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶laibē > laive[laibē] > [laiβē] > [laiβe] > [laive]✧ Ety/LIB²

Variations

  • laiwe ✧ TMME/053
Qenya [Ety/LIB²; TMME/053] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

laibē

noun. ointment

Derivations

  • ᴹ√(G)LIB “*ointment” ✧ Ety/LIB²

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. laive “ointment” ✧ Ety/LIB²
  • N. glaew “ointment, salve” ✧ Ety/LIB²
  • On. glaibe “salve, ointment”
    • N. glaew “ointment, salve” ✧ PE22/032; TMME/053
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/LIB²] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

oinalis

noun. ointment

Early Quenya [QL/071] Group: Eldamo. Published by