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palda

adjective. wide, broad, wide, broad, *expansive

Derivations

  • ✶palnā “wide, broad” ✧ VT47/08
    • √PAL “wide, broad, extended, wide, broad, extended; [ᴹ√] wide (open); [ᴱ√] flatness” ✧ VT47/08

Phonetic Developments

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✶palnā > palda[palnā] > [paldā] > [palda]✧ VT47/08

palla

wide, expansive

palla adj. "wide, expansive" (PAL)

landa

wide

landa (2) adj. "wide" (LAD). Maybe in landatavárë = *"wide-wood"? (TI:415)

palmë

surface

palmë noun "surface" (PAL)

yanda

wide

yanda adj. "wide" (PE17:115); variant of yána #1, q.v.

yanda

adjective. wide

Cognates

  • S. iand “wide” ✧ PE17/115

palúrë

surface, bosom, bosom of earth

palúrë noun "surface, bosom, bosom of Earth" (= Old English folde) (PAL); cf. Palúrien.

yonda

wide, roomy, extensive

yonda adj."wide, roomy, extensive" (PE17:43), also (as alternative form of yonna) glossed "enclosed", with the latter meaning perhaps intended as the passive participle of the verb yor-