Quenya 

apo

after

apo prep. ?"after" (see apa #1) (VT44:36)

apa

after

apa (1) prep. "after" (VT44:36), attested as a prefix in apacenyë and Apanónar, q.v. Variant ep- in epessë, q.v.; see epë for futher discussion. (According to VT44:36, apa was glossed "after" and also "before" in one late manuscript, but both meanings were rejected.) See also apa # 2 below. For Neo-Quenya purposes, apa should probably be ascribed the meaning "after", as in our most widely-published sources (compare Apanónar, "the After-born", as a name of Men in the Silmarillion). Variants pa, (VT44:36), but like apa these are also ascribed other meanings elsewhere; see separate entry. Apo (VT44:36) may be yet another variant of the word for "after".

cata

after

Quenya [PE 22:124] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

epe

after

Quenya [PE 22:168] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

ala

after, beyond

ala (5) prep. "after, beyond" (MC:221, 214; however, LotR-style Quenya has han and pella "beyond" and apa "after")

Sindarin 

ab

preposition. after

Cognates

  • Q. apa “after (of time)”

Derivations

  • PĀ/APA “touch; after, behind of place”

Element in

  • ᴺS. abgen- “to foresee, expect”
  • S. Abonnen “After-born” ✧ WJ/387
  • ᴺS. abor “tomorrow, (lit.) after-day”
  • S. aphad- “to follow”
  • ᴺS. avnedhor “afternoon”

Variations

  • Ab ✧ WJ/387 (Ab)

ab-

prefix. after, later

Sindarin [Abonnen WJ/387] Group: SINDICT. Published by

ab

after

#ab (only attested as a prefix, as in:)

ab

after

(only attested as a prefix, as in:)

abonnen

afterborn

pl. Ebennin (archaic "Eboennin" = Ebönnin, WJ:387), Elvish name of Men as the "Secondborn" of Eru. – If ab can be used as an independent preposition, it is probably followed by soft mutation.****


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Qenya 

kata

preposition. after

Cognates

  • N. cad “*after”

Derivations

  • “after (later than) of time”

Element in

Middle Primitive Elvish

epe

preposition. after

Derivatives

  • N. eb “?before”

Element in

  • ᴹ✶epe ndere “after the man” ✧ PE21/64

Variations

  • ĕpĕ ✧ PE21/64
Middle Primitive Elvish [PE21/64] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

pote

adverb. after, behind (of place)

Cognates

  • En. bod “back” ✧ PE13/139
  • G. bod “behind, back, of time ago, ‘a while back’”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√POT-I “*back, behind, after” ✧ PE13/139; QL/075

Element in

  • Eq. potsina “rearward, back, rear, hinder; next, following; second” ✧ QL/075

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√POT-I > pote[boti] > [bote] > [pote]✧ QL/075
Early Quenya [PE13/139; QL/075] Group: Eldamo. Published by