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Early Quenya

qalume

noun. death

Derivations

  • ᴱ√QALA “die” ✧ QL/076

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√QALA > qalume[kʷalumē] > [kʷalume]✧ QL/076

Variations

  • qalume ✧ QL/076 (qalume)
Early Quenya [QL/076] Group: Eldamo. Published by

qalume

adjective. heaving

An adjective for “heaving” in Oilima Markirya poem of 1931 (MC/213). Its etymology is unclear (qal- was usually associated with “death”), and in later versions of the poem was replaced by Q. amortala (MC/222).

Element in

Variations

  • qalume ✧ MC/214
Early Quenya [MC/214] Group: Eldamo. Published by

urdu

noun. death

Cognates

  • G. gurth(u) “death” ✧ GL/43; LT2A/Gurtholfin

Derivations

Element in

  • Eq. Urdolwen “Wand of Death” ✧ GL/43

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶gu̯rþū́ > urdu[gʷṛθū] > [gʷṛθu] > [wṛθu] > [urθu] > [urðu] > [urdu]✧ GL/43
ᴱ√GWṚÐR > urdu[gʷṛðū] > [gʷṛðu] > [wṛðu] > [urðu] > [urdu]✧ QL/104
Early Quenya [GL/43; LT2A/Gurtholfin; QL/104] Group: Eldamo. Published by