Early Quenya
qelekte
noun. carcase
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
qelekte
noun. carcase
A word appearing as ᴱQ. qelekte “carcase” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, an elaborated form of ᴱQ. qelet “corpse” (QL/76).
Neo-Quenya: Since [ᴹQ.] qelet “corpse” appears in Tolkien’s later writing, I’d retain and adapt this word as ᴺQ. quelehtë “carcase” to better fit later Quenya phonology.