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Early Quenya

qilin

adjective. adorned, bright-coloured, embroidered

An adjective appearing as ᴱQ. qilin “adorned, bright-coloured, embroidered” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√QILI (QL/77).

Neo-Quenya: I retain the Neo-Root ᴺ√KWIL mostly in the sense “colour/color” for purposes of Neo-Eldarin. However, I think the original sense of ᴺQ. quilin might have been “bright-coloured, ✱embellished”, and from there the senses “adorned” could have developed under the influence of ᴺQ. quiltassë “embroidery”. Therefore, I’d retain this word for purposes of Neo-Quenya with a slightly different origin, but would use ᴺQ. quilinoitë for the more specific sense “[em]broidered”.

Early Quenya [QL/077] Group: Eldamo. Published by

qilinoite

adjective. broidered

An adjective appearing as ᴱQ. qilinoite “broidered” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s as an elaboration ᴱQ. qilin “adorned, bright-coloured, embroidered” (QL/77).

Neo-Quenya: I’d retain ᴺQ. quilinoitë “[em]broidered” for purposes of Neo-Quenya; see the entry ᴺQ. quilin the rationale.

Early Quenya [QL/077] Group: Eldamo. Published by