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Early Primitive Elvish

qiri

root. *murmur

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qiři

root. QIŘI

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qisi

root. *whisper

An unglossed root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with variants ᴱ√QISI and {ᴱ√QIŘI >>} ᴱ√QIRI having derivatives like ᴱQ. qisi- “whisper” and ᴱQ. qiri- “murmur”, perhaps the meaning of the base roots (QL/76-77). The roots also seem have derivatives in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon such as G. cwist “secret”, G. cwitha- “murmur, whisper”, and G. cwira- “rustle” (GL/29). The last indication of this root seems to be ᴱN. pis- “whisper” < ᴱ✶kwissa- in Early Noldorin Word-lists from the 1920s (PE13/152).

Changes

  • QIŘIQIRI ✧ QL/077

Derivatives

  • ᴱ✶kwissa-
    • En. pis- “to whisper” ✧ PE13/152
  • Eq. qisi- “to whisper” ✧ QL/077
  • Eq. qiri- “to murmur” ✧ QL/077
  • G. cwira- “to rustle”
  • G. cwist “secret”
  • G. cwitha- “to murmur, whisper”

Variations

  • QIRI ✧ QL/077
  • QIŘI ✧ QL/078 (QIŘI)
Early Primitive Elvish [QL/077; QL/078] Group: Eldamo. Published by

qiði

root. *stir, spin

An unglossed root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s given as √QIŘI [QIÐI] having derivatives like ᴱQ. qiri- “stir (make spin)”, ᴱQ. qindl “a spindle, top”, and ᴱQ. qirme “cream” (QL/77), the last probably from its production via stirring. It also had derivatives in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon such as G. cwir- “to stir, stir round, make spin”, G. cwiril “spindle”, and G. cwîr “cream” (GL/29).

Neo-Eldarin: I think it worth positing a Neo-Eldarin root ᴺ√KWIR “stir, spin” to preserve these Early Qenya words, perhaps as a variant of √KWER “revolve”.

Derivatives

  • Eq. qirin “wheel” ✧ QL/077
  • Eq. qiri- “to stir (make spin)” ✧ QL/077
  • Eq. qindl “a spindle, top” ✧ QL/077
  • Eq. qirme “cream” ✧ QL/077
  • G. cwir- “to stir, stir round, make spin”
  • G. cwîr “cream”

Variations

  • QIŘI ✧ QL/077
  • qiři ✧ QL/103
Early Primitive Elvish [QL/077; QL/103] Group: Eldamo. Published by