ráva (2) noun "bank" (especially of a river) (RAMBĀ)
Quenya
ráva
free, unfettered, uncontrolled, lawless
ráva
bank
ráva
adjective. free, unfettered, uncontrolled, lawless
Derivations
- √RAB “astray, wandering, unsettled” ✧ PE17/078
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √RAB > rāva [rāba] > [rāβa] > [rāva] ✧ PE17/078 Variations
- rāva ✧ PE17/078
hráva
wild
hráva adj. "wild" (PE17:78); see ráva #1.
rá
lion
rá (2) noun "lion", stem #ráv- as in the pl. rávi (RAW). Compare rau.
rá
noun. lion
An archaic word for “lion” mentioned in the Outline of Phonology (OP2) from the 1950s, versus more common Q. rauro (PE19/99, 104).
Conceptual Development: This word has a lengthy history in Tolkien’s conception of Elvish, dating all the way back to ᴱQ. rau “lion” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, a derivative of the early root ᴱ√RAVA (QL/79). In the Declension of Nouns from the early 1930s, Tolkien had rú “lion” (PE21/40). It appeared in The Etymologies from later in the 1930s as ᴹQ. rá “lion” derived from primitive ᴹ✶rāu [rāw] under the root ᴹ√RAW, with plural form rávi (Ety/RAW).
In the Outline of Phonetic Development (OP1) from this period Tolkien had (unglossed) rāva < rāwa (PE19/62), but in Notes for Qenya Declensions from the 1940s Tolkien had (unglossed) rāu < rắwă (PE21/69). The last clear mention in currently published materials is in the Outline of Phonology (OP2) from the 1950s, as discussed above.
Cognates
- ᴺS. raw “lion”
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶rāw > rá [rāw] > [rā] ✧ PE19/099 ✶rāw > rá [rāw] > [rā] ✧ PE19/104 Variations
- rá ✧ PE19/099 (rá); PE19/104
rá†
noun. lion
lion
aranya
free
aranya, also ranya, adj. "free". Another gloss was not certainly legible, but the editors suggest "uncontrolling" (VT46:10)
rau
lion
rau (pl. rávi) noun "lion" (LT1:260; the pl. of this "Qenya" form is valid in Tolkien's later Quenya as well, but the sg. he changed to rá, q.v.)
léra
free
léra adj. noun "free", of persons (VT41:5)
merca
wild, untamed
[merca ("k")adj. "wild, untamed" (MERÉK, VT45:34)] Compare verca.
rauro
noun. lion
lion
rauro
noun. lion
The common Quenya word for “lion” (more literally “roarer”) appearing in the Outline of Phonology (OP2) from the 1950s, as opposed to archaic Q. †rá (PE19/99, 104); see that entry for further discussion of its conceptual development.
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶rāw > raurō [rauro] ✧ PE19/099 ✶rau̯rō > rauro [raurō] > [rauro] ✧ PE19/104 Variations
- raurō ✧ PE19/099
verca
wild
verca ("k")adj. "wild" (BERÉK)
lerina
free
lerina adj. "free" of things: not guarded, reserved, made fast, or "owned" (VT41:5)
mirima
free
mirima adj. "free" (MIS). ("Free" is rather expressed as léra in Tolkiens later Quenya; mirima would be prone to confusion with mírima above.)
fairë
free
fairë (4) adj. "free" (LT1:250) (rather léra, lerina or mirima in LotR-style Quenya)
lehta
free, released
lehta (2) adj. "free, released" (VT39:17); #lehta tengwë "free element, released element", a term for "vowel" (only pl. lehta tengwi [ñ] is attested; we would rather expect *lehtë tengwi with the pl. form of the adjective) (VT39:17)
ráva (1) adj. "free, unfettered, uncontrolled, lawless" (PE17:78), "wild, untamed"_ (RAB). _In PE17:78, the gloss "wild" is given to the variant hráva instead.