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Early Quenya

ruin

noun. peace

Derivations

  • ᴱ√RU’U “‽” ✧ QL/080

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√RU’U > ruin[ruɣin] > [ruin]✧ QL/080
Early Quenya [QL/080] Group: Eldamo. Published by

uru

noun. fire

Cognates

  • G. ûr “smith” ✧ GL/75

Derivations

  • ᴱ√URU ✧ LT1A/Ûr; QL/098

Element in

  • Eq. (uru)purnie “conflagration” ✧ QL/075
  • Eq. uruvoite “fiery, having fire” ✧ LT1A/Ûr; QL/098
  • Eq. urúva “like fire” ✧ LT1A/Ûr; QL/098

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√URU > uru[urū] > [uru]✧ QL/098
Early Quenya [GL/75; LT1A/Ûr; QL/075; QL/098] Group: Eldamo. Published by

karne

adjective. red

Changes

  • karneakarnen ✧ PE16/065

Cognates

Derivations

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√KṚN > [kṛn]ı̯ǝ > karne[kṛniǝ] > [kṛni] > [kṛne] > [karne]✧ QL/048

Variations

  • karnea ✧ PE16/065 (karnea)
  • Karne ✧ PE16/077
Early Quenya [MC/214; MC/221; PE15/76; PE16/062; PE16/065; PE16/072; PE16/074; PE16/075; PE16/077; PME/048; QL/048; QL/061; VT40/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

noun. fire

Cognates

  • G. “fire” ✧ LT1A/Sári

Derivations

  • ᴱ√SAH(Y)A “be hot” ✧ LT1A/Sári; QL/081

Element in

  • Eq. Sainen “Saturday”
  • Eq. saqila “fire-red, scarlet” ✧ QL/081
  • Eq. sár(e)a “fiery” ✧ QL/081

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√SAHA > [sax] > [saɣ] > [sā]✧ QL/081

Variations

  • ✧ LT1A/Sári
  • ✧ PME/081
  • ✧ QL/081
Early Quenya [LT1A/Sári; PME/081; QL/081] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tan(y)a

noun. fire

An element meaning “fire” in some early names: tanya in ᴱQ. Tanyasalpe (LT1/187), tana in ᴱQ. Tana Qentima equivalent of G. Tôn a Gwedrin “Tale-fire” (PE15/7; LT2/197), and possibly also in ᴱQ. Fatanyu “Hell” (GL/51). Tan(y)a is likely a derivative of the early root ᴱ√tan- (GL/69, 71).

Cognates

  • G. tôn “fire (on a hearth)”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TANA “*fire, kindle”

Element in

Variations

  • Tanya ✧ LT1A/Tanyasalpë
  • Tana ✧ PE15/07
Early Quenya [LT1A/Tanyasalpë; PE15/07] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sár(e)a

adjective. fiery

An adjective in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “fiery” with variants sāra and sārea (the second added later) derived from the early root ᴱ√SAH(Y)A “be hot” (QL/81).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√SAH(Y)A “be hot” ✧ LT1/248

Variations

  • sára ✧ LT1/248
  • sārea ✧ QL/081
  • sāra ✧ QL/081
Early Quenya [LT1/248; QL/081] Group: Eldamo. Published by

qelme

noun. ruin, utter end, perdition, end, death

Derivations

  • ᴱ√QELE “perish, die, decay, fade” ✧ QL/076

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√QELE > qelme[kʷelmē] > [kʷelme]✧ QL/076
Early Quenya [QL/076] Group: Eldamo. Published by

velka

noun. flame

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a flame” derived from the early root ᴱ√(M)BELEKE (GL/22).

Cognates

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√melek/mbelek/belek > velka[βelkā] > [βelka] > [velka]✧ GL/22
Early Quenya [GL/22; LT1A/Melko] Group: Eldamo. Published by