laiquë
herb
laiquë
noun. herb
A noun for “herb” appearing in Quenya Notes (QN) from 1957, a combination of the roots √LAY and √KWĒ (PE17/159). Tolkien specified that it was used for “anything green, but especially [herbs] as used for food”.
Element in
- ᴺQ. laiquelis “rue (plant)”
salab
herb
salab (i halab, o salab), pl. selaib (i selaib). In ”N”, the pl. was seleb, LR:385 s.v. _ÁK-(W_Ē).
salab
herb
(i halab, o salab), pl. selaib (i selaib). – In ”N”, the pl. was seleb, LR:385 s.v. SALÁK-(WĒ).
salab
noun. herb
salab
noun. herb
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “herb” derived from ᴹ✶SALÁK-(WĒ) (Ety/SALÁK). Its Noldorin plural was seleb, but if adapted into Sindarin its plural would be ✱selaib.
Cognates
- ᴹQ. salqe “grass, grass, [ᴱQ.] long mowing grass” ✧ Ety/SALÁK
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources On. salape > salab [salape] > [salap] > [salab] ✧ Ety/SALÁK On. salape > seleb [salapi] > [selepi] > [seleip] > [seleib] > [seleb] ✧ Ety/SALÁK
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salape
noun. herb, green food plant
Cognates
- ᴹQ. salqe “grass, grass, [ᴱQ.] long mowing grass” ✧ Ety/SALÁK
Derivations
Derivatives
- N. salab “herb” ✧ Ety/SALÁK
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶SALÁK-(WĒ) > salape [salakwē] > [salapē] > [salape] ✧ Ety/SALÁK
laiquë noun "herb" ("anything green, but especially as used for food") (PE17:159)