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Early Quenya

salke

noun. grass

salki

noun. grass

Cognates

  • G. salc “green cut grass, ensilage”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√SḶKḶ “*grass, mow” ✧ QL/084

Element in

  • Eq. Andesalke “Africa, (lit.) Long-grass” ✧ QL/031
  • Eq. Salkinóre “Africa, *(lit.) Grass Land” ✧ QL/084

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√SḶKḶ¹ > salki[sḹki] > [sḹke] > [salke]✧ QL/084

Variations

  • salke ✧ QL/031 (salke)
Early Quenya [PME/084; QL/031; QL/084] Group: Eldamo. Published by

silki-

verb. to mow, scythe, mow down

A verb appearing as ᴱQ. silki- “mow, scythe, mow down” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√SḶKḶ that was also the basis for “grass” words (QL/84).

Conceptual Development: The Etymologies of the 1930s updated this root to ᴹ√SALAK+wē for “grass” words (Ety/SALÁK), so I think this Early Qenya word can be updated to ᴺQ. salca- “to mow, scythe, mow down”.

Cognates

  • G. salca- “to scythe or mow”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√SḶKḶ “*grass, mow” ✧ QL/084

Element in

  • Eq. silkesse “harvest” ✧ QL/084
  • Eq. silkima “ready for cutting” ✧ QL/084

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√SḶKḶ¹ > silki-[sḷk-] > [silk-]✧ QL/084
ᴱ√SḶKḶ¹ > salke[sḹke-] > [salke-]✧ QL/084
Early Quenya [QL/084] Group: Eldamo. Published by