Quenya 

úpahtëa

speechless

úpahtëa adj. "speechless" (synonym of úpa, q.v.) (PE17:126)

úpahtëa

adjective. speechless

A word for “speechless”, a negated adjectival form of pahta “speech” (PE17/126).

Elements

WordGloss
ú-“no, not, un-, in-; hard, difficult, bad, uneasy; hardly, with difficulty, ‘badly’”
pahta“speech”
-a“adjectival suffix”

Variations

  • úpahtea ✧ PE17/126

quorin

drowned, choked

quorin ("q")adj. "drowned, choked" (LT1:264) Some will reject this as a valid word in LotR-style Quenya, since quo- may not be a possible combination in this later version of the High-Elven language.

quorin

adjective. drowned, choked, speechless

Derivations

  • ᴺ✶. KWOD “*choke, suffocate, drown”

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Early Quenya

qorin

adjective. drowned, choked, speechless

An adjective appearing as ᴱQ. qorin “drowned, choked, speechless” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s based on the early root ᴱ√QOŘO [QOÐO], with an archaic sense equivalent to ᴱQ. qalin “dead” (QL/78).

Neo-Quenya: I would retain this word as ᴺQ. quorin “drowned, choked, speechless” for purposes of Neo-Quenya as a derivative of the Neo-Root ᴺ√KWOD, but some Neo-Quenya writers reject this word under the assumption that the combination quo- is not possible in Quenya; see the entry on how [[q|[wo] became [o]]] for further discussion.

Derivations

  • ᴱ√QOÐO “*choke, suffocate, drown” ✧ LT1A/Qorinómi; QL/078

Element in

  • Eq. Qorinómi “Drowned in the Sea” ✧ QL/078

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√QOŘO > qorin[kʷoðin] > [kʷozin] > [kʷorin]✧ QL/078
Early Quenya [LT1A/Qorinómi; QL/078] Group: Eldamo. Published by