Quenya 

unquale

noun. death agony

death agony

Quenya [PE 18:42, 65 PE 18:92] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

unqualë

agony, death

unqualë ("q")noun "agony, death" (KWAL, VT45:36). See anqualë. In the pre-classical Tengwar system presupposed in the Etymologies, unqualë was the name of letter #8 (VT45:18), which tengwa Tolkien would later call ungwë instead changing its Quenya value from nqu to ngw.

unqualë

noun. death agony, death agony, torment, [ᴹQ.] agony, death

Changes

  • unqualeanquale ✧ PE19/078

Cognates

  • Os. amphala “death agony” ✧ PE18/092

Derivations

  • KWAL “die, pain, die, pain, [ᴹ√] die in pain” ✧ PE18/092; PE19/078
  • ṇ̃kwalē “torment” ✧ PE19/078

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
KWAL > unquale[ŋ̣kwale] > [uŋkwale]✧ PE18/092
ṇ̃kwalē > unquale[ŋ̣kwalē] > [uŋkwalē] > [uŋkwale]✧ PE19/078

Variations

  • unquale ✧ PE18/092; PE19/078 (unquale); PE19/078 (unquale)
  • anquale ✧ PE19/078
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anqualë

agony, death

anqualë noun "agony, death" (form Tolkien seems to have intended as a replacement for unqualë of similar meaning, VT45:24, 36)

umaqualë

agony, death

[?umaqualë] ("q"), possibly a synonym of anqualë/unqualë, hence noun "agony, death" (VT45:24)

qualmë

agony, death

qualmë ("q")noun "agony, death" (KWAL, LT1:264)