A root given as ᴱ√SAHA or ᴱ√SAHYA and glossed “be hot” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, with derivatives like ᴱQ. sá “fire” and ᴱQ. Sahóra “the South” (QL/81). It also had derivatives in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon such as G. sâ “fire” and G. sair “hot” (GL/66). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing.
Quenya
urya-
verb. to be hot, to be hot; [ᴹQ.] to blaze, [ᴱQ.] burn (intransitive)
Derivations
- √UR “heat, be hot” ✧ PE17/148
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √UR > urya- [urja-] ✧ PE17/148
urya-
be hot
urya- vb. "be hot" (PE17:148), "burn" (intransitive) (LT1:271)