velka

noun. flame

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a flame” derived from the early root ᴱ√(M)BELEKE (GL/22).

Cognates

• G. blectha “a flame” ✧ GL/22

Derivations

• ᴱ√(M)BELEKE “*flame” ✧ GL/22

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴱ√melek/mbelek/belek > velka	[βelkā] > [βelka] > [velka]	✧ GL/22

yanta

adjective. large

Cognates

• G. gant “larger, greater, more, (lit.) increased”

Derivations

• ᴱ✶yn̄t “large” ✧ QL/106
  • ᴱ√YṆTṆ “*(en)large, increase” ✧ QL/106

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴱ✶yn̄t > ’yanta	[dʲṇ̄tā] > [dʲṇ̄ta] > [dʲanta] > [janta]	✧ QL/106

Variations

• yanta ✧ PE15/69 (yanta)
• ’yanta ✧ QL/106

úmea

adjective. large

Cognates

• G. ûmi “large”

Element in

• Eq. tukalla sangar úmeai “*attracting large throngs” ✧ VT40/08
• Eq. ve sangar voro úmeai “*like throngs ever large” ✧ VT40/08

Variations

• ūmea ✧ QL/097