yaya

root. *steel, possession

A root implied by the primitive form {ᴱ✶ı̯aksĕ >>} ᴱ✶ı̯aisa in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s that was the basis for derivatives like G. gais/ᴱQ. yaisa “steel” and similar words (GL/37); in the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon, the word was ᴱQ. Y̯akse “steel”, consistent with the deleted form in GL (QL/105). In the Early Qenya Grammar and English-Qenya Dictionary of the 1920s, the Qenya word was ᴱQ. akse “steel” (PE14/48, 81; PE15/77). I think it is worth positing a Neo-Root √GAK “steel” to salvage these early words.

Derivatives

• ᴱ✶ı̯aisa
  • Eq. yakse “steel” ✧ GL/37; GL/37
  • G. gais “steel” ✧ GL/37; GL/37
• ᴱ✶yai-ka ✧ GL/43
  • G. gaig “weapon, tool” ✧ GL/43
• Eq. yaim- “to possess”
• Eq. yaima “implement”
• G. gôtha- “to possess, have, hold” ✧ GL/43

Variations

• yai ✧ GL/43 (yai)