A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with the gloss “face, visage”, derived from the early root ᴱ√ALA “gaze”, but this word was deleted (QL/39). It also appeared with the gloss “face” in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa, where it was not deleted (PM/39).
Early Quenya
yéma
noun. face
Derivations
- ᴱ√DYĒ “*gaze”
alma
noun. face
Derivations
- ᴱ√ALA “gaze‽” ✧ QL/029
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√ALA¹ > alma [almā] > [alma] ✧ QL/029
A word for “face” appearing in Early Qenya Word-lists from the 1920s (PE16/136) along with a list of body parts from the same period (PE14/117). It is likely derived from the early root ᴱ√DYĒ whose derivatives have to do with “gaze” or “look at” (QL/105), as suggested by Patrick Wynne (VT49/21).