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Early Primitive Elvish

afa

root. open, begin

A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “open, begin” (QL/29). Although the root itself was not repurposed in Tolkien’s later writings, there are later words of similar meaning but with different derivations. For example, circa 1959-60 words having to do with opening a thing were attributed to the root √LAT “open, unenclosed, free to entry” vs. √PAK “close, shut” (PE17/159, 171; VT41/5-6). The sense “beginning” was assigned to words like Q. yesta (PE17/120), probably from ✱√YESET. It is quite likely Tolkien abandoned this root.

Derivatives

  • Eq. apta- “to open” ✧ QL/029
  • Eq. apte “open” ✧ QL/029
  • Eq. apsa “hole, opening” ✧ QL/029
  • Eq. avesta “opening, beginning, overture” ✧ QL/029
  • G. ôth “hole, opening”
Early Primitive Elvish [QL/029] Group: Eldamo. Published by