Early Quenya
aksa
noun. waterfall
Cognates
- G. acha “waterfall” ✧ GL/17; LT1A/Asgon
Derivations
- ᴱ√ASAKA “*waterfall” ✧ QL/029
Element in
- Eq. Aksan(da) ✧ LT1A/Asgon
- Eq. Helkarakse “Icefang” ✧ LT1A/Helkaraksë (aksa)
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√ASAKA > aksa [asakā] > [asaka] > [aska] > [aksa] ✧ QL/029 Variations
- aksa ✧ GL/17; LT1A/Asgon; LT1A/Helkaraksë; QL/029
aksa
adjective. of bone
aswa
adjective. of bone
Variations
- aksa ✧ QL/033
A word for “waterfall” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from the root ᴱ√ASAKA (QL/29). It also appeared in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon as a cognate of G. acha of the same meaning (GL/17).