Middle Primitive Elvish
alat
root. large, great in size
Derivatives
- ᴹQ. alta “large, great in size” ✧ Ety/ÁLAT
Element in
- ᴹQ. Alataire “Great Sea” ✧ Ety/AY
Variations
- ÁLAT ✧ Ety/ÁLAT; Ety/AY
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “large, great in size” with only two derivatives: the adjective ᴹQ. alta of the same meaning, and ᴹQ. Alataire “Great Sea” (Ety/ÁLAT), the Quenya equivalent (but not direct cognate) of S./N. Belegaer/Belegoer. The Quenya name appears nowhere else other than The Etymologies. There are quite a few words in Tolkien’s later writings that also mean “great, large”, but there is nothing that directly contradicts the continued validity of this root either.