alvë noun "elm" (PE17:146), also pronounced albë. In an earlier source, the word for "elm" is given as alalmë, lalmë.
Quenya
albë
noun. elm
albë
albë
alvë
elm
alvë
noun. elm
A word appearing as alve or albe “elm” in notes from 1959, derived from the root √ALAB of similar meaning (PE17/146, 153).
Conceptual Development: This word was ᴱQ. alalme (alalmi-) “elm (tree)” in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s, derived from the early root ᴱ√ALA “spread” (QL/29; PME/29). It was ᴱQ. alalme “elm” in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/140), and ᴹQ. alalme or lalme “elm-tree” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the roots ᴹ√ALAM or ᴹ√LALAM (Ety/ÁLAM, LÁLAM). The change to alve/albe was fairly late, as noted above.
Cognates
- S. alaf “elm” ✧ PE17/153
Derivations
- √ALAB “elm” ✧ PE17/146; PE17/153
Element in
- Q. alalvëa “having many elms” ✧ PE17/146
- Q. Alalvinórë “Land of Many Elms” ✧ PE17/153
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √ALAB > albe > alve [galbe] > [ɣalbe] > [ɣalβe] > [alβe] > [alve] ✧ PE17/146 √ALAB > albe [galbe] > [ɣalbe] > [ɣalβe] > [alβe] > [albe] ✧ PE17/153 Variations
- alve ✧ PE17/146
- albe ✧ PE17/153
alalmë
elm, elm-tree
alalmë (2) noun "elm, elm-tree" (ÁLAM, LÁLAM, LT1:249). Cf. alvë in a post-LotR source.
alalmino
elm
alalmino noun? "Elm"-something? (Narqelion)
albë, see alvë