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Early Quenya

alma

noun. face

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).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ALA “gaze‽” ✧ QL/029

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ALA¹ > alma[almā] > [alma]✧ QL/029
Early Quenya [PME/029; QL/029] Group: Eldamo. Published by

almo

noun. shoulder(s), back

The word ᴱQ. almo or aldamo “back, shoulders” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√ALA “spread”, and the longer form was an element in the name ᴱQ. Aikaldamor “Broad Back” (QL/29). This pair of words (along with deleted {alma}) reappeared in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s, but there they had the gloss “shoulder” (PE16/144).

Neo-Quenya: The early root ᴱ√ALA “spread‽” was the basis for ᴱQ. alda “tree”, which in later writings was derived from ✶galadā. Thus ᴺQ. almo “shoulder” might be retained as a derivative of the later form of the root: √GAL. The sense of the later root was “grow (like plants), flourish” rather than “spread”, so this is a bit of a reach semantically, though not impossible since ✶galadā referred to broad, spreading trees as opposed to ✶ornē for tall trees (NM/349). I would use ᴺQ. almo only for “shoulder”; for “back” I recommend the neologism ᴺQ. catta.

Changes

  • almaalmo ✧ PE16/144

Cognates

  • G. alan “shoulder”
  • G. alm “back (from shoulder to shoulder), shoulders”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ALA “spread‽” ✧ QL/029

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ALA² > almo[almō] > [almo]✧ QL/029

Variations

  • aldamo ✧ PE16/144; QL/029
  • alma ✧ PE16/144 (alma)
Early Quenya [PE16/144; QL/029] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aldamo

noun. shoulder(s), back

auvar

masculine name. Wealth

A Qenya name for G. Ausir in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s (QL/33), also appearing as Autar and replacing rejected Avar/Avas.

Changes

  • Avar/AvasAutar/Auvar “wealth” ✧ QL/033

Cognates

  • G. Ausir “Wealth (Personified)”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√AW̯A “*wealth” ✧ QL/033

Variations

  • Autar/Auvar ✧ QL/033
  • Avar/Avas ✧ QL/033 (Avar/Avas)
Early Quenya [QL/033] Group: Eldamo. Published by

yéma

noun. face

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).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√DYĒ “*gaze”
Early Quenya [PE14/117; PE16/136] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ausie

noun. wealth

Cognates

  • G. avos “wealth, fortune, prosperity; luck” ✧ LT2A/Ausir

Derivations

  • ᴱ√AW̯A “*wealth” ✧ LT2A/Ausir; QL/033

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√AW̯A > ausie[awsiē] > [awsie] > [ausie]✧ QL/033

Variations

  • ausië ✧ LT2A/Ausir
Early Quenya [LT2A/Ausir; QL/033] Group: Eldamo. Published by

milkin

noun. wealth

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√MḶKḶ > milkin[mḷkin] > [milkin]✧ QL/062
Early Quenya [QL/062] Group: Eldamo. Published by

meril

noun. flower

A word for a “flower(s)” in the name ᴱQ. Meril-i-Turinqi “Queen of Flowers” (LT1/16; GL/46).

Conceptual Development: In Tolkien’s later writing, S./N. {Beril >>} Meril was used for the name “Rose”.

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ŊWEĐE “*bloom, flower” ✧ GL/45; LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ŋgu̯eđe > meril[ŋgʷeðil] > [ŋgʷezil] > [ŋgʷeril] > [ŋʷeril] > [meril]✧ GL/45

Variations

  • Meril ✧ GL/46; LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi; LT2I/Meril-i-Turinqi
Early Quenya [GL/45; GL/46; LT1A/Meril-i-Turinqi; LT2I/Meril-i-Turinqi] Group: Eldamo. Published by