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Early Quenya

ekkia

adjective. thorny

A word appearing as ᴱQ. ekkia “thorny” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. ekke (ekki-) “thorn” (QL/35).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would update this word to ᴺQ. eccoia “thorny” based on the later word [ᴹQ.] ecco for “thorn”.

Cognates

  • G. aithog “thorny”
  • G. aithra “piercing, sharp; thorny”
Early Quenya [QL/035] Group: Eldamo. Published by