A word given in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “desert”, apparently a noun formation from ᴱQ. arqa “arid, parched, dry” (QL/32).
Early Quenya
eru
adverb. once
eru
adverb. outward
erumaite
adjective. one handed
eruman
place name. beyond the abode of the Mánir
erus(ta)
noun/adjective. outside
erúmea
adjective. outer, outermost
(m)ambe
noun. mother
ama
noun. mother
amaimi
noun. mother
ambe
noun. mother
ambi
noun. mother
amis
noun. mother
ammi
noun. mother
an
noun. gift
ar
noun. child
arne
noun. child
arqilis
noun. desert
el
adverb/adjective. one
hil(de)
noun. child
líse
adjective. sweet
minya
ordinal. first
mir
cardinal. one
suksa
adjective. sweet
sutya
adjective. sweet
vala
noun. God
áno
noun. gift
âmi
noun. mother
A word for “one handed” in the Early Qenya Grammar (EQG) of the 1920s, a combination of ᴱQ. eru “once” and ᴱQ. maite “handed” (PE14/51, 81; PE16/140). As published in PE14, the form given for the manuscript version of EQG was erumaili (PE14/51), but according to Patrick Wynne and Christopher Gilson this was a misprint for erumaite (PE16/140).