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Early Primitive Elvish

fala

root. bare, nude

A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “bare, nude” with various derivatives of similar meaning (QL/37). This root appeared in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon as well, with derivatives such as G. falon “naked” and G. falt “bare” (GL/33). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing.

Derivatives

  • Eq. avalta- “to strip, despoil, denude” ✧ QL/034; QL/037
  • Eq. falin “bare, nude, fallow, wild (of land)” ✧ QL/037
  • Eq. falka “naked, bare” ✧ QL/037
  • Eq. fal(a)toisi “meadow, grassland”
  • G. flad “sward, grass”
  • G. falt “bare” ✧ GL/33
  • G. fôl “empty, bare, leafless (esp. of trees)” ✧ GL/33

Element in

  • Eq. falkasse(a) “bald” ✧ QL/037
  • G. faltha- “to strip, despoil, rob, make bare” ✧ GL/33
  • G. falon “naked” ✧ GL/33

Variations

  • fal-² ✧ GL/33
  • FALA ✧ QL/034; QL/037
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fala

root. *foam, wave

Derivatives

  • Eq. falas(se) “shore, beach, surf” ✧ LT1A/Falman; QL/037
  • Eq. falasta- “to surge, make a sound like surf”
  • Eq. falmo “foam” ✧ LT1A/Falman; QL/037
  • Eq. falmar “wave (as it breaks), foamcrest” ✧ LT1A/Falman; QL/037
  • Eq. Falman “Osse” ✧ LT1A/Falman; QL/037
  • G. falm “breaker, wave” ✧ GL/33; LT1A/Falman
  • G. flass “sea-marge, surf; foam; margin, ragged margin, fringe”

Element in

  • G. falos “sea-marge, surf, coast, line, beach; margin, fringe, edge” ✧ GL/33; LT1A/Falman

Variations

  • fal-¹ ✧ GL/33
  • FALA ✧ LT1A/Falman; QL/037
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fal̃a

root. *free

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faya

root. *free

A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with various Qenya derivatives such as ᴱQ. fainu- “release” and ᴱQ. fairie “freedom” (QL/37). There are words in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon of similar form and meaning, such as G. fair “free, unconstrained” and G. faith “liberty” (GL/34). Of interest is that Tolkien gave this root as an example of a hypothetical ancient gradation of l in different positions of articulation in the early Qenya Phonology, having the most ancient form ᴱ√FAL̃A (PE12/16). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing.

Derivatives

  • Eq. faika “free” ✧ QL/037
  • Eq. faire “free” ✧ LT1A/Dor Faidwen; PE12/016; QL/037
  • Eq. faldi “free, open, wide” ✧ PE12/016
  • Eq. faino “freeman” ✧ QL/037
  • Eq. fainu- “to release” ✧ LT1A/Dor Faidwen; QL/037
  • G. faina- “to get free”
  • G. fair “free, unconstrained” ✧ LT1A/Dor Faidwen
  • G. faith “liberty” ✧ LT1A/Dor Faidwen
  • G. fegrin “free” ✧ QL/037
  • G. usfeg- “to release” ✧ QL/037

Variations

  • FAL̃A ✧ PE12/016 (FAL̃A)
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