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Early Quenya

fine

noun. larch

Cognates

Element in

Early Quenya [PE16/140; QL/038; QL/074] Group: Eldamo. Published by

filima

adjective. fine, thin

filwa

adjective. fine, thin

Derivations

  • ᴱ√FILI “fine, thin” ✧ QL/038

Element in

  • Eq. filume “gossamer” ✧ QL/038

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√FILI > filwa[ɸilwā] > [ɸilwa] > [filwa]✧ QL/038

Variations

  • filima ✧ QL/038
Early Quenya [QL/038] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tile

noun. single hair

minya

adjective. fine, slender

Cognates

  • En. minedh “fine, slender, thin, small” ✧ PE13/150; PE13/164

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶miniyā “fine, slender” ✧ PE13/150; PE13/164
    • ᴱ√MINI “*small, less”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶miníya > minya[minijā] > [minija] > [minja]✧ PE13/150
ᴱ✶miníı̯ā > minya[minijā] > [minija] > [minja]✧ PE13/164

Variations

  • minya ✧ PE13/150; PE13/164; PE16/137
Early Quenya [PE13/150; PE13/164; PE16/137] Group: Eldamo. Published by

pimpevinne

noun. larch

A word for “larch” in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s, a combination of ᴱQ. pimp- “tail” and (perhaps) some variant of ᴱQ. fine “larch” (QL/74; PME/74).

Early Quenya [PME/074; QL/074] Group: Eldamo. Published by

isqalea

adjective. clever

Early Quenya [QL/043] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mailina

adjective. beautiful

Changes

  • mailinamailinen ✧ PE14/056

Element in

Early Quenya [PE14/056] Group: Eldamo. Published by

timpina

adjective. fine, powdered, sprayed

A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “fine, powdered, sprayed”, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. timpine (QL/92).

Early Quenya [QL/092] Group: Eldamo. Published by

til

noun. (single) hair

Changes

  • tilmetil² “hair” ✧ QL/092

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TILI “*tip, hair” ✧ QL/092

Element in

  • Eq. tilinya “downy, hairy” ✧ QL/092
  • Eq. uluntilla “camel’s hair” ✧ QL/097

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√TILI² > tilnǝ > til²[tilnǝ] > [tiln] > [til]✧ QL/092

Variations

  • tile ✧ PE14/117
  • til² ✧ QL/092
  • tila ✧ QL/092
  • tilme ✧ QL/092 (tilme)
Early Quenya [PE14/117; QL/092; QL/097] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tila

noun. (single) hair

orda

adjective. lofty

orwa

adjective. lofty

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ORO “steepness, rising” ✧ QL/070

Element in

  • Eq. ordie “height, loftiness” ✧ QL/070

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ORO¹ > orwa[orwā] > [orwa]✧ QL/070

Variations

  • orda ✧ QL/070
Early Quenya [QL/070] Group: Eldamo. Published by

tahóra

adjective. lofty

Changes

  • dahóratahóra “lofty” ✧ PE12/021

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶taχsođa “seated high” ✧ PE12/021
    • ᴱ√DAHA “*high”
  • ᴱ√DAHA “*high” ✧ QL/087

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶taχ-sṓđā́ > tahóra[taxsōðā] > [taxsōða] > [taxsōza] > [taxsōra] > [tahōra]✧ PE12/021
ᴱ√TAHA > tahōra[taxsōðā] > [taxsōða] > [taxsōza] > [taxsōra] > [tahōra]✧ QL/087

Variations

  • dahóra ✧ PE12/021 (dahóra)
  • tahōra ✧ PME/088; QL/087 (tahōra)
  • tayóra ✧ QL/087
Early Quenya [PE12/021; PME/088; QL/087] Group: Eldamo. Published by