Early Quenya
hamba
adjective. on the ground
Cognates
- G. hamra “lowly, lowlying; base”
Element in
- Eq. hambanoite “on the ground” ✧ QL/039
hambanoite
adjective. on the ground
sóra
noun. seat
Cognates
- G. dorn “seat”
Derivations
- ᴱ√ÐORO “sit” ✧ QL/085; QL/086
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√ÐORO > sōra [ðōrā] > [ðōra] > [sōra] ✧ QL/085 ᴱ√SOŘO > sōra [sōðā] > [sōða] > [sōza] > [sōra] ✧ QL/086 Variations
- sōra ✧ QL/085; QL/086 (
sōra)
An adjective in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “on the ground”, an adjectival form of han (hamb-) “ground” (QL/39). It had a more elaborate variant hambanoite with the adjectival suffix -noite.