Qenya
helda
adjective. naked, stripped bare
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
- ᴺQ. heldassë “nakedness”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶skelnā > helda [skelnā] > [xelnā] > [xeldā] > [heldā] > [helda] ✧ Ety/SKEL Variations
- helda ✧ Ety/SKAL¹; Ety/SKEL
helda
adjective. friendly, having love (for)
Derivations
- ᴹ√
ÑEL“friendship” ✧ EtyAC/ÑELPhonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√ÑEL > helda [ŋelda] > [ɣelda] > [helda] ✧ EtyAC/ÑEL Variations
helda✧ EtyAC/ÑEL (helda)
halla
adjective. naked
Changes
halla→ helda “naked” ✧ Ety/SKELCognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶skalnā > halla [skalna] > [xalna] > [skalla] > [halla] ✧ EtyAC/SKEL Variations
halla✧ EtyAC/SKEL (halla)
An adjective for “naked” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶skelnā under the root ᴹ√SKEL (Ety/SKEL). In the entry for ᴹ√SKAL “screen, hide”, helda was glossed “stripped bare” and contrasted with ᴹQ. halda “veiled, hidden” (Ety/SKAL¹). This comparison is probably because Tolkien originally had ᴹQ. halla “naked” from the root ᴹ√SKAL, but this entry and its derivatives were deleted (EtyAC/SKEL).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would use the word helda “naked” in the sense of “✱without clothes”, as opposed to parnë for “naturally bare or bald”. I would also use helda in the sense “✱denuded”, in references to regions with plant growth removed.
Conceptual Development: There are a couple earlier “naked” words beginning with h- in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s: ᴱQ. hulin and ᴱQ. hulqa “naked” under the early root ᴱ√HULU “strip” (QL/41). Given the gloss “stripped bare” for helda in the 1930s, these 1910s words might be its precursors.