ráva (1) adj. "free, unfettered, uncontrolled, lawless" (PE17:78), "wild, untamed"_ (RAB). _In PE17:78, the gloss "wild" is given to the variant hráva instead.
Quenya
hráva
wild
hráva
adjective. wild, savage, wild, savage, [ᴹQ.] untamed
Changes
rōva→ hrōva ✧ PE17/099Cognates
Derivations
- √SRAB “wild, not tamed/domesticated” ✧ PE17/078; PE17/099
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √S-RAB > hráva [srāba] > [r̥āba] > [r̥āβa] > [r̥āva] ✧ PE17/078 √S)ROB > hrōva [srōba] > [r̥ōba] > [r̥ōβa] > [r̥ōva] ✧ PE17/099 Variations
- hrōva ✧ PE17/099
- rōva ✧ PE17/099 (
rōva)
ráva
free, unfettered, uncontrolled, lawless
aranya
free
aranya, also ranya, adj. "free". Another gloss was not certainly legible, but the editors suggest "uncontrolling" (VT46:10)
lehta
free, released
lehta (2) adj. "free, released" (VT39:17); #lehta tengwë "free element, released element", a term for "vowel" (only pl. lehta tengwi [ñ] is attested; we would rather expect *lehtë tengwi with the pl. form of the adjective) (VT39:17)
léra
free
léra adj. noun "free", of persons (VT41:5)
merca
wild, untamed
[merca ("k")adj. "wild, untamed" (MERÉK, VT45:34)] Compare verca.
verca
wild
verca ("k")adj. "wild" (BERÉK)
lerina
free
lerina adj. "free" of things: not guarded, reserved, made fast, or "owned" (VT41:5)
mirima
free
mirima adj. "free" (MIS). ("Free" is rather expressed as léra in Tolkiens later Quenya; mirima would be prone to confusion with mírima above.)
fairë
free
fairë (4) adj. "free" (LT1:250) (rather léra, lerina or mirima in LotR-style Quenya)
hráva adj. "wild" (PE17:78); see ráva #1.