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Early Quenya

itse

noun. small fly

The word ᴱQ. itse “a small fly” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from the early root ᴱ√ITI “peck, bite (of flies), annoy” (QL/43).

Conceptual Development: A similar (archaic) word ᴹQ. tsette “fly” appeared in notes on The Feanorian Alphabet from the 1940s (PE22/51). This word is questionable given that while ps and ks were listed among valid initial clusters in Quenya, ts was not (PE19/38, 80).

Neo-Quenya: I would retain the Early Qenya word as ᴺQ. itsë “small fly”.

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ITI “peck, bite (of flies), annoy” ✧ QL/043

Element in

  • Eq. Itselokte “Pleiades, (lit.) Cluster of (Silver) Flies” ✧ QL/043

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√ITI > itse[itsē] > [itse]✧ QL/043
Early Quenya [QL/043] Group: Eldamo. Published by